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Dennis Coffey
Dennis Coffey
American guitarist
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The Raconteurs
The Raconteurs
band
2
Feder
Feder
French DJ
3
Glen Hansard
Glen Hansard
Irish musician, songwriter
4
Tom Odell
Tom Odell
British singer-songwriter
5
3T
3T
American sibling trio; R&B / Pop music group
6
World Party
World Party
British band
7
Arrested Development
Arrested Development
American alternative hip hop group
8
Marlon Roudette
Marlon Roudette
British/Vincentian musician and singer-songwriter
9
The Temper Trap
The Temper Trap
Australian band
10
Was (Not Was)
Was (Not Was)
American band
11
Dr. Alban
Dr. Alban
Nigerian-born Swedish musician and producer
12
Finn Brothers
Finn Brothers
A Brother Band
13
KUNGS
KUNGS
French DJ and record producer
14
Newton Faulkner
Newton Faulkner
English singer-songwriter
15
The Bloody Beetroots
The Bloody Beetroots
Italian musician
16
Die Antwoord
Die Antwoord
South African rap-rave group
17
Route 94
Route 94
British DJ and producer
18
Lene Lovich
Lene Lovich
American new wave singer
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Pras
Pras
American rapper
20
Of Monsters and Men
Of Monsters and Men
Icelandic band
21
The Common Linnets
The Common Linnets
Dutch band
22
Young Fathers
Young Fathers
UK musical group: hip hop and pop group based in Edinburgh
23
Finley Quaye
Finley Quaye
Scottish musician, singer, recording artist
24
Puff Johnson
Puff Johnson
American singer-songwriter
25
Chad Kroeger
Chad Kroeger
Canadian vocalist and rock musician
26
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Tedeschi Trucks Band
27
Jason Donovan
Jason Donovan
Australian actor and singer
28
Yothu Yindi
Yothu Yindi
Australian musical group
29
Paul Potts
Paul Potts
English tenor
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Ásgeir Trausti
Ásgeir Trausti
Icelandic musician
31
Ratatat
Ratatat
American electronic rock duo from Brooklyn
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Yolanda Be Cool
Yolanda Be Cool
Australian music duo
33
Bliss n Eso
Bliss n Eso
Australian hip hop trio
34
Angus & Julia Stone
Angus & Julia Stone
Australian brother & sister duo-led folk, indie pop group, formed in 2006
35
Keziah Jones
Keziah Jones
Nigerian musician
36
Sarah Blasko
Sarah Blasko
Australian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer
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Mikky Ekko
Mikky Ekko
American singer-songwriter and record producer.
Sixto Rodriguez
American folk musician

Sixto Rodriguez

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Sixto Diaz Rodriguez (born July 10, 1942), known professionally as Rodriguez, is an American singer-songwriter from Detroit, Michigan. Though his career was initially met with little fanfare in the United States, he found success in Australia, touring the country twice, and New Zealand. Unbeknownst to him for decades, his music was also extremely successful and influential in South Africa, where he is believed to have sold more records than Elvis Presley., as well as other countries in Southern Africa. Information about him was scarce, and it was incorrectly rumored there that he had committed suicide shortly after releasing his second album.

In the 1990s, determined South African fans managed to find and contact Rodriguez, which led to an unexpected revival of his musical career. This was told in the 2012 Academy Award–winning documentary film Searching for Sugar Man and helped give Rodriguez a measure of fame in his home country. In May 2013, Rodriguez received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from his alma mater, Wayne State University, in Detroit.

Rodriguez has been living in Detroit's historic Woodbridge neighborhood, through which he is seen walking in Searching for Sugar Man. He is known to live a simple life, possessing no telephone or cell phone of his own, and occasionally visiting bars in the Cass Corridor section of Detroit near Woodbridge and Midtown Detroit, such as the Old Miami pub, where he has performed live concerts for small local crowds.