Category Archives: Radio & TV

Rodriguez to bridge 42-year album gap? | News | phantom.ie

Forget the five years it took for The Stone Roses to produce Second Coming, or the 22 years it will have taken My Bloody Valentine to follow-up Loveless. Rodriguez, the focus of Oscar-nominated documentary Searching For Sugar Man, could be about to record his first album since 1971’s Coming From Reality. Speaking to Rolling Stone,ContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez to bridge 42-year album gap? | News | phantom.ie”

The incredible ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ | DSTV.com

In Searching for Sugar Man’s online forum, users share their first discovery of the musician, Rodriguez. Most users, from across the world, list variations on 2012 and 2013. But, for people with South African links, encounters with Rodriguez (and his album Cold Fact) go way back. “Arrived in Jo’burg mid 1975 and EVERYONE was playingContinueContinue reading “The incredible ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ | DSTV.com”

Rodriguez chats to Jools Holland, 16 November 2012 | BBC Two

Rodriguez chats to Jools Holland on Later… http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01187hp Rodriguez performs Crucify Your Mind on Later… with Jools Holland. http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/showcase/clips/p011855b

Rodriguez: The rock icon who didn’t know it – 60 Minutes – CBS News

A Detroit musician living in poverty didn’t know that in South Africa, he was more popular than the Beatles. Bob Simon reports. via Rodriguez: The rock icon who didn’t know it – 60 Minutes – CBS News.

Review: Searching For Sugar Man (OST) / Rodriguez | Rock104 Blog

Don’t doubt it, the Holy Grail of Rock has been found in the form of Sixto Rodriguez’s two lone LP’s dating back more than 40 years. The albums, Cold Fact (1970) and Coming Out of Reality (1971), have been dug out of the rubble of U.S. commercial obscurity in the form of the soundtrack forContinueContinue reading “Review: Searching For Sugar Man (OST) / Rodriguez | Rock104 Blog”

Finding Rodriguez On The Mark Bayly Show 2oceansvibe Radio – online streaming radio from Cape Town, South Africa. Tune in to the holiday

Stephen “Sugar” Segerman from Mabu Vinyl on the Mark Bayly show finding Rodriguez. Sugarman started off as a jeweller in Johannesburg then moved to opening Mabu Vinyl store in Cape Town. Sugarman seeks to find Rodriguez, who is alive and never knew he was lost. They speek of the DVD of Rodriguez and his lifeContinueContinue reading “Finding Rodriguez On The Mark Bayly Show 2oceansvibe Radio – online streaming radio from Cape Town, South Africa. Tune in to the holiday”

Rodriguez: The Story of Sugar Man | WGN

Rodriguez. Its a name recognized by many things in today’s society. From athletes to movie stars, the name associates with many things. Never has it been associated with the Detroit and the music Detroit it produced. Until now. People often think of Detroit and its music scene as Motown – with names like Marvin Gaye,ContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez: The Story of Sugar Man | WGN”

BBC News – Rodriguez: The musician who never knew he was famous

Click here to see Video Interview The American singer and songwriter Rodriguez quit the music industry in the 1970s after recording two albums. While he went back to work on a construction site in Detroit, thousands of miles away in South Africa his songs became hits among supporters of the anti-apartheid movement. Two decades laterContinueContinue reading “BBC News – Rodriguez: The musician who never knew he was famous”

Searching for Sugar Man | Sister Rose At The Movies

“No prophet is accepted in his own country” Jesus says in Luke 4:24. Perhaps there were too many voices in Detroit back in the day, or a music industry machine that had no patience to develop Rodriguez as an artist. But South Africa heard his voice and the people began to dismantle its system ofContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man | Sister Rose At The Movies”

“Searching for Sugar Man” documents lost folk songs | CNN on Youtube

Filmmakers document one Detroit construction worker/songwriter who never knew he was the ‘Bob Dylan’ of South Africa.

David Letterman lavishes praise on ‘Searching for Sugar Man,’ Sixto Rodriguez | TV and Radio | Detroit Free Press | freep.com

Add David Letterman to the growing list of Sixto Rodriguez fans. When the Detroit musician performed last night on “The Late Show with David Letterman,” the CBS host praised him and the new documentary about his life, “Searching for Sugar Man.” via David Letterman lavishes praise on ‘Searching for Sugar Man,’ Sixto Rodriguez | TVContinueContinue reading “David Letterman lavishes praise on ‘Searching for Sugar Man,’ Sixto Rodriguez | TV and Radio | Detroit Free Press | freep.com”

American singer is a huge hit in South Africa… without knowing it | Erin Burnett OutFront – CNN.com Blogs

Imagine if Elvis Presley grew up and lived his whole life in a foreign country, and that he had no idea that his wildly popular music had made him the king of rock and roll here in the United States. But for one man, this is no dream. It actually happened to Sixto Rodriguez, aContinueContinue reading “American singer is a huge hit in South Africa… without knowing it | Erin Burnett OutFront – CNN.com Blogs”