It is with great pleasure that we at Sugarman.org join all Sixto Diaz Rodriguez’s Family and many, many fans around the world in wishing him a Happy and Healthy and Peaceful 81st Birthday.
Category Archives: Searching For Sugar Man Film
Zig At The Gig Podcast
I hope all is well with you and yours.My Name is Dave Deitke. I am a full-time musician/ special needs music educator/ music therapist MT-BC, NMT from Cleveland, OH, and I run a podcast called Zig At The Gig.I started this podcast to promote a non-profit art gallery called Negative Space. Since the shutdown, IContinueContinue reading “Zig At The Gig Podcast”
“Searching For Sugar Man” coming to Netflix this Friday!
Searching For Sugar Man Searching For Sugar Man Searching For Sugar Man is a 2012 documentary film about a South African cultural phenomenon, written and directed by Malik Bendjelloul, which details the efforts in the late 1990s of two Cape Town fans, Stephen “Sugar” Segerman and Craig Bartholomew Strydom, to find out whether the rumoured deathContinueContinue reading ““Searching For Sugar Man” coming to Netflix this Friday!”
Gilles Peterson Debuts New John Wizards Track, And Discovers Its Rodriguez connection.
Gilles Peterson joined the musical dots between John Wizards and Sixto Rodriguez
Stephen “Sugar” Segerman: My hunt for Rodriguez, a missing music legend | BBC
Sugar & Rodriguez In London One South African superfan’s quest to unravel the truth about his favourite artist Listen: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct34wg Released On: 01 Sep 2022, available for over a year Stephen ‘Sugar’ Segerman’s nickname came from the song Sugar Man by the American singer Rodriguez. In 1970s South Africa, Rodriguez was a household name as hisContinueContinue reading “Stephen “Sugar” Segerman: My hunt for Rodriguez, a missing music legend | BBC”
Happy 80th Birthday Rodriguez!
Rodriguez & Dave Matthews 21 June 2022 Please join us in wishing Rodriguez a Happy Birthday on the occasion of his 80th Birthday which falls on July 10th! On behalf of all of us at the official Rodriguez website, Sugarman.org, we send our warmest wishes to Rodriguez and we hope that he has a wonderful dayContinueContinue reading “Happy 80th Birthday Rodriguez!”
Searching For Sugar Man
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9DA06F8F161DB58A Searching For Sugar Man trailers We have just watched your documentary and think there should be more people like you in the world who share the wealth of their love as well as in other ways too. You have been an incredible father to your daughters who seem in awe of you and gratefulContinueContinue reading “Searching For Sugar Man”
Sugar Man – Just Jinger
1001 South African Songs You Must Hear Before You Go Deaf by John Samson When Rodriguez walked out onto the stage in Cape Town back in 1998 to kick off his first ever SA tour, he thanked the audience for keeping him alive. And a large part of that thanks could have been directed towardsContinueContinue reading “Sugar Man – Just Jinger”
Train Don’t Run – New Video from Steve Louw
Steve Louw and his band Big Sky appeared with Rodriguez on the sold-out South African tour in 1998 as featured in the Oscar-winning film “Searching For Sugar Man”. Here is the official video for “Train Don’t Run”, created by Jacqui van Staden. From the album “Headlight Dreams”, produced by Kevin Shirley and released 7 MayContinueContinue reading “Train Don’t Run – New Video from Steve Louw”
Dead Men Don’t Tour, Rodriguez in South Africa 1998 (TV Documentary)
This documentary was shown on South African Television this week, 20 years ago. Footage from this documentary features strongly in the Oscar winning film, Searching For Sugar Man. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRGvhH_BcX0&t=2s Dead Men Don’t Tour Directed by Tonia Selley and featuring Big Sky, “Dead Men Don’t Tour”, was first broadcast on SABC 3 at 9.30pm on the 5th JulyContinueContinue reading “Dead Men Don’t Tour, Rodriguez in South Africa 1998 (TV Documentary)”
BELOVED SOUTH AFRICAN SINGER / SONGWRITER STEVE LOUW RELEASES NEW VIDEO / SINGLE, “CRAZY RIVER”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHXfRU0Wsm0 April 6 2021, Capetown, SA: Today, much-revered South African singer/songwriter/guitarist, Steve Louw releases, “Crazy River,” the first track from his forthcoming album, Headlight Dreams to be released in May via BFD/The Orchard. The song itself is an upbeat, transcendent ode to the beauty of a river, its timelessness against the impermanent world it runsContinueContinue reading “BELOVED SOUTH AFRICAN SINGER / SONGWRITER STEVE LOUW RELEASES NEW VIDEO / SINGLE, “CRAZY RIVER””
Royalties for Rodriguez
Hello! I might be one of the last people in the U.S. to see the Searching For Sugar Man documentary – I was so moved, laughing and crying with my friend who checked it out from the public library to share with me. My friend also had his Cold Fact CD, which I am aboutContinueContinue reading “Royalties for Rodriguez”
Fantastic Story
Hi there.My wife and I have just seen the documentary about this fantastic story. It’s absolutely incredible, we sat on our settee with tears in our eyes …The success that you received was thoroughly deserved, well done to everyone concerned…Long may this story continue..Take care and good luck from Paris, France Steve n Carmen Smith
A letter I wrote Sugarman tonite | Danny
HelloI am Danny Tyrell a local Detroit musician.When you were making the movie I was working with Dennis Coffey as keyboardist. I recall Dennis and Mike meeting in the breaks of a gigAnd Dennis briefly mentioned the project.As years went on I left the group andWent on to develop a music program in 4 rehabContinueContinue reading “A letter I wrote Sugarman tonite | Danny”
Thank You For The Music
Just wish to say thank you for your music. I have been an instant fan the minute I saw Searching for Sugarman. I wonder (no pun intended) how you are these days and what you think about the times we are living in now. I hope you are writing new songs because I feel yourContinueContinue reading “Thank You For The Music”
Rodriguez – Sugar Man (Live in South Africa March 1998)
South African Tour 1998
Searching For Sugar Man: Producer Simon Chinn on the incredible journey making the hit movie, and Tecla Ciolfi on Rodriguez’s ongoing cultural influence in South Africa – Travelling Symphony Movie Club | Podcast on Spotify
Searching For Sugar Man | Radio Vagabond Podcast
A Spoonful Of Sugar And James returns to the Alma Café in Mowbray on Friday Sept 27th at 8pm
A Spoonful Of Sugar And James returns to the Alma Café in Mowbray on Friday Sept 27th at 8pm. Booking is as always absolutely essential by phone on 021 685 7377. 50 seats only. This innovative, informative and slightly irreverent performance sees the acclaimed South African singer-songwriter, James Stewart, joining Stephen “Sugar” Segerman, the man behindContinueContinue reading “A Spoonful Of Sugar And James returns to the Alma Café in Mowbray on Friday Sept 27th at 8pm”
Rodriguez’s Forgotten ‘70s Albums Make Their Vinyl Return | Forbes
David Chiu Contributor Hollywood & Entertainment OTTAWA, ON – SEPTEMBER 17: Rodriguez performs on day 5 of the CityFolk Festival at The Great Lawn at Lansdowne Park on September 17, 2017 in Ottawa, Canada. (Photo by Mark Horton/WireImage)WIREIMAGE It’s one of pop music’s unlikeliest and greatest comeback stories ever: a Mexican-American singer-songwriter from Detroit named Sixto Rodriguez recordedContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez’s Forgotten ‘70s Albums Make Their Vinyl Return | Forbes”
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