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

Gearing up for yet another landmark season, GRAMMY® Award-nominated RIAA diamond-certified Dallas, TX artist Post Malone returns with a brand new single entitled "Cooped Up" [with Roddy Ricch] today via Mercury Records/Republic Records. It heralds the arrival of his fourth full-length offering and the summer's most-anticipated record, Twelve Carat Toothache, on June 3, 2022. Pre-order/pre-save Twelve Carat Toothache. It stands out as his first full-length in three years since the triple-platinum Hollywood's Bleeding crashed the Billboard Top 200 at #1. To kick off the album campaign, Post performed on Saturday Night Live on Saturday, May 14th, the artists first appearance on the celebrated show. "Cooped Up" notably marks the second collaboration between Post and Roddy. In 2019, the GRAMMY® Award-winning RIAA diamond-certified Compton rapper appeared on the remix of Post's quintuple-platinum anthem "wow.". Late last year, Post tested ...

Apple TV+ has announced “1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything,” an immersive, new docuseries that will explore the musicians and soundtracks that shaped the culture and politics of 1971. Executive produced by Academy, BAFTA and Grammy Award winners Asif Kapadia (“Amy,” “Senna”) and James Gay-Rees (“Amy,” “Senna,” “Exit Through the Gift Shop”), the eight-part docuseries will premiere May 21 on Apple TV+. An immersive, deep-dive rich with archival footage and interviews, “1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything,” will show how the musical icons of the time were influenced by the changing tides of history; and, in turn, how they used their music to inspire hope, change and the culture around them. The docuseries will examine the most iconic artists and songs that we still listen to 50 years later, including The Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin, Bob Marley, Marvin Gaye, The Who, Joni Mitchell, Lou Reed and more. Hailing from Universal Music Group’s (UMG) Mercury Studios in as...