Monthly Archives: November 2012

At 70, Detroiter Rodriguez couldn’t be happier about his unlikely new fame | Music | Detroit Free Press | freep.com

Forget could’ve, should’ve, would’ve. For Detroit’s newest rock sensation — the comeback king known as Rodriguez — a career surge at age 70 is all about looking forward. With his Friday band performance at Pontiac’s Crofoot, the biggest metro Detroit date of his life, the musician born Sixto Rodriguez continues to reap the benefits ofContinueContinue reading “At 70, Detroiter Rodriguez couldn’t be happier about his unlikely new fame | Music | Detroit Free Press | freep.com”

Interview with the Director of Searching For Sugar Man

Malik Bendjelloul is the Director of Searching For Sugar Man, a film about the talented musician Rodriguez. He discusses how he discovered the story and made the film and shares some useful tips for filmmakers. The film has won several awards such as the audience award at the Sundance Film Festival.

Cape Town gets extra Rodriguez show | Channel24

Cape Town – Big Concerts announced on Wednesday that an extra Cape Town show has been added for legendary singer-songwriter Rodriguez’s tour to South Africa in 2013. With three sold-out shows so far, the extra performance was added due to an overwhelming demand and will be taking place on Thursday, 21 February 2013, a dayContinueContinue reading “Cape Town gets extra Rodriguez show | Channel24”

Rodriguez w/ Jenny O – House of Blues Bronze Peacock Room – Houston, TX – REVIEW – HoustonMusicReview.com

Several weeks ago I was watching Sixty Minutes after the ball game and saw a segment on “Rodriguez: The Rock Icon That Didn’t Know It” and one of the songs that was featured aroused an old scratchy vinyl memory. It came up from someplace between Dylan and Donovan, Phil Ochs and Gil Scott-Heron. I knewContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez w/ Jenny O – House of Blues Bronze Peacock Room – Houston, TX – REVIEW – HoustonMusicReview.com”