Music industry veteran Benjy Mudie does a deep dive into what makes the music world tick.
From interviews with leading artists, songwriters, publishers, radio DJs, label insiders, and producers, to stories from nearly 50 years in music. Sometimes funny, and often irreverent and controversial.
He'll take you inside the backrooms and the back stages of the South African music industry. The concerts, the parties, the politics, the hedonism, the highs and lows of a headlong career.
Along the way, Benjy passes along advice on how to chart the stormy and ever-changing landscape of the modern music business.
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Music industry veteran Benjy Mudie does a deep dive into what makes the music world tick.
From interviews with leading artists, songwriters, publishers, radio DJs, label insiders, and producers, to stories from nearly 50 years in music. Sometimes funny, and often irreverent and controversial.
He'll take you inside the backrooms and the back stages of the South African music industry. The concerts, the parties, the politics, the hedonism, the highs and lows of a headlong career.
Along the way, Benjy passes along advice on how to chart the stormy and ever-changing landscape of the modern music business.
It's from the hip podcasting brought to you exclusively by Solid Gold Podcasts.
The Concert in the Park - 40th Anniversary Special
From the Hip with Benjy Mudie
1 hour 17 minutes 57 seconds
7 months ago
The Concert in the Park - 40th Anniversary Special
Step back into the sweltering heat of January 12, 1985, when South Africa stood on the edge of collapse—townships ablaze, a nation divided by the iron fist of Apartheid.
Yet, from this cauldron of chaos rose a moment of pure, defiant hope: the Concert in the Park. In this heart-wrenching 40th-anniversary special, we relive the day when 120,000 black and white South Africans converged at Ellis Park, their voices merging in a thunderous cry for unity, healing, and hunger relief.
Feel the tears well up as Johnny Clegg, Brenda Fassie, Sipho 'Hotstix' Mabuse, eVoid, Neil Johnson, Alex Jay, PJ Powers, Tim Parr, Heather Mac, Jarrod Aston, Erik & Lucien Windrich, and others recount the electric jolt of performing to a sea of faces—once segregated, now one.
Hear Hilton Rosenthal’s voice tremble as he recalls the spark of inspiration that defied a nation’s skepticism, and let the raw joy of a peaceful revolution wash over you.
This isn’t just a concert’s story—it’s the heartbeat of a rainbow nation daring to dream, a melody of resilience that still echoes through time.
Prepare to be moved by a day that changed South Africa's future.
From the Hip with Benjy Mudie
Music industry veteran Benjy Mudie does a deep dive into what makes the music world tick.
From interviews with leading artists, songwriters, publishers, radio DJs, label insiders, and producers, to stories from nearly 50 years in music. Sometimes funny, and often irreverent and controversial.
He'll take you inside the backrooms and the back stages of the South African music industry. The concerts, the parties, the politics, the hedonism, the highs and lows of a headlong career.
Along the way, Benjy passes along advice on how to chart the stormy and ever-changing landscape of the modern music business.
It's from the hip podcasting brought to you exclusively by Solid Gold Podcasts.
