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Light In The Attic’s 10 Year Anniversary | Seattle & Los Angeles Concerts | Limited Edition 7″ Series « Light in the Attic Records

Hard to believe ten years have passed since Matt Sullivan and Josh Wright founded Light In The Attic, a label responsible for some of the sharpest looking and sounding reissues and new albums of recent years. To celebrate the tenth anniversary, Light In The Attic has put together some very special events and a seriesContinueContinue reading “Light In The Attic’s 10 Year Anniversary | Seattle & Los Angeles Concerts | Limited Edition 7″ Series « Light in the Attic Records”

George Herald | Thoroughly unconventional Eva Rodriguez

This multi-talented woman helped to re-launch the musical career of Sixto Diaz Rodriguez (her father) and arranged his concerts in South Africa. As if this was not unusual enough, she also studied traditional healing and was one of the first white women to undergo a Sangoma ritual at Mdantsane, near East London. via George HeraldContinueContinue reading “George Herald | Thoroughly unconventional Eva Rodriguez”

Searching for Sugar Man – Rodriguez | AllMusic

In the documentary Searching for Sugar Man, director Malik Bendjelloul looks back at two music fans’ quest in the early ’90s to learn the fate of ’70s singer/songwriter Rodriguez (born Sixto Diaz Rodriguez to Mexican immigrant parents in Detroit), musically accompanied by the Searching for Sugar Man soundtrack that collects tracks from his two albums.ContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man – Rodriguez | AllMusic”

Best of 2012: ‘Searching for Sugar Man’

Is it too early to start compiling my list of the Top Ten Films of 2012? Because there’s one film that I know will be on that list no matter what else is released between now and the end of the year—“Searching for Sugar Man,” a remarkable, intensely moving documentary by Swedish filmmaker Malik Bendjelloul.ContinueContinue reading “Best of 2012: ‘Searching for Sugar Man’”

Daily Maverick – Resurrecting Rodriguez

Searching for Sugar Man, the documentary that tells the story of how 1970s musician Rodriguez came to be a huge star in South Africa while remaining unknown in the rest of the world, looks set to be a smash hit in the US. REBECCA DAVIS met Stephen “Sugar” Segerman, one of a handful of SouthContinueContinue reading “Daily Maverick – Resurrecting Rodriguez”

Search for Sugar is so sweet | Herald.ie

Of course, most of the work done by Steve ‘Sugar’ Segerman and Craig Bartholomew was in pre-internet days and so may seem strange and frankly unbelievable to a generation who’ve grown up with Google. Even so, the tale is so incredible that I was certainly veering towards agreeing with the South African journalist who atContinueContinue reading “Search for Sugar is so sweet | Herald.ie”

NME Album Reviews – Film Review: ‘Searching For Sugar Man’ – NME.COM

If you’ve ever heard the music of folk dude Sixto Rodriguez, you’ll know the Sugar Man – the spectral drug dealer at the heart of the Mexican-American songwriter’s best-known track of the same name. Via Rodriguez’s sparse acoustic guitar and vocal, the Sugar Man slips his customers horror, salvation and false friends, as well asContinueContinue reading “NME Album Reviews – Film Review: ‘Searching For Sugar Man’ – NME.COM”

Searching for Sugar Man in South Africa | Sony Music

SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE AND SOUNDTRACK BRINGS RODRIGUEZ’S INCREDIBLE LIFE STORY AND 1970s MUSIC TO A NEW GENERATION Soundtrack available everywhere starting August 13, 2012, through Columbia/Legacy “The buzzworthy Sundance documentary” – Yahoo! “An acclaimed new documentary goes hunting for the lost Dylan” – Grantland “The tale is better than the tellingContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man in South Africa | Sony Music”

Cold Fiction by John Samson

‘Cold Fact’ by the artist simply known as Rodriguez was one of the world’s great lost albums. It is now gaining attention through the documentary ‘Searching For Sugar Man’ which tells the remarkable story of this mysterious singer. ‘Cold Fiction’ is a book of 12 short stories, each inspired by the 12 tracks on Rodriguez’ContinueContinue reading “Cold Fiction by John Samson”

Reissue CDs Weekly: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Rodriguez, Benny Spellman, Rupert’s People | New music reviews, news & interviews | The Arts Desk

Coinciding with the release of the film, here comes the “Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”. What it actually is, rather than a real-life soundtrack, is a compilation drawing tracks from Rodriguez’s two fabulous albums: seven from Cold Fact, four from Coming From Reality (half his released oeuvre), plus the three previously unissued cuts first heard onContinueContinue reading “Reissue CDs Weekly: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Rodriguez, Benny Spellman, Rupert’s People | New music reviews, news & interviews | The Arts Desk”