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SOUTH AFRICA’S ‘DYLAN’ – FROM DETROIT – FINDS NEW FAME AND A FILM

August 1st, 2012 | 0 Comments | Blog Posts

(GIN) – Singer-songwriter Sixto Diaz Rodriguez was said to have died onstage, set himself on fire, or was a lifer who wrote all his music in jail. In fact, he was a Mexican-American, born and bred in Detroit, who could play guitar. A bootleg copy of his record “Cold Fact” wound up in South Africa, drawing a huge number of ...

 

Sahara Music Show

July 28th, 2012 | 0 Comments | Blog Posts

Host Alioune Sall narrates the journey of African-American music from the belly of Africa to the slave ships to the the churches. Watch, enjoy and be informed!