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"𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅—𝑰𝒏 𝑻𝒐𝒐 𝑫𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒌𝒚 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔, 𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑹&𝑩 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑹𝒂𝒚𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒅’𝒔 𝒓𝒂𝒘 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒗𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒓. 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆—𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒇𝒖𝒍. 𝑺𝒖𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆”— 𝑹𝑶𝑪𝑲 & 𝑩𝑳𝑼𝑬𝑺 𝑴𝑼𝑺𝑬 (2022 𝑨𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒐𝒇 '𝑰𝒏 𝑻𝒐𝒐 𝑫𝒆𝒆𝒑')
“𝑺𝒖𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒚 𝑹𝒂𝒚𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒅’𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒂𝒈𝒆 — 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔, 𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒗𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒔…”
— 𝑵𝑶 𝑫𝑬𝑷𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑺𝑰𝑶𝑵
𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝟒𝐱-𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝-𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 & 𝟐𝟕𝐱-𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 & 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐔𝐆𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐘 𝐑𝐀𝐘𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 𝐟𝐨𝐫 "𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦" ('𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐞'). BLUES MATTERS (UK) described the album, “Somebody Save Me is an ambitious album that slides gracefully between the new blues of Gary Clarke Jr. and Fantastic Negrito, the rock & soul stylings of The War & Treaty, and the vintage Daptone vibe of the late Charles Bradley and Sharon Jones, bringing a fresh take to classic sounds.”
𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲, 𝐒𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐑𝐚𝐲𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 “𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫” (‘𝐈𝐧 𝐓𝐨𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐩’) 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬. In 2020, Rayford won the highly coveted and prestigious Blues Music Award given every year to the most outstanding live performer, the "B.B. King Entertainer of the Year", as well as "Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year".
𝐒𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐑𝐚𝐲𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟐𝟕 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟗 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 "𝐁.𝐁. 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫" (𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟓-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑), 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎. Rayford also has 4 Nominations for "Instrumentalist - Vocalist of the Year" (2018, 2020, 2021, 2022), 2 Nominations for "Band of the Year" (2020 & 2022), and 3 Nominations for "Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year" (2018, 2019, 2020), winning the award in 2020 and 2019.
𝐀𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐒𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐑𝐚𝐲𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫. His live shows are a party! Some conversations may be had, and some self-reflection may occur, but at the end of the day, people leave feeling a sense of joy and togetherness. In 2022, Sugaray Rayford released his 6th album, ‘In Too Deep’, to rave reviews!
“𝑰𝒏 𝑻𝒐𝒐 𝑫𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 (𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝑹𝑨𝑴𝑴𝒀® 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅) '𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝑺𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝑴𝒆' 𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔.”
— 𝑨𝑳𝑳 𝑴𝑼𝑺𝑰𝑪 (2022 𝑨𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒐𝒇 '𝑰𝒏 𝑻𝒐𝒐 𝑫𝒆𝒆𝒑')
"𝑺𝒖𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒚 𝑹𝒂𝒚𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆...𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕. 𝑾𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 “𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇” 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔!"
— 𝑩𝑳𝑼𝑬𝑺 𝑩𝑳𝑨𝑺𝑻 𝑴𝑨𝑮𝑨𝒁𝑰𝑵𝑬 (2022 𝑨𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒐𝒇 '𝑰𝒏 𝑻𝒐𝒐 𝑫𝒆𝒆𝒑')
“𝑹𝒂𝒚𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒅’𝒔 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆.”
— 𝑨𝑴𝑬𝑹𝑰𝑪𝑨𝑵 𝑺𝑶𝑵𝑮𝑾𝑹𝑰𝑻𝑬𝑹
𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝟒𝐱-𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝-𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 & 𝟐𝟕𝐱-𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 & 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐔𝐆𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐘 𝐑𝐀𝐘𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐚𝐭 𝐉𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐲’𝐬 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 & 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟓 𝐚𝐭 𝟕:𝟑𝟎 𝐏.𝐌. are NOW On-Sale on Ticketmaster, Facebook Events at: https://fb.me/e/4lXyMBJbY and Jimmy’s Website at: https://jimmysoncongress.com/event/sugaray-rayford-2/ – 𝑫𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒅 - 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒔 --- (and our 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅-𝑾𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑾𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑳𝒊𝒔𝒕)- 𝒂𝒕 5:30 𝒑𝒎!!
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