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Music Exchange 2013 getting down to the business of making music / Call for DEMO’s

Music Exchange 2013 getting down to the business of making music / Call for DEMO’s Music Exchange, South Africa’s two day independent music conference that gets everyone in the music industry talking, is set to take place from 21-22 March 2013. As a much-anticipated highlight on the Cape Town music calendar, Music Exchange brings theContinueContinue reading “Music Exchange 2013 getting down to the business of making music / Call for DEMO’s”

15 Favourite Rodriguez Songs

As voted by visitors to the SugarMan.org blog. 1. Sugar Man 2. Crucify Your Mind 3. I Wonder 4. Establishment Blues 5. Rich Folks Hoax 6. Inner City Blues 7. Forget It 8. Cause 9. I Think Of You 10.Street Boy 11.Like Janis 12.Sandrevan Lullaby / Lifestyles 13.I’ll Slip Away 14.Hate Street Dialogue 15.Jane SContinueContinue reading “15 Favourite Rodriguez Songs”

Searching for Sugar Man DVD coverage – Financial Times / Guardian Guide / Daily Star / Independent Radar / The Times / Daily Star Sunday / Independent on Sunday

Financial Times – Review.pdf Guardian Guide – Also Out Review.pdf Daily Star – Review.pdf Independent Radar – Review.pdf The Times – Review.pdf Daily Star Sunday – Review.pdf Independent on Sunday – End of Year Review.pdf

2012 has been the year of Rodriguez.

The NME described it best in the headline for their end of 2012 round up as the year “The World Fell In Love With Rodriguez”, and that pretty much sums it up…. We at SugarMan.org wish Rodriguez, Eva, Sandra, Regan, and all the Rodriguez Family, and of course Malik, Craig, Matt and Camilla, a wonderful,ContinueContinue reading “2012 has been the year of Rodriguez.”

2012 has been the year of Rodriguez.

The NME described it best in the headline for their end of 2012 round up as the year “The World Fell In Love With Rodriguez”, and that pretty much sums it up…. We at SugarMan.org wish Rodriguez, Eva, Sandra, Regan, and all the Rodriguez Family, and of course Malik, Craig, Matt and Camilla, a wonderful,ContinueContinue reading “2012 has been the year of Rodriguez.”

Meeting the Sugar Man | But First, Coffee.

A few months ago I posted a summary and response to the independent film, “Searching for Sugar Man,” which tells the unbelievable true story of the humble yet legendary musician, Sixto Rodriguez. I had viewed the film’s SXSW Festival premier by pure chance this past spring with a friend, and have ever since adored theContinueContinue reading “Meeting the Sugar Man | But First, Coffee.”

Oscar Contender ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Passes $1 Million in Scandinavia – The Hollywood Reporter

The documentary follows Swedish director Malik Bendjelloul’s quest to discover the story of 70s singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez. Searching for Sugar Man, the acclaimed music documentary from Swedish director Malik Bendjelloul and one of the 15 titles on the 2013 Oscar shortlist for Best Documentary, has racked up an impressive $1 million in box office revenuesContinueContinue reading “Oscar Contender ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Passes $1 Million in Scandinavia – The Hollywood Reporter”

Poems for Rodriguez by Marc LaLonde

These poems about Rodriguez were written recently by Marc LaLonde, after seeing Searching For Sugar Man. Contact Marc at: marcslalonde@juno.com In an encore for a journeyman In an encore for a journeyman, A rambling hurdy-gurdy man, The past becomes the future now, Like mirrors facing mirrors somehow, Echoes in a foreign land, Played by aContinueContinue reading “Poems for Rodriguez by Marc LaLonde”