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It’s A Blues World

Poor Lazurus

“Last year’s inaugural album was the test that surprised many, but this new album is completely captivated the audience not only in Canada, but also where you can hear the music that so inspired running this great blues musician.” - Mako Funasaka interviews Sugar Brown on the Talkin’ Blues Podcast

“Blues music as an art form benefits broadly from his dedication to keeping the genre bona fide as hell and magnificently entertaining.” - Winnipeg Free Press

“We may see the dawn of a new musical genre” - Roots Highway, Italy

“Gritty, grab-your-gut follow-up "Poor Lazarus" (mixed by Bill Howard) is more of Brown's social-political musings melded with his infectious Chicago West Side sound” - The Waterloo Region Record

“15 Shows you shouldn’t miss” - MONTREAL JAZZ FESTIVAL

Sugar Brown’s Sad Day

Interview in Penguin Eggs Magazine: Sugar Brown Penguin Eggs – Spring 2014

“Sugar Brown’s Sad Day is beautiful old-school blues…sounds like it comes right out of the ’40s and ’50s alongside cats like early Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf. This is an excellent CD for people who love traditional delta blues and that vintage Sun Studios, ’50 style sound.” - Review from L.A. Beat

“I would have never dreamt that this style of fantastic old time blues was still being made and certainly not with such an authentic old time feel. ‘Sugar Brown’s Sad Day’ is a must-have album for any Blues lover, no questions asked.” - Blues Underground Network

“This album isn’t about the hot new blues sound, it’s about raw, dirty, direct, simple…Sugar Brown knows the blues, is the blues. … Lord help me if this isn’t up for a bucket of Maple Blues Awards next time.” - Bob Mersereau, Top 100 Canadian Singles

”A time-trip to the Golden Era of Chicago Blues. It’s gritty and tough, lean and mean, and absolutely free of artifice or pretense… his one sounds like a valid addition to the catalog of classics.” - Blinded By Sound Review

“This is really an exceptional outing for this group and I can’t wait to put it in my car and listen to it cranked a few times!” - Bman’s Blues Report: Review

“(his) knack for old-school sound and feel rings as genuine as they come. Savvy, sparing accompaniment fills out an inspired-sounding throwback set.” - Roots Music Report: Review

“Sugar Brown – who is this guy? He seems to have appeared out of thin air…This release is a delightful throwback to the glory days of the fifties on the west side of Chicago, with some Delta blues mixed in for good measure.” - Blues Blast 101 with Ken Wallis: Review

“this excellent musician, singer/songwriter has produced a ground-breaking take on the blues medium that is at once ancient as the hills and refreshingly modern in its’ stripped bare honesty.” - Lonesome Highway: Review

“Sugar Brown’s Sad Day is a rare beautiful record. Blues in the style of Chess mid-fifties, cutting blues harp and vocals. Goosebumps.” - Blues Magazine Netherlands: Review

"I think it’s because people know that blues is about hard times, and everybody has hard times. Singing about hard times produces new good times, and that’s what it’s all about." - Interview on Blues.gr: The Blues Days of Sugar Brown

“…the songs are deeply personal and moving, and his mixture of early 50′s Texas country rawness, early electric Chicago blues and Northern Mississippi sounds are strangely compelling. Some solid blues here and worth checking out, particularly if you’re into a vintage vibe.” - Rock Doc Reviews: Gonzo Online

“the release delivers the kind of sparse, spine-tingling authentic blues that used to be made in the 1950s by guys with names like Muddy, Chester, Walter and Bo.” - Winnipeg Free Press: Review