FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: ALMOST CUT MY HAIR
This line came immediately to mind after I learned of the sad passing of legendary songsmith, David Crosby earlier today. David’s “Almost...
Jan 20, 2023
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: DOING FEWER THINGS BETTER
In relation to their marketing activity, in days past I used to advise clients to do fewer things better. It is though something that I...
Jan 14, 2023
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: HAPPY NEW YEAR
To recognise the arrival of yet another new year, may I wish you all a peaceful and fruitful 2023, though after the 12 months we have...
Jan 4, 2023
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: MORE ADVENT CALENDAR
Time to dust off the seasonal ‘I Love Kingston’ image once more as we drift on towards Christmas Day. Last week we highlighted a...
Dec 23, 2022
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: THE ADVENT CALENDAR RETURNS
Fifty3 Fridays breaks with tradition in the run up to Christmas. Most weeks I write about new music emanating from emerging, largely...
Dec 16, 2022
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: TWO SIDES OF LIVE
The past seven days saw contrasting aspects to two live music experiences, though both had plenty to recommend them. Firstly, our local...
Dec 9, 2022
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: DECEMBER ONCE MORE
So, 2 December. It’s three weeks to Christmas and I find myself working to a backwards clock again. This was going to be the Christmas...
Dec 2, 2022
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: A BLESSED SPACE
Next time you find yourself in a matt black painted brick box room with the PA straining to hit 11 and the sound engineer being harangued...
Nov 25, 2022
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: BETTER LATE
There are weeks when it all runs like clockwork – actually, not that many of those – and weeks when the wheels fall off. This has been...
Nov 18, 2022
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: TO TWEET OR NOT TO TWEET
There are times when not being on Facebook or Instagram presents a bit of a problem. It is when those sites are the only way of possibly...
Nov 11, 2022
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: A BRIEF LOOK BACK IN TIME
To paraphrase Jesse from The Fast Show , this week I ‘are mostly been playing detective. So, the story so far: I was thinking about maybe doing a ‘Where are they now’ feature now and again and began making a list of people I had not heard from in a very long time. One such name is Martin Carter & Graham Jones , a contemporary folk duo who I first met at Poynton Folk Club when a callow sixth former. I followed them for several years, through university and my first job in Lond
Nov 4, 2022
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: BEST DAY OF MY LIFE
Well, Tuesday may not have been the best day of my life but it did come with an unusually nice surprise. Before Tuesday evening I could...
Oct 28, 2022
