KEV HICKMAN
DRUMMER AND EDUCATOR
ABOUT
Kev Hickman has been playing professionally for nearly 20 years, his career has taken him all over the globe including the USA, Canada, South America, Eastern Europe and every country in Western Europe. He has supported Slash, Deep Purple, Joe Satriani, The Darkness, Blues Pills, Magnum and InMe on international tours. He's also played Download Festival, Skegness Rock And Blues Festival in the UK and Aftershock Festival in the US among many others. Kev's been featured in Kerrang, Classic Rock and Drummer magazine and was nominated in the top 20 of 'Instrumentalist of the Year' in the 2023 UK Blues Awards and was the first drummer ever to be nominated in the top five of that same category in the both 2024 and 2025 UK Blues Awards. With Alice Armstrong he took first place in the UK Blues Challenge in 2024 and European Blues Challenge in 2025.
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Kev currently plays for award winning funk, blues and soul singer Alice Armstrong, California-based roots rockers Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse and is an active session musician.
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Kev's YouTube channels have collectively accumulated over 1.5 million views.
Rhythm Room Music School YouTube
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Kev supports the local music community where he is based in Milton Keynes with his two businesses, Rhythm Room Music School, with over 25 teachers and over 500 weekly students at their premises in Bletchley and in local primary and secondary schools and Old School Rehearsal Rooms, a band rehearsal studio in New Bradwell, Milton Keynes with three fully equipped, sound proofed rooms providing services to bands from Milton Keynes and beyond.
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"Beautiful drumming" - Ben Waters​
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"Great groove" - Ian Jennings
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He has worked with/performed on stage with:
Chris Farlowe (Colosseum)
Robbie Blunt (Robert Plant)
Pete Brown (Producer/co-writer for Cream)
Don Airey (Deep Purple, Rainbow, Whitesnake, Black Sabbath)
Bård Torstensen (Clawfinger)
Ben Waters (Jools Holland, Shakin Stevens, Jeff Beck, The Rolling Stones)
Ian Jennings (Carl Perkins, Jeff Beck, Robert Plant)
Aaron Buchanan (Heaven's Basement)
Aynsley Lister
Del Bromham (Stray)
John Verity (Argent)
Dave Ital (Anastacia, Level 42, Craig David, Tom Jones)
Dom Martin
Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse
Brave Rival
Laurence Jones
Oli Brown (RavenEye)
Catfish
Will Wilde
Kim Wilson (Fabulous Thunderbirds)
Connor Selby
Stevie Watts
Jack Hutchinson
Robin Bibi
Ruzz 'Guitar' Evans
Alex Voysey
Mo Birch (Phil Lynott, Robert Plant)
Mark Stanway (Magnum)
Paul Green (Suzi Quatro)
John Cartwright (Harry Belafonte)
Rob Mackenzie (Sha na na, Pete Townshend)
Kenny Aaronson (Rick Derringer, Brian Setzer)
Gerry McAvoy (Nine Below Zero, Rory Gallagher)
Dennis Greaves (Nine Below Zero)
LeBurn Maddox (Jimmy Castor)
Syd Twynham (Mud)
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Kev officially endorses Paiste cymbals, Natal drums, Roland, Hardcase cases, Schlagwerk cajons and Logarhythm pedals.
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