Independent review

Sixto Diaz Rodriguez, a Detroit native, could not achieve popularity in his homeland, although before the release of the first album (just Cold fact) everyone who was not lazy predicted it for him. As a result, this led to the fact that he practically quit music in the middle of the 70s for a very long period of time. There are hundreds of such stories, but something else is interesting - in the period of the decomposition of apartheid in South Africa he turned out to be incredibly popular among the liberally-oriented part of society (how Rodriguez's records got there still remains a mystery). An additional plus was given to him also by the fact that he was mistakenly classified there by the South African public as a tragically deceased young musician. In 1997 two fans of Rodriguez from South Africa begin an investigation with the aim to find out what kind of person this was and what happened to him in reality. They managed to find the musician. This led to the revival of Sixto's musical career. The history of the search for the old musician was told to the world in the Oscar-winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man (2012). This film helped Rodriguez at 70 years of age to receive well-deserved fame all over the world. This is definitely folk music. In some compositions even folk-rock. SDR sounds like a tougher Neil Young with a small portion of Bob Dylan, and also add to this cocktail a little Simon and Garfunkel. Well, the cherry on the cake is Neil Diamond's timbre. Sugar man; Only good for conversation; This Is Not a Song, It's an Outburst: Or, the Establishment Blues; I wonder; Gommorah and Rich folks hoax — even these six tracks are enough for a good evaluation of the album, and on Cold fact there are 2 times more songs. It must be said that producers and critics predicted him well-deserved glory. But something went wrong. Why? God only knows. Rodriguez had everything to become an American legend, but it was destined for him to become legendary in a completely different country and learn about it only in his old age.

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