Yearly Archives: 2012

‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Wins Doha Tribeca Festival Audience Awards – The Hollywood Reporter

Chinese feature film Full Circle, the story of a group of irrepressible senior citizens who decide to enter a reality show on television and Searching for Sugar Man, a documentary on the life of Rodriguez, the 1970s U.S. rock icon who never was, won the Audience awards as the Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) drewContinueContinue reading “‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Wins Doha Tribeca Festival Audience Awards – The Hollywood Reporter”

Rodriguez: The Sugarman Sweetens Up London | The Platform

A 70-year-old displaying all the gusto of a much younger man, cult figure Rodriguez lights up Camden’s Roundhouse, the first stop on his current UK tour He made his way onto the stage like an old man being assisted in his walk down the plank. It seemed like he could barely stand and wouldn’t haveContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez: The Sugarman Sweetens Up London | The Platform”

Rodriguez to play Ann Arbor Folk Festival in January 2013

Rodriguez, aka Sixto Diaz Rodriguez, Rod Riguez, and Jesus Rodriguez, released a pair of albums, “Cold Fact” and “Coming from Reality,” in 1970 and 1971. His music was influenced by Bob Dylan’s, but it had the hard edge of his native Detroit and was often political in nature. It went nowhere in America, and RodriguezContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez to play Ann Arbor Folk Festival in January 2013”

Rodriguez – Live At Royal Festival Hall, London | Reviews | Clash Magazine

  If you don’t know the story of Rodriguez yet, then don’t read this – go and watch this year’s amazing documentary Searching for Sugar Man, then come back to us. For those who know the tale behind the man, you may still be in a sense of awe that he is here: one halfContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez – Live At Royal Festival Hall, London | Reviews | Clash Magazine”

Review: Rodriguez at LJF 2012

I first heard about the singer-songwriter Sixto Diaz Rodriguez when a film charting his life, Searching For Sugar Man, was in the news earlier this year. The BBC called him “the musician who never knew he was famous,” and I was fascinated by his story. Rodriguez released a couple of albums in the States inContinueContinue reading “Review: Rodriguez at LJF 2012”

Rotter and Friends – Wisdom » Rodriguez Official Shirts Come To Reality

I am so proud to release the first official illustrated tee shirts of Rodriguez and honored to have been asked to scribble the magic, approved by the man himself. Special thanks to Light In The Attic, David Black (photographer of wonder), Stella Berkofsky, and Rodriguez’s family, for helping make this project happen. Rodriguez’s music isContinueContinue reading “Rotter and Friends – Wisdom » Rodriguez Official Shirts Come To Reality”

Rodriguez chats to Jools Holland, 16 November 2012 | BBC Two

Rodriguez chats to Jools Holland on Later… http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01187hp Rodriguez performs Crucify Your Mind on Later… with Jools Holland. http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/showcase/clips/p011855b

Searching For Sugar Man at Doha Tribeca Film Festival this week | Doha Film Institute

39 Films from 30 Countries including 29 MENA Premieres to Be Showcased in DTFF’s Contemporary World Cinema and Special Screenings Programme — Press | Doha Film Institute Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF), the annual cultural event of the Doha Film Institute (DFI), will showcase 21 films in the Contemporary World Cinema section and 12 SpecialContinueContinue reading “Searching For Sugar Man at Doha Tribeca Film Festival this week | Doha Film Institute”

Searching for Sugar Man – an evening with RODRIGUEZ | The Belfast Empire Music Hall

“SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN – AN EVENING WITH RODRIGUEZ” with special guest DAVID HOLMES It’s one of the lost classics of the ’60s, a psychedelic masterpiece drenched in colour and inspired by life, love, poverty, rebellion. The album is Cold Fact, and what’s more intriguing is that its maker – a shadowy figure known as RodriguezContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man – an evening with RODRIGUEZ | The Belfast Empire Music Hall”

How rock ‘n’ roll fairytale led Sixto Diaz Rodriguez to be one of the most acclaimed musicians of his time – Scotland – Scotsman.com

Rodriguez   Scotland on Sunday Feature 11 nov 2012 While he was long forgotten in the US, Rodriguez was unwittingly achieving mythical status in South ­Africa. Decades later, he tells Fiona Shepherd about fame ­after 40 years in the wilderness IN THE internet age, it seems inconceivable that an artist could be unaware of theirContinueContinue reading “How rock ‘n’ roll fairytale led Sixto Diaz Rodriguez to be one of the most acclaimed musicians of his time – Scotland – Scotsman.com”

A Day In The Life: Rodriguez :: Blogs :: 1000 Words :: Paste

When Sixto Rodriguez recorded his debut album Cold Fact in 1969, he dreamed of pop stardom. But, far from the epicentre of the late ’60s folkie scene, the Detroit-based son of Mexican immigrants found that his defining statement was criminally overlooked. Rodriguez went back to reality, working as a gas station attendant, studying philosophy, campaigningContinueContinue reading “A Day In The Life: Rodriguez :: Blogs :: 1000 Words :: Paste”