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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20250508

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...
20240705

Focus 12

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A new Focus album is officially released today. Like other recent albums, its cover is graced with a pleasing piece of Roger Dean artwork. T...
20240330

Duets

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There are at least four tracks where only two men play 1. Le Clochard where Akkerman plays acoustic guitar and van Leer is on Mellotron. 2. ...

Solo Tracks

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Of the 200 tracks listed on this website so far, some 14 or so are solo efforts. 1. Moving Waves. Thijs van Leer sings and plays piano. 2. B...

Sound effects

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A sound effect (or audio effect) is an artificially created or enhanced sound, or sound process used to emphasise artistic or other content ...