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Live From Newport: Rodriguez – “The Establishment Blues” :: Featured Videos :: Paste

For the second consecutive year, Sennheiser and Paste teamed up to film and record artists at the Newport Folk Festival. This year, we stepped things up at the Paste Ruins by offering festival attendees a unique chance to listen to these sessions through wireless Sennheiser headphones, creating an intimate experience that brought fans closer toContinueContinue reading “Live From Newport: Rodriguez – “The Establishment Blues” :: Featured Videos :: Paste”

Rodriguez | Roundhouse

Known for his classic songs ‘Sugar Man’ and ‘I Wonder’, Rodriguez spent years in the wilderness before the enthusiasms of people like David Holmes brought a whole new audience to his music. The film ‘Searching For Sugar Man’ celebrates his extraordinary body of legendary songwriting – and after selling out the Royal Festival Hall onContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez | Roundhouse”

The Quietus | Features | A Quietus Interview | Like A Whirlwind: Rodriguez And The Search For Sugarman

At times it’s a story that almost beggars belief. Searching For Sugar Man, if you’ve not seen it already, is a documentary about Sixto Diaz Rodriguez, the 70-year-old singer-songwriter from Detroit who released two glorious, largely unheard albums some four decades ago, then promptly vanished without trace. Various grisly rumours about his unfortunate life –ContinueContinue reading “The Quietus | Features | A Quietus Interview | Like A Whirlwind: Rodriguez And The Search For Sugarman”

Movie – Searching for Sugar Man | Rickie writes….

If you are as unfamiliar as me, the story is of Rodriguez, a struggling, talented singer-song writer from Detroit who makes a couple of albums at the turn of the 1970s, having been signed by a label run by an ex-Motown boss. It sounds like the start of the American dream with comparisons to BobContinueContinue reading “Movie – Searching for Sugar Man | Rickie writes….”

Searching for Sugar Man – Music – This Is Africa

In apartheid South Africa, “Sugar Man”, the song featured in the title of this documentary, was banned – the label scratched off records so that the track could not be listened to. The song itself is an excellent example of Sixto Rodriguez’s work; while on first listen it is clear that the song is aboutContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man – Music – This Is Africa”

Rodriguez: “They made love to my music, but they also made war to my music” – Minneapolis – Music – Gimme Noise

Back in the late ’60s, the singer-songwriter Rodriguez was slated to be Detroit’s own Bob Dylan. Although he made a couple of terrific records, they only made it as far as the cut-out bin in the United States. Over time, however, his music caught fire in South Africa, and he became revered from afar, influencingContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez: “They made love to my music, but they also made war to my music” – Minneapolis – Music – Gimme Noise”

David Letterman lavishes praise on ‘Searching for Sugar Man,’ Sixto Rodriguez | TV and Radio | Detroit Free Press | freep.com

Add David Letterman to the growing list of Sixto Rodriguez fans. When the Detroit musician performed last night on “The Late Show with David Letterman,” the CBS host praised him and the new documentary about his life, “Searching for Sugar Man.” via David Letterman lavishes praise on ‘Searching for Sugar Man,’ Sixto Rodriguez | TVContinueContinue reading “David Letterman lavishes praise on ‘Searching for Sugar Man,’ Sixto Rodriguez | TV and Radio | Detroit Free Press | freep.com”

American singer is a huge hit in South Africa… without knowing it | Erin Burnett OutFront – CNN.com Blogs

Imagine if Elvis Presley grew up and lived his whole life in a foreign country, and that he had no idea that his wildly popular music had made him the king of rock and roll here in the United States. But for one man, this is no dream. It actually happened to Sixto Rodriguez, aContinueContinue reading “American singer is a huge hit in South Africa… without knowing it | Erin Burnett OutFront – CNN.com Blogs”

Sixto Rodriguez, and a Q. & A. with the Director of “Searching For Sugar Man” : The New Yorker

Record collectors and documentary filmmakers often look for the same thing: a moment when someone does something remarkable without being seen, a gap that turns the witness into a proprietary liaison between that moment and everyone else. Crate-diggers dream of finding that record, the one that sounds like music you know rendered in a versionContinueContinue reading “Sixto Rodriguez, and a Q. & A. with the Director of “Searching For Sugar Man” : The New Yorker”

The Amazing Story Of Hate Street Dialogue

Originally published on SugarMan.org, 28 September 2001 https://open.spotify.com/track/3Y0iZyngvwiGF15eLRttN7?si=6098aaea79da4719 HATE STREET DIALOGUE Woman please be gone You’ve stayed here much too long Don’t you wish that you could cryDon’t you wish I would die Seamy, seesaw kids Childwoman on the skids The dust will choke you blind The lust will choke your mind I kiss theContinueContinue reading “The Amazing Story Of Hate Street Dialogue”

Searching for Sugar Man – Rotten Tomatoes

Searching for Sugar Man tells the incredible true story of Rodriguez, the greatest ’70s rock icon who never was. Discovered in a Detroit bar in the late ’60s by two celebrated producers struck by his soulful melodies and prophetic lyrics, they recorded an album which they believed would secure his reputation as the greatest recordingContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man – Rotten Tomatoes”

Searching for Sugar Man :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews

Do some stories exist only because we need for them to? “Searching for Sugar Man” is about a gifted singer-songwriter from Detroit who was an enigma. His face half-hidden by long flowing hair and dark glasses, he sang in folk music bars with his back turned to the audience. His name was Sixto Rodriguez. viaContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews”

Golden Lady searches for Sugar Man « Something You Said

About 15 years ago I stumbled aimlessly into a record shop in Kings Cross, Sydney. A tiny space filled to the brim with dusty vinyl classics, such as Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde and Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours. Having already hijacked my dad’s collection, I had most of these legendary recordings already safely stored. What I wasContinueContinue reading “Golden Lady searches for Sugar Man « Something You Said”

A chat with the mysterious Rodriguez, and director of ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ – Detroit Movie | Examiner.com

The documentary Searching for Sugar Man opens in Detroit on Friday, August 10th, 2012, telling the bizarre true story of Rodriguez. Haven’t heard of Rodriguez? He is a musician who was found in the Detroit area in the late 60s/early 70s, a protest crooner not unlike Bob Dylan with a smooth yet powerful voice. HeContinueContinue reading “A chat with the mysterious Rodriguez, and director of ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ – Detroit Movie | Examiner.com”