#musicmatters Archives - The Coventry Observer

4^th Jun, 2026

#musicmatters65 posts

30^th Oct, 2020

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

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?

26^th Jul, 2020

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

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

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

NEWS 13^th Oct, 2019

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

28^th Sep, 2019

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

14^th Sep, 2019

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

24^th Aug, 2019

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

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

15^th Jun, 2019

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?

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

30^th Mar, 2019

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

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

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

MUSIC MATTERS: Flying flag for city and its musical heritage

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

12^th Jan, 2019

MUSIC MATTERS: TEGAS reuniting to play Coventry gig

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

15^th Dec, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: Thank you for the music Peter Shelley

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?

16^th Mar, 2018

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

24^th Mar, 2018

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

28^th Apr, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: by Pete Chambers BEM

21^st Apr, 2018

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

26^th May, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: BBC's Biggest Weekend Fringe focus

23^rd Jun, 2018

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

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

28^th Jul, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: Celebrating 50 years of Trojan records

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

11^th Aug, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: Luna Kiss album example of stunning alternative rock

MUSIC MATTERS: Recalling great musician and master illustrator

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

13^th Oct, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: Remembering top bloke and great musician Phil Packham

19^th Oct, 2018

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

17^th Nov, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: Dill springs return with new LP

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 22^nd Sep, 2018

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

14^th Jul, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: Exciting new releases from Coventry

30^th Jun, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: West Midlands mayor visits Coventry Music Museum

16^th Jun, 2018

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

12^th May, 2018

MUSIC MATTERS: Gods Toys front-man is back

MUSIC MATTERS: Celebrating Saxa