FIFTY3FRIDAYS: BOXING DAY PLAYLIST
In last Friday’s column, I shared seven songs that stood out for me in 2025. I’ve added another 35 to create my Boxing Day Playlist 2025.
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FIFTY3FRIDAYS: HERE ARE SOME I MISSED EARLIER
Why ‘tis the season of those ‘best of’ lists. Yet in a year when I hardly wrote anything, it seems a bit of catching up is required before making any pronouncements about favourite records of 2025. So, let’s chew over some of the songs I have not had the pleasure of bringing to your attention until now and see what lands. This process will continue and end beyond today's post with a Boxing Day Playlist. At least that’s the plan… Photo by Gerome Bruneau We’ll start with a nam
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FIFTY3FRIDAYS: NOW ON INSTAGRAM
Ever the Johnny-come-lately, last week I thought it was about time I opened an Instagram account -@TonyHardyFifty3. That bit was easy. Working out what to do with it will take a bit more time but most if not all the artists I have ever written about have an Insta page so it is much easier to tag them to point out I have just said something nice about their new single. Doing so on X has become a complete pain and after a longer break from publishing this column than I had inte
Dec 5
FIFTY3FRIDAYS: A TRIUMPHANT RETURN
This might be the first edition of Fifty3Fridays since May but today’s headline is all about a return to the stage by a very special artist after a 13 year break. More of which soon, but before we get to it, where in the world are we, James? Well, Friday night found me at the mid nineteenth century Anglo-Catholic church of St Matthias in Stoke Newington, North London. This in itself presents a profound public transport challenge, especially when you have decamped to Haslemere
Nov 30
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: GLASTONBURY EMERGING TALENT 2025 RESULTS
All Glastonbury ETC Final photography kindly by Rick Mav After being offline since mid-November, other than two posts to support the Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition 2025 , Fifty3Fridays is back with a resume of who made it through to the live final and who won. Readers may recall that I downed the music writing tools as we contemplated the enormity of a house move after almost 35 years in our Kingston home. The column made a brief return in January to announce ETC 202
May 2
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: GLASTONBURY ETC 2025 LONGLIST IS OUT
Fifty3Fridays on a Wednesday? From the many thousands who entered its prized Emerging Talent Competition 2025 in January, Glastonbury...
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