“I just want to be treated like an ordinary….legend” With these words, offered in in humility and a little jest, Rodriguez took the stage for the encore of his May 4, 2013 show at the University of Texas’ Frank Irwin Center in Austin, Texas. The show was an embodiment of a dream fulfilled that wasContinueContinue reading “ZekeFilm | After the Show: Searching for Sugar Man”
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‘Sugar Man’ Sixto Rodriguez tells WSU grads ‘well done’ | The Detroit News | detroitnews.com
Detroit — The Detroit musician who’s suddenly become one of Wayne State University’s more prominent alumni wished the class of 2013 good luck Thursday as he received an honorary degree from the school. In a short speech thanking the University, musician Sixto Rodriguez wished the graduating students from Wayne State University good luck. “Well done,”ContinueContinue reading “‘Sugar Man’ Sixto Rodriguez tells WSU grads ‘well done’ | The Detroit News | detroitnews.com”
Rodriguez to receive Honorary Doctorate on May 9th
Hey Folks! Here’s a friendly reminder to set your time clocks for Thursday, May 9 at 10 AM EST (Eastern Standard Time) and click on the live stream link – http://wayne.edu/live/ – to cheer on Rodriguez as he receives his honorary doctorate – Doctor of Humane Letters – from his alma mater Wayne State UniversityContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez to receive Honorary Doctorate on May 9th”
Sixto Díaz Rodríguez (“Searching for Sugar Man”) at The Warfield | San Francisco, California | 4/23/2013 (Concert Review)
Rodriguez “I’m not gettin’ old. I’m gettin’ dead.” Sixto Díaz Rodríguez, at age 70, standing before an enthusiastic, sold out crowd at The Warfield in San Francisco last night. He took time away from his set of late 60s folk protest rock and some surprising covers to engage the audience, often with humor (and someContinueContinue reading “Sixto Díaz Rodríguez (“Searching for Sugar Man”) at The Warfield | San Francisco, California | 4/23/2013 (Concert Review)”
On 3rd Degree: Rodriguez – Echoes of Freedom
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, an Oscar-winning documentary has finally made him a star in his own country, and aroundContinueContinue reading “On 3rd Degree: Rodriguez – Echoes of Freedom”
‘Searching for Sugar Man’ star Sixto Rodriguez to receive Wayne State degree; Masonic Temple show sells out | MLive.com
DETROIT, MI – Add another honor to 70-year-old Detroit resident Sixto Rodriguez’s impressive stash. The star of an Academy Award-winning documentary called “Searching for Sugar Man” will reportedly receive an honorary degree from Wayne State University this spring. The Detroit News reported the news this week and mentioned Rodriguez will receive a Doctor of HumaneContinueContinue reading “‘Searching for Sugar Man’ star Sixto Rodriguez to receive Wayne State degree; Masonic Temple show sells out | MLive.com”
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.
Rodriguez In New York: ‘Sugar Man’ Star Pleases Fans At Beacon Theatre | Huffington Post
NEW YORK — Sixto Diaz Rodriguez can’t hit the high notes like he used to, but that didn’t matter to his fans. The 70-year-old singer made famous by the Oscar-winning documentary “Searching for Sugar Man” performed Sunday night to a worshipful crowd at Manhattan’s Beacon Theatre. The folk-rocker was at his best performing his ownContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez In New York: ‘Sugar Man’ Star Pleases Fans At Beacon Theatre | Huffington Post”
Rodriguez – Sugar Man (RocknRolla Soundsystem Edit)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnYwSOGYHvo 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 mistakenly rumoured to have committed suicide. The full story is reflected in the 2012ContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez – Sugar Man (RocknRolla Soundsystem Edit)”
In the second coming of Rodriguez, a Passover parable | The Times of Israel
An elderly man in a black fedora and heavy sunglasses shuffles hesitantly along a Detroit sidewalk. The wrong side of 70, his eyesight poor, the man’s sloped shoulders suggest decades of hard labor. His name is Sixto Rodriguez, and he has indeed spent most of his life struggling to provide for his family by takingContinueContinue reading “In the second coming of Rodriguez, a Passover parable | The Times of Israel”
Rodriguez: 10 Things You Don’t Know About the ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Star | Music News | Rolling Stone
The Oscar-winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man tells the almost unbelievable story of a Mexican-American songwriter whose two early Seventies albums bombed in America, but who wound up finding a huge audience in Apartheid-era South Africa. Sixto Rodriguez had no idea he was a legend there until a group of fans found him on theContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez: 10 Things You Don’t Know About the ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Star | Music News | Rolling Stone”
Headliners for The Hop Farm Music Festival: My Bloody Valentine and Rodriguez
The Hop Farm Music Festival, Kent’s number one festival, will be take place on the 5th and 6th July 2013. The festival will offer two days of music for up to 10,000 people. Headliners have been announced as: My Bloody Valentine (exclusive festival show England & Wales) and Rodriguez. Also announced for the Kent festivalContinueContinue reading “Headliners for The Hop Farm Music Festival: My Bloody Valentine and Rodriguez”
Oscar was ‘kersie op die koek’ | Die Burger
KAAPSTAD. – Die Oscar-toekenning is die kersie op die koek van ’n merkwaardige reis oor sy held Rodriguez. Só gesels Stephen “Sugar” Segerman oor die dokumentêre rolprent oor Sixto Rodriguez, Searching for Sugar Man, wat pas ’n Oscar ingepalm het in die kategorie vir dokumentêre rolprente. Segerman is ’n sentrale figuur in die dokumentêr. DieContinueContinue reading “Oscar was ‘kersie op die koek’ | Die Burger”
Rodriguez interviewed by Ten’s Angela Bishop, 20 March 2013
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I Wonder team | Oxfam Trailwalker
Inspiration…Thanks to Rodriguez … I wonder about the tears in children’s eyes And I wonder about the soldier that dies I wonder will this hatred ever end I wonder and worry my friend I wonder I wonder wonder don’t you? via I Wonder team | Oxfam Trailwalker.
Rodriguez at the Enmore Theatre, Sydney
Sugar Man in Vrouekeur, 22nd March 2013
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Searching For Sugar Man (2012) | Unambitious Us
Documentaries are difficult to get right. They can be overbearing, they can be boring and they can often feel as though you are being force fed the personal feelings of the writers and directors. Having recently won the Academy Award for Best Documentary, one would expect that Searching for Sugarman (2012) avoids these traps. ForContinueContinue reading “Searching For Sugar Man (2012) | Unambitious Us”
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