Episodes

  • Making music in an alternative nation | Gary Rathbone

    Making music in an alternative nation | Gary Rathbone
    Oct 25 2024
    Gary 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 alternative rock and catchy jangly pop with bands like What Colors, The Aeroplanes, Urban Camouflage, The Spectres, The Weathervanes, and more recently, has struck out on his own with this brand of indie rock. Vinyl Junkie Website · Solid Gold Podcasts #BeHeard · Connect with Benjy on LinkedIn · Music Rights Clearances
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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • A 3rd Ear Experience | Robbi Robb

    A 3rd Ear Experience | Robbi Robb
    Sep 15 2024
    Most 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 anthemic "Schoolboy", the revolutionary "Fight it with your mind" and the genre-bending cover of Dylan's "As I went out one morning". Songs that are part of a dark period of South Africa's painful transition, and the glue that held all these together was Robbi Robb. Part guitar visionary, shaman, agitator, and psychedelic poet, Robbi has been pushing the boundaries of music for over 40 years. In this episode of From the Hip, he shoots out a stream of consciousness that takes you on a trip into the mind of a true visionary. Vinyl Junkie Website · Solid Gold Podcasts #BeHeard · Connect with Benjy on LinkedIn · Music Rights Clearances
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    1 hr and 41 mins
  • Speaking her truth | Wendy Oldfield

    Speaking her truth | Wendy Oldfield
    Jun 29 2024
    Wendy 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 multiple chart successes in the `80s with The Sweatband ("This Boy" and " Shape of her body") and over the next 3 decades career defining hits including " Acid Rain", " Miracle" and "Living in the real world". She has also collaborated with fellow musicians Robin Auld and Steve Newman. Fiercely independent she continues to push musical boundaries and is one of the most prolific artists in music today. In this episode Wendy reminisces about her baptism of fire in the Sweatband with the late John Mair, life in a band, going solo and why writing good songs is far more important than commercial success. Follow Wendy on Instagram · WendyOldfield.com · Vinyl Junkie Website · Solid Gold Podcasts #BeHeard · Connect with Benjy on LinkedIn · Music Rights Clearances
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • John Perlman and Benjy Mudie chat about the From the Hip podcast

    John Perlman and Benjy Mudie chat about the From the Hip podcast
    May 2 2024
    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. Vinyl Junkie Website · Solid Gold Podcasts #BeHeard · Connect with Benjy on LinkedIn · Music Rights Clearances
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    10 mins
  • Samson brings the house down! | Cedric Samson

    Samson brings the house down! | Cedric Samson
    Apr 26 2024
    Grammy, Golden Globe, and Oscar nominee opens up about his career in music.

    As an internationally acclaimed artist, producer, singer, arranger, and songwriter Cedric Samson should be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his services to South African music.

    A child prodigy, his nearly 60-year career has seen him being creatively successful in many genres of music across the globe. In this episode, Cedric tells his story with a huge dollop of self-deprecating humour that will keep you in stitches. CedricSamson.co.za · Vinyl Junkie Website · Solid Gold Podcasts #BeHeard · Connect with Benjy on LinkedIn · Music Rights Clearances
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Ella Mental my dear Watson! | Heather Mac and Tim Parr

    Ella Mental my dear Watson! | Heather Mac and Tim Parr
    Mar 15 2024
    Heather 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 singles and a devastating live show the band rapidly became one of the biggest rock bands in South African music history. Their incendiary performance at the legendary Concert in the Park in 1985 is still talked about to this day. In this episode founder members Heather Mac and Tim Parr take us on a journey through the heady 80`s...the clubs, the bands, the concerts, the fashions, the personalities, songwriting, their relocation to Ireland and the USA in pursuit of their rock and roll dream. Vinyl Junkie Website · Solid Gold Podcasts #BeHeard · Connect with Benjy on LinkedIn · Music Rights Clearances
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • From Impi to Concert in the Park | Hilton Rosenthal

    From Impi to Concert in the Park | Hilton Rosenthal
    Mar 5 2024
    Inside 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 from A&R executive to successful producer to concert visionary. Along the way his studio work with Johnny Clegg`s Juluka and Savuka produced multi-platinum albums globally and his contribution to the success of Paul Simon`s "Graceland" is immeasurable. Connect with Hilton · Vinyl Junkie Website · Solid Gold Podcasts #BeHeard · Connect with Benjy on LinkedIn · Music Rights Clearances
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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • The Magic Man | Neill Solomon

    The Magic Man | Neill Solomon
    Feb 5 2024
    Neill 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 into performance theatre, painting, film soundtracks, the creative process and composition. His endless quest to use music as a tool of social awareness and change is inspiring and Neill also touched on poaching, freedom songs and refugees and how these causes have colored both his thinking and his art.. NeillSolomon.co.za · Vinyl Junkie Website · Solid Gold Podcasts #BeHeard · Connect with Benjy on LinkedIn · Music Rights Clearances
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    1 hr and 13 mins