It’s one of the most remarkable – and least known – stories to come out of the musically-rich 1970s. At the onset of the decade, mysterious Detroit-bred singer-songwriter Sixto Diaz Rodriguez released his debut album, Cold Fact, playing a brand of soulful folk with pointed lyrics that dealt with poverty, urban living and political corruption.ContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez: Searching for Sugar Man Podcast (CoS Premiere) « Consequence of Sound”
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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
The Niles Files: Words as Weapons | l’etoile
Malik Bendjelloul’s Searching for Sugar Man is filled with aerial views of sleeping cities and long shots of desolate streets with the winter steam rising. What people we see on those streets are obscured by space, anonymous, and dwarfed by the metal and brick overhead and grizzled concrete below. On top of the images, borderingContinueContinue reading “The Niles Files: Words as Weapons | l’etoile”
Just a movie review? Perhaps. You be the judge | The Steve Alexander Group
Every now and then a film comes along that, from what you hear about it, promises a morsel of wisdom, insight and perhaps a message that will affect us and endure beyond its hour and 30 minutes. “Searching for Sugar Man” starts out as more than a morsel – soon delivering the whole cake –ContinueContinue reading “Just a movie review? Perhaps. You be the judge | The Steve Alexander Group”
“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.
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”
Rodriguez and his place in The Story Of Rock | Brian Currin
Almost all the recent fan messages on the Sugarman.org website are from people saying they have never heard of Rodriguez before. Many even apologize for not listening to him in the 1970s. I can’t remember when exactly I first heard ‘Cold Fact’. For me his music just always seemed to have been there. A numberContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez and his place in The Story Of Rock | Brian Currin”
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”
Movie – Searching for Sugar Man | Rickie writes….
If you are as unfamiliar as me, the story is of Rodriguez, a struggling, talented singer-song writer from Detroit who makes a couple of albums at the turn of the 1970s, having been signed by a label run by an ex-Motown boss. It sounds like the start of the American dream with comparisons to BobContinueContinue reading “Movie – Searching for Sugar Man | Rickie writes….”
Searching for Sugar Man – Music – This Is Africa
In apartheid South Africa, “Sugar Man”, the song featured in the title of this documentary, was banned – the label scratched off records so that the track could not be listened to. The song itself is an excellent example of Sixto Rodriguez’s work; while on first listen it is clear that the song is aboutContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man – Music – This Is Africa”
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”
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”
Sixto Rodriguez, and a Q. & A. with the Director of “Searching For Sugar Man” : The New Yorker
Record collectors and documentary filmmakers often look for the same thing: a moment when someone does something remarkable without being seen, a gap that turns the witness into a proprietary liaison between that moment and everyone else. Crate-diggers dream of finding that record, the one that sounds like music you know rendered in a versionContinueContinue reading “Sixto Rodriguez, and a Q. & A. with the Director of “Searching For Sugar Man” : The New Yorker”
Shindig – Album Review – August 2012
Shindig – Album Review – August 2012
The Amazing Story Of Hate Street Dialogue
Originally published on SugarMan.org, 28 September 2001 https://open.spotify.com/track/3Y0iZyngvwiGF15eLRttN7?si=6098aaea79da4719 HATE STREET DIALOGUE Woman please be gone You’ve stayed here much too long Don’t you wish that you could cryDon’t you wish I would die Seamy, seesaw kids Childwoman on the skids The dust will choke you blind The lust will choke your mind I kiss theContinueContinue reading “The Amazing Story Of Hate Street Dialogue”
Searching for Sugar Man – Rotten Tomatoes
Searching for Sugar Man tells the incredible true story of Rodriguez, the greatest ’70s rock icon who never was. Discovered in a Detroit bar in the late ’60s by two celebrated producers struck by his soulful melodies and prophetic lyrics, they recorded an album which they believed would secure his reputation as the greatest recordingContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man – Rotten Tomatoes”
Searching for Sugar Man :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews
Do some stories exist only because we need for them to? “Searching for Sugar Man” is about a gifted singer-songwriter from Detroit who was an enigma. His face half-hidden by long flowing hair and dark glasses, he sang in folk music bars with his back turned to the audience. His name was Sixto Rodriguez. viaContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews”
Golden Lady searches for Sugar Man « Something You Said
About 15 years ago I stumbled aimlessly into a record shop in Kings Cross, Sydney. A tiny space filled to the brim with dusty vinyl classics, such as Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde and Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours. Having already hijacked my dad’s collection, I had most of these legendary recordings already safely stored. What I wasContinueContinue reading “Golden Lady searches for Sugar Man « Something You Said”
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