The intimacy of a musician and their guitar is enough to captivate anyone, from a busker on the street to the largest of arenas. Tonight strayed towards the former, with a small gathering of loyal fans to all three acts surrounding candle-lit tables towards a small Mr Kyps stage favoured for such occasions. The first ...

Twenty-five years ago I started watching live bands in Bournemouth. One of the first bands I saw was The Spoons – fronted by Lance Riley. Bloody good they were too, they could’ve made it y’know. But sixties-influenced bands were getting nowhere in the eighties, if they’d have released ‘Show Me How’ in the mid-nineties rather ...