It isn't particularly unusual of me to review acts playing at the Town House in Leamington: Jonny Roden often puts on top acts (looking forward to ...

I had already had every intention of popping along to see one of my all time favourite bands, Dr Feelgood at the Assembly last evening but it was ...

Honky Tonk Rose always promise their audiences "three chords & the truth" but on this occasion they also served up, appropriately for the ...

Firstly an apology: this is not & cannot pretend to be a broad overview of the 2018 Godiva Festival (the 20th in fact): I think that is beyond ...

Tell me: are you "Old Skool"?

Crokodile Tears  have been releasing albums now for some 33 years since their eponymous debut when they were ...

Firstly a caveat: this is not (unfortunately) a comprehensive review of both days of Leamington's 2018 "Art in the Park": personal commitments & ...

What a great combination: the launch of a great new book on the history of Leamington & area music in a wonderful new venue accompanied by some ...

If anyone remembers my article of July 10th in which I looked forward to the Belgrade Theatre's takeover of the former "Coventry Evening ...

In its relatively short lifetime, the former "Coventry Evening Telegraph" building has become a superb & iconic venue with a tremendous momentum ...

We remain so fortunate to have in our area the Belgrade Theatre with its superb history of promoting innovative new work, fostering new talent & ...

It is a very busy time for cult local band Crokodile Tears. They are excited to be playing Leamington's newest venue, the Magic Lantern on Friday ...

I hope anyone reading this remembers my April 6th review of Chalk Drawings' current (concept) album 'Grand Union'? Perhaps that's a bit ...

It is a huge shame that the superb opportunities for performance that the CET Popup has offered are only lasting a short while: though plans for a ...

I've said it before, but it bears repeating that the APE nights promoted by Johnny Satsangi represent the best musical value for money around.

The law of averages suggests that many "Hot Music Live" readers will have seen & heard Holly Hewitt (vocals) & David Page (guitar & vocals) ...

There can be no better value for money gigs locally than the ones Ape Promotions put on at the Zephyr Lounge.

Suddenly, Coventry Music Museum found itself celebrating its fourth birthday on Saturday 4th November 2017.

"Tunehouse at the Townhouse" is on a fine run of form at the moment: after superb recent gigs by the Folly Brothers, the Doc Brown Trio, Stone ...

There can be few contemporary musicians who are held in as much affection by audiences as John Otway who performed at the Zephyr Lounge on ...

After the superb Stone Bear gig at Tunehouse at the Townhouse last week, this week saw another top notch act, namely the return of the splendid ...

The Ruts DC are not admittedly a local band (so please excuse that aspect of this review), but they certainly played a local venue (the ...

The most looked forward to of nights in the Leamington music scene is arguably (well I'd argue that way) the "APE Promoters" nights organised by ...

One thing which I guess always gets the pulse of a reviewer speeding up is the chance to write about someone whose musical career is just ...

This review I suppose is something of a series of tip offs to Hot Music Live readers: to be honest, my main reasons for originally attending the ...