- 4 days ago
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: COST OF LIVE CRISIS
From pandemic closures to limits on audiences to liberation once more, live music has had a rollercoaster ride over the past two and a...
- Sep 23
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: I READ THE NEWS TODAY
Oh boy. A day in the life hardly goes by without me reading the news. I thought of The Beatles 1967 opus “A Day in the Life”, a seminal...
- Sep 16
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: A SENSE OF PASSING
Whatever individual feelings might be about the monarchy, there is no doubt that we have all shared a sense of history, past and present...
- Sep 2
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...