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Randy Weeks...writes amazingly well crafted, beautifully melodic songs and delivers them with his own brand of laid back vocals and surfboard cool, very hip approach.
Lucinda Williams
...the truth is (Weeks is) quickly stepping out of the shadow of some of his more familiar contemporaries and catching the ears (and typing fingers) of critics and blog-nuts across the world. Sugarfinger is a soul-satisfying, craftily-produced collection of backporch ruminations, love-sick balladry and barroom shufflin’...Musically, most of the material here is a gentle blend of countrified pickin’, pluckin’ an’ slappin’, while lyrically Weeks is, hands down, a genuine master....Most of these songs sound (or at least feel) like they could come comfortably crackling right out of a ‘60s-era AM radio, but the lyrics to the tracks hit home with such exhausted force that you immediately know they could’ve been written last month, or last week, or last night....
A warm, inviting collection of polished little musical gems that’s just as fulla honey as its title implies and just waiting for the right ears (and hearts) to take in, appreciate and identify with. Hell, if Lucinda Williams herself calls him America’s best songwriter, he might just be worth a listen, eh? But don’t take our word for it—go to randyweeks.com and hear it for yourself.
Pulse of the Twin Cities, Album Review, 12/2006
Like everything Randy Weeks turns his musical attention to, his live performance is an entity of substance. Weeks throws forth an offering of contemplative songs that wrench at the heart and service the soul. They make you want to cry and dance both at the same time.
Brett Leigh Dicks, Santa Barbara Independent, 2007
Randy Weeks is a songwriter’s songwriter. That is, the kind of knockout songsmith other songwriter’s admire and turn to for material. Weeks’ “Can’t Let Go” became a spare, edgy rocker in the hands of Lucinda Williams, appearing on Williams’ 1998 Grammy-winning disc Car Wheels on a Gravel Road.... With his solo debut in 2000, Weeks was one of the early artists unafraid to ignore the boundaries between rock, roadhouse country, blues and soul. He quickly became a favorite on the Americana/alt. country scene and among discerning music lovers.
B.J Huchtemann, Omaha Reader, 6/08
Overall, Weeks has fashioned a stellar album. The music is light and fun without being overly fluffy, and Weeks’ voice goes easy on the ears. Let Sugarfinger sweeten up your mid-winter days—we’re willing to bet you’ll be satisfied.
Editor’s Do-It-Yourself Picks
Performing Songwriter
Weeks is back with another memorable album...Listening to this reminds me of the first time I ever heard the Jayhawks. The ebb and flow of the songs is relaxed and you’ll find yourself humming along with the first listen. This is first rate material that we don’t hear nearly enough of these days...This is the no risk disc of the month, everyone will like this one.
Village Records, Album Review, Sugarfinger, 4/07
There’s not a bad song on this disc and it grabs you the first time you spin it. Fans of Peter Case will fall in love with his style and approach to the melodies on this one...A near perfect album.
Village Records, Album Review, Sold Out at the Cinema, 3/04
Sugarfinger is one of those timeless pop treasures — crammed to the gills with songs that lodge themselves in your brain.
Kingsport Times News, Album Review 9/06
This modest and amazing musician’s bi-weekly shows at the Cinema Bar in Culver City have become my personal jukebox.
Chris Morris, Billboard Magazine, 2003