Focus Music Notes. "Out of the Blues". Popular music through the decades

Good news at last. I've just watched Good Morning on ITV featuring Morgan Freeman and his aim to bring back the Blues.    Morgan Freeman produced and narrated the 12-track album  Morgan Freeman's Symphonic Blues Experience , which celebrates a century of Mississippi Delta blues with Decca Classics recorded between Royal Studios in Memphis and Abbey Road Studios in London. The album also features artists  Taj Mahal ,  Keb' Mo' ,  Shemekia Copeland , and the  Chineke! Orchestra .   Described as a " A SOUL-STIRRING MUSICAL JOURNEY THROUGH THE HEART OF THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA........bringing the front porch to the world stage, proving that while the Delta's fortunes may change, its soul is eternal "         ----------------------------------   BACK TO THE BLUES MUSIC HISTORY BLUES GUITAR & BLUES HARMNICA ICONS   Robert Johnson John Lee Hooker Mississippi John Hurt ...

I 've just finished binge-watching the complete series of Showtime's 'Dexter' Seasons 1-8.   Wow not just incredible storylines and fabulous acting but I never got tired of the original opening soundtrack for each episode. The ' Morning Routine'   Title Sequence is absolutely brilliant and that bright, brooding trickling (may be blood curdling) music   was composed and performed by Rolfe Kent. Even now that tune is 'stuck in my head' probably reminding me that many of Dexter's victims actually lost theirs. We have now just finished the follow-up series 'New Blood' but I did miss that unforgettable soundtrack. The series includes a stellar cast with the title role of Dexter played by American award winning actor Michael C. Hall.   👀👀👀 What would we do with Google and Wikepedia Read all about the Dexter series and it's cast of actors --------- Looking forward to 'Dexter: Resurrection' which was officially released 11th July 202...

RIP Kris Kristofferson American country singer, songwriter, and actor. 22nd June  1936 – 28th September 2024   ----- ————  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris_Kristofferson

Gospel, Jazz, Folk, Country, Rock, Soul, B-Bop, Funk, Rhythm & Blues, Punk and Pop, it all came "Out of the Blues" . On the Focus Music page we aim to take a look at the journey popular music has made through the decades with links to influential artists of each era. Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday and original Blues men including Robert Johnson, Edward Son House, Skip James and Mississippi John Hurt made their way north from the American deep South and brought the "Blues" to a wider American audience. This in turn lead to the birth of "Rock and Roll" in the 50s with artists such as Bill Haley, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry and Little Richard. "The Beatles" were inspired by the great guitar riffs of Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry and Little Richard's soulful sound and "Rhythm and Blues" burst onto the UK music scene in the 60s spawning the "Mersey Beat Sound" and "Beatlemania" and the rest they say is Hi...