Category Archives: Reviews & Interviews

Kapstadt – Searching for Sugar Man

Lorenz on 21. Januar 2016 at 15:00 Original article at http://www.sirenen-und-heuler.de/kapstadt-searching-for-sugar-man/ [Please scroll down for Google’s translation from German to English] Eigentlich wollte ich einkaufen gehen. Dann sehe ich im Schaufenster dieses Platten-Cover. Im nächsten Moment saugt mich ein Zeittunnel ein. Ich treffe auf einen totgeglaubten Superstar, Südafrika in den Seventies, treue Fans und ein StückContinueContinue reading “Kapstadt – Searching for Sugar Man”

Capetonians pen the journey to find musician Sixto Rodriguez in new book | Cape Talk

The two men at the centre of the search for musician Sixto Rodriguez have written the story of their journey. Stephen “Sugar” Segerman and Craig Bartholomew-Strydom authored the book “Sugar Man – the life, death and resurrection of Sixto Rodriguez”, after the success of the documentary film that was made about their quest. The pairContinueContinue reading “Capetonians pen the journey to find musician Sixto Rodriguez in new book | Cape Talk”

Rodriguez Has Three Albums In Australian Chart | Noise11.com

Rodriguez has three albums in the Australian chart this week. The Rodriguez catalogue took an active run on the ARIA chart after his 2014 tour was announced last week. Rodriguez was last in Australia only last year for Bluesfest and played a national tour with backing band The Break, featuring members of Midnight Oil andContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez Has Three Albums In Australian Chart | Noise11.com”

Searching for Malik Bendjelloul – a tragedy revisited | Film | The Observer

In May Swedish film-maker Malik Bendjelloul – who had won an Oscar for his debut, the stunning Searching for Sugar Man – shocked everyone by taking his own life. Talking to the people closest to him, Andrew Anthony tries to make sense of a tragedy. Documentary feature film-making, if done well, is a long, arduous andContinueContinue reading “Searching for Malik Bendjelloul – a tragedy revisited | Film | The Observer”

Cause It’s the Greatest Last Song Ever Recorded

How Steve Rowland Produced the Real Rodriguez on “Coming from Reality” By Mark Worth ​ One of the most noteworthy final albums ever recorded might never have been made had Steve Rowland not been sitting in the London office of music publisher Freddy Beanstalk one day in the summer of 1970. Rowland looked on Beanstalk’s deskContinueContinue reading “Cause It’s the Greatest Last Song Ever Recorded”

Rodriguez Label Chief: ‘Our Dealings with Clarence Avant Were Always Positive’ | AUDIO KORNER

Light in the Attic’s Matt Sullivan, whose reissues prefigured the Oscar-winning documentary, laments the story’s tragic ending. Matt Sullivan, 38, is a true believer. The head of Light in the Attic, the reissue label he founded in 2003 with partner Joe Wright in Seattle, released Sixto Rodriguez’s two albums, his 1970 debut, Cold Fact, andContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez Label Chief: ‘Our Dealings with Clarence Avant Were Always Positive’ | AUDIO KORNER”

Malik Bendjelloul: Death of a filmmaker who told an extraordinary South African tale | Daily Maverick

From Daily Maverick Malik Bendjelloul, the Swedish director of ‘Searching for Sugar Man’, has committed suicide aged 36. It’s just over a year since the documentary about folk musician Rodriguez won Bendjelloul an Oscar and captured the hearts of viewers all over the world. REBECCA DAVIS spoke to Bendjelloul’s subject and friend, Cape Town record-storeContinueContinue reading “Malik Bendjelloul: Death of a filmmaker who told an extraordinary South African tale | Daily Maverick”

Oscar-Winning Director of ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Found Dead | Variety

From Variety Director Malik Bendjelloul, whose 2012 documentary “Searching for Sugar Man” won the best documentary Oscar, has been found dead. He was 36. Police spokeswoman Pia Glenvik told the Associated Press that Bendjelloul died in Stockholm late Tuesday, but wouldn’t specify the cause of death. “Searching for Sugar Man,” about the life and careerContinueContinue reading “Oscar-Winning Director of ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Found Dead | Variety”

‘Searching for Sugar Man’ musician Rodriguez may finally see payoff from songs

From Detroit Free Press Two years after an Oscar-winning film raised questions about royalties for Sixto Rodriguez, a copyright and fraud lawsuit has been filed against Clarence Avant, who signed the Detroit singer to a record deal more than four decades ago. Rodriguez is not a direct party in the complaint, filed today in Detroit federal courtContinueContinue reading “‘Searching for Sugar Man’ musician Rodriguez may finally see payoff from songs”

“There’s a hunger for documentaries online,” says Searching For Sugar Man Producer | NFTS

From NFTS ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING PRODUCER SIMON CHINN SPEAKS AT NFTS FILM CLINIC “There’s a hunger for documentaries online,” says Searching For Sugar Man Producer Simon Chinn, the double Academy Award winning producer of Searching For Sugar Man and Man on Wire has told up coming documentary-makers to look to the ‘small screen’ when making films in future. Speaking in conversation with DickContinueContinue reading ““There’s a hunger for documentaries online,” says Searching For Sugar Man Producer | NFTS”

Sugar Man Arrives – Rodriguez Plays Radio City Music Hall in NYC | Join The Rukkus

There are certain experiences one can only have in New York City, and can only truly appreciate when they happen to you. I was sitting at my favorite bar in midtown on a Wednesday evening a few weeks back – it’s hard to find a good bar there, but I have a dive in the heart of itContinueContinue reading “Sugar Man Arrives – Rodriguez Plays Radio City Music Hall in NYC | Join The Rukkus”

Rodriguez’ Brooklyn Concert (Bob Dylan, You Need to Revisit Highway Sixto One) | White Shaka

When the crowd in the arena rose, whistling, cheering and applauding at the appearance of this legend of our youths, it seemed like an historic moment in the making. Barely able to see, Sixto Rodriguez was lead onto the stage by his daughter and an assistant, put on a top hat and began to singContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez’ Brooklyn Concert (Bob Dylan, You Need to Revisit Highway Sixto One) | White Shaka”