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Susan Cowsill’s 39-year trip to an opening spot with Rodriguez | Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone?
I’m sitting here wondering why I don’t have any photos of Susan Cowsill. Even before starting this blog, I often took photos at shows to create lasting memorabilia. I’m not sure if I’ve even seen her since 2009, when this blog started. I know I saw her at least once on her own in NewContinueContinue reading “Susan Cowsill’s 39-year trip to an opening spot with Rodriguez | Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone?”
Mabu Vinyl, listed at no. 10 of 27 Breathtaking Record Stores You Have To Shop At Before You Die
Mabu Vinyl is a must music shopping in South Africa. Spanning genre, mediums, and decades, its beautiful store has something for everyone. They even have a large stock of music-related zines. via 27 Breathtaking Record Stores You Have To Shop At Before You Die.
Rodriguez and Big Sky live at The Blues Room, 17 & 18 June 1998
15 years ago, today, Rodriguez performed at The Blues Room in Johannesburg to launch the Live Fact album. This album was recorded on the 10th March 1998 on the Cold Facts tour of South Africa which features strongly in the Searching For Sugar Man film. Musicians Sixto Rodriguez: Vocals, acoustic guitar Willem Möller: Electric GuitarContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez and Big Sky live at The Blues Room, 17 & 18 June 1998”
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”
Rodriguez – Bonus song (Dead End Street) from “Tracks” (Arte Channel). Program33.
Dead End Street originally recorded by Lou Rawls in 1967. Not to be confused with Dead End Street by The Kinks in 1966 which is a different song.
Rodriguez – Sugar Man (RocknRolla Soundsystem Edit)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnYwSOGYHvo Sixto Rodríguez is an American folk musician from Detroit. His career initially proved short-lived with two little-sold albums in the early 1970s. Unbeknownst to him, however, his work became extremely successful and influential in South Africa, although there he was mistakenly rumoured to have committed suicide. The full story is reflected in the 2012ContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez – Sugar Man (RocknRolla Soundsystem Edit)”
A Night To Remember, 7th March 1998
From Sweet Songs To Street Songs From the simplistic, yet instantly recognisable bass guitar intro of I Wonder, to the last fading echoes of Forget It, this was a show that enthralled everyone from the die-hard old fans with their balding heads and beer paunches to the new virgin devotees. From sweet songs to street songs,ContinueContinue reading “A Night To Remember, 7th March 1998”
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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”
‘Sugar Man’ Star Rodriguez Headed to Coachella, Glastonbury | Billboard
Q&A With Singer and the Director of Oscar-Nominated ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Rodriguez, the singer whose story is at the heart of Malik Bendjelloul’s Oscar-nominated “Searching for Sugar Man,” has festival dates lined up at Coachella, Glastonbury and Primavera in Spain that will follow tours of South Africa and Australia. The new dates are partContinueContinue reading “‘Sugar Man’ Star Rodriguez Headed to Coachella, Glastonbury | Billboard”
The Complete Rodriguez Collection | George “Fuzzy” Fazakas
George “Fuzzy” Fazakas has compiled his idea for a complete Rodriguez box set. CD11) I’ll slip away (1967 single version)2) You’d like to admit it (1967 b-side single version)3) Cold Fact4) After the Fact / Coming from Reality CD21) I’ll slip away 1972/32) Street Boy 1972/33) Can’t Get away4) Live Fact (1998 South African tour)CD31)ContinueContinue reading “The Complete Rodriguez Collection | George “Fuzzy” Fazakas”
‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Star Rodriguez to Play Coachella, Glastonbury – Hollywood Reporter
The formerly reclusive troubadour will headline two of the world’s biggest music festivals in the coming months. Singer-songwriter Rodriguez, the breakout star of award-winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man, will perform at two of this year’s biggest music festivals: April’s Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival, held in Indio, Calif., over two weekends, as wellContinueContinue reading “‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Star Rodriguez to Play Coachella, Glastonbury – Hollywood Reporter”
Best Album Reissues of 2012: Rodriguez, ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ | Rolling Stone
The reissue of the year is the soundtrack to one of the most compelling music documentaries ever made, about a comeback so improbable it seems like fiction. Searching for Sugar Man follows two South African fans as they solve the mystery of the Hispanic, Detroit-born singer-songwriter Rodriguez: a charismatic phantom who vanished into working-life obscurityContinueContinue reading “Best Album Reissues of 2012: Rodriguez, ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ | Rolling Stone”
MUSIC REVIEW | Culture Northern Ireland
When people gather and talk about the singer-songwriters they admire, the same familiar names usually recur: Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell: all legends whose music has lasted through the decades, from the 1960s to the present day. Very few would mention Jesus ‘Sixto’ Rodriguez – unless they were South African. For thoseContinueContinue reading “MUSIC REVIEW | Culture Northern Ireland”
Rodriguez – Like A Rolling Stone
Stephen “Sugar” Segerman Interview on Talk Radio 702
Rodriguez and his place in The Story Of Rock | Brian Currin
Almost all the recent fan messages on the Sugarman.org website are from people saying they have never heard of Rodriguez before. Many even apologize for not listening to him in the 1970s. I can’t remember when exactly I first heard ‘Cold Fact’. For me his music just always seemed to have been there. A numberContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez and his place in The Story Of Rock | Brian Currin”
The Amazing Story Of Hate Street Dialogue
Originally published on SugarMan.org, 28 September 2001 https://open.spotify.com/track/3Y0iZyngvwiGF15eLRttN7?si=6098aaea79da4719 HATE STREET DIALOGUE Woman please be gone You’ve stayed here much too long Don’t you wish that you could cryDon’t you wish I would die Seamy, seesaw kids Childwoman on the skids The dust will choke you blind The lust will choke your mind I kiss theContinueContinue reading “The Amazing Story Of Hate Street Dialogue”
Sugar Man Coverage – Weekend reviews
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