- Jan 26
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: GLASTONBURY 2024 EMERGING TALENT COMPETITION LAUNCH
Glastonbury Festival’s annual Emerging Talent Competition, once more supported by PRS for Music and PRS Foundation, is back for 2024. The...
outstanding new music
through Fifty3 Fridays and
occasional features
Music is a great passion of mine. In my teenage years I was an avid record collector and concert goer. Stints as a booking agent, running folk clubs, promoting gigs and even a crack at artiste management followed. While it never became my main occupation, music was always on my personal radar.
In the past 15 years I have written for leading US music website Consequence and breakthrough site, BestNewBands. I am a judge for Glastonbury Festival's Emerging Talent Competition and have reviewed the festival for both sites. I am now pleased to curate my very own music site.
Nothing gives me greater pleasure than unearthing great, original new music and championing independent musicians. You’ll find many of them on this site alongside the occasional legend of times past and I hope they will bring you as much joy as they give me.
Tony Hardy
Selected dates in the London area:
Mon 13 May: Becky Hill, Pryzm, Kingston upon Thames
Thu 16 May: Rookery Ensemble, Gabrielle Sey, Negative Response, Matt Finucane, The Front Room, Croydon
Fri 17 May: Katharine Priddy, Union Chapel, London N1
Thu 23 May: Jon Allen, The Bedford, Balham
Fri 24 May: Grace Cummings, The Lexington, London N1
banquetrecords.com: See the Events page for all live shows in Kingston