Music Matters by Pete Chambers: Idle Noise and lockdown anthem for music museum

NEWS 24^th May, 2020

Music Matters by Pete Chambers: Idle Noise and lockdown anthem for music museum

NEWS

5^th Mar, 2020

MUSIC MATTERS: Loss of another Coventry legend - Arthur Griffiths of TV show winners New City Sounds

NEWS

4^th Jan, 2020

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers: A sad goodbye to Coventry musician John Gilroy

NEWS

11^th Nov, 2019

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers: Dave Willetts Foundation

NEWS 13^th Oct, 2019

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers BEM: It's meant to sound like this!

NEWS

28^th Sep, 2019

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers: Bold as brass and Robbie Raps

NEWS

14^th Sep, 2019

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers BEM: Uplift Weekender; Autopilot, and Coventry TV

NEWS

24^th Aug, 2019

MUSIC MATTERS: Farewell Doc Mustard, and All The Car's A Stage

NEWS

27^th Jul, 2019

MUSIC MATTERS: Special statue to 2-Tone Walt or street name for late drummer?

NEWS

12^th Jul, 2019

MUSIC MATTERS: Alternative Sounds III, Godiva 2019 and The Institutes

NEWS 29^th Jun, 2019

MUSIC MATTERS: The Session will be great Godiva Festival openers

NEWS 22^nd Jun, 2019

MUSIC MATTERS: Danny Ansell is back with a band - and thank you Gary Crookes

NEWS

15^th Jun, 2019

MUSIC MATTERS: Charting the success of Coventry's musicians

NEWS

1^st Jun, 2019

MUSIC MATTERS: Coventry legend Vince Hill returning for home gig

NEWS

4^th May, 2019

The Specials day in LA - so why no city tributes to Coventry's finest band?

NEWS

27^th Apr, 2019

MUSIC MATTERS: The Session deliver special LP

NEWS 13^th Apr, 2019

MUSIC MATTERS: Coventry rapper Jay1 making history as single hits charts

NEWS

30^th Mar, 2019

MUSIC MATTERS: The Specials' Neville Staple's knife plea in heartfelt new track

NEWS

16^th Mar, 2019

MUSIC MATTERS: Museum's Ghost Town car is the original!

NEWS 23^rd Feb, 2019

MUSIC MATTERS: Feet taking next key step

NEWS

16^th Feb, 2019

MUSIC MATTERS: The Specials: 'Number one LP is for Brad'

NEWS 9^th Feb, 2019

MUSIC MATTERS: Mapping out Coventry's music heritage

NEWS

2^nd Feb, 2019

MUSIC MATTERS: Flying flag for city and its musical heritage

NEWS

26^th Jan, 2019

MUSIC MATTERS: 2-Tone trip down memory lane

NEWS 19^th Jan, 2019

MUSIC MATTERS: Tributes paid to Lieutenant Pigeon bassist Steve Johnson

NEWS

12^th Jan, 2019

MUSIC MATTERS: TEGAS reuniting to play Coventry gig

NEWS

5^th Jan, 2019

MUSIC MATTERS: Legendary 2-Tone sound to mark 40 years anniversary

NEWS

15^th Dec, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: Thank you for the music Peter Shelley

NEWS

8^th Dec, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: Ska-tree joins the Christmas trail

NEWS 24^th Nov, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: Rock royalty Rick Buckler visits 2-Tone village

NEWS 27^th Jan, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: By Pete Chambers BEM

NEWS 3^rd Feb, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: By Pete Chambers BEM

NEWS 11^th Feb, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: by Pete Chambers BEM: Want to be in a music video?

NEWS

16^th Mar, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: by Pete Chambers BEM: Greatest Rock and Roll band in the world finally coming back to Coventry

NEWS

24^th Mar, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: by Pete Chambers BEM: Volunteers needed at the Coventry Music Museum

NEWS

28^th Apr, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: by Pete Chambers BEM

NEWS

21^st Apr, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: One of most exciting Coventry bands in ten years

NEWS

26^th May, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: BBC's Biggest Weekend Fringe focus

NEWS

23^rd Jun, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: 50 years since John Lennon and Yoko Ono visited Coventry

NEWS

7^th Jul, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: The story of the first 'skinhead' band in documentary

NEWS 22^nd Jul, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: Duke Ellington's Coventry Cathedral gig made available on CD

NEWS

28^th Jul, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: Celebrating 50 years of Trojan records

NEWS

4^th Aug, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: A bellyful of the region's music memories

NEWS

11^th Aug, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: Luna Kiss album example of stunning alternative rock

NEWS

1^st Sep, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: Recalling great musician and master illustrator

NEWS

15^th Sep, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: Ferris wheels out debut track

NEWS 29^th Sep, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers: Rude Rebels and Ska with attitude

NEWS

13^th Oct, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: Remembering top bloke and great musician Phil Packham

NEWS

19^th Oct, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers: 80s Coventry icon Paul King's unique suits for auction

NEWS

17^th Nov, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: Dill springs return with new LP

NEWS

27^th Oct, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: Nostalgic Dirty Stop Out's Guide to 1980s Coventry is treasure trove

NEWS 10^th Nov, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers: Music museum birthday, Hazel O'Connor and Cockney Rejects

NEWS 30^th Oct, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS EXCLUSIVE: Review of The Specials' new album celebrating 40 years of 2-Tone

NEWS 5^th Oct, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers: My holy grail of records is here!

