Music Matters Archives - The Coventry Observer

NEWS 13^th Jan, 2022

MUSIC MATTERS - Celebrating 50 years of Coventry's Lieutenant Pigeon

NEWS 6^th Jan, 2022

MUSIC MATTERS - New single from RudeSix and congratulations Pauline Black OBE

NEWS 30^th Dec, 2021

MUSIC MATTERS - The inspirational Coventrians chosen to win the 2021 'Pete Awards'

NEWS 22^nd Dec, 2021

MUSIC MATTERS - Up-and-coming Coventry rapper Dammz and Skatta is back

NEWS 9^th Dec, 2021

MUSIC MATTERS - Coventry's Neville Staple back with new release and verdict on 'Get Back' Beatles documentary

NEWS 4^th Nov, 2021

MUSIC MATTERS - Celebrating Coventry's thriving electronic dance scene

NEWS 28^th Oct, 2021

MUSIC MATTERS - Charles Worrod left his mark in Coventry and in Africa

NEWS 21^st Oct, 2021

MUSIC MATTERS - RIP Arthur ‘Modie’ Albrighton - so many treasured memories

NEWS 26^th Aug, 2021

MUSIC MATTERS - RIP 'musician's musician' Ollie Warner, Abbey Road and 2-Tone exhibit

NEWS

19^th Aug, 2021

MUSIC MATTERS - Coventry really feels like the UK City of Culture and calls for station plaque

NEWS

29^th Jul, 2021

MUSIC MATTERS - Powerful lyrics on Leamington's LAMP CD

NEWS

8^th Jul, 2021

MUSIC MATTERS - A mosaic to you Rudy at Coventry bus station

NEWS

1^st Jul, 2021

MUSIC MATTERS - Mississippi Smith and Adventures In Reality

NEWS

24^th Jun, 2021

MUSIC MATTERS - Ghost Town on the top spot again and the latest on HMV Empire Coventry

NEWS

17^th Jun, 2021

MUSIC MATTERS - Avidfan's 'Always Be Coventry' and Warriors of the Dyscotheque

NEWS 27^th May, 2021

MUSIC MATTERS - RIP Don Ker - 'a Coventry music great and a gentleman'

NEWS 20^th May, 2021

MUSIC MATTERS - Coventry Music Museum is back - and with two new exhibitions

NEWS

22^nd Apr, 2021

MUSIC MATTERS - Coventry singer-songwriter remembers his mum and 'Our Moe' and new release for Sam McNulty

NEWS

15^th Apr, 2021

MUSIC MATTERS - Abz, Razzle and The Senses putting Coventry on the map

NEWS

11^th Mar, 2021

MUSIC MATTERS - Coundon's Hot Talent, Nice one John and Tom Grennan heading for Coventry

NEWS

4^th Mar, 2021

MUSIC MATTERS - New material for Coventry's Mintakaa and Shanghai

NEWS

18^th Feb, 2021

MUSIC MATTERS - Be part of the Coventry 2 Tone exhibition and Senses have new album

NEWS 11^th Feb, 2021

MUSIC MATTERS - RIP Coventry's Brian Fowdrey of Mad Classix fame

NEWS

21^st Jan, 2021

MUSIC MATTERS - Sometimessean's 'mesmerising' The Drifter and Nigel Meffen has a bite at a new novel

NEWS

14^th Jan, 2021

MUSIC MATTERS - Coventry rapper hailed, fond farewell Moe and well done Ruby

NEWS

7^th Jan, 2021

MUSIC MATTERS - From Ghost Town to host town as Coventry's City of Culture year gets under way

NEWS

27^th Dec, 2020

Pete picks his highlights of the year in the 2020 Music Matters Awards

NEWS 11^th Dec, 2020

MUSIC MATTERS - Museum recognition, Alternative Sounds and staying home this Christmas

NEWS

4^th Dec, 2020

MUSIC MATTERS - Pete sheds light on the latest developments in the Coventry scene

NEWS 27^th Nov, 2020

MUSIC MATTERS - 'Coventry Venues - A Year in the Live’

NEWS 20^th Nov, 2020

MUSIC MATTERS - Coventry music hero Andy is back recording again and 2-Tone drama in the pipeline

NEWS 6^th Nov, 2020

Music Matters - John Garrison and 'recognise the 2-Tone legends during Coventry's City of Culture year'

NEWS

30^th Oct, 2020

Music Matters - More Fresh Maggots on the way on Coventry Museum's very own record label

NEWS

23^rd Oct, 2020

Music Matters - ‘Delia Derbyshire' documentary, which explores Coventry music legend, premieres

NEWS 16^th Oct, 2020

Music Matters - 'Sad farewell to legendary Shadows' basist Brian 'Licquorice' Locking'

NEWS 11^th Aug, 2020

MUSIC MATTERS: Lieutenant Pigeon ‘Back Home in Coventry’

NEWS 3^rd Aug, 2020

MUSIC MATTERS: How about a Comedy Carpet for Coventry?

