"Sugarfoot is as raw, magnificent, dirty and low down as anything you'll ever want to hear in blues music - our blues-breaker CD for the week"
- Dan "Elwood" Aykroyd, House of Blues Radio Hour
"Adventurous, slithery and ebullient slide - sings and plays with cool confidence throughout ala Bonnie Raitt and Shelby Lynn
- Blues Revue
“Sugarfoot’ll take you down to the crossroads and send you back dazed, disheveled and half-naked.”
– Harp
“Generally stripped-back, but featuring terrific support, Michelle Malone is as well-rounded as she is supremely talented.”
–Hittin’ the Note
"Top 10 album of the year - Malone's rich vocals blew me away. Great range - straight up slide guitar rock bursting with attitude that'll "drop you to your knees". It's pure ear candy with a shot of Bourbon."
- Bluescritic.com
“Sugarfoot mixes grit, sass, soul and some sweet balladry into such a kick-butt collection, you’d think she was the daughter of George Thorogood and Susan Tedeschi.”
-Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
Contemporary Southern rock doesn't get any smarter or dirtier than this. Poetic lyric command, relentless energy, and nasty slide guitar make Sugarfoot riveting from the get-go."
- Amazon.com
“Toggling between amped-up blues rockers, powder-keg acoustic romps and the occasional roots ballad, [Sugarfoot] boasts the same combustible spirit that fuels Malone’s live shows.”
–Performing Songwriter
"Sugarfoot is blues-based rock and roll, raw and rough-honed, a modern-day Exile On Main Street - except that it has exceptional songs."
- Creative Loafing (Atlanta)
"With its stuttering backbeats, elegant slide guitar and stop-time boogie, Malone’s new Sugarfoot gives the blues aesthetic a shot in the arm. Malone closes the Bonnie Raitt gap."
- Nashville Scene
Malone wails like the devil's on her tail, but she isn't waiting for Satan to catch up before she catches fire"
- Amplifier Magazine
“Sugarfoot is just a timeless album.” –Scripps News Service
"Malone is no sellout and has recorded another tough, no nonsense collection dominated by rugged blues rock."
- All Music Guide
"Michelle Malone continues to define and expand her Southern-ness with honesty, integrity and foot-stomping fire. Sugarfoot shows she has the chops, the resilience and the passion to break big on her own terms.
- 4 STARS The Sunday Paper (Atlanta)
She has the soul of a bluesman, the heart of a folk singer, and the guts of a rock and roll star all wrapped up in one fiery bad ass.”
-Nashville Rage
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