It’s that time of year again, and our mates at Classic Rock need your votes for the best rock-related film (cinema or DVD release) of this year: Mission To Lars, George Harrison: Living In The Material World, Searching For Sugar Man, Rock Of Ages…what was your favourite? The Classic Rock Roll Of Honour is backContinueContinue reading “What’s your favourite rock music movie of 2012? | TotalFilm.com”
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Searching for Sugar Man | News24
Clem Sunter Take a trip to a movie called Searching for Sugar Man because it will give you an all-time high, particularly if you like me are a vinyl junkie (a collector of those prehistoric things called long playing records). The film is about a singer named Sixto Diaz Rodriguez, whose parents immigrated from MexicoContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man | News24”
Total Film – Searching For Sugar Man Soundtrack Review – October 2012
Stephen Robert Morse: Kennedy Center Should Honor Sixto Rodriguez, the Bob Dylan of Detroit
If you haven’t seen the documentary Searching for Sugar Man, then consider this a spoiler alert. If you’ve already seen it or you’re not going to see it any time soon, then keep on reading. (But first, take a second to sign this Change.org petition!) In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Sixto Rodriguez createdContinueContinue reading “Stephen Robert Morse: Kennedy Center Should Honor Sixto Rodriguez, the Bob Dylan of Detroit”
Latin American Herald Tribune – Hispanic Musician Lived in Obscurity without Knowing He Was Star Abroad
CHICAGO – The documentary “Searching for Sugar Man” tells the story of a Mexican-American musician who in the 1970s recorded two albums that did not have much success in the United States, but which made their way to South Africa, where the songs inspired whites opposed to apartheid. The documentary by Swedish director Malik BendjelloulContinueContinue reading “Latin American Herald Tribune – Hispanic Musician Lived in Obscurity without Knowing He Was Star Abroad”
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Resurrecting ‘Sugar Man’: Rodriguez Comes Alive in Solo New York Show | David Fricke | Rolling Stone
Rodriguez, the missing-then-found star of the hit documentary Searching for Sugar Man, opened his August 31st show at New York’s Highline Ballroom – his first major local concert since the film’s release in July – with a pair of curveballs: covers of the Flamingos’ 1959 doo-wop classic “I Only Have Eyes for You” and aContinueContinue reading “Resurrecting ‘Sugar Man’: Rodriguez Comes Alive in Solo New York Show | David Fricke | Rolling Stone”
Sixto Rodriguez: the Sugar Man returns | Music | guardian.co.uk
It’s a few minutes before 8pm. Outside the Highline Ballroom in Chelsea, in lower Manhattan, scores of people are queuing in a desperate hope they’ll be able to get their hands on tickets for the gig taking place there tonight. Doors opened at 6, and the limited number of on-the-night tickets were snapped up instantlyContinueContinue reading “Sixto Rodriguez: the Sugar Man returns | Music | guardian.co.uk”
Searching for Sugar Man | Channel24
An illuminating, insightful and profoundly moving documentary about what happened to singer-songwriter Rodriguez – with special interest for South African viewers. Searching for Sugarman is one of this year’s best and most uplifting films. via Searching for Sugar Man | Channel24.
Movie Review | Barry Ronge
This excellent, poignant documentary is about a man who spent his life and his talent in a search for fame, which he only ever found it one country – South Africa. It’s a fascinating documentary with, perhaps, a touch too much sentimentality, but the uniqueness of the story keeps you engrossed. It’s one of thoseContinueContinue reading “Movie Review | Barry Ronge”
FILM REVIEW: Searching for Sugar Man – Times LIVE
If you’re a South African of a certain age, it’s almost certain you grew up listening to the music of Rodriguez. Here in South Africa and across the way in the antipodes – by way largely of South African expats, one assumes – the gravelly tones of the songs from his 1971 album Cold FactContinueContinue reading “FILM REVIEW: Searching for Sugar Man – Times LIVE”
Q – The Recommender – October 2012
Searching for Sugar Man :: Original Soundtrack (2012) | Profoundly South African
If you’re drawn to the vitriolic dimension of Rodriguez’s 26-song opus and are tracking reactions to Searching for Sugar Man, you’re probably tempted to respond to the media blitz with a pinch of cynicism. A Wikipedia entry, tweets and a rash of Facebook pages? Tick. Official merch and top-dollar eBay memorabilia? Affirmative. Bandwagoning and profiteering?ContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man :: Original Soundtrack (2012) | Profoundly South African”
Uncut – Soundtrack Review – October 2012
Sixto Rodriguez, Secret Rock Star Behind ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ | Entertainment | TIME.com
Who were the most important American songwriters after Woodstock? Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Rodriguez. Everyone knew that where I was growing up, among the malcontent teenagers of white suburbia in apartheid South Africa in the 1970s. What’s that you say? Who’s Rodriguez? Don’t be stupid. Rodriguez. You know, the Mexican guy with the hatContinueContinue reading “Sixto Rodriguez, Secret Rock Star Behind ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ | Entertainment | TIME.com”
Sunday Mail – Paolo Nutini talking about his love of Rodriguez
Nuwe lewe in Wildernis ná oorloë en swaarkry | Die Burger
Op ’n rustige koppie bo Wildernis aan die Tuinroete bly Eva Rodriguez. Sy is die dogter van “Sugarman’’, die sanger en liedjieskrywer Rodriguez van Detroit, die man wie se rasperstem en siniese lirieke al jare lank die hulpelose woede verwoord van jongmense wat in establishment-sisteme vasgevang is. “Sy musiek het in Suid-Afrika spesifiek aanklank gevindContinueContinue reading “Nuwe lewe in Wildernis ná oorloë en swaarkry | Die Burger”
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”
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”
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”
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