NEWS

26^th Jul, 2020

MUSIC MATTERS: Skatta tells it how it is, and unlikely tale of nostalgic amp

NEWS 15^th Jul, 2020

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers BEM: Compilation album celebrates local musicians and visual artists

NEWS

28^th Jun, 2020

MUSIC MATTERS: A lockdown offering from the Staples, and Dave Linton

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 Matters100 posts

MUSIC MATTERS - Celebrating 50 years of Coventry's Lieutenant Pigeon

MUSIC MATTERS - New single from RudeSix and congratulations Pauline Black OBE

MUSIC MATTERS - The inspirational Coventrians chosen to win the 2021 'Pete Awards'

MUSIC MATTERS - Up-and-coming Coventry rapper Dammz and Skatta is back

MUSIC MATTERS - Coventry's Neville Staple back with new release and verdict on 'Get Back' Beatles documentary

MUSIC MATTERS - Celebrating Coventry's thriving electronic dance scene

MUSIC MATTERS - Charles Worrod left his mark in Coventry and in Africa

MUSIC MATTERS - RIP Arthur ‘Modie’ Albrighton - so many treasured memories

MUSIC MATTERS - RIP 'musician's musician' Ollie Warner, Abbey Road and 2-Tone exhibit

MUSIC MATTERS - Coventry really feels like the UK City of Culture and calls for station plaque

MUSIC MATTERS - Powerful lyrics on Leamington's LAMP CD

MUSIC MATTERS - A mosaic to you Rudy at Coventry bus station

MUSIC MATTERS - Mississippi Smith and Adventures In Reality

MUSIC MATTERS - Ghost Town on the top spot again and the latest on HMV Empire Coventry

MUSIC MATTERS - Avidfan's 'Always Be Coventry' and Warriors of the Dyscotheque

MUSIC MATTERS - RIP Don Ker - 'a Coventry music great and a gentleman'

MUSIC MATTERS - Coventry Music Museum is back - and with two new exhibitions

MUSIC MATTERS - Coventry singer-songwriter remembers his mum and 'Our Moe' and new release for Sam McNulty

MUSIC MATTERS - Abz, Razzle and The Senses putting Coventry on the map

MUSIC MATTERS - Coundon's Hot Talent, Nice one John and Tom Grennan heading for Coventry

MUSIC MATTERS - New material for Coventry's Mintakaa and Shanghai

MUSIC MATTERS - Be part of the Coventry 2 Tone exhibition and Senses have new album

MUSIC MATTERS - RIP Coventry's Brian Fowdrey of Mad Classix fame

MUSIC MATTERS - Sometimessean's 'mesmerising' The Drifter and Nigel Meffen has a bite at a new novel

MUSIC MATTERS - Coventry rapper hailed, fond farewell Moe and well done Ruby

MUSIC MATTERS - From Ghost Town to host town as Coventry's City of Culture year gets under way

Pete picks his highlights of the year in the 2020 Music Matters Awards

MUSIC MATTERS - Museum recognition, Alternative Sounds and staying home this Christmas

MUSIC MATTERS - Pete sheds light on the latest developments in the Coventry scene

MUSIC MATTERS - 'Coventry Venues - A Year in the Live’

MUSIC MATTERS - Coventry music hero Andy is back recording again and 2-Tone drama in the pipeline

Music Matters - John Garrison and 'recognise the 2-Tone legends during Coventry's City of Culture year'

Music Matters - More Fresh Maggots on the way on Coventry Museum's very own record label

Music Matters - ‘Delia Derbyshire' documentary, which explores Coventry music legend, premieres

Music Matters - 'Sad farewell to legendary Shadows' basist Brian 'Licquorice' Locking'

MUSIC MATTERS: Lieutenant Pigeon ‘Back Home in Coventry’

MUSIC MATTERS: How about a Comedy Carpet for Coventry?

MUSIC MATTERS: Skatta tells it how it is, and unlikely tale of nostalgic amp

MUSIC MATTERS by Pete Chambers BEM: Compilation album celebrates local musicians and visual artists

MUSIC MATTERS: A lockdown offering from the Staples, and Dave Linton

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