Extracted from https://www.radissonred.com/blog/music/the-best-record-stores-to-visit-in-red-cities/ Immortalized in the Searching for Sugar Man documentary film, this is a great introduction to African rhythms and the genres are as broad and all-encompassing as the continent itself. Hip hop, house, jazz, soul, funk, R&B – check. But add rock, pop, techno and dancehall too – and you’re still not evenContinueContinue reading “THE BEST RECORD STORES TO VISIT IN RED CITIES | RadissonRed”
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Speaking About Sugar Man: All The Cold Facts
Speaking About Sugar Man: All The Cold Facts An informative and inspiring motivational talk about the Rodriguez phenomenon. For the past 20 years, Stephen “Sugar” Segerman has been involved in the rediscovery of, and resurgence of worldwide interest in, Sixto Rodriguez. This legendary and internationally acclaimed American folk-rock singer-songwriter, who was a huge success inContinueContinue reading “Speaking About Sugar Man: All The Cold Facts”
Oh! My Vinyl!!!
SALE on 7” and 12” Singles At Mabu Vinyl Fresh Batches have arrived…!! – House, Techno and Dance, etc…. – All Genres – Plenty Of Picture Sleeves – Two Listening Facilities Available Where?? Mabu Vinyl, 2 Rheede Street, Gardens, Cape Town When??? Saturday 1st July – starts 1pm, all afternoon….!!!! See you there…!!!!
Worldwide FM presents ‘Cape Town Sounds’ with Gilles Peterson
Worldwide FM presents ‘Cape Town Sounds’, an audio documentary which explores the rich musical heritage of Cape Town, as part of Lufthansa’s #LHcityofthemonth campaign. The documentary follows Gilles over the course of the day as he sets out to learn about the history of the city’s music, and infiltrate the dynamic contemporary scene. He beginsContinueContinue reading “Worldwide FM presents ‘Cape Town Sounds’ with Gilles Peterson”
Gilles Peterson at Mabu Vinyl Basement
Gilles Peterson with Jacques, Mighty and Sugar from Mabu Vinyl, during his visit to the Mabu Vinyl Basement in Cape Town.
Vinyl sales hit a 25-year high: John Maytham talks to Stephen “Sugar” Segerman
http://www.capetalk.co.za/articles/239026/vinyl-sales-hits-a-25-year-high Deloitte expects double-digit growth in the sales of vinyl records for the seventh consecutive year, passing the $1 billion mark for the first time since the 1980s. The professional services company expects 12-inch records to generate between 15% and 18% of all physical music sales. According to the Entertainment Retailers Association, vinyl outsold digitalContinueContinue reading “Vinyl sales hit a 25-year high: John Maytham talks to Stephen “Sugar” Segerman”
Vinyl sales hit a 25-year high: John Maytham talks to Stephen “Sugar” Segerman
http://www.capetalk.co.za/articles/239026/vinyl-sales-hits-a-25-year-high Deloitte expects double-digit growth in the sales of vinyl records for the seventh consecutive year, passing the $1 billion mark for the first time since the 1980s. The professional services company expects 12-inch records to generate between 15% and 18% of all physical music sales. According to the Entertainment Retailers Association, vinyl outsold digitalContinueContinue reading “Vinyl sales hit a 25-year high: John Maytham talks to Stephen “Sugar” Segerman”
The Road Through The Grove
In the late 1950s, the 1960s and into the 1970s, Louis Botha Avenue – the road through the Grove – throbbed with life. Lined with shops and eateries, and alive with music and romance, it was the backdrop to a melting-pot of working-class people, many of them with roots in Europe, who had made theirContinueContinue reading “The Road Through The Grove”
Record Store Day – Cape Town, 16th April 2016
Record Store Day is an annual event, founded in 2007, held on the third Saturday of April each year to celebrate the culture of the independently owned record store. The day brings together fans, artists, and thousands of independent record stores across the world” . We are creating an area that allows our customers toContinueContinue reading “Record Store Day – Cape Town, 16th April 2016”
Craig Bartholow Strydom and Stephen “Sugar” Segerman talk to Danie Marais at US Woordfees 2016
Craig Bartholow Strydom and Stephen “Sugar” Segerman talk to Danie Marais, 7 March 2016 at 10: 30.
Stephen “Sugar” Segerman interview on SAFM, 11 Oct 2015
After The Facts | Andrew Donaldson, The Times, 22 Sept 2015
Penguin Random House Invites You To The Official Launch of Sugar Man Book
12 gorgeous record stores worth raiding on Record Store Day | Mashable
Mabu Vinyl in Mashable list of 12 record stores worth visiting.
Spotted In Mabu Vinyl!
A Message From Rudy.
There are only two photographs on the walls of my home. The first is a black and white of my father, a musician who passed five months before I was born, the second is the Cold Fact album cover that I bought at Amoeba Records in Hollywood, Ca. The story of Mr. Rodriguez and theContinueContinue reading “A Message From Rudy.”
Sugar Man Remixes by Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP
‘Searching for Sugarman’ Director Dead: THR Traces Malik Bendjelloul’s Final Days – Hollywood Reporter
After the death of Malik Bendjelloul, who threw himself in front of a subway train, a THR writer heads to Sweden to talk to his friends, who reveal the perfectionist’s quirks — from eating the same breakfast for six months to walking one lap around his apartment before and after work — and open upContinueContinue reading “‘Searching for Sugarman’ Director Dead: THR Traces Malik Bendjelloul’s Final Days – Hollywood Reporter”
Tribute to Malik – a Sugar sweet Man
Originally posted on Anne Samson – Historian:
It was with shock I heard that Malik Bendjelloul was dead. It was only last year that I met him – when Searching for Sugarman had its premier in London. However, my relationship with him went back to the early days of the making of the documentary as…
‘Searching for Sugar Man’ musician Rodriguez may finally see payoff from songs
From Detroit Free Press Two years after an Oscar-winning film raised questions about royalties for Sixto Rodriguez, a copyright and fraud lawsuit has been filed against Clarence Avant, who signed the Detroit singer to a record deal more than four decades ago. Rodriguez is not a direct party in the complaint, filed today in Detroit federal courtContinueContinue reading “‘Searching for Sugar Man’ musician Rodriguez may finally see payoff from songs”
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