Simon Mayor & Friends – or The Mandolinquents (more or less) at Ace Space, Snelsmore, on Saturday, January 20 Review by BRIAN HARRINGTON I HAVE seen the Mandolinquents quite a few times and they are always a delight. Tonight, guitarist Gerald Garcia was absent (in China) but replaced by Elias Sibley on guitar and mandolin, and with regular collaborator Florence Petit on cello. The Mandos however delivered a wonderful, varied programme of beautifully played music including self-penned compositions, classical pieces, folk tunes and songs and one of Simon’s poems. With eight microphones on a rela…