Whatever the reason Rodriguez presently is a famed artist and has some of the most loyal and varied fans out there. In marketing terms he has unwittingly created a strong, mysterious brand image and a legacy far beyond his years, Rodriguez is NOT A FAD. Although reasons for this may be hard to pin heContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez… A Man on Fire | Maties Marketing244”
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Review – Rodriguez @ Hammersmith Apollo, London, June 8 2013 | Young & Serious
It’s not often that an artist plays a sold-out, 5,000 capacity venue at the age of 70. It’s even less common that an artist does this feat having only released two studio albums that, initially, sold poorly. But, that is what Rodriguez did at Hammersmith Apollo on Friday. Rodriguez (birth name Sixto Rodriguez) is aContinueContinue reading “Review – Rodriguez @ Hammersmith Apollo, London, June 8 2013 | Young & Serious”
On 3rd Degree: Rodriguez – Echoes of Freedom
Broadcast date: Tuesday, 23 April 2013 Singer Songwriter Sixto Rodriguez’s first album Cold Fact was released over forty years ago. Though unknown in America, his music had been a huge hit in South Africa since the 70s. Now years later, an Oscar-winning documentary has finally made him a star in his own country, and aroundContinueContinue reading “On 3rd Degree: Rodriguez – Echoes of Freedom”
Searching for Sugar Man – Time Out Tokyo
All you really have to know about this surprising and emotive music doc is that you should see it. Anyone who enjoyed, say, The Buena Vista Social Club or Anvil: The Story of Anvil, will surely go for this too. It tells the unlikely story of Sixto Rodriguez, a gifted but way-under-the-radar Detroit-based Hispanic singer-songwriterContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man – Time Out Tokyo”
Paradiso is bringing Sugar Man Sixto Rodriguez to Amsterdam | Overdose.am – Amsterdam’s cultural magazine
Sixto Rodriguez, the star of the best documentary Oscar winning Searching For Sugar Man, is coming to Amsterdam. Paradiso were the first ones to smartly jump onto the recent hype around the ’70s folk singer. The documentary depicts how the Detroit singer’s two unsuccessful albums make it big years later in South Africa (where heContinueContinue reading “Paradiso is bringing Sugar Man Sixto Rodriguez to Amsterdam | Overdose.am – Amsterdam’s cultural magazine”
SABC Media Libraries: Searching for Sugar Man, also in the SABC Archives
“Sugar Man”, the story of a forgotten singer, won the best documentary at the Oscars this week. Sixto Rodriguez made two records in the early 1970s, but it never took off in America. Unbeknown to him, it became very popular in South Africa. Searching for Sugar Man, is the story of two South Africans andContinueContinue reading “SABC Media Libraries: Searching for Sugar Man, also in the SABC Archives”
The 2013 Oscars: Searching for Sugar Men | Miss Ntertainment
The documentary isn’t only about one man’s humility and passion to do that which he loved and provide a decent living for his family. It’s also a story about dedication and commitment; Sugar worked tirelessly on the Rodriguez website and to connect the singer with South Africa. He and Brian Currin did so much forContinueContinue reading “The 2013 Oscars: Searching for Sugar Men | Miss Ntertainment”
Truth and Beauty: “Searching for Sugar Man”
What happens to gifted artists who slip through the cracks? “Searching for Sugar Man” takes us on an 85-minute journey to answer this question. We begin in the backseat of a convertible driving along a winding mountain highway, with the ocean on the right. The setting: South Africa, where Mexican-American musician Sixto Rodriguez has a hugeContinueContinue reading “Truth and Beauty: “Searching for Sugar Man””
Rodriguez Weighs Potential Third Album | Music News | Rolling Stone
Rodriguez Rodriguez, the obscure Detroit songman who unknowingly earned a huge cult audience overseas, will meet with producers to discuss making a third album, his first in more than 40 years. Though adamant about having no specific plan, Rodriguez tells Rolling Stone that once he breaks from touring in June he will explore the prospectContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez Weighs Potential Third Album | Music News | Rolling Stone”
The Resurrection of Sixto Rodriguez :: SACSIS.org.za
