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He emerged from late-1960s Detroit as a ready-for-mythologizing troubadour, boasting a voice like Cat Stevens and a songwriting style reminiscent of Bob Dylan. He went by the name Rodriguez — just Rodriguez — and, chances are, you’ve never heard of him. That’s because, despite his considerable talent, and despite earning the respect of those inContinueContinue reading “‘Searching for Sugar Man’ review: Part music documentary, party mystery, all inspiration | NOLA.com”

When I watched the wonderful, crowd-pleasing documentary Searching For Sugar Man at Sundance earlier this year, I had an advantage over audiences who caught it during its theatrical run: I didn’t know the fate of its subject, Detroit folk singer Sixto Rodriguez, who released two gorgeous, poor-selling albums in the early ’70s to a tidalContinueContinue reading “Googling Sugar Man: Is it possible to remain unknowable in the Internet age? | Film | For Our Consideration | The A.V. Club”

Another film from The Imposter’s producers Simon Chinn (also producer of Oscar-winning doc Man on Wire) and John Battsek has the greater chance, though: Searching for Sugar Man. The debut of Malik Bendjelloul, which tells a kind of musical fairy tale about singer-songwriter Rodriguez, who was a huge star in South Africa and never knewContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man is a Guarantee for an Oscar Nomination | Film School Rejects”

When a documentary begins by telling you that its subject committed suicide on stage four decades earlier, you don’t expect to be treated to a recently conducted interview with the supposedly deceased. Or maybe we should see that coming. Much credit to director Malik Bendjelloul for surprising this cynical and desensitised film watcher. Searching forContinueContinue reading “Quickflix – Searching for Sugar Man review by Simon Miraudo”

Dave Matthews Band leader Dave Matthews and San Diego financial consultant Hillel Katzeff have never met. But the two former South Africans share a unique bond in their love of the music of Rodriguez, the lone-named Detroit singer-songwriter who makes his long-overdue concert debut here Wednesday night at the Casbah. Never mind that, until thisContinueContinue reading “Truth stranger than fiction for Rodriguez | UTSanDiego.com”

“Searching for Sugar Man” is a stunning documentary about an unsuccessful Detroit singer- songwriter named Sixto Rodriguez, who released two long- forgotten albums in the early 1970s. Almost no one bought his albums, and his label dropped him. Rodriguez stopped making records and worked as a demolition man. What Rodriguez didn’t know, while working inContinueContinue reading “How Social Dynamics Made You Successful | Bloomberg”

The differences wrought in Sixto Rodriguez’s life came into crystal-clear focus with the admission of just one detail. Talking by phone last week, the 70-year-old let it slip, with little pretense, that there was a “60 Minutes” crew in his Detroit hometown, ready to film him the next day for a segment slated to runContinueContinue reading “‘Sugar Man’ Rodriguez reflects on hard-won success | The Columbia Daily Tribune – Columbia, Missouri”