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Honey Pig “Man, do they make sweet music,” praises Country Weekly columnist Larry Holden. He’s talking about all-girl country pop harmony group Honey Pig, who’ve been catching the eyes and ears of fans and industry folk alike. Musically, “Honey Pig present their country-folk tunes in three-part harmonies that carry you right into the heart of Dixie Chick territory,” says Music Connection Club Editor Bernard Baur. “I’d compare us to the Judds, Dixie Chicks, Emmy Lou, Dolly, and Linda Ronstadt as a trio,” says Honey Pig vocalist Laura Milby, who, along with Corrie Shenigo and one of Hollywood’s biggest voiceover actresses, Debi Derryberry, make up the vocal front for the band. For the girls in Honey Pig, music has been part of the equation since day one. “I have been singing as long as I can remember, smiles Debi Derryberry, whose voice has been heard internationally in Paramount/Nickeloden’s Academy Award-nominated character Jimmy Neutron. Derryberry, supplies the voices for a gamut of characters including the Emmy Award-winning show “Life with Louie” to flicks like Charlotte’s Web II and Disney’s Lady and the Tramp II and the voice of Mattel's hugely popular lead Diva Star doll "Alexa.” The elfin-sized voice over actress started young, and like many, found that music was in her family. “My grandfather was a professional singer, she recalls. “I got my first guitar when I was 9 and wrote my first song when I was 9. My Mom and brother and sister would always entertain ourselves on roadtrips with 3 part harmonies that we learned in Girl Scout choir, camp or school.” Laura Milby got her vocal training in the same age-old place as Bach and Elvis – church. “Church choir, church musicals, church, church, church,” she recalls. Milby and her six brothers grew up in rural Virgina, where she tinkered with a variety of instruments, including piano, flute and bass. She has a B.A. in Theatre Arts from Virgina Tech and has toured from the East Coast to Seoul, South Korea with musical theater productions. Born in Sandusky, Ohio, Corrie Shenigo was raised by an opera singer and rock n’ roll guitarist, which explains her schizophrenic range of music influences. She has appeared on stage, screen and radio for as long as she can remember, most memorably working alongside Al Pacino in the feature film, Hits. Shenigo has appeared in The Young and the Restless , Days of Our Lives and with Ernest Borgnine in The Blue Light. She spent a summer touring with Smokey Joe's Café, and returned to LA in search of a project that she could really "sink her teeth into." She found that with Laura and Debi and is thrilled to be the newest member of Honey Pig. "It's been so great... I can't imagine doing anything else." Honey Pig formed in the San Fernando Valley and quickly released Exactly We Are, which drew regional acclaim. “So good it’ll make you holler soo-wee!” praises Country Weekly, while Music Connection flat out declares, “go get the CD – it’s right purty!” Fellow trade Music Biz lauded, “Vocally tight and strong, high in the quality of the tunes,” adding “…their music speaks the language of the new millenium.” Honey Pig’s live shows also gained the band accolades. “Honey Pig is a heart-warming, endearing and very funny group,” says Music Connection, adding, “ Their harmonies are magical and their countrified folk tunes are ingeniously written. This is an act that could make the Grinch smile and have you humming their songs all the way home.” Sweet music, indeed.