NEWS 22^nd Sep, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers: What's your fave Cov album now LP is 70 years old?

NEWS

8^th Sep, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: 20th anniversary Godiva was 'glorious' event for Coventry

NEWS

14^th Jul, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: Exciting new releases from Coventry

NEWS

30^th Jun, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: West Midlands mayor visits Coventry Music Museum

NEWS

16^th Jun, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: Pop-up exhibitions just keep giving

NEWS

8^th Jun, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: You can sometimes get what you want

NEWS

2^nd Jun, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: BBC Biggest Weekend further endorsement of Coventry

NEWS

12^th May, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: Gods Toys front-man is back

NEWS

5^th May, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: Celebrating Saxa

NEWS

7^th Apr, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers BEM: No Lord Mayor has rocked like councillor Tony Skipper

NEWS

3^rd Mar, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers BEM: Neville Staple plays for Cyrille

NEWS

6^th Jan, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: by Pete Chambers BEM: Selling Coventry music to the world

NEWS 13^th Jan, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: By Pete Chambers BEM: The Original Rude Boy, The Exhibition

NEWS

20^th Jan, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: By Pete Chambers BEM: City of Music festival

NEWS

2^nd Jan, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers: 2017 awards

NEWS 16^th Dec, 2017

MUSIC MATTERS: From ghost town to host town

NEWS 9^th Dec, 2017

MUSIC MATTERS: Some pre-Christmas gig selections

NEWS 25^th Nov, 2017

MUSIC MATTERS: By Pete Chambers BEM

NEWS 18^th Nov, 2017

MUSIC MATTERS: By Pete Chambers BEM: The Rushmore and Dirty Stop-outs

NEWS 12^th Nov, 2017

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers BEM: Pete recalls 'Lanch' gigs on getting his honorary doctorate

NEWS 4^th Nov, 2017

MUSIC MATTERS: By Pete Chambers BEM

NEWS 29^th Oct, 2017

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers BEM: Rosetta Fire making waves, The Peas and Go Primitive

NEWS 14^th Oct, 2017

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers: Vince Hill swings by for birthday celebrations

NEWS 6^th Oct, 2017

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers: City of Culture.. 'We can do this!'

NEWS 30^th Sep, 2017

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers: Hymns for Robots and label launch night

NEWS 23^rd Sep, 2017

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers: Museum launches label

NEWS

18^th Sep, 2017

MUSIC MATTERS column by Pete Chambers: 'Special to be honoured by PM'

NEWS 18^th Aug, 2017

MUSIC MATTERS: Column by Pete Chambers: The Original Rude Boy plays on

NEWS

12^th Aug, 2017

MUSIC MATTERS Column by Pete Chambers BEM: More great bands with Cov connections

NEWS 7^th Aug, 2017

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers: Kids go free this month at Coventry Music Museum

NEWS EXCLUSIVE 20^th Jul, 2017

EXCLUSIVE: The Specials' Horace Panter re-united with loved and lost 'Ghost Town' bass

NEWS

23^rd May, 2017

MUSIC MATTERS: Loaded for a Decade. Column by Pete Chambers BEM

NEWS 17^th Mar, 2017

Music Matters87 posts

Music Matters by Pete Chambers: Idle Noise and lockdown anthem for music museum

MUSIC MATTERS: Loss of another Coventry legend - Arthur Griffiths of TV show winners New City Sounds

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers: A sad goodbye to Coventry musician John Gilroy

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers: Dave Willetts Foundation

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers BEM: It's meant to sound like this!

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers: Bold as brass and Robbie Raps

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers BEM: Uplift Weekender; Autopilot, and Coventry TV

MUSIC MATTERS: Farewell Doc Mustard, and All The Car's A Stage

MUSIC MATTERS: Special statue to 2-Tone Walt or street name for late drummer?

MUSIC MATTERS: Alternative Sounds III, Godiva 2019 and The Institutes

MUSIC MATTERS: The Session will be great Godiva Festival openers

MUSIC MATTERS: Danny Ansell is back with a band - and thank you Gary Crookes

MUSIC MATTERS: Charting the success of Coventry's musicians

MUSIC MATTERS: Coventry legend Vince Hill returning for home gig

The Specials day in LA - so why no city tributes to Coventry's finest band?

