Joseph Poirier wrote: I was at SXSW Film where they screened Searching for Sugar Man last night (Wednesday night). I took a video of the Q&A after the movie with Sixto Rodriguez and director Malik Bendjelloul.
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‘Searching For Sugar Man’ Wins Two Awards At Sundance Film Festival | PT Music
‘Searching For Sugar Man’ garnered two awards, The ‘World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary’ and ‘World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Prize for its Celebration of the Artistic Spirit’. To receive both an audience award and a critics award is a very rare occurrence indeed and had only happened once before since Sundance was founded in 1981 by Robert Redford. It was also one the first films sold at the Festival, being snapped up by Sony Pictures Classics.
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Ken Hensley in South Africa
From RockFest By now, you’ve probably heard that KEN HENSLEY, the man who penned so many of Uriah Heep’s classic tracks, will be doing a once-off-gig at the New Life Church auditorium in Douglasdale, Johannesburg, on Saturday 17 March! In a major scoop for The Rockfest on MIX 93.8FM, we are pleased to announce thatContinueContinue reading “Ken Hensley in South Africa”
'Searching For Sugar Man' To Open 2012 Sundance Film Festival.
‘Searching For Sugar Man’, a new documentary about Rodriguez by Swedish film director, Malik Bendjelloul, will be one of the three opening films at next week’s 2012 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The film will have its international premiere next Thursday 19th January, at the Sundance Festival as a representative of the WorldContinueContinue reading “'Searching For Sugar Man' To Open 2012 Sundance Film Festival.”
50 Original South African Songs
This post presents a curated chronological list of 50 notable South African songs that are original, featuring various artists and genres, highlighting the country’s diverse musical heritage, without including any foreign cover songs.
Rock Memories: 70s Acoustic Rock
As a teenager in the ’70s I compiled cassette tapes of my favourite songs. Much later on I compiled CD-Rs, and even later iTunes playlists on my computer. And now YouTube videos on a WordPress blog. So I am still doing the same thing I always loved, making my own compilations, just the technology hasContinueContinue reading “Rock Memories: 70s Acoustic Rock”
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Rodriguez Documentary to be shown at Sundance in January 2012
From The Salt Lake Tribune Searching for Sugar Man » (Denmark/United Kingdom) A portrait of the ‘70s rock star Rodriguez, “the Latin Bob Dylan,” who went from fame to obscurity — only to rise again in a different context many miles away. Directed by Malik Bendjelloul. From Sundance.org Searching for Sugar Man / Denmark, United KingdomContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez Documentary to be shown at Sundance in January 2012”