It’s not often that an artist plays a sold-out, 5,000 capacity venue at the age of 70. It’s even less common that an artist does this feat having only released two studio albums that, initially, sold poorly. But, that is…
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Review – Rodriguez @ Hammersmith Apollo, London, June 8 2013 | Young & Serious
Tagged with: born singer songwriter, entertainment, Hammersmith Apollo, hammersmith apollo london, media, Music, sixto rodriguez
Posted in Blogs, News, Performances, Reviews & Interviews
Posted in Blogs, News, Performances, Reviews & Interviews
Rodriguez – Bonus song (Dead End Street) from “Tracks” (Arte Channel). Program33.
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.
Tagged with: different song, entertainment, lou rawls, Music, video, Youtube
Posted in Performances, Radio & TV, Videos
Posted in Performances, Radio & TV, Videos
Rodriguez – Sugar Man (RocknRolla Soundsystem Edit)
Sixto Rodríguez is an American folk musician from Detroit. His career initially proved short-lived with two little-sold albums in the early 1970s. Unbeknownst to him, however, his work became extremely successful and influential in South Africa, although there he was…
Tagged with: Music, RocknRolla Soundsystem, Sugar Man
Posted in Remixes, Searching For Sugar Man Film
Posted in Remixes, Searching For Sugar Man Film
A Night To Remember, 7th March 1998
From Sweet Songs To Street Songs From the simplistic, yet instantly recognisable bass guitar intro of I Wonder, to the last fading echoes of Forget It, this was a show that enthralled everyone from the die-hard old fans with their balding…
Tagged with: brian currin, entertainment, kfm radio, Music
Posted in Blogs, Performances, Photos, Reviews & Interviews
Posted in Blogs, Performances, Photos, Reviews & Interviews
Action! 15 Cult Movie Classics | Mojo April 2013
Tagged with: entertainment, Mojo, Music, Searching For Sugar Man
Posted in Newspapers & Magazines, Searching For Sugar Man Film
Posted in Newspapers & Magazines, Searching For Sugar Man Film
Rodriguez Weighs Potential Third Album | Music News | Rolling Stone
Rodriguez, the obscure Detroit songman who unknowingly earned a huge cult audience overseas, will meet with producers to discuss making a third album, his first in more than 40 years. Though adamant about having no specific plan, Rodriguez tells Rolling…
Tagged with: album music, cult audience, entertainment, media, Music, Rolling Stone, Sugar Man
Posted in News, Newspapers & Magazines, Reviews & Interviews
Posted in News, Newspapers & Magazines, Reviews & Interviews
‘Sugar Man’ Star Rodriguez Headed to Coachella, Glastonbury | Billboard
Q&A With Singer and the Director of Oscar-Nominated ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Rodriguez, the singer whose story is at the heart of Malik Bendjelloul’s Oscar-nominated “Searching for Sugar Man,” has festival dates lined up at Coachella, Glastonbury and Primavera in…
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Posted in News, Newspapers & Magazines, Performances, Reviews & Interviews, Searching For Sugar Man Film
Posted in News, Newspapers & Magazines, Performances, Reviews & Interviews, Searching For Sugar Man Film
The Complete Rodriguez Collection | George “Fuzzy” Fazakas
George “Fuzzy” Fazakas has compiled his idea for a complete Rodriguez box set. CD1 1) I’ll slip away (1967 single version) 2) You’d like to admit it (1967 b-side single version) 3) Cold Fact 4) After the Fact / Coming…
Tagged with: celebrities, Comlete Rodriguez, entertainment, Imaginary Compilation, Music
Posted in News, Performances, Trivia
Posted in News, Performances, Trivia
‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Star Rodriguez to Play Coachella, Glastonbury – Hollywood Reporter
The formerly reclusive troubadour will headline two of the world’s biggest music festivals in the coming months. Singer-songwriter Rodriguez, the breakout star of award-winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man, will perform at two of this year’s biggest music festivals: April’s…
Best Album Reissues of 2012: Rodriguez, ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ | Rolling Stone
The reissue of the year is the soundtrack to one of the most compelling music documentaries ever made, about a comeback so improbable it seems like fiction. Searching for Sugar Man follows two South African fans as they solve the…
