Get top local stories ... Rodriguez said. Sixto Rodriguez later pursued royalties he did not receive from his music being used and played in South Africa. Some of Rodriguez songs were banned ...

Singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez ... in the documentary often overshadowed Rodriguez's musical depth. In concert, he performed covers of songs by Frank Sinatra and Nina Simone, his guitar ...

Singer and songwriter Sixto Rodriguez ... linear." Rodriguez later pursued royalties he did not receive from his music being used and played in South Africa. Some of Rodriguez songs were banned ...

Sixto Rodriguez ... Everyone knew his songs. Everyone knew his albums, and everyone knew that Rodriguez was completely dead. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: That is film director Malik Bendjelloul ...

Aug 9 (Reuters) - Sixto Rodriguez ... The Detroit-based Rodriguez did not know how popular he had become in South Africa, where his songs became anthems for the anti-apartheid struggle in the ...

Some very sad breaking news this morning as we learn of the death of Detroit music icon Six Rodriguez born in Detroit in the forties as the sixth child in his family, which is actually why he was ...

Sixto Rodriguez, who lived in obscurity as his music career flamed out early in the U.S. only to find success in South Africa and a stardom he was unaware of, died Tuesday in Detroit. He was 81 ...