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

Having spent the duration of lockdown in their home studio in Worthing, Noisy are well and truly ready to emerge from their seaside town with new records and a new lust for life . Following on from their latest video 'Where's Your Head?' , supported and loved by BBC Radio 1's Jack Saunders, comes their new track 'Put a Record On' which highlights their vibrant get-up-and-go attitude towards life, fuelled by good vibes music even when it seems like the world is against them. "Put a record on is solely about music getting you through a hard time. You know them ones when you wake up in the morning and you're not feeling yourself, you've already got it in your head that today is going to be a bad day. Then you put your favourite song on and all of a sudden you've got a new lease of life, a brand new mind set. Today is going to be a good day"– Cody Earlier this year, the trio headlined a sold-out Camden Assembly, following the release o

On 24th July, episode five of Bob Marley's Legacy documentary series continues with 'Punky Reggae Party,' an insightful look back at Bob's time in and impact on London and the rest of the United Kingdom. Dating back from the mid-'70s to this present day, 'Punky Reggae Party' explores how Bob's music and ethos captured the Zeitgeist, detailing his signing to Chris Blackwell's Island Records, and the welcomed arrival of his sound and the impact he had in the United Kingdom, especially the London-born children of the Windrush generation .(Los Angeles – July 24, 2020) Featuring interviews with music aficionado Don Letts, MP and former shadow home secretary, Diane Abbott, award-winning British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason MBE, and Chris Blackwell as well as journalist and broadcaster, Chris Salewicz, British-Nigerian women's rights activist Seyi Akiwowo, the daughter of a Rasta, Hak BakerMarika, and photographer Adrian Boot, this compelling ne

Today Sports Team's debut album 'Deep Down Happy' is announced as one of the 2020 Hyundai Mercury Prize 'Albums of the Year'. The prestigious accolade celebrates and promotes the best of British music, recognising artistic achievement across a range of contemporary music genres. The shortlist was chosen by an independent judging panel and was revealed this morning on Lauren Laverne's show on BBC Radio 6 Music. The news comes after Sports Team released their critically acclaimed debut album 'Deep Down Happy' on 5 June and achieved number #2 in the Official Album Charts, which holds the highest first week sales for a debut album by a British band in four years, and is the fourth highest selling debut of 2020. The band also became the biggest seller of the week, leading on physical sales (10K), digital downloads, and scoring the biggest vinyl sales of a debut record by a British artist in 2020, with a #1 on the Official Vinyl Chart. The six piece also