Randy Weeks

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.

Album Review, Sugarfinger - Album Review, Sugarfinger

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.

Album Review, Sugarfinger - Album Review, Sugarfinger

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.

Album Review, Sold Out At The Cinema - Album Review, Sold Out At The Cinema

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.

Album Review, Sold Out At The Cinema - Album Review, Sold Out At The Cinema

Randy Weeks has to be doing something right -- Lucinda Williams not only covered his song “Can’t Let Go” on her breakthrough album “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road,” but it’s also become a cornerstone of her live shows. On his solo collection “Going My Way,” coming Feb. 24, Weeks puts together a batch of consistently evocative, witty lyrics that he sings in a distinctively wry Lou Reed-meets-Willie Nelson voice. His country roots are strong enough that he’s cranked out the instant honky-tonk classic “The One Who Wore My Ring,” yet, like Peter Case, he also obviously knows his Lennon-McCartney songbook well enough to come up with the pure-pop bounce of “That’s What I’d Do.” His recent move from L.A. to Austin led to “Going My Way” being produced by Texas Americana ace Will Sexton, and probably at least partially explains the juicy New Orleans funk they’ve brought to “I Think You Think.” That song and “I Couldn’t Make It” showcase Weeks’ love for language and his engaging wordplay. - Los Angeles Times

Randy Weeks has to be doing something right -- Lucinda Williams not only covered his song “Can’t Let Go” on her breakthrough album “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road,” but it’s also become a cornerstone of her live shows. On his solo collection “Going My Way,” coming Feb. 24, Weeks puts together a batch of consistently evocative, witty lyrics that he sings in a distinctively wry Lou Reed-meets-Willie Nelson voice. His country roots are strong enough that he’s cranked out the instant honky-tonk classic “The One Who Wore My Ring,” yet, like Peter Case, he also obviously knows his Lennon-McCartney songbook well enough to come up with the pure-pop bounce of “That’s What I’d Do.” His recent move from L.A. to Austin led to “Going My Way” being produced by Texas Americana ace Will Sexton, and probably at least partially explains the juicy New Orleans funk they’ve brought to “I Think You Think.” That song and “I Couldn’t Make It” showcase Weeks’ love for language and his engaging wordplay. - Los Angeles Times

It’s not often that an artist is able to meld truly interesting lyrics with ear catching melodies. With producer Will Sexton, Randy Weeks has crafted one of the best albums I’ve heard in the past couple of years. It’s a record that I can’t help but play over and over again.

Going My Way album review - Matt Bjorke, Roughstock.com - Roughstock.com

Randy Weeks should be playing on everyone’s radio. As a matter of fact, the Austin resident is such a fine vocalist and songwriter he should be singing directly to us. Opening for Jackson Brown at Red Rocks. Watching teenagers humming his songs and music scholars analyzing his breezy lyrics. Weeks splits the difference between unshakable pop and groovy roots-rock like few others.

Brian T. Atkinson, Austin American Statesman - Austin American Statesman

Randy Weeks should be playing on everyone’s radio. As a matter of fact, the Austin resident is such a fine vocalist and songwriter he should be singing directly to us. Opening for Jackson Brown at Red Rocks. Watching teenagers humming his songs and music scholars analyzing his breezy lyrics. Weeks splits the difference between unshakable pop and groovy roots-rock like few others.

Brian T. Atkinson, Austin American Statesman - Austin American Statesman

Sugarfinger is one of those timeless pop treasures — crammed to the gills with songs that lodge themselves in your brain.

- Album Review

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

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

…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. - Album Review

…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. - Album Review

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

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

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

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

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. - Quote

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. - Quote