MUSIC MATTERS: The Session deliver special LP

MUSIC MATTERS: Coventry rapper Jay1 making history as single hits charts

MUSIC MATTERS: The Specials' Neville Staple's knife plea in heartfelt new track

MUSIC MATTERS: Museum's Ghost Town car is the original!

MUSIC MATTERS: Feet taking next key step

MUSIC MATTERS: The Specials: 'Number one LP is for Brad'

MUSIC MATTERS: Mapping out Coventry's music heritage

MUSIC MATTERS: Flying flag for city and its musical heritage

MUSIC MATTERS: 2-Tone trip down memory lane

MUSIC MATTERS: Tributes paid to Lieutenant Pigeon bassist Steve Johnson

MUSIC MATTERS: TEGAS reuniting to play Coventry gig

MUSIC MATTERS: Legendary 2-Tone sound to mark 40 years anniversary

MUSIC MATTERS: Thank you for the music Peter Shelley

MUSIC MATTERS: Ska-tree joins the Christmas trail

MUSIC MATTERS: Rock royalty Rick Buckler visits 2-Tone village

MUSIC MATTERS: By Pete Chambers BEM

MUSIC MATTERS: By Pete Chambers BEM

MUSIC MATTERS: by Pete Chambers BEM: Want to be in a music video?

MUSIC MATTERS: by Pete Chambers BEM: Greatest Rock and Roll band in the world finally coming back to Coventry

MUSIC MATTERS: by Pete Chambers BEM: Volunteers needed at the Coventry Music Museum

MUSIC MATTERS: by Pete Chambers BEM

MUSIC MATTERS: One of most exciting Coventry bands in ten years

MUSIC MATTERS: BBC's Biggest Weekend Fringe focus

MUSIC MATTERS: 50 years since John Lennon and Yoko Ono visited Coventry

MUSIC MATTERS: The story of the first 'skinhead' band in documentary

MUSIC MATTERS: Duke Ellington's Coventry Cathedral gig made available on CD

MUSIC MATTERS: Celebrating 50 years of Trojan records

MUSIC MATTERS: A bellyful of the region's music memories

MUSIC MATTERS: Luna Kiss album example of stunning alternative rock

MUSIC MATTERS: Recalling great musician and master illustrator

MUSIC MATTERS: Ferris wheels out debut track

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers: Rude Rebels and Ska with attitude

MUSIC MATTERS: Remembering top bloke and great musician Phil Packham

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers: 80s Coventry icon Paul King's unique suits for auction

MUSIC MATTERS: Dill springs return with new LP

MUSIC MATTERS: Nostalgic Dirty Stop Out's Guide to 1980s Coventry is treasure trove

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers: Music museum birthday, Hazel O'Connor and Cockney Rejects

MUSIC MATTERS EXCLUSIVE: Review of The Specials' new album celebrating 40 years of 2-Tone

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers: My holy grail of records is here!

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers: What's your fave Cov album now LP is 70 years old?

MUSIC MATTERS: 20th anniversary Godiva was 'glorious' event for Coventry

MUSIC MATTERS: Exciting new releases from Coventry

MUSIC MATTERS: West Midlands mayor visits Coventry Music Museum

MUSIC MATTERS: Pop-up exhibitions just keep giving

MUSIC MATTERS: You can sometimes get what you want

MUSIC MATTERS: BBC Biggest Weekend further endorsement of Coventry

MUSIC MATTERS: Gods Toys front-man is back

MUSIC MATTERS: Celebrating Saxa

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers BEM: No Lord Mayor has rocked like councillor Tony Skipper

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers BEM: Neville Staple plays for Cyrille

MUSIC MATTERS: by Pete Chambers BEM: Selling Coventry music to the world

MUSIC MATTERS: By Pete Chambers BEM: The Original Rude Boy, The Exhibition

MUSIC MATTERS: By Pete Chambers BEM: City of Music festival

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers: 2017 awards

MUSIC MATTERS: From ghost town to host town

MUSIC MATTERS: Some pre-Christmas gig selections

MUSIC MATTERS: By Pete Chambers BEM

MUSIC MATTERS: By Pete Chambers BEM: The Rushmore and Dirty Stop-outs

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers BEM: Pete recalls 'Lanch' gigs on getting his honorary doctorate

MUSIC MATTERS: By Pete Chambers BEM

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers BEM: Rosetta Fire making waves, The Peas and Go Primitive

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers: Vince Hill swings by for birthday celebrations

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers: City of Culture.. 'We can do this!'

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers: Hymns for Robots and label launch night