FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: OUT OF THE BLUE
One of the privileges of having a platform on which to write about music is the thrill of show and tell. New artistes can come seemingly...
Jul 3, 2020
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: IT’S A CROWDED BEACH
According to CNN, the organisers of a Wisconsin music festival scheduled for July with the Trumpian title of the COVID Herd Immunity Fest...
Jun 26, 2020
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: A VIRTUAL GLASTONBURY
Next weekend would have marked a true cultural milestone; the 50th anniversary of the Glastonbury Festival. There might be no camping...
Jun 19, 2020
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: LIGHT, CAFES, FIRES
Scarcely prolific in terms of recorded material, but invariably high on quality, Andrew Maxwell Morris has announced a new album, Save...
Jun 12, 2020
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: LET’S MOVE ON
"Let’s move on." We’ve heard that a lot recently from the UK Government in relation to the travels and travails of one Dominic Cummings...
Jun 5, 2020
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND
In an attempt to impose some discipline on the writing process and get some new music out there more often than has been my wont, Friday...
May 29, 2020
GLASTONBURY EMERGING TALENT COMPETITION 2020: THE FINAL EIGHT
There may be no live final this year but there’s still a final eight. After three weeks of deliberation, the Glastonbury Emerging Talent...
May 22, 2020
THE A-Z OF SELF ISOLATION
Somewhat naively, I held out the hope that writing about music might eventually lead to paid work. Then, in this imaginary scenario, that...
May 4, 2020
GLASTONBURY EMERGING TALENT COMPETITION 2020: NOW IT'S NINETY.
No social distancing here? Photo by Maja Smiejkowska Perhaps inspired by the knowledge that this summer would have marked the festival’s...
Apr 29, 2020
GLASTONBURY 2020 EMERGING TALENT COMPETITION: CALL FOR ENTRIES
Glastonbury Festival has revealed that its Emerging Talent Competition 2020, once again generously supported by PRS for Music and PRS...
Jan 22, 2020
FAIRPORT CONVENTION: LIEGE & LIEF TURNS 50
It’s hard to believe but this album, often lauded as the greatest folk-rock record of them all, is 50 years old this month. It is up...
Dec 16, 2019
GLASTONBURY ETC 2019: THE WINNERS
After an evening of varied live performances at Pilton Working Men’s Club from an eclectic line-up of eight finalists, Hastings...
Apr 29, 2019
