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”
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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”
Rodriguez interview on Top Billing, Tuesday 26 February at 8pm on SABC3
When the scale of an artist’s talent is so obvious — how can the world not see it? Rodriguez is such an artist, it took two South Africans to open the world’s eyes to his genius and tonight all three men tell Top Billing their incredible story.
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”
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”
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