The documentary Searching for Sugar Man opens in Detroit on Friday, August 10th, 2012, telling the bizarre true story of Rodriguez. Haven’t heard of Rodriguez? He is a musician who was found in the Detroit area in the late 60s/early 70s, a protest crooner not unlike Bob Dylan with a smooth yet powerful voice. HeContinueContinue reading “A chat with the mysterious Rodriguez, and director of ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ – Detroit Movie | Examiner.com”
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Sugar Man Coverage – Features in TNT / Aesthetica / Big Issue North
TNT magazine – Rodriguez feature (MB quotes).pdf Aesthetica Magazine – Malik interview.pdf Big Issue North Feature – Pg 1.pdf Big Issue North feature – Pg2.pdf
Daily Star – Soundtrack Review – 6 August 2012
Rodriguez – Daily Star – Soundtrack Review – 6 August 2012
Clash – Soundtrack Review – September 2012
Rodriguez – Clash – Soundtrack Review – September 2012
George Herald | Thoroughly unconventional Eva Rodriguez
This multi-talented woman helped to re-launch the musical career of Sixto Diaz Rodriguez (her father) and arranged his concerts in South Africa. As if this was not unusual enough, she also studied traditional healing and was one of the first white women to undergo a Sangoma ritual at Mdantsane, near East London. via George HeraldContinueContinue reading “George Herald | Thoroughly unconventional Eva Rodriguez”
Searching for Sugar Man – Rodriguez | AllMusic
In the documentary Searching for Sugar Man, director Malik Bendjelloul looks back at two music fans’ quest in the early ’90s to learn the fate of ’70s singer/songwriter Rodriguez (born Sixto Diaz Rodriguez to Mexican immigrant parents in Detroit), musically accompanied by the Searching for Sugar Man soundtrack that collects tracks from his two albums.ContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man – Rodriguez | AllMusic”
Best of 2012: ‘Searching for Sugar Man’
Is it too early to start compiling my list of the Top Ten Films of 2012? Because there’s one film that I know will be on that list no matter what else is released between now and the end of the year—“Searching for Sugar Man,” a remarkable, intensely moving documentary by Swedish filmmaker Malik Bendjelloul.ContinueContinue reading “Best of 2012: ‘Searching for Sugar Man’”
Sugar Man Coverage – Economist / Mirror / Metro / Sky Movies / Secret Cinema
Daily Mirror – Out now.pdf The Economist – Review.pdf Metro – Buy popcorn for…..pdf
Musical Fame At Last | Financial Mail
Daily Maverick – Resurrecting Rodriguez
Searching for Sugar Man, the documentary that tells the story of how 1970s musician Rodriguez came to be a huge star in South Africa while remaining unknown in the rest of the world, looks set to be a smash hit in the US. REBECCA DAVIS met Stephen “Sugar” Segerman, one of a handful of SouthContinueContinue reading “Daily Maverick – Resurrecting Rodriguez”
I Wonder… Wonder I Do
Originally posted on Chronicles of Illusions:
Life has a way of reminding you of where you come from. What it was that mattered to you. What it was that made your chest swell with its discovery. Life reminded me yesterday of a time when the songs of a singer/songwriter not only reached me – they…
Search for Sugar is so sweet | Herald.ie
Of course, most of the work done by Steve ‘Sugar’ Segerman and Craig Bartholomew was in pre-internet days and so may seem strange and frankly unbelievable to a generation who’ve grown up with Google. Even so, the tale is so incredible that I was certainly veering towards agreeing with the South African journalist who atContinueContinue reading “Search for Sugar is so sweet | Herald.ie”
Rodriguez – Q – Feature – September 2012
Rodriguez – Q – Searching For Sugarman Soundtrack Review – September 2012
Searching For Sugar Man – Online coverage
NME Album Reviews – Film Review: ‘Searching For Sugar Man’ – NME.COM
If you’ve ever heard the music of folk dude Sixto Rodriguez, you’ll know the Sugar Man – the spectral drug dealer at the heart of the Mexican-American songwriter’s best-known track of the same name. Via Rodriguez’s sparse acoustic guitar and vocal, the Sugar Man slips his customers horror, salvation and false friends, as well asContinueContinue reading “NME Album Reviews – Film Review: ‘Searching For Sugar Man’ – NME.COM”
Reissue CDs Weekly: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Rodriguez, Benny Spellman, Rupert’s People | New music reviews, news & interviews | The Arts Desk
Coinciding with the release of the film, here comes the “Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”. What it actually is, rather than a real-life soundtrack, is a compilation drawing tracks from Rodriguez’s two fabulous albums: seven from Cold Fact, four from Coming From Reality (half his released oeuvre), plus the three previously unissued cuts first heard onContinueContinue reading “Reissue CDs Weekly: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Rodriguez, Benny Spellman, Rupert’s People | New music reviews, news & interviews | The Arts Desk”
Sugar Man Coverage – Weekend reviews
Saturday Times – Review.pdf Saturday Telegraph – Review.pdf Financial Times Weekend – Lead Review.pdf The Guardian Guide – Review.pdf Independent Radar – Review.pdf The Sunday Times – Lead Review.pdf The Independent on Sunday – Lead Review.pdf Mail on Sunday – Review.pdf Sunday Express – Lead review.pdf The Observer – Lead Review.pdf Sunday Telegraph – Review.pdf
Mojo – Searching For Sugar Man Soundtrack Review – September 2012
Univision News Tumblr, The story of Rodriguez, the greatest Mexican American rock legend you never heard of
Meeting Rodriguez, dressed head to toe in black and wearing sunglasses seemingly designed to protect him from the glare of a Western sunset, is like meeting a super-hip uncle you never knew you had. He presents the crinkled hand that looks like it has lifted a thousand cinder blocks and strummed endless gentle guitar chords,ContinueContinue reading “Univision News Tumblr, The story of Rodriguez, the greatest Mexican American rock legend you never heard of”
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