---The Willamette Week “[STRUNG OUT] Think string bands are just for hippies and bluegrass bumpkins? You haven’t heard the Sugarcane String Band, a quintet of PDX rowdies who bring foot-stomping into grimy ditties and barroom anthems. Not content to twang away on the front porch, the band in-breeds the classic conception of bluegrass with gritty-as-grits blues, funk, a little soul and a touch of the Caribbean, making its sound a strange mutantin an easily pigeonholed genre, and a hell of a reason to throw back some moonshine.”
--- Jason Mastrine / Mast Projects "Sugarcane takes their job seriously and understands that it's not enough to simply make good music. They do a good job of self-promotion and are working hard to make sure the right people experience the band and want to work with them in the future. Keep your eyes on Sugarcane. They get it."
--- Mark Stock / Willamette Week [STUMPTOWN SOIL] Local quintet Sugarcane String Band is as sweet as advertised, turning out porch-friendly blues and bluegrass with ease on most recent album "Soulgrass Review" and in concert. Performing mostly Americana with occasional fits of Caribbean-infused country, these guys should be invited to every summertime house party in Portland. Let’s just say if I were a big beer company looking to sell my refreshing product, I’d look no further for a band that encapsulates warm-weather tomfoolery and poolside jammin’.
