Sep 2, 2022
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: BLUE ON BLUE
Time being somewhat at a premium as we prepare to head off for a week’s holiday in Norfolk, it’s a slightly shorter than usual...
Aug 26, 2022
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: WHERE DO I START?
I often like to begin this column with a little putting the world to rights in the time-honoured tradition of grumpy old persons but when...
Aug 19, 2022
LAURA MARLING: I SPEAK BECAUSE I CAN - REVISITED
From time to time, I take a short break from the regular Fifty3 Fridays, usually a home of new music from mostly independent, emerging...
Aug 12, 2022
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: LIVE AT PIANO SMITHFIELD
Piano Smithfield is conveniently situated next to London’s Farringdon Station where you can pick up the impressive new Elizabeth line as...
Aug 5, 2022
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: IT’S JUST NOT CRICKET
What’s this? Indie-rock band stops play? If you haven’t heard of it, The Hundred is a marketing exec’s idea of how to make cricket more...
Jul 29, 2022
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: AT GLASTONBURY 2022 – PART TWO
So, “GLA-STON-BURY!!!”You hear that a lot here. I could open a virtual savings account with all the pounds I mentally collect every time...
Jul 22, 2022
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL?
At the start of the week, Britain got a salutary reminder that we can’t keep pretending we are collectively doing anything like enough to...
Jul 15, 2022
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: AT GLASTONBURY 2022 - PART ONE
So, what was different about this year’s Glastonbury Festival? More people – arguably at times too many people – rigid blister-inducing...
Jul 8, 2022
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: ROCK AND A HARD PLACE
This week I ‘are been mostly bogged down with trying to write some kind of report about Glastonbury 2022. Expect it sometime next week as...
Jul 1, 2022
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: LATEST SPOTIFY PLAYLIST
A mini Fifty3 Fridays today as I work on my Glastonbury Festival report which should now be posted in the coming week; a ducks not quite...
Jun 22, 2022
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: GLASTONBURY CALLING
Fifty3 Fridays is two days early this week as we preview this week’s Glastonbury Festival. I am leaving early Thursday morning with the...
Jun 17, 2022
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: ULLO JOHN! GOTTA NEW MOTOR?
This week I ‘are been mostly contemplating the creeping commerciality of music festivals. Actually, that’s not strictly true, any of it,...