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

Miraa May, songwriter, performer, artist and sheer force of nature follows her critically acclaimed Dark EP, co-write on Jorja Smith’s Top 10 hit “Be Honest” and recent paean to her new-born son, “Baby”, with her new Island single “Say Yeah”. Featuring Haile, the latest episode of Miraa’s YouTube mini-series ‘Miraa & Friends’ goes behind the scenes of the making of the track. An official video for ’Say Yeah’ will drop in a couple of weeks. “Say Yeah’ is the third new song Miraa has released in 2020, following “Woman Like Me” & ‘Baby’ and is the start of a new chapter as she embarks on the journey of motherhood.   Miraa recently featured in a new documentary created by The Face magazine called ‘Voices of Jamaica’ which followed 15 artists on a week-long writing retreat put together by UK producer Cadenza. The film features Jorja Smith, Miraa May, Amine, Proteje and legendary producers Dre Skull, Guilty Beatz, & P2J amongst others.   Miraa has also been busy filming,

Having firmly cemented their names as international producers, playing pivotal parts in the creation of records by Beyoncé, Diplo, Mark Ronson and Madonna, Picard Brothers today release new single ‘It’s Not Over’.  It follows the release of a flurry of celebrated remixes from the French duo, including the Remix of Flume "The Difference" and the Remix of David Spinelli "The Promise", released on Boston Bun’s label Circa 99. ""It's Not Over" is our vision on 2020 French house music! It's a sound we're trying to develop on our project that is due to come later this year" – Says Picard Brothers. Picard Brothers first entered the public consciousness almost by chance, after coming across a twitter post by renowned DJ Diplo, calling for French DJs. They sent over some of their songs and, a week later, the two French brothers came face to face with one of the biggest DJs in the world. He loved their music, and the duo soon became pa

Nigerian-born singer, songwriter and fashion icon TIWA SAVAGE – widely regarded as the 'Queen of Afrobeats' – released her brand new single, "Dangerous Love," via Motown /Island Records on the 8th July. The song is the first official single taken from her long-awaited fourth studio album 'CELIA', aptly named after her mother. Listen to "Dangerous Love" HERE . Produced by Cracker Mallo and recorded in Tiwa's home city of Lagos, Nigeria, "Dangerous Love" is the perfect blend of R&B and Afrobeats. With a powerful, enchanting chorus and silky 'afro' beat throughout, the mid-tempo record is a representation of Tiwa's musical growth and preview to her upcoming project. "Dangerous Love is such a vibe! It's a song that is basically about a girl who is dipping in and out of a 'relationship' with a guy that really doesn't deserve her time or attention. She knows that he is bad for her but she gambling w