{"id":29469,"date":"2017-08-15T11:07:54","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T10:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=29469"},"modified":"2017-08-15T11:07:54","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T10:07:54","slug":"singer-songwriter-roger-blackman-releases-newest-album-trick-of-the-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/08\/singer-songwriter-roger-blackman-releases-newest-album-trick-of-the-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer-Songwriter Roger Blackman Releases Newest Album &#8216;Trick Of The Light&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"29472\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/08\/rock-duo-red-aster-release-debut-single-seven-years\/front-cover-3000-max-spec\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Front-cover-3000-max-spec.jpg?fit=3000%2C3000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3000,3000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Front cover 3000 max spec\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Front-cover-3000-max-spec.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29472\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Front-cover-3000-max-spec.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Talented singer, songwriter, guitarist, and session musician, Roger Blackman has recently released his latest album, &#8216;Trick Of The Light&#8217;. The ten track rock record is the follow-up to his previous releases, &#8216;Never Look Back&#8217;, in 2014, and &#8216;After The Storm&#8217; from 2012.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Roger&#8217;s style is melodic hard rock, and he has seen his music feature on the Bloodline, and Lifeline series of CDs, raising money for the very worthwhile charities, Teenage Cancer Trust, and Cancer Research UK. Roger&#8217;s songs have been played on radio stations across England, including Croydon Radio, TBFM, and Ridge Radio, while Marshall Amplification invited him to perform at the &#8216;Father Of Loud&#8217; event. Roger can be seen regularly gigging in London and Surrey.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Trick Of The Light&#8217; showcases Roger Blackman&#8217;s phenomenal guitar playing ability, and shows clearly the influence of the likes of Def Leppard, Iron Maiden, and Kentucky hard rock band, Black Stone Cherry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can find out more about Roger Blackman online on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/rogerblackmanmusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rogerblackman01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/roger-blackman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soundcloud<\/a>. &#8216;Trick Of The Light&#8217; is available to stream from <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/35iTEFf4ZnIr8dUYCELlKI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, and download from <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/trick-of-the-light\/id1250484117\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0731VHZ9S\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.7digital.com\/artist\/roger-blackman\/release\/trick-of-the-light-6574319\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">7Digital<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Trick Of The Light\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/35iTEFf4ZnIr8dUYCELlKI?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talented singer, songwriter, guitarist, and session musician, Roger Blackman has recently released his latest album, &#8216;Trick Of The Light&#8217;. The ten track rock record is the follow-up to his previous releases, &#8216;Never Look Back&#8217;, in 2014, and &#8216;After The Storm&#8217; from 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":29472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[10988,111,10985,653,10981,10980,199,1540,10986,10979,10987,144,77,10983,10977,10982,10984,10978],"class_list":["post-29469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-releases","tag-after-the-storm","tag-album","tag-bloodline-series","tag-cancer-research-uk","tag-croydon-radio","tag-father-of-loud","tag-guitar","tag-hard-rock","tag-lifeline-series","tag-marshall-amplification","tag-never-look-back","tag-new-album","tag-new-release","tag-ridge-radio","tag-roger-blackman","tag-tbfm","tag-teenage-cancer-trust","tag-trick-of-the-light"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-7Fj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":76256,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2022\/06\/who-was-i-roger-daltrey-legendary-frontman-of-the-who-announces-his-touring-band-and-it-includes-two-generations-of-the-townshend-family\/","url_meta":{"origin":29469,"position":0},"title":"Who Was I? 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