Rogerson, Tom
Retreat To Bliss
Since the release of his last album, 2017's 'Finding Shore' - a collaboration with Brian Eno - pianist and singer-songwriter Tom Rogerson's life has undergone a number of dramatic transformations. While writing his new album 'Retreat To Bliss', Rogerson had a child, lost a parent, and received his own diagnosis of a rare form of blood cancer. It brought him from Berlin to the Suffolk of his childhood, composing profound pieces of minimal songwriting in the church next to his parents' home. For the first time in his noteworthy career, Rogerson has combined masterful piano playing and subtle electronics with the texture of his own voice, an attempt to express deeply private emotions that were difficult to articulate using instrumental music alone.