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- Harper rode the unsteady waves of the music industry during the early 1980s but kept up a productive output that saw his music taking on a prophetic role, expressing more explicit concerns with environmental disaster, religious fundamentalism, urban poverty and the first Gulf War, on releases like Once (1990), The Dream Society (1998) and The Green Man (2000).
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Roy Harper (born 12 June 1941) [1] is an English folk rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He has released 22 studio albums (and 10 live ones) across a career that stretches back to 1966. As a musician, Harper is known for his distinctive fingerstyle playing and lengthy, lyrical, complex compositions, reflecting his love of jazz and the poet ...
That man is Roy Harper. Now officially ‘retired’, and living in a secluded corner of Ireland, Harper has recently been hailed as a key influence by a much younger generation of devoted starsailors who instinctively recognise his innovations, his refusal to compromise and his visionary world view.
Mar 4, 2019 · After over 30 solo albums and over 55 years in the music business, Roy Harper still has a lot to say. Although 77, he says, “I’ve never thought of myself as old yet”, but admits that this will be his last tour.
Jun 12, 2020 · How British folk rocker Roy Harper made one of the defining unplugged albums of the 1970s – with a little help from Jimmy Page.
Oct 19, 2008 · A self-taught guitarist, he is known for eccentric and sophisticated blues-into-folk accompaniment. And, as a poet inspired more by Shelley, Keats and Coleridge than Dylan et. al., his lyrics...
Sep 30, 2013 · Roy Harper has recently returned with a raved-about new album, Man & Myth, and a UK tour, including a date at London’s prestigious Royal Festival Hall on October 22 – he’s arguably bigger...
Oct 1, 2013 · Singer songwriter Roy Harper is a quietly understated luminary who has gently altered the English songbook over five decades with his lyrical integrity and masterful musicianship. In the 47 years since his debut album Sophisticated Beggar , he has created 23 studio albums, collaborated with Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Kate Bush, Joanna Newsom and ...
