Lee Rogers - Gameblood - CD DIGISLEEVE

Irish roots pop singer/songwriter's new album, produced by Gareth Dunlop, soon to be on tour with Foy Vance in the US and Europe. Living in a small town just outside Belfast Ireland, Lee Rogers’ music sounds as resilient, gorgeous, and scarred as that legendary territory. The robust, resplendent songs on his new album Gameblood absorb all the senses of the listener, with his open-hearted, lyrical storytelling evoking both tender wisdom and elegiac musical craftsmanship. On his fifth major recording and third official release, Rogers comes across as a tender yet macho Noir outcast, honestly giving musical solidarity to fellow wounded exile-pioneers holding similar relational and existential pain. Gameblood has everything from classic UK folk rock albums like John Martyn’s Solid Air, the soulful singer/songwriter craft of Keb Mo’s Blues Americana, and the glistening if lacerating baroque balladry of Tom Waits’ Mule Variations. A tattoo artist for many years, it’s that field’s attention to human vulnerability and creative detail that sets Lee Rogers apart from most musical artists today.