From the Hip with Benjy Mudie
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Greek girls ! Post Punk energy! Tearaway songs! | The Peach Story
Greek girls ! Post Punk energy! Tearaway songs! | The Peach Story
About this podcast
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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Episodes
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- Greek girls ! Post Punk energy! Tearaway songs! | The Peach Story · 1 h 3 minDurban`s almost all-girl teen band spill the beans! Allan Rosenberg (Guitarist, Songwriter and Band Founder), Angie Becker (Lead Singer), and Graham Boynton (Band Manager) look…
- Otis Waygood Untold | Rob Zipper · 1 h 33 minRob Zipper (Otis Waygood Blues Band | Lead Singer and Saxophonist) tells the wild, full story This episode is for Gen X music lovers who grew up hearing the name Otis Waygood…
- Stoking the star-making machine with a music legend | Patric van Blerk · 1 h 31 minThis podcast captures something rare: the unguarded voice of a true music alchemist reflecting on five decades of creative risk-taking. What emerges isn't just industry history…
- Radio Rats slide into the night · 1 h 11 minLegendary Springs garage band reveal the truth about ZX Dan.... Jonathan Handley (guitarist & songwriter, Dave Davies (vocalist). If you were tuned into South African music in…
- The Concert in the Park - 40th Anniversary Special · 1 h 17 minStep 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…
- All things Shifty · 1 h 39 minLloyd Ross (founder/owner Shifty Studio/Records) and Warrick Sony (partner Shifty Studio/founder Kalahari Surfers) Throughout the turbulent Eighties Shifty Records forged an…
- Making music in an alternative nation | Gary Rathbone · 1 h 23 minGary Rathbone talks up Spectres, ECC, and SA music in the 80s. Guitarist/drummer, singer, and writer, Gary Rathbone has spent the last 40 years skirting the parallel worlds of…
- A 3rd Ear Experience | Robbi Robb · 1 h 41 minMost fans of South African rock will remember the incendiary assault of the Asylum Kids and Tribe After Tribe's fusion of sonic Afro grooves with jagged guitars - songs like the…
- Speaking her truth | Wendy Oldfield · 1 h 8 minWendy opens up about fame in The Sweatband and her successful solo career. Catapulted into a helter skelter life of rock & roll at an early age, Wendy Oldfield has experienced…
- John Perlman and Benjy Mudie chat about the From the Hip podcast · 10 minMusic 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…
- Samson brings the house down! | Cedric Samson · 1 h 13 minGrammy, Golden Globe, and Oscar nominee opens up about his career in music. As an internationally acclaimed artist, producer, singer, arranger, and songwriter Cedric Samson…
- Ella Mental my dear Watson! | Heather Mac and Tim Parr · 1 h 2 minHeather Mac (vocalist) and Tim Parr (guitarist) revisit Ella Mental 40 years on. 40 years ago, Ella Mental released their debut album "Uncomplicated Dreams". Fueled by smash…
- From Impi to Concert in the Park | Hilton Rosenthal · 1 h 30 minInside the music industry with Hilton Rosenthal (Music Industry Excecutive) Hilton Rosenthal has done it all- a multi-talented music industry insider, he sketches out his rise…
- The Magic Man | Neill Solomon · 1 h 12 minNeill Solomon explores his world of music, art, film and theatre. Neill Solomon journeys through fifty years of making original folk, rock, pop and world beat with side trips…
- Sex, Drums & Rock and Roll! | Danny de Wet · 1 h 0 minA hilarious Danny de Wet lets rip about the madness in the music. Danny de Wet is one funny guy...a natural storyteller of note, he has been, as he calls it, the `lead drummer`…
- Powers to the People! | PJ Powers · 1 h 6 minPJ Powers opens up about Hotline hits, fame, Mandela & The Queen, and more. My guest in this episode of From the Hip with Benjy Mudie hardly needs an introduction; she is one of…
- One for the Fadgets! | éVoid · 1 h 12 minéVoid come clean about Shadows and life on the fame rollercoaster in the 80s. This was an in-depth conversation with Lucien Windrich (éVoid guitarist and vocalist) and Erik…
- No Substitute! | Cindy Alter · 1 h 26 minCindy Alter unpacks her career from Clout to Nashville and back. Singer-songwriter Cindy Alter is no shrinking violet! With dollops of humour and candour, she reminisces about…
- Rabbitt, YES, Hollywood - the inspiring story of a musician | Trevor Rabin · 1 h 24 minTrevor takes you on his journey to pop, rock, and film superstardom. Trevor Rabin has scaled the heights of pop superstardom with Rabbitt, global recognition and chart success…
- From The Beaters to Burnout | Sipho "Hotstix" Mabuse · 53 minSouth African music is blessed with a diversity of unique music styles and none more irresistible than the afro-funk sound of the '70s and '80s. In this episode, Benjy Mudie and…
