On paper (or the internet) part:three certainly looked like a gig worthy of attendance. Three quality artists, all of who ply their artistic trade simply (for the most part) through voice and guitar, sharing the stage, each other’s songs, and banter with an appreciative and attentive audience. Well, that was the idea, though as this ...

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 ...

It seems so long ago. Late August, Endorse-It (probably our best weekend of the year) had just been and gone, The Gander was a slowly fading memory, and Champions was happening. We were busy. Very busy. Plus a re-launch for the site was long overdue. It needed weeding, overhauling… after being a tad obsessed with ...

Since first witnessing Acoustic Ladyland at a CuRioSiTy night at Kyps a couple of years back, and subsequently putting them on in front of a packed and particularly excited Gander crowd, I can’t remember another band who have impressed me more on a local live stage. The fact that their first (and only) date in ...