Sun City

Sun City is a 1985 anti-apartheid project organized and produced by Steven Van Zandt under the name Artists United Against Apartheid. The title track and accompanying material bring together rock, blues, blues rock, contemporary jazz and electro influences along with elements of early hip hop, pairing driving rock and funk rhythms with brass, synthesizer textures and group vocals. The record is notable as a politically explicit collaboration that assembled a broad cross section of musicians around a single protest message, blending accessible pop rock forms with bluesy and jazz-inflected arrangements.