Roy Harper live in concert.
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Roy Harper

18
critic concert reviews
rock

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

81
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Critic Consensus

Roy Harper is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 10% of all live performers. Based on 18 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Roy Harper is rated as a remarkable live performer, with impressive shows that are worth watching. Roy Harper concert reviews describe live shows and performances as memorable, surreal, retrospective, glorious, and emotional.

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Latest Release

I'm Not Gone Yet (26 July 2020)

Artist Info

Genre
rock
Origin
Rusholme, United Kingdom (6/12/1941)
Bio
Roy Harper (born 12 June 1941) is an English folk / rock singer-songwriter and guitarist who has been a professional musician since the mid 1960s.
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Critic Concert Reviews

The Scotsman (Scotland)

March 29, 2019
60
%
AT THE age of 77, folk-rock singer and songwriter Roy Harper has amassed a dedicated following who appeared to be at the Usher Hall to experience the presence of Harper the man, as much as enjoy the work of Harper the musician.

The Telegraph (UK)

September 13, 2016
80
%
The Mancunian singer’s 20-plus studio albums of radical and meaty folk are a clear influence on artists such as Fleet Foxes Bonnie Prince Billy and Joanna Newsom.

The Independent (UK)

September 13, 2016
80
%
That set the tone for a glorious retrospective to mark Harper’s 75th birthday rolling back through his 50-year career.

The Guardian (UK)

September 13, 2016
80
%
This is the venue where five years ago he gave a memorable 70th birthday concert; two years later he returned to perform songs from his impressive album Man & Myth.

musicOMH (UK)

October 28, 2013
80
%
It would have ranked up there in the most surreal of gig moments though it certainly isn’t what you’d expect at a Roy Harper gig.

The Guardian (UK)

October 23, 2013
80
%
Last time he played at the Festival Hall a celebratory concert for his 70th birthday two years ago said critic intimated that Harper's voice was off.

The Arts Desk (UK)

October 23, 2013
100
%
Harper explicitly said he might not see an audience again

Past critic reviews published in

The Guardian (UK), Yorkshire Evening Post (UK), Gig Junkies (UK), GetIntoThis (UK), Dagens Nyheter (Sweden) and more

Image Credit

Man Alive [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons