Feb 25, 2022
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: STAND WITH UKRAINE
It is difficult to summon up anything other than a feeling of despair about the events unfolding in Ukraine. The situation reminds you...
Feb 18, 2022
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: TALL STORIES?
Having devoted last week’s column to a live review, I find there are plenty of new or recent releases stacking up that I would like to...
Feb 11, 2022
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: LIVE AT THE BEDFORD
Last Thursday found me in the comfortably familiar surroundings of that fine hub of new live music in London, The Bedford at Balham. With...
Feb 4, 2022
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: SPOTIFY AGAIN
OK, the last thing I had in mind this week was to prolong the debate, if that’s quite the word, about the rights and wrongs of Spotify....