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

Acclaimed British singer and songwriter, JP Cooper, has dropped his uplifting new single “Call My Name” on 13th August and announced his new album titled “SHE” which will be released on 15th October via Island Records. “Call My Name” follows his recent releases, “If The World Should Ever Stop” and his gospel-tinged track “Holy Water”. In the new video for “Call My Name” JP Cooper continues to follow the story that we’ve seen in his previous two videos as we begin to see the father seeking help for his addictions, whilst the daughter continues in her own world of discovery. “Call My Name” is a infectious, upbeat and inspiring track where JP provides us with a signature big hook chorus coupled with his natural soulful delivery. Speaking about the inspiration behind the new song JP says:  “Call my name is a song for anybody who struggles to reach out and ask for help. I wrote it whilst I was in the US and I remember feeling a little isolated and alone. I would finish my studio sessio...

Acclaimed British singer and songwriter JP Cooper, whose debut album “Raised Under Grey Skies”, and huge global hit “September Song”, introduced an artist of great depth with a voice and songs to match, returns with the release on May 21 st of his new brand new Island Records single “Holy Water”. You can listen to the single > > HERE . “Holy Water” is a deeply personal song for Cooper which explores the idea of picking yourself up whenever you fall, a great lesson he learnt from his dad. Speaking about the inspiration behind the new song JP says: “ Holy Water is a song that was half finished for about 5 years. I was raised in a strong Catholic household so questioning yourself and your choices was a big part of what was going on in my mind, especially in my teens, early twenties. There were a lot of things I was doing that I probably shouldn’t have been doing given the way that I was raised. There were lots of parts of myself that I guess I was at war with. M...