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

Ed Sheeran releases the hip-hop infused folk song ‘Let It Out’ on June 7th, produced by Jake Gosling of Wiley and Crookers fame and follows in a trail of brilliant self released records. Ed has written more than 100 songs and last year he played over 300 gigs. His live performance featured on SBTV has already clocked up more than 30000 hits and whilst nurturing a loyal fan base he has caught the attention of high profile musicians, songwriters and producers. These include producers Jake Gosling, Si Hulbert (Sugababes/Lemar) and drum and bass legend Goldie, who was suitably impressed after seeing Ed play live in London. ‘ Ed will soon be giant’ screamed Goldie. Not only did he then go on to write with Goldie but he has managed to garner the support of the hard-to-please grime scene, recently collaborating with Scorcher, Thomas Jules, Slix and Wretch 32. Ed released his first EP at the tender age of fifteen and then went on to release two albums and another EP, all before the age of t

Florence + The Machine Cosmic Love  Single released - July 12th Island The final single to be taken from the million selling album ‘ Lungs ’ is Florence’s personal favourite - Cosmic Love . A wildly impassioned hymn to the overwhelming supernatural power of love, the epic Cosmic Love has been a show stopping favourite at Florence’s gigs ever since it was first written. Florence is currently on tour in America and played to an ecstatic crowd at the Coachella Festival . She heads back to the UK in May for her sold out Cosmic Love tour as well as a Somerset House show (July 15th) and a headline slot at this years Latitude Festival (July 16th). Cosmic Love May Tour - Florence + The Machine supported by the Drums 05 Corn Exchange, Edinburgh
 06 Corn Exchange, Edinburgh
 07 Empress Ballroom, Blackpool
 09 Empress Ballroom, Blackpool
 10 Civic Theatre, Wolverhampton
 11 Civic Theatre, Wolverhampton
 13 HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London
 14 HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London
 15 HMV

Kylie Minogue returns to the charts at the end of June when her highly anticipated brand new single “ All The Lovers ” is released June 28 on Parlophone. The single, set to be a huge summer anthem, previews her new studio album “ Aphrodite ” scheduled for release a week later, on July 5. The album, Kylie’s fifth studio album on Parlophone, sees her celebrate her dance-floor roots and features Stuart Price as executive producer. The list of songwriters includes Kylie, Stuart Price, Calvin Harris, Jake Shears, Nerina Pallot and Keane’s Tim Rice-Oxley. Kylie said today: “The single was one of the last tracks to be written for the album. As I was recording it I knew that All The Lovers had to be the first single; it sums up the euphoria of the album perfectly. It gives me goose-bumps, so I’m really excited to hear what everyone thinks of it”. Stuart Price , who mixed the track and was executive producer on the album said: “ All The Lovers is a magical song and sums up everything tha