Searching for Sugarman, Malik Bendjelloul’s film about the reception of Sixto Rodriguez in South Africa, continues to accumulate awards, critical acclaim and commercial success as its momentum gathers in the lead up to the Academy Awards at the end of next month. It is carrying Rodriguez, seventy years old and partially blind, onto the stagesContinueContinue reading “The Resurrection of Sixto Rodriguez :: SACSIS.org.za”
Tour news: Sugar Man on his way – Entertainment – NZ Herald News
Sixto Rodriguez, the Mexican-American singer-songwriter who is enjoying a renaissance more than 40 years after releasing his two and only albums, will play New Zealand for the first time in March. He plays the Wellington Opera House on March 16 and Auckland’s Logan Campbell Centre on March 17. Better known as Rodriguez, the Detroit nativeContinueContinue reading “Tour news: Sugar Man on his way – Entertainment – NZ Herald News”
Big Concerts adds 4th Cape Town Rodriguez show | Channel24
Cape Town – Big Concerts announced that another Cape Town show has been added for legendary singer-songwriter Rodriguez’s tour in South Africa in February. With three sold-out shows so far in Cape Town, the extra performance was added due to an overwhelming demand and will be taking place on Saturday, 9 February. This will alsoContinueContinue reading “Big Concerts adds 4th Cape Town Rodriguez show | Channel24”
Music Exchange 2013 getting down to the business of making music / Call for DEMO’s
Music Exchange 2013 getting down to the business of making music / Call for DEMO’s Music Exchange, South Africa’s two day independent music conference that gets everyone in the music industry talking, is set to take place from 21-22 March 2013. As a much-anticipated highlight on the Cape Town music calendar, Music Exchange brings theContinueContinue reading “Music Exchange 2013 getting down to the business of making music / Call for DEMO’s”
2012 has been the year of Rodriguez.
The NME described it best in the headline for their end of 2012 round up as the year “The World Fell In Love With Rodriguez”, and that pretty much sums it up…. We at SugarMan.org wish Rodriguez, Eva, Sandra, Regan, and all the Rodriguez Family, and of course Malik, Craig, Matt and Camilla, a wonderful,ContinueContinue reading “2012 has been the year of Rodriguez.”
2012 has been the year of Rodriguez.
The NME described it best in the headline for their end of 2012 round up as the year “The World Fell In Love With Rodriguez”, and that pretty much sums it up…. We at SugarMan.org wish Rodriguez, Eva, Sandra, Regan, and all the Rodriguez Family, and of course Malik, Craig, Matt and Camilla, a wonderful,ContinueContinue reading “2012 has been the year of Rodriguez.”
5 Best Music Films Of 2012 – The Big Picture – NME.COM
1. Searching For Sugar Man Two South Africans go on a quest to find cult US musician Sixto Rodriguez, whose lyrics of struggle and injustice had a huge impact in their apartheid-stained country in the ’70s. Cue a gloriously happy ending. The film is out on DVD and Blu-ray on 27 December. Best bit: TheContinueContinue reading “5 Best Music Films Of 2012 – The Big Picture – NME.COM”
‘Sugar Man’ becomes SA’s most successful doccie of all time – Times LIVE
The hit documentary about musician Rodriguez, which sold out in theatres across the country has become the most successful documentary of all time in South Africa. Searching for Sugar Man has made over R2 million at the box office and is currently still screening exclusively at Cinema Nouveau and select Ster-Kinekor Theatres – and shows continueContinueContinue reading “‘Sugar Man’ becomes SA’s most successful doccie of all time – Times LIVE”
Rotter and Friends – Wisdom » Rodriguez Official Shirts Come To Reality
I am so proud to release the first official illustrated tee shirts of Rodriguez and honored to have been asked to scribble the magic, approved by the man himself. Special thanks to Light In The Attic, David Black (photographer of wonder), Stella Berkofsky, and Rodriguez’s family, for helping make this project happen. Rodriguez’s music isContinueContinue reading “Rotter and Friends – Wisdom » Rodriguez Official Shirts Come To Reality”
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
A Day In The Life: Rodriguez :: Blogs :: 1000 Words :: Paste
When Sixto Rodriguez recorded his debut album Cold Fact in 1969, he dreamed of pop stardom. But, far from the epicentre of the late ’60s folkie scene, the Detroit-based son of Mexican immigrants found that his defining statement was criminally overlooked. Rodriguez went back to reality, working as a gas station attendant, studying philosophy, campaigningContinueContinue reading “A Day In The Life: Rodriguez :: Blogs :: 1000 Words :: Paste”
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