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Focus The Stables April 2026

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It was good to see Focus once again at The Stables in Milton Keynes last night. Theplace was packed. Thijs has been unwell and so it was goo...
20260331

Focus in the UK once again April 2026 (and Happy Birthday)

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For some reason we tend not to note birthdays on this blog but today Thijs van Leer is 78 today. Happybirthday! Further, Focus will be here ...
20260304

Death of Mike Vernon

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CNRS, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Readers of this blog wil be sorry to hear o...
20251212

Under the Rainbow

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The new live album from Jan Akkerman is out today. Some 8 of the 11 grow out of the Focus era. Well worth a listen. A few days on stand outs...
20251013

New live album by Akkerman coming

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Former Focus guitarist Jan Akkerman has announced that he will release his latest solo album, My Focus - Live Under The Rainbow  through Ar...
20250827

Old Photo

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  I found this the other day. I broke my leg many years ago and Jan Akkerman kindly signed the cast at one of his concerts. Actors (may be m...
20250531

Plot for a movie

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Musician Jan Akkerman - once the guitarist in the brilliant Dutch prog rock band Focus - arrives on the remote but picturesque Wallis Island...
20250516

No Hang Ups Live on TV in Denmark 1974

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20250509

I lied

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Okay, last one

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And more Lego

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More Lego

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20250430

AI Fun

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20250211

Jan Akkerman in London Feb 2025

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Jan Akkerman has been dong a brief "My Focus" tour of the UK and I was able to see him last night in Shepherd's Bush last nigh...
20241115

Hamburger Concerto Harmonic Profile (from GetSongKey)

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Focus 3 Harmonic Profile (from GetSongKey)

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20241114

In and Out of Focus Harmonic Profile (from GetSongKey)

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20241018

More on Melanie and Akkerman

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So the album is out and can be heard. (Several tracks are on YouTube). It is a nice album but very much a Melanie album. One can hear little...
20241011

Melanie and Akkerman 1988

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Amazingly, this month (October 18 2024) an unlikely 1988 recording will be published that everyone seems to have forgotten. There must be l...
20240724

Track by track 210 Gaia

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Main Album: Focus 12 Title: Gaia Track number: 10 Genre: Progressive Rock Instrumental Studio: Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands Le...
20240720

Track by track 209 Positano

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Main Album: Focus 12 Title: Positano Track number: 9 Genre: Progressive Rock Instrumental Studio: Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherland...
20240714

David Bowie

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  On March 1, 1972 Focus played alongside David Bowie in Bristol

Track by track 208 Bowie

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Main Album: Focus 12 Title: Bowie Track number: 8 Genre: Piano piece Studio: Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands Length: 3:24 Compose...
20240713

Track by track 207 Nura

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Main Album: Focus 12 Title: Nura Track number: 7 Genre: Progressive Rock Instrumental Studio: Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands Len...
20240712

Track by track 206 Born To Be You

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Main Album: Focus 12 Title: Born To Be You Track number: 6 Genre: Progressive Rock Instrumental Studio: Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Nethe...
20240711

Track by track 205 All Aboard

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Main Album: Focus 12 Title:  All Aboard  Track number: 5 Genre: Progressive Rock Instrumental Studio: Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherl...

Track by track 204 Meta Indefinita

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Main Album: Focus 12 Title: Meta Indefinita Track number: 4 Genre: Progressive Rock Instrumental Studio: Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Neth...
20240709

Track by track 203 Béla

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Main Album: Focus 12 Title: Béla Track number: 3 Genre: Progressive Rock Instrumental Studio: Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands Len...

Track by Track 202 Focus 13

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Main Album: Focus 12 Title: Focus 13 Track number: 2 Genre: Progressive Rock Instrumental Studio: Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands...
20240708

Track by Track 201 Fjord Focus

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Archive number: 201 Title:  Fjord Focus Main Album: Focus 12 Track number: 1 Genre: Progressive Jazz Instrumental Studio: Wisseloord Studios...