GUITAR WORLD
"Among the most inspiring southpaws to ever pick up a six-string...Cannon shows the Windy City is not done teaching us about electric blues. He's a real deal blueser, combining social commentary in his songs with heartfelt guitar playing topped off with killer vibrato." 

BLUES MUSIC MAGAZINE
"Confident and spot-on...Cannon is an explosive guitarist, a one-man champion of Chicago blues...an influential star capable of carrying the traditions of this music and city to the contemporary realm." 

LIVING BLUES
“Tough-voiced, lyrically eloquent and musically focused...hard-grinding blues rock and urbane pop-soul balladry. Melodically rich guitar that seethes with emotion. Most impressive is his songwriting: his lyrics are full of wisdom laced with humor and life-toughened resolve.”

CHICAGO READER
"Bluesman Toronzo Cannon is one of Chicago's finest string-bending storytellers...a highly emotive singer and a fantastic guitarist, but what makes him stand out in the contemporary blues scene is his talent for songwriting. Cannon packs so much substance into every song." 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Cannon is part of the post-'80s generation that is just as much influenced by rock as the blues. Where he separates with the rest of that pack is that Cannon puts the song ahead of the solo. —Chicago Tribune, by James Porter 2/22/2016

MOJO MAGAZINE
Toronzo Cannon rises to the front rank of Chicago bluesmen. Cannon makes his strongest statement yet. Old School he may be in some ways, but there is nothing conventional about his songwriting.  Cannon and co-producer Bruce Iglauer have created wide-screen modern arrangements for these wry, thoughtful songs, molding an ensemble sound that’s both tempestuous and scrupulously controlled. 
—MOJO, by Tony Russell, August 2016

WTTW-TV'S CHICAGO TONIGHT
He is just your typical CTA bus driver, who moonlights as a sought-after Chicago blues musician. As a guitarist, singer and songwriter, Toronzo Cannon drives the sound of Chicago blues from the city to blues clubs and festivals around the world. 
—Chicago Tonight, March 1, 2016

JOE BONAMASSA
Great guitar player, excellent vocalist, amazing personality. 
—Joe Bonamasa

ELMORE MAGAZINE
This explosive debut might just mean that Toronzo Cannon could give up his day job as a bus driver for the Chicago Transit Authority. Something tells me, though, that he may just want to hang on to it for a while longer so he can continue to tap into the pulse of Chicago’s people and derive more story material for his songs. He wrote all eleven of them for this, his Alligator Records debut. Over the last fifteen years or so, Cannon has been one of the hardest workers on the Chicago blues club circuit. Playing alongside the best and similarly ambitious blues players in the world has just continued to sharpen his skills as both a fiery guitarist and a writer with subject matter spanning pain to joy to humor...The word ‘electrifying’ characterizes every single tune in both his incendiary guitar soloing and heartfelt vocals.   —Elmore Magazine by Jim Hynes

BB KING'S BLUESVILLE 
"PICK TO CLICK" Toronzo Cannon's CD Leaving Mood
—Bill Wax, January 2012

ROUTE TO THE BLUES (FRENCH DOCUMENTARY)