You never know where social resistance will find its prophets and poets. For young liberal Afrikaners opposing apartheid in the ’70s, it was an unknown Detroit singer-songwriter named Rodriguez, the mysterious figure at the soulful center of the excellent new Read More
In 1968, two music producers went to a Detroit dive called The Sewer to hear a Mexican-American protest singer with a small cult following. The producers’ client list was mostly Motown, but they immediately signed Rodriguez (full name Sixto Rodriguez), Read More
In 1970, a Detroit-based singer-songwriter who went by the one-name moniker Rodriguez released an album titled “Cold Fact.” A collection of frank, politically minded folk songs, the record earned favorable comparisons to the work of Bob Dylan and stellar reviews Read More
The powerfully emotional Searching for Sugar Man (* * * * out of four, PG-13, opens Friday in New York and Los Angeles) is a real-life magical mystery tour. A musical detective story, this enthralling documentary focuses on a little-known Read More