FIFTY3FRIDAYS: BEYOND THE FRINGE
Moving away from South West London to rural Surrey means that there are not quite as many live music venues within reasonable reach so it was a great pleasure to discover the Haslemere Fringe Festival on our doorstep here. I wrote a bit about this bi-annual event two weeks ago and today’s music selection will begin with acts I saw for the first time at the festival. It is a family-friendly, not-for-profit enterprise led by volunteers, with any monies raised going to support H
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FIFTY3FRIDAYS: ALL OF A SUDDEN BY PARK HILLS CIRCLE
A change of format this week as we focus on the new album by the recent Fifty3Fridays favourite, Park Hills Circle. Hopefully you will already recognise the name as the project of multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter Maris O'Tierney. With distinctive Alaskan-Irish heritage and a background as a classical guitarist and soprano, Maris previously worked with her twin sister, violinist and poet Bryce, in the duo Maeve & Quinn. Now based in Chicago as a solo artist, she brings
Jul 17
FIFTY3FRIDAYS: FRESH FAVES, FOOTIE & FESTIVALS
All the F’s this week and we won’t include Farage in that. It was a busy start with Sunday at Haslemere Fringe Festival and then my turn to write the reviews for the latest Fresh On The Net Fresh Faves the next day. In between the two, there was Mexico v England. I decided to stay up for it, started to do a bit of research on the Faves to avoid wall-to-wall punditry and finally switched the TV on just before 1am to find a relaxed Thomas Tuchel being interviewed. Once I twigge
Jul 10
FIFTY3FRIDAYS: BACK FROM THE BREAK
So, after a two week break in beautiful Croatia, we are back ready to re-engage your synaesthesia with a tuneful selection of songs that otherwise I might have featured in the past fortnight. I have also picked 12 bonus tracks representing some of my favourites from recent Fresh On The Net submissions to add to the monthly F3F Spotify Playlist and compensate for missing two weeks in June. You’ll find that at the end of today’s issue. Warning: I am not mentioning the football
Jul 3
FIFTY3FRIDAYS: LIVE AT THE BEDFORD – TUES 22 SEPTEMBER
It might be over 3 months away but I am pleased to announce that we are back at The Bedford. The iconic venue in downtown Balham, SW London is an enduring, welcoming space for independent music with its signature circular-shaped gig room, superb sound system and internet live broadcasts. It is a venue to which people come to listen rather than talk over the music and are encouraged to stay for the whole show. On Tuesday 22 September, we have a great line-up at a special Fifty
Jun 12
FIFTY3FRIDAYS: IT MUST BE JUNE
If I had a pint for everyone who has grimly announced that summer is now over, I would be fully under the table. After the heat of late May comes the rain in early June and a welcome drop in temperature for anyone struggling to sleep. Those visiting small live music venues without air con may also be slightly relieved to say nothing of those who otherwise would be sweating it out on stage and regretting wearing the leather trousers. All of which has little to do with today’s
Jun 5
