Fred de Vries

Journalist

Fred de Vries is a Dutch author and journalist who moved to South Africa in 2003. He used to play in a punk band and has written nine non-fiction books, among them Club Risiko, a look at 80s underground music in six cities, including London, Berlin, New York and Johannesburg.

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Stepping up in cowboy boots: Beyoncé goes country

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Still no grand SA pop music book

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The music or the men?

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Are we still the world?

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One Love between the hakuna matatas

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The death knell for writing about music?

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‘Now I wanna sniff some glue’

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Fred’s coming of age

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The first two pages of this stupid world

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The last round with Shane MacGowan