Apr 5
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: A TRIO RELEASED TODAY
Today has meandered by with me half expecting that the finalists in the Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition might be announced. Had...
Mar 29
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: FRESH FAVES FOUND FAVOUR
Rather implausibly it is already Easter and time to take a welcome breather. It’s been a hectic time for new music and me, not least...
Mar 22
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: A FRIDAY ETC 2024 REPRISE
You may have spotted a bonus issue of this column on Tuesday when I announced my 3 choices from all the entries to the...
Mar 19
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: IT’S THE GLASTONBURY ETC 2024 LONGLIST
Glastonbury Festival has announced the 90 acts through to the longlist from the many thousands who entered its Emerging Talent...
Mar 15
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: GLASTONBURY 2024 LINE-UP REVEALED
On Wednesday Glastonbury Festival announced its headliners along with a goodly selection of other main stage performers. Cue the endless...
Mar 1
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: LIVE AT INDIGO AT THE O2
Another day, another venue. For the second week running Fifty3Fridays focuses on live music this time coming to you from Indigo at the...
Feb 23
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: LIVE AT THE OTHER PALACE
A short hop from Buckingham Palace lies The Other Palace Theatre, the venue for an intimate performance last Friday evening by native...
Feb 17
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: TRUST JESSE
This week I ‘are mostly been listening to new music. When I can’t think of a ready route into this weekly column, I am prone to...
Feb 10
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: LIVE AT THE BEDFORD
February 1st was of course the day before Groundhog Day – now, where did I read that before? I have Sid & Doris Rocker of Neasden to...
Feb 2
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: IT’S GROUNDHOG DAY
February 2nd is of course Groundhog Day, an event popularised by the 1993 movie though it dates back to 1887. I have been trying to watch...
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...
Jan 19
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: SOUND LOUNGE SAVED
With grassroots live music venues under increasing threat from spiralling costs and reports that we are losing one a week, it is...