flyer for a Ge'eza pop-up event in Dakar on Friday 13 February 2026
I recorded my set for a recent pop-up event in Dakar. Please have a listen if you're after some great tunes from Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, D R Congo, Benin, etc: www.mixcloud.com/fredrobarts/... - and you can find more mixes at www.fredrobarts.com
Silhouetted carnival goers file home, casting long shadows
Mindelo Carnival's after-party street concert ended abruptly with a power cut.
@femiondrums.bsky.social Thank you for the music and congratulations on your new show on 6. Loving the varied, upbeat selections and your irrepressible personal touch throughout.
Try this for some curiously uplifting death & despair: music.apple.com/gb/playlist/...
Delving into some of those album-of-the-year lists, wallowing in the luxury of a long train journey, coping with the inevitable ebb & flow of WiFi. If I relished the likes of The Circling Sun, Ganavya, James K, & Hayden Pedigo, what else might I not want to miss?
We Out Here festival is releasing recordings from this summer's DJ sets:
www.mixcloud.com/weoutherefes...
Dont miss out.
Interview with Teju Cole: lithub.com/the-epiphany... You're welcome
On making friends and "the hideous bureaucracy of the self": open.substack.com/pub/theshado...
Qui l'a pris svp?
I just signed up for this Substack from @kobbygraham.bsky.social, a writer, DJ & academic based in Accra. kobbyankomah.substack.com?r=288dg5 - sharing in case you'd like to do so too.
I do a regular music radio show for BMC Radio. Here's a clip from my most recent one, featuring Les Amazones de Guinee and Tito Puente. You can find all recordings and more here: www.fredrobarts.com/radio
There are two new recordings available at fredrobarts.com: a set from a party and a show for BMC Radio with my friend Ghita. Let me know what you think. 🎵📻🎧🫶
My last music radio show on BMC has been retrieved from the studio computer (following a move) and is now online here: www.mixcloud.com/fredrobarts/... Bangers abound!
Sublime reading from Dylan Thomas by @cerysmatthews.bsky.social at a great Samaritans fundraiser event yesterday evening at St Mary le Bow (home of Bow bells).
I just arrived and already I'm so glad to be here. It's like breathing mountain air after immersion in smog. Twitter has become a bin-fire, but you knew that.
