Category Archives: Performances

RODRIGUEZ FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NORWAY: Øyafestivalen

Rodriguez has reached a large audience internationally after the success of the documentary Searching For Sugar Man. Thursday the 8th of August he plays in the park during The Øya Festival. This will be his first visit to Norway and his only concert in Scandinavia this summer. RODRIGUEZ (US) The documentary Searching For Sugar ManContinueContinue reading “RODRIGUEZ FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NORWAY: Øyafestivalen”

Rich Folks Hoax

In 1987 when I was busking my way around Spain, this song received the best response, and the most money into my open guitar case. – Craig Bartholomew Strydom     Rich Folks Hoax is available on the Cold Fact album.   Lyrics The moon is hanging in the purple sky The baby’s sleeping whileContinueContinue reading “Rich Folks Hoax”

France Is Sweet on ‘Sugar Man’ – NYTimes.com

A love story is developing between the French and Rodriguez, the Detroit-born musician who flopped in the 1970s, was a star without knowing it in apartheid South Africa and was rediscovered last summer in the United States when the documentary “Searching for Sugar Man” was released. The film tells the extraordinary story of a talentedContinueContinue reading “France Is Sweet on ‘Sugar Man’ – NYTimes.com”

Tour news: Sugar Man on his way – Entertainment – NZ Herald News

Sixto Rodriguez, the Mexican-American singer-songwriter who is enjoying a renaissance more than 40 years after releasing his two and only albums, will play New Zealand for the first time in March. He plays the Wellington Opera House on March 16 and Auckland’s Logan Campbell Centre on March 17. Better known as Rodriguez, the Detroit nativeContinueContinue reading “Tour news: Sugar Man on his way – Entertainment – NZ Herald News”

‘Sugar Man’ Star Rodriguez Headed to Coachella, Glastonbury | Billboard

Q&A With Singer and the Director of Oscar-Nominated ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Rodriguez, the singer whose story is at the heart of Malik Bendjelloul’s Oscar-nominated “Searching for Sugar Man,” has festival dates lined up at Coachella, Glastonbury and Primavera in Spain that will follow tours of South Africa and Australia. The new dates are partContinueContinue reading “‘Sugar Man’ Star Rodriguez Headed to Coachella, Glastonbury | Billboard”

Escape the Ordinary on the 2013 Campus Invasion Tour

Escape the ordinary on the Campus Invasion Tour, chilled by Smirnoff Ice and powered by Red Bull Mobile Smirnoff Ice and Red Bull Mobile in association with MK, Axe,Ticketbreak and Hilltop Live present the 2013 Campus Invasion Tour in the vicinity of seven national university campuses from 28 January to 16 February 2013 with anContinueContinue reading “Escape the Ordinary on the 2013 Campus Invasion Tour”

The Complete Rodriguez Collection | George “Fuzzy” Fazakas

George “Fuzzy” Fazakas has compiled his idea for a complete Rodriguez box set. CD11)  I’ll slip away (1967 single version)2)  You’d like to admit it (1967 b-side single version)3)  Cold Fact4)  After the Fact / Coming from Reality CD21) I’ll slip away 1972/32)  Street Boy 1972/33)  Can’t Get away4)  Live Fact (1998 South African tour)CD31)ContinueContinue reading “The Complete Rodriguez Collection | George “Fuzzy” Fazakas”

Rodriguez Announces March Shows in New Zealand – Music News at Undertheradar

Rodriguez, star of the most talked about documentary of 2012 Searching For Sugar Man, has been announced to play two New Zealand shows in March. The Detroit based singer-songwriter renowned for his haunting and experimental folks songs, was lifted from 30 years of obscurity by two South African fans who thought he was dead andContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez Announces March Shows in New Zealand – Music News at Undertheradar”

‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Star Rodriguez to Play Coachella, Glastonbury – Hollywood Reporter

The formerly reclusive troubadour will headline two of the world’s biggest music festivals in the coming months. Singer-songwriter Rodriguez, the breakout star of award-winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man, will perform at two of this year’s biggest music festivals: April’s Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival, held in Indio, Calif., over two weekends, as wellContinueContinue reading “‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Star Rodriguez to Play Coachella, Glastonbury – Hollywood Reporter”

Big Concerts adds 4th Cape Town Rodriguez show | Channel24

Cape Town – Big Concerts announced that another Cape Town show has been added for legendary singer-songwriter Rodriguez’s tour in South Africa in February. With three sold-out shows so far in Cape Town, the extra performance was added due to an overwhelming demand and will be taking place on Saturday, 9 February. This will alsoContinueContinue reading “Big Concerts adds 4th Cape Town Rodriguez show | Channel24”

More South African Dates Added | Computicket

Carnival City, Big Top Arena, Johannesburg And Reef – Gauteng Wed 13 Feb 13 8:00 PM (Open) Fri 15 Feb 13 8:00 PM (Sold-Out) Sat 16 Feb 13 8:00 PM (Open) Mon 18 Feb 13 8:00 PM (Open) Grand Arena, Grand West, Cape Town – Western Cape Sun 10 Feb 13 8:00 PM (Open) WedContinueContinue reading “More South African Dates Added | Computicket”

MUSIC REVIEW | Culture Northern Ireland

When people gather and talk about the singer-songwriters they admire, the same familiar names usually recur: Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell: all legends whose music has lasted through the decades, from the 1960s to the present day. Very few would mention Jesus ‘Sixto’ Rodriguez – unless they were South African. For thoseContinueContinue reading “MUSIC REVIEW | Culture Northern Ireland”

Rodriguez, Usher Hall, Edinburgh | New music reviews, news & interviews | The Arts Desk

We surely all know the story of Sixto Rodriguez by now. The Detroit-born singer-songwriter made two fine albums in the early 1970s, Cold Fact and Coming from Reality, before swiftly vanishing. As he descended into obscurity his music slowly rose to find its audience, most notably in South Africa, where he became a star inContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez, Usher Hall, Edinburgh | New music reviews, news & interviews | The Arts Desk”

The Lions Share | Back from Reality – Rodriguez Live in Vicar Street, Dublin

It hardly needs saying but it’s quite an odd thing to have a venue packed out in Dublin to see the performance of a 70 year old guy on the basis of 2 albums he released over 40 years. Admittedly one of those albums, Cold Fact, is fantastic but the other one is pretty patchy.ContinueContinue reading “The Lions Share | Back from Reality – Rodriguez Live in Vicar Street, Dublin”

Solid at 70 – Sixto Rodriguez at The Usher Hall | The Edinburgh Reporter

It seems fitting that the American septuagenarian should play Edinburgh’s Usher Hall, the same stage that The Rolling Stones played a good while back, on the same night that they were reforming in London, with an average age of 68. The fact that Rodriguez is 70 was not lost on his audience, but neither wasContinueContinue reading “Solid at 70 – Sixto Rodriguez at The Usher Hall | The Edinburgh Reporter”

Rodriguez: The Sugarman Sweetens Up London | The Platform

A 70-year-old displaying all the gusto of a much younger man, cult figure Rodriguez lights up Camden’s Roundhouse, the first stop on his current UK tour He made his way onto the stage like an old man being assisted in his walk down the plank. It seemed like he could barely stand and wouldn’t haveContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez: The Sugarman Sweetens Up London | The Platform”