Searching for Sugar Man is the Swedish and British documentary that follows two Cape Town fans tracking down whatever became of Rodriguez, an American musician who never quite made it big as producers expected. The film made a mark during festival season, getting nominated for the special jury prize at Sundance and winning the audienceContinueContinue reading “Searching For Sugar Man Documentary Will Hit Blu-ray In January – CinemaBlend.com”
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Searching for Sugar Man DVD coverage – Mojo / Shindig / New Internationalist
Shindig – Review.pdf Shindig – Rodriguez hero of the year mention.pdf
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 gets honourary inclusion in new book: 50 Flippen Brilliant South Africans | Jacana
50 Flippen Brilliant South Africans is the eagerly anticipated follow-up to the bestselling 50 People Who Stuffed Up South Africa, and is once again an irreverent and entertaining popular history of modern South Africa – but with a more positive spin this time around. What does it take to be a flippen brilliant South African?ContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez gets honourary inclusion in new book: 50 Flippen Brilliant South Africans | Jacana”
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”
Rodriguez – Live At Royal Festival Hall, London | Reviews | Clash Magazine
If you don’t know the story of Rodriguez yet, then don’t read this – go and watch this year’s amazing documentary Searching for Sugar Man, then come back to us. For those who know the tale behind the man, you may still be in a sense of awe that he is here: one halfContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez – Live At Royal Festival Hall, London | Reviews | Clash Magazine”
Review: Rodriguez at LJF 2012
I first heard about the singer-songwriter Sixto Diaz Rodriguez when a film charting his life, Searching For Sugar Man, was in the news earlier this year. The BBC called him “the musician who never knew he was famous,” and I was fascinated by his story. Rodriguez released a couple of albums in the States inContinueContinue reading “Review: Rodriguez at LJF 2012”
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
Searching for Sugar Man – an evening with RODRIGUEZ | The Belfast Empire Music Hall
“SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN – AN EVENING WITH RODRIGUEZ” with special guest DAVID HOLMES It’s one of the lost classics of the ’60s, a psychedelic masterpiece drenched in colour and inspired by life, love, poverty, rebellion. The album is Cold Fact, and what’s more intriguing is that its maker – a shadowy figure known as RodriguezContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man – an evening with RODRIGUEZ | The Belfast Empire Music Hall”
Searching for Sugar Man DVD coverage – The List / The Mirror / Buzz magazine
The List – Interview with Malik.pdf The Mirror – Review.pdf Buzz magazine – Review.pdf
Time Out – The Lowdown – 13 November 2012
The Times – Live Review – Nov 15th 2012
How rock ‘n’ roll fairytale led Sixto Diaz Rodriguez to be one of the most acclaimed musicians of his time – Scotland – Scotsman.com
Rodriguez Scotland on Sunday Feature 11 nov 2012 While he was long forgotten in the US, Rodriguez was unwittingly achieving mythical status in South Africa. Decades later, he tells Fiona Shepherd about fame after 40 years in the wilderness IN THE internet age, it seems inconceivable that an artist could be unaware of theirContinueContinue reading “How rock ‘n’ roll fairytale led Sixto Diaz Rodriguez to be one of the most acclaimed musicians of his time – Scotland – Scotsman.com”
The Times – Critic’s Choice – 10 November 2012
Searching for Sugar Man wins In-Edit international prize | Film Festival Watch
The Searching for Sugar Man juggernaut rolls on as Malik Bendjelloul’s sleeper hit about the unlikely resurrection of singer-songwriter Rodriguez copped the jury prize for Best International Documentary at the 10th Beefeater In-Edit music documentary festival in Barcelona. The awards were presented Saturday on the penultimate night of In-Edit, which drew around-the-block queues for dozensContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man wins In-Edit international prize | Film Festival Watch”
Searching for Sugar Man DVD review | Clash
Film Review: Searching for Sugar Man
Bigger than Elvis – on the other side of the world I have a major fetish for really great songwriters. Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Joni Mitchell, Randy Newman, Jacques Brel, Stephen Sondheim, for starters … the list is exclusive, but it’s not terribly short. I consider myself to be something of a scholar in thisContinueContinue reading “Film Review: Searching for Sugar Man”
CHANGE means…being raised from the dead « My Rite of Passage
Some people refer to Sixto Rodriguez as the Jesus rock star because he rose from a lifetime of obscurity in his home country to stardom, albeit in a faraway land on a different continent. And even there, despite his cult status in South Africa, he was believed to be dead due to a myth thatContinueContinue reading “CHANGE means…being raised from the dead « My Rite of Passage”
At 70, Detroiter Rodriguez couldn’t be happier about his unlikely new fame | Music | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
Forget could’ve, should’ve, would’ve. For Detroit’s newest rock sensation — the comeback king known as Rodriguez — a career surge at age 70 is all about looking forward. With his Friday band performance at Pontiac’s Crofoot, the biggest metro Detroit date of his life, the musician born Sixto Rodriguez continues to reap the benefits ofContinueContinue reading “At 70, Detroiter Rodriguez couldn’t be happier about his unlikely new fame | Music | Detroit Free Press | freep.com”
Interview with the Director of Searching For Sugar Man
Malik Bendjelloul is the Director of Searching For Sugar Man, a film about the talented musician Rodriguez. He discusses how he discovered the story and made the film and shares some useful tips for filmmakers. The film has won several awards such as the audience award at the Sundance Film Festival.
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