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

Irish star Hozier’s global hit Take Me To Church has been announced as 2014’s most streamed track of the year. This morning Spotify announced the song as their global number 1 most shared song on the service in 2014, and the biggest song in the world at this moment. It follows confirmation that Take Me To Church had already topped their global chart (with over 87 million streams to date), and further cements the young Wicklow musician as the first tangible example of a breakthrough streaming superstar. The track currently sits at 1 on the Shazam worldwide chart. At the turn of this year, the video to Take Me To Church had quickly gone viral, and now sits with over 40 million views on YouTube. It caps a hugely successful, breakthrough year for Andrew Hozier-Byrne, having picked up his first Grammy nomination this month for Song of the Year, and debuting his critically acclaimed eponymous album at number 2 in the US Billboard chart (the second biggest debut album of th

Anthony Henry a.k.a. Tippa Irie, Grammy nominated recording artist and UK reggae veteran, hailing From the infamous Saxon Sound System, having a list of hits including Complain Neighbor on Green Sleeves Records and member of the UK all-stars. Tippa has been at the top of the UK Reggae scene for time. Support comes from Irie Bingo comprising of a duo of roots vibe bad boys. Blazenstein, operator and selector for the mighty Irie Bingo Soundsystem out of Devon. Playing music for the revolution and inspired by soundsystem tradition of bringing news to the people. Heavy conscious music to shake the chains of Babylon. Shire Roots , conscious Reggae MC hailing from the Southwest, strong roots vibes from this man Joe Joe Jdb Burn – this young man, straight out North Devon this is our very own musical prodigy fresh from his new release on Defcon records, Joe is representing hard for the North Devon family, bless up this yoot man flying the flag for us Southwest crew! One

Ben Howard is pleased to announce details of his biggest UK headline shows to date for the Spring. Following the release of his critically acclaimed second album, 'I Forget Where We Were ' which debuted this weekend at number 1 in the UK, Ben will play seven arena shows in April, including a night at London's Alexandra Palace. Tickets for the tour will go on sale from www.benhowardmusic.co.uk at 9am on Friday 31st October. Ben Howard UK Tour 2015 *NEW DATES*: 13th April – Echo Arena, Liverpool 16th April – Alexandra Palace, London 20th April – NIA Arena, Birmingham 21st April – Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff 23rd April – Leeds Arena, Leeds 24th April – SSE Hydro, Glasgow 25th April – Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle As previously announced, Ben Howard plays a short tour of the UK in November, with all dates selling out within hours of being on sale. Ben Howard Live: 3rd December - O2 Apollo, Manchester SOLD OUT 4th December - The Civic, Wolverhampton SOL