Year on year the Dorset Music Awards has grown to the point where now, it would appear the Bournemouth O2 Academy is required as the venue for the final. The 500 capacity Royal Bath Hotel reached its limit in no time this year, so next year’s event will see its climax held in the grand, ...

With Dorset Rock Online about to celebrate its first birthday we thought we’d catch up with the site’s founder, all round top guy and good egg, Dan Renton. With Dan’s marketing skills clearly in evidence it would be fair to say bh one has learned a thing or two about how to network and promote ...

Over the next six weeks we’ll be mentioning the Boscombe Community Fair more than once. If the weather is kind this year’s event looks like being something very special, featuring (with very few exceptions) the cream of our local talent as well as some carefully selected festival favourites. Most importantly, this is a community based ...

It takes a lot of knowledge, hard work and dedication to make what is effectively a ‘battle of the bands’ competition as credible and successful as the Dorset Music Awards. Before I start to comment on the quality on stage, it must be said the quality shown off it by not just Rich and Trev ...

I didn’t actually make it along to either of the semi-finals, but that’s not to say I didn’t want to. So, it’s all down the final five. Congratulations to Sarah Griffin, Discos Out (Murders In), Lady Winwoods Maggot, Mutant Vinyl and The Longest Day for passing all the examinations. The bands ability to promote, advertise, ...