July 24th 2012
“Extraordinary documentary “Searching for Sugar Man,” which tells the story of Detroit singer/songwriter Rodriguez’ rise, fall and rise again, may be one of the most moving music films we have seen. Win tickets to see the special Amoeba screening in Read More
July 24th 2012
“In 2006, director Malik Bendjelloul took six months off from his job at a Swedish television newsmagazine to travel the world in search of material for future segments. In Cape Town, South Africa, he was told “the best story I Read More
July 24th 2012
“This is a compelling documentary about a long-forgotten musician who, thirty years after he sank into obscurity, discovered that his genius had in fact been heard. Sixto Rodriquez was singing in a Detroit bar in the 60s, when two celebrated Read More
July 24th 2012
Though Rodriguez personally denied this when I asked him, I believe ‘Jane S. Piddy’ is a deliberate misspelling of “Janis Pity” – a sort of tribute to Janis Joplin. Rodriguez said in March 1998: “The people [in my songs] are Read More