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On 3rd Degree: Rodriguez – Echoes of Freedom

Posted on April 22, 2013 by SugarMan.org — 3 Comments ↓

Broadcast date: Tuesday, 23 April 2013 Singer Songwriter Sixto Rodriguez’s first album Cold Fact was released over forty years ago. Though unknown in America, his music had been a huge hit in South Africa since the 70s. Now years later,…

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Tagged with: 3rd Degree, entertainment, Eva Rodriguez, media
Posted in News, Radio & TV, Reviews & Interviews

Rodriguez – Bonus song (Dead End Street) from “Tracks” (Arte Channel). Program33.

Posted on April 9, 2013 by SugarMan.org — 3 Comments ↓

Dead End Street originally recorded by Lou Rawls in 1967. Not to be confused with Dead End Street by The Kinks in 1966 which is a different song.

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Posted in Performances, Radio & TV, Videos

Rodriguez interviewed by Ten’s Angela Bishop, 20 March 2013

Posted on March 25, 2013 by SugarMan.org — 2 Comments ↓

Tagged with: Australia, entertainment, Midnight Oil, video
Posted in News, Performances, Radio & TV, Reviews & Interviews, Searching For Sugar Man Film, Videos

Top Billing insert featuring Rodriguez

Posted on February 27, 2013 by SugarMan.org — 1 Comment ↓

This week on Top Billing, Jo-Ann spends some time with Craig Bartholomew Strydom, Stephen ‘Sugar’ Segerman and the legend himself, Rodriguez.

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Posted in Mabu Vinyl (Music Store), News, Radio & TV, Reviews & Interviews, Searching For Sugar Man Film, Videos

SABC Media Libraries: Searching for Sugar Man, also in the SABC Archives

Posted on February 27, 2013 by SugarMan.org — 1 Comment ↓

“Sugar Man”, the story of a forgotten singer, won the best documentary at the Oscars this week. Sixto Rodriguez made two records in the early 1970s, but it never took off in America. Unbeknown to him, it became very popular…

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Posted in Blogs, Radio & TV, Searching For Sugar Man Film, Videos

Searching for Sugar Man star Sixto Rodriguez to play Masonic Temple Theater in May

Posted on February 27, 2013 by SugarMan.org — 2 Comments ↓

DETROIT (WXYZ) – The star of the Oscar winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man will be performing his first post-Oscar show here in his hometown. Sixto Rodriguez has scheduled a show at the Masonic Temple Theater for Saturday, May 18…

Searching for Sugar Man Interview

Posted on February 25, 2013 by SugarMan.org — Leave a comment ↓

In the early ’70s, Rodriguez recorded two albums in the United States, working with some of the biggest producers in the industry and even attracting a capable suitor in the form of Motown Records. He only sold more than a…

Rodriguez interview on Top Billing, Tuesday 26 February at 8pm on SABC3

Posted on February 25, 2013 by SugarMan.org — 3 Comments ↓

When the scale of an artist’s talent is so obvious — how can the world not see it? Rodriguez is such an artist, it took two South Africans to open the world’s eyes to his genius and…