
- 4 days ago
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: LATEST SPOTIFY PLAYLIST
A mini Fifty3 Fridays today as I work on my Glastonbury Festival report which should now be posted early next week; a ducks not quite in...

- Jun 22
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
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,...

- Jun 3
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT
This week’s Fifty3 Fridays is somewhat of a bumper issue with no less than nine songs to lay before you plus last month’s Playlist. We...

- May 27
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TOM
So, this week let’s start by raising a glass to that amazing supporter of new music through many channels including Fresh On The Net and...

- May 20
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: LIVE AFTER COVID
After 10 days or so locked away with Covid, it was nice to see a single red line on the LFT so that I was allowed out to attend...

- May 13
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: THAT DAY AGAIN
Today being Friday the Thirteenth gives me yet another opportunity to bring that wonderful word that simply rolls off the tongue -...

- May 6
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: SUNSHINE ON LEITH
In a week when the Glastonbury Emerging Talent Final took place and Michael Eavis was given the Freedom of Glastonbury in recognition of...

- Apr 29
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: TWITTER OUTRAGE
This week’s Fifty3 Fridays includes some names that will be familiar to any who happen by this column on a regular basis. If that’s you,...

- Apr 22
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: I LOVE LUCY
I’ll resist the temptation to rant again this week despite more nonsense from our government, Tottenham’s 1-0 defeat at the weekend and...

- Apr 15
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: VISIT RWANDA
I had to double check that the clock hadn’t reverted to April 1st after the Government’s announcement of a £120m ‘trial’ to send cross...

- Apr 8
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: GLASTONBURY EMERGING TALENT FINALISTS
From the thousands who applied and the ninety that made it onto the longlist, eight acts woke up to some good news this week as the...