Roy Harper

This guy is freaking goated

francesca is so beautiful

"Hats Off to (Roy) Harper"

gênio

The father I never had

stormcock is the best album of all time holy shit

The Daily Mail of the singer/songwriters.

Thom Yorke's singing teacher.

Check out The Monster from his 2000 album The Green Man, one of his greatest tracks

burn the witch!

Never mind all that; Roy is on tour this year! http://www.royharper.co.uk/live.html

Roy's name cleared ... http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/nov/09/roy-harper-cleared-historical-sexual-abuse-angry-court-battle

http://www.lastfm.ru/music/Roy+Harper/+images/34764503 up

Hey mk741 shove your comment up your big dumb ass.

Stormcock...bloody hell

"Few survivors from the golden age of British folk-rock have kept their reputations intact." Indeed. Dropped by to say his new album is fantastic, only to find Harper's legacy and integrity as a person in jeopardy via charges of pedophilia in the 70s. The music will indeed always be great, but you have to wonder if the charges are true (take a look at the lyrics of "Forbidden Fruit" after all).

Pfft, Gary Glitter was always shit.

Gary Glitter's music will always be great!

The music will always be great, no matter what happens.

v Probably it is. But between being a good artist and a good ethical person, there is a huge distance.

Today's news is horrible - I just hope it isn't true

Man & Myth is a triumph! Magnificent!

Man & Myth could stand as his second best album

Man and Myth review http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/22/roy-harper-man-myth-review

New Album out today http://www.roughtrade.com/events/2013/9/210 The best work Roy has done in years it is a masterpiece!

Roy Harper - Bridgewater Hall - Manchester - Friday 25 October 2013 I have my ticket :)

Flat Baroque and Berserk, Valentine and Lifemask all sit in the shadow of Stormcock but are all worth a listen.

Francesca!

The Monster from his late album The Green Man is fantastic, great lyrics as always with Roy. Up there with his older epics like McGoohan's Blues, I Hate the White Man, all of Stormcock, etc...

The Same Old Rock - Awsome !

Bryan Cranston [3] LOL! You're not wrong about his changing appearance though. There's a video of him playing in the 80s and it's weird how different he looks. No beard and shoulder length hair.

Also, I swear that Roy Harper is some sort of shape-shifting Wizard. He always looks so drastically different in all of his pictures.

He looks like Bryan Cranston in that photo [2] I'm so glad somebody else finally said it. It's true.

Genial!

well turns out Stormcock is an amazing album

Man is a goddamn genius!

He looks like Bryan Cranston in that photo

Hats off.

Rare Video of Desert Island part of Burn The World.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLLhNDJb6Dw&feature=fvwrel

This man is an inspiration.

Oh my word. every time I listen to a Harper song the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end. First saw him at Newcastle City Hall when I was 13 - and most recently saw him at the Royal Festival Hall where he was joined on stage by none less than Jimmy Page. Harper has been a constant companion of me for nearly 40 years from the Half Moon Putney, to the Suffolk and Good Festival, to the Sheffield Lead Mill and the 100 Club on Oxford Street. I've seen him with past girlfriends, my wife and my kids. It's been an absolute pleasure and a source of immense joy. Hats off Sir!

::publicly stones mindgarden::

So... You listened to his compilation of love songs (which is, undoubtedly, very good) and then moved on to one of his most complex and thought-provoking albums? I'm really not sure what to recommend to you. Stormcock is a masterpiece.

Quote "...everyone seems to rate 'Stormcock' so highly, I made that my next port of call...but found it to be overly portentous..." Umm...That sounds like a recommendation to me. It's an album full of looming portents & omens, it's not a light hearted listen, although it has breaks in the clouds. Try 'Sophisticated Beggar' next...it's not portentous ;-D

I bought - and was blown away by - the 'Songs of Love and Loss' compilation. SInce everyone seems to rate 'Stormcock' so highly, I made that my next port of call...but found it to be overly portentous and, ultimately, a bit of a disappointment. I am sure that this assessment will earn me a public stoning, but instead I would like to hear anyone's recommendation of what would be a good Roy album for me to try next? Thanks, folks.

Seen Roy more times than I can count (including being lucky enough to see him at his 70th birthday bash at the South Bank). A most underrated man who has written some of THE most beautiful songs and whose live guitar playing is outstanding (especially when he's playing with his son

Better yet, to see Roy Harper and Joanna Newsom perform together would probably be the biggest highlight of my life.