Rodriguez (July 10, 1942 – August 8, 2023) was an American singer/songwriter from Detroit who released the 1970 album Cold Fact, followed in 1971 by Coming From Reality. After losing touch with the industry, his work gained a mass following in South Africa, where his song “Sugar Man” became a national anthem. He remained unaware […]
Cold Fact is the first of two studio albums by American singer/songwriter Rodriguez, released in March 1970 on Sussex Records. The record presents a raw, street-level strain of psychedelic folk-rock with protest undercurrents, balancing urban realism and countercultural reflection through vivid lyrical portraits of disaffection, addiction, and class disparity. Its tone moves between bitter social critique and […]
