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A Singer Savors His Posthumous Success
A documentary about an unlikely series of events that catapulted the Detroit-dwelling singer Rodriguez into mega-stardom across the globe in South Africa—despite the fact that his albums, released in 1970 and 1971, flopped in the U.S.—recently got a raucous reception at the Tribeca Film Festival. The singer talks about his unlikely revival.
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Rodriguez to Play LA & SF (But Not Seattle)
Detroit folk singer Rodriguez is playing Los Angeles Nov. 21 and San Francisco Nov. 23. That's great news, as Rodriguez has never played west of his hometown, Detroit. However! Rodriguez's legendary 1970 LP Cold Fact was reissued by... Read Post
Barbara Nussbaum: Sugar Man's Medicine for Salty Wounds: The Oscar Goes to a Cultural Healer
Searching for Sugar Man won the Academy Award for best documentary. In South Africa there is significant debate about whether or not the documentary overstates the role of Sixto Rodriguez in liberating the minds of South Africans. W... Read Post
‘Sugar Man’ Spreads the Sweetness Around
The award-winning documentary “Searching for Sugar Man" tracks the rise, the fall, and Lazarus-like rebirth of the obscure American folk singer Rodriguez, who became a sensation in South Africa and galvanized the antiapartheid movem... Read Post