IT’S CROPREDY BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT
This rather dumb headline, channelling as it does a Star Trek misquote – I blame The Firm – heralds a rather splendid event curated by...
Aug 11, 2020
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: TELLING THE STORY
Local lockdowns and concerns about a second wave of coronavirus have scuppered plans to slowly reintroduce live music in front of...
Aug 7, 2020
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: RECOMMEND A FRIEND
As one with an innate suspicion about algorithms and their effects on modern living, I usually don’t pay too much attention to...
Jul 31, 2020
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: OUTRANKING
The Hyundai Mercury Prize ‘Albums of the Year’ proudly set out to ‘celebrate and promote the best of British music, recognising artistic...
Jul 24, 2020
A TRACK BY TRACK GUIDE TO HOPEFULS BY THE HARRIETS
Hopefuls is the keenly awaited debut long player from Leeds four-piece, The Harriets. As regular readers will know, I first encountered...
Jul 23, 2020
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: THE TRAIN ARRIVING
‘Highly anticipated’ might easily rank alongside ‘critically acclaimed’ in the lexicon of over-used music PR phrases. However, both seem...
Jul 17, 2020
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: MONEY FOR NOTHING
You stop and give a homeless man a fiver. Does he: a). thank you kindly. b). appreciate it but ask if you could run to a tenner. c). say...
Jul 10, 2020
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
