Browsing: Sugaray Rayford

Working with producer, songwriter Eric Corne, the soul-blues powerhouse has crafted an incendiary sound and narrative, contributing to an exciting new chapter in American soul music. 

Harmonica ace Bob Corritore once again puts together an all-star blues showcase of his amazing friends. The cream of today’s…

Sugaray reminds us to “be good to one another.” And that just may be the most important message the album has to offer.

Premiering today is Sugaray’s “Gonna Lift You Up” from forthcoming ‘In Too Deep.’

In “Please Take My Hand,” Rayford raises the voices of generations who’ve struggled and persevered with love in the face of oppression, accompanied only by a spare bass drum, handclaps, and cowbell.

“To me, this song is like when you’re living in the ghetto, turn on the lights, and the roaches scatter.” – Sugaray Rayford

Rayford said he thought 2020 was going to be a breakthrough year for him: “I’m saddened by [the pandemic], and this will sound selfish, but I felt like this should have been my year.”

They call me Sugaray but I’m just Caron Rayford. Whether you listen to this album or the last 12 albums, what you will notice is I’ve been real, and I’ve just told the truth.

Knowles was channeling Gallagher and was right there on the knife’s edge of having the Irish rocker himself burst forth from the guitar.