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

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...

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A  22-hour-old baby petitioning to be readmitted to the womb is  the protagonist of the catchy punk-pop  of Nothing Is As Good As They Say It Is, the 3 rd  single to be released from Sparks 26 th  studio album.    The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte  marks Sparks' first release on the venerable Island Records label in close to five decades, following such classics as 1974's landmark  Kimono My House , highlighted of course by the indelible hit single 'This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us'. The new album is described by  Ron and Russell Mael  as a record that is " as bold and uncompromising as anything we did back then or, for that matter, anytime throughout our career . "    Sparks previously shared the single  'Veronica Lake'  and the album title track alongside a  video  starring  Cate Blanchett .  The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte  also includes such instantly intriguing new musica...

DRAKE & 21 SAVAGE  "SPIN BOUT U" OFFICIAL VIDEO  OUT NOW    Watch HERE  

Most other musicians, when they've been working for over half a century, are resting on their laurels, basking in the warm glow of their heritage, accepting the odd Lifetime Achievement Award, playing the odd Greatest Hits tour and concentrating on shifting their back catalogue. But Sparks are not most other musicians. They are utterly unique. With the release of their 26th album, The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte , on May 26 th Ron and Russell Mael continue on that unique and uncompromising path. And, in a move that is as unexpected as it is unsurprising, the new bold, genre defying, modern masterpiece will be released by Island Records, the label that released their astonishing breakthrough record Kimono My House in 1974.     "Funny how things work! One of the most memorable periods for Sparks, the one that forever cemented our relationship with the UK and also exposed Sparks to a bigger audience around the world, was the 70s Island Records era. Chris Bl...

NEW YORK, NY (December 2, 2022) – Blasting off higher than ever before,  Metro Boomin  proudly presents his anxiously awaited blockbuster new album,  HEROES & VILLAINS , out now via  Boominati Worldwide / Republic Records .   Assembling an  Avengers -level guest list, the album also notably boasts the likes of  John Legend ,  Future ,  Chris Brown ,  Don Toliver ,  Travis Scott ,  21 Savage ,  Young Nudy ,  Young Thug ,  Mustafa ,  A$AP Rocky ,  Gunna , and the late  Takeoff .  Check out the full track-listing below.   It notably serves as his first solo LP in four years and the follow-up to his 2018 full-length debut,  Not All Heroes Wear Capes . The latter bowed at #1 on the  Billboard  200, picked up a platinum certification, and housed the triple-platinum  "Space Cadet"  feat.  Gunna , platinum  "No Complaints"  feat.  Drake...