Kev Hickman

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 and is the first and only drummer ever to be nominated in the top five of 'Instrumentalist of the Year' at the UK Blues Awards, achieving this every year since 2023. With Alice Armstrong he took first place in the UK Blues Challenge in 2024 and European Blues Challenge in 2025. ​ Kev currently plays for award winning funk, blues and soul singer Alice Armstrong, is joining blues rock icon Walter Trout on his European tour in 2026 and is an active session musician. ​​ 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. ​He has worked with/performed on stage with: Aaron Buchanan (Heaven’s Basement), Alex Voysey, Aynsley Lister, Bård Torstensen (Clawfinger), Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse, Ben Waters (Jools Holland, Shakin Stevens, Jeff Beck, The Rolling Stones), Brave Rival, Catfish, Chantel McGregor, Chris Farlowe (Colosseum), Connor Selby, Danny Bryant, Dave Ital (Anastacia, Level 42, Craig David, Tom Jones), Del Bromham (Stray), Dennis Greaves (Nine Below Zero), Dom Martin, Don Airey (Deep Purple, Rainbow, Whitesnake, Black Sabbath), Elles Bailey, Gerry McAvoy (Nine Below Zero, Rory Gallagher), Greg Coulson, Ian Jennings (Carl Perkins, Jeff Beck, Robert Plant), Jack Hutchinson, John Cartwright (Harry Belafonte), John Verity (Argent), Jon Amor, Kenny Aaronson (Rick Derringer, Brian Setzer), Kim Wilson (Fabulous Thunderbirds), Kyla Brox, Laura Evans, Laurence Jones, LeBurn Maddox (Jimmy Castor), Mark Stanway (Magnum), Mo Birch (Phil Lynott, Robert Plant), Oli Brown (RavenEye), Paul Green (Suzi Quatro), Pete Brown (Producer/co-writer for Cream), Rob Mackenzie (Sha na na, Pete Townshend), Robbie Blunt (Robert Plant), Robin Bibi, Ruzz ‘Guitar’ Evans, Stevie Watts, Syd Twynham (Mud), Walter Trout, Will Wilde