Rupert Blackman

British singer/songwriter Rupert Blackman was first discovered by popular Dutch vocalist <a href="spotify:artist:6ltVunYjAAD70YtVO6rxvX">Anouk</a> while entertaining on the streets of Amsterdam. In 2008 he had moved to The Netherlands, where he began writing music with a band of musicians and self-released an EP, If You Only Knew, the following year. After his chance encounter with <a href="spotify:artist:6ltVunYjAAD70YtVO6rxvX">Anouk</a>, she invited him to join her on a nationwide theater tour, which was later canceled. However, the interest in Blackman had already taken hold as news of his appearance with <a href="spotify:artist:6ltVunYjAAD70YtVO6rxvX">Anouk</a> circulated and he toured across the country with artists such as <a href="spotify:artist:30TrHDLNCKQVTYWOn9QqOC">Beth Hart</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1wTUsxee6HtnB6Z6QiUCub">Sabrina Starke</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:17cWhusbHm4VTSrR8ZK7xg">Valerius</a>. He went on to ink a deal with <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22PIAS+Records%22">PIAS Records</a> in 2013 and that year his debut album, The Lights of Home, arrived. The acoustic guitar-led songs were produced by Martijn Groeneveld in Utrecht and the album was well received in The Netherlands. ~ Scott Kerr, Rovi