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listen to NEW single “Ain’t That a Man” - releases March 15!

single run for cover released Feb 9

💥💥 New single Run for Cover from my upcoming release titled Human Decency on Forty Below Records has been RELEASED! Stay tuned for more singles soon!

Sugaray Rayford is a man with a message and a larger than life personality and voice to deliver it. Working with producer, songwriter Eric Corne for the past 3 albums, the soul-blues powerhouse has crafted an incendiary sound and narrative, combining classic soul melodies and funky R & B grooves with raw blues power.

The pair's first collaboration, Somebody Save Me, earned Rayford a 2020 Grammy nomination. Later that year he took home Blues Music Awards for 'Soul Blues Male Artist' and 'B.B. King Entertainer of the Year.' Rayford’s follow up In Too Deep won a plethora of awards including the Blues Music Award for ‘Soul Blues Album of the Year’.

Rayford’s new release is entitled ‘Human Decency’. The title track is a simple reminder that our similarities are stronger than our differences and in the end, there is no black or white or left or right, there are only hearts and minds. 

About the leadoff single, “Run For Cover” a song that takes no prisoners, Q Magazine declares, “The bluesey soul of Rayford comes on full steam with this powerhouse single.” 

“We’re calling people on their bullshit but we’re having fun with them. That’s my way. I’m gonna tell it to you straight but with love in my heart. I always bring some suga with the salt!” says Sugaray, bellowing with laughter.

An all-star cast lent their talents to the album, including guitarist Rick Holmstrom and singer Saundra Williams who are both from Mavis Staples’s band, along with bassist Taras Prodaniuk (Lucinda Williams, Merle Haggard).

 

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2023 Soul Blues Album of the Year

 

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Live From the Suga Shack

With over 100+ live shows, the Live From the Suga Shack archive contains some of the biggest names in the blues and soul world chatting with Sugaray about music, life, and everything you can imagine. The multi-year long series wrapped up in early January 2023 but we have created and shared this invaluable archive of interviews with so many of the GREATS in the blues and soul worlds for you to enjoy.

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