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

One of the UK's most exciting new female artists, Miss LaFamilia, has dropped her first Island single "Dumb Flex" featuring Tottenham rapper Abra Cadabra. The video which premiered on GRM Daily on Thursday features cameos from Headie One and AJ Tracey. The rapper, singer from Birmingham delivers her single "Dumb Flex" with Abra Cadabra, a perfect introduction to what Miss LaFamilia stands for. She is about breaking the boundaries and keeping her fans on their toes as she raps her self-possessed bars over the urgent, industrial drill beat backed up by her harmonious R&B vocals as she sings her infectious hook. Miss LaFamilia says about the track: "The meaning of dumb flex is to flex as much as possible, like a stupid flex or crazy flex. Dumb flex is being lit in all your might!! Whether it be clothing, cars, jewellery or even just your aura, flex what you can 🤪. When making Dumb Flex I knew Abra Cadabra would fit perfect on the track with his natural de...

After a hugely successful year, Bob Marley 75 continues into 2021 with several birthday celebrations leading up to Marley's 76th Birthday on February 6, including a global virtual birthday celebration hosted by Cedella Marley, Songs of Freedom: The Island Years on 6LP or 3CD, and a Bob Marley Tribute Livestream by Stephen Marley. In lieu of the live annual birthday celebration that usually occurs at the Bob Marley Museum every year, Cedella Marley will be hosting a global virtual event for Bob Marley's 76th birthday on February 6. Inspired by Bob Marley's most militant album, Cedella, the Marley family, friends, and fans worldwide will celebrate Bob Marley's 76th Earthstrong under the theme, SURVIVAL. The virtual celebration will mimic the usual festivities beginning at 7am ET, including messages from the family, a Miami Performance Mash-up featuring the Marley brothers and third-generation Marleys, Survival Cypher performance featuring Skip Marley, Jo Mersa, Tifa, Kab...

THE WEEKND ANNOUNCES HIS RETURN TO THE GLOBAL STAGE WITH AFTER HOURS WORLD TOUR AHEAD OF ‘THE HIGHLIGHTS’ ALBUM & HEADLINING SUPER BOWL PERFORMANCE The 104-date global tour will kick off on January 14th in Vancouver at Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena with stops in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, Paris, Berlin and more, before wrapping November 16th in London at The O2. The Weeknd’s FULL Pepsi Super Bowl LV Halftime ShowWATCH HERE The worldwide tour announcement comes just days ahead of the multi-platinum singer’s headlining Super Bowl performance, and also includes a handful of rescheduled dates shifting from 2021 to be a part of the After Hours World Tour in 2022. With the addition of 39 new tour dates, The Weeknd will also release  The Highlights  on Friday, February 5th.  The Highlights  is a way to present some of The Weeknd’s most notable works in one place.  While this isn’t a “Greatest Hits” album it does provide a new listener a rich for...

Rising pop / R&B singer bshp releases her captivating acoustic version of her debut Island single 'NEVER MIND' accompanied by a retro pop art style video. The new stripped backed version which focusses on bshp's sultry and enchanting voice along with colourful lighting projections in keeping with the playful pop elements of the song, is enough to hypnotise her fans as she sings blissfully but powerfully about not wanting a crush to waste her time – a familiar feeling most of us have had at some point in our lives! bshp says: 'I'm so grateful for the support and love so far on 'Never Mind'. I can't believe I was able to hear my song on the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast show! I'm excited to put out this acoustic version too, it's a nice change from the original, I hope you guys like it. Being able to shoot this during lockdown was a lot more fun than my weekly food shop. Big up everyone involved, thank you ❤️' This follows her debut track release f...

The Weeknd has just released the official music video for the latest focus track from After Hours, “Save Your Tears” Check it out here xxxxx   

As the year's celebrations commemorating the legendary Bob Marley's 75 th birthday continue, yet more incredible collector edition items and activations have been announced and released for December and January 2021 On January 29, 2021, the highly acclaimed Songs of Freedom: The Island Years, an extraordinary 6LP set, as well as a 3CD set, will be re-released worldwide. A limited-edition color 6LP set featuring two red, two green, and two gold vinyl LPs will also be available. Streamlined to the period of Bob Marley's emergence and stardom, with rare tracks on vinyl for the first time outside Jamaica,  Songs of Freedom: The Island Years is available to listen to or pre-order HERE . In addition to Songs Of Freedom, twelve limited-edition Bob Marley vinyl LP's pressed exclusively at the legendary Tuff Gong International headquarters in Kingston, Jamaica, will be available on January 22, 2021. The Jamaican pressings will include nine original studio albums, two origina...

Part 2 of Kid Cudi's short film featuring music from "Man On The Moon III: The Chosen" is out now! Click here to Watch "Heaven On Earth - The Rager, The Menace Part 2" Click here to Watch "She Knows This – The Rager, The Menace Part 1" (released Friday, December 11th) - >Read all about Kid Cudi here