

- Dec 16, 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 9, 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 2, 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...


- Nov 25, 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 18, 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 11, 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 4, 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...


- Oct 28, 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 21, 2022
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: THE COACH HAS NOW LEFT
With Liz Truss lasting exactly as long as Brian Clough did at Leeds United in 1974, you may be forgiven for wondering which departure...


- Oct 14, 2022
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: CALL MY LEXICON
Apropos of nothing, I may have a degree in English but I still have to look up words in the dictionary. Actually, I studied Medieval...

- Oct 7, 2022
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: ANDREW MAXWELL MORRIS - TRACK BY TRACK
A variation to the customary F3F format today as we focus on the new album from Surrey-based troubadour, Andrew Maxwell Morris. I wrote...


- Sep 30, 2022
FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: COST OF LIVE CRISIS
From pandemic closures to limits on audiences to liberation once more, live music has had a rollercoaster ride over the past two and a...