Music Matters Archives | The Coventry Observer

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14^th Jan, 2021

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

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7^th Jan, 2021

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

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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

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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'

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30^th Oct, 2020

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

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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?

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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

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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

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5^th Mar, 2020

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

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4^th Jan, 2020

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

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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!

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28^th Sep, 2019

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

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14^th Sep, 2019

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

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24^th Aug, 2019

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

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27^th Jul, 2019

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

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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

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15^th Jun, 2019

MUSIC MATTERS: Charting the success of Coventry's musicians

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1^st Jun, 2019

MUSIC MATTERS: Coventry legend Vince Hill returning for home gig

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4^th May, 2019

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

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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

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30^th Mar, 2019

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

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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

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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

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2^nd Feb, 2019

MUSIC MATTERS: Flying flag for city and its musical heritage

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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

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12^th Jan, 2019

MUSIC MATTERS: TEGAS reuniting to play Coventry gig

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5^th Jan, 2019

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

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15^th Dec, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: Thank you for the music Peter Shelley

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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?

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16^th Mar, 2018

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

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24^th Mar, 2018

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

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28^th Apr, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: by Pete Chambers BEM

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21^st Apr, 2018

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

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26^th May, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: BBC's Biggest Weekend Fringe focus

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23^rd Jun, 2018

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

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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

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28^th Jul, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: Celebrating 50 years of Trojan records

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4^th Aug, 2018

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

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11^th Aug, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: Luna Kiss album example of stunning alternative rock

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1^st Sep, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: Recalling great musician and master illustrator

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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

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13^th Oct, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: Remembering top bloke and great musician Phil Packham

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19^th Oct, 2018

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

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17^th Nov, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: Dill springs return with new LP

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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?

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8^th Sep, 2018

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

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14^th Jul, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: Exciting new releases from Coventry

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30^th Jun, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: West Midlands mayor visits Coventry Music Museum

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16^th Jun, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: Pop-up exhibitions just keep giving

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8^th Jun, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: You can sometimes get what you want

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2^nd Jun, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: BBC Biggest Weekend further endorsement of Coventry

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12^th May, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: Gods Toys front-man is back

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5^th May, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: Celebrating Saxa

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7^th Apr, 2018

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

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3^rd Mar, 2018

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

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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

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20^th Jan, 2018

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

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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

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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

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12^th Aug, 2017

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

NEWS 7^th Aug, 2017

Music Matters100 posts

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

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