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

‘Genius… she’s still ruling the school.’ NME After the huge success of 2007’s eponymous album (platinum UK), which produced the international #1 smash single ‘ With Every Heartbeat ’ & the top 10 hit ‘ Be Mine ’, Robyn is back with her killer combination of natural pop nous and cool sassiness offering up an exciting mix of cool electronica, heartfelt pop songs and tracks that have all the hallmarks of becoming classic club hits. Due to an abundance of great songs bursting to get out 2010 will see her release not one, not two but three albums. The first, Body Talk PT 1 , will be released on June 14th and the single Dancing On My Own released the same day. Robyn explains: " I got all these great songs so why not ? It’s been 5 years since " Robyn " and I didn’t want to wait with a release until they are all recorded, so I decided to start putting them out right away. I also can’t wait to play live again and this enables me to tour and record at the same time. I just

Introducing Kids On Bridges… electro pop duo Danny and Christian from Liverpool and Manchester. They have been collecting fans in all the right places for months, and they may well be your new favourite band. Their track ‘Y Don’t U’ is available to download now for free from: http://www.kidsonbridges.com/ They recently signed a deal with Wall of Sound , and their debut single “ Check Your Head ” is due out on July 12. They are booked to play a plethora of festivals this summer along with some live dates, so we doubt you will be able to miss them: May 25 Back to the Phuture Party @ Le Beatroute, Greek St (details below) June 12 Parklife Festival - Manchester June 13 Rockness Festival - Scotland July 3 Wireless Festival - London July 23 Secret Garden Party - Huntingdon Aug 28 Creamfields - Cheshire Sept 9 Bestival - Isle of Wight www.myspace.com/kidsonbridges - www.twitter.com/kidsonbridges Kids On Bridges “ The perfect mix of north west influence..the swagger and gr

Kelly Rowland is well and truly back and is kicking the summer off in style! Hot on the heels of Grammy award winning No.1 smash ‘When Love Takes Over’ Kelly has teamed up again with DJ supremo David Guetta and releases her fabulous brand new single “Commander” through Motown on 17th May. Kelly has amassed over 60 million record sales since being in Destiny’s Child , she’s has had two international No.1 hits with duets with Nelly ‘Dilema’ and David Guetta ‘ When Love Takes Over’ . ‘ Commander ’ is another smash which is not only produced by the legendary David Guetta but also written by Grammy award winner Rico Love (Beyonce - I Am…Sacha Fierce, Usher – Raymond vs Raymond). It has been an amazing year for Kelly who was signed personally by the President of Universal Motown records, Sylvia Rhone , for her new record. ‘Commander’ shows a different side to Kelly and for the video she plays a different role ‘the whole concept is very futuristic, very cool, it’s about me being the command