L.A. Times - Entertainment — Ray LaMontagne s voice is like sea salt caramel: smooth, thick and sticky, with a little bite. Ray LaMontagne s voice is like sea salt caramel: smooth, thick a... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Ray LaMontagne’s voice is like sea salt caramel: smooth, thick and sticky, with a little bite. Some people think it’s a bit too much; others can’t get enough. In his previous albums, the Massachusetts-based singer-songwriter has tried different... more info

Altsounds — All this week, NPR Music is offering an advance album stream of the upcoming album by *Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs*. The album, entitled God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise, is available for free, on-demand listening now until its release on Augu... more info

All About Jazz — NPR MUSIC STREAMS ENTIRE ALBUMS FROM RAY LAMONTAGNE AND ESPERANZA SPALDING: "FIRST LISTENS" AVAILABLE AT NPR.ORG/MUSIC NPR Music offers advance album streams of new albums by Ray LaMontagne and The Pariah Dogs and m: Esperanza Spalding. Both are ava... more info

USA Today Music — The result is his 'best batch of songs' yet, 'God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise,' out Aug. 17. more info

Stereogum — Ray LaMontagne’s fourth LP, God Willin’ & The Creek Don’t Rise, is the first he’s produced on his own. It’s a bold move, considering his producer Ethan Johns also produced albums like Rufus Wainwright’s Poses and Ryan Adams’s Gold. But ... more info

Altsounds — Lucky Peterson was discovered by blues legend Willie Dixon when he was three years old, released his first record at five and soon after appeared on The Tonight Show. Trained by keyboardists Bill Doggett and Jimmy Smith, Peterson went on to play ... more info

All About Jazz — Blues singer/keyboardist/guitarist's first album in seven years features Larry Campbell, Scott Petito and Gary Burke, and songs by Robert Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, Tom Waits, Ray LaMontagne and Lucinda Williams WOODSTOCK, N.Y.--Lucky Peterson ... more info

The Music Fix — He's barking mad, he is. New album in September tho'. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — A list of upcoming concerts across the Southland, with on-sale dates in parentheses. Greek Theatre David Gray and Ray LaMontagne, Sept. 7 (Sat.) Grove of Anaheim Dusty Rhodes & the River Band, Aug. 5; Blok, Aug. 12; the Sugar Daddys,... more info