Roy Harper

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Roy Harper (born 12 June 1941) is an English folk rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist who has been active as a professional musician since 1964.

Harper has recorded 32 albums (including ten live albums) over his 50-year career.

Harper's influence has been lauded by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Pete Townshend, Kate Bush, Pink Floyd, and Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson, who wrote Harper about his "primary influence as an acoustic guitarist and songwriter." "One of Britain's most intricate and eloquent lyricists and a truly original songwriter," Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph characterized him as "one of Britain's most ambiguous and eloquent lyricists and genuinely original songwriters... much admired by his peers."

Fleet Foxes, American singer and producer Jonathan Wilson, and Californian harpist Joanna Newsom have all performed across the Atlantic, and he has extended his fame throughout the continent. Harper was named a MOJO Hero Award in 2005, and a Lifetime Achievement Award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2013.

Man and Myth, his most recent collection, was released in 2013.

Harper performed concerts in Clonakilty, Birmingham, Manchester, London, and Edinburgh in 2016.

Early life

Harper was born in 1941 in Rusholme, a suburb of Manchester. Muriel, his mother, died three weeks after he was born. He lived in St Annes-on-Sea, which he described as being "like a cemetery with bus stops" from the age of six. He was brought up by his father and his stepmother, with whom he became disillusioned because of her religious convictions, but the two families reconciled in 1980, right before her death. His anti-religious convictions would later become a common theme in his music.

Harper began writing poems when he was 12 years old. He began playing skiffle music with his younger brother David ("Davey" on the album Flat Baroque and Berserk), as well as being inspired by blues music. He formed his first team (De Boys), with his brothers David and Harry, who were 14 years old at the time. Harper was educated at King Edward VII School, Lytham St Annes, then a grammar school, and then dropped out at the age of 15 (1956) to join the Royal Air Force to fulfill an aspiration to be a pilot. Harper's reservist discipline and feigned madness to get a military discharge as a result of receiving an electroconvulsive therapy at Princess Mary's RAF Hospital, Wendover, has been postponed for two years. After being kicked out of school, he spent a day in the former Lancaster Moor Mental Institute before escaping. In "Committed," Harper's debut album, Sophisticated Beggar, a few of his experiences will be recalled. For a few years, he toured North Africa, Europe, and London.

Harper's earliest influences, as well as American blues guitarist Lead Belly and folk singer Woody Guthrie, and jazz musician Miles Davis, who appeared in his teens, were American blues musician Lead Belly and folk singer Woody Guthrie. Lead Belly, Big Bill Broonzy, and Josh White Harper said they made music that "looked to be from a different planet" and "we'd never heard anything like it." It changed our world overnight, a cultural shift hammer...an equivalent would be to hear music from outer space." Harper was also exposed to classical music in his youth and has referred to Jean Sibelius' Karelia Suite's influence. The 19th century Romantics, particularly Shelley, are among Lyrical influences, as well as Keats' poem "Endymion." Harper has also cited Beat poets as being highly influential, especially Jack Kerouac. In 1960, Harper appeared at a poetry reading in Newcastle for the first time.

Harper began writing more songs than poetry when he returned to the United Kingdom in 1963 or 1964. He began living in Les Cousins, London's most popular Soho folk music club, in 1965, after being introduced to it by Peter Bellamy of The Young Tradition. Harper's first public appearance on October 5, 1965. In his first week, Harper saw John Renbourn, Alexis Korner, Paul Simon, Alex Campbell, and Bert Jansch perform, and he would return and collaborate with other artists, including John Martyn, Joni Mitchell and Nick Drake.

Personal life

Nick Harper, one of Harper's children, is a singer-songwriter. He has occasionally toured and recorded with his father, as well as appeared on several of his albums since 1985. Ben Harper (by English actress Verna Harvey) lives in the United States.

Harper is an atheist.

Harper was charged in November 2013 with ten charges of suspected historic child sexual assault for a decade of many years with two under-age females. Following a two-week trial in early 2015, he was unanimously dismissed by a jury of two of the five charges with no verdicts on the remaining five, but the remaining charges were dismissed in November 2015.

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Musical career

Sophisticated Beggar, Harper's first album, was released in 1966 after being discovered in Les Cousins and signed to Strike Records. Harper's song and poetry were backed by acoustic guitar, recorded with a Revox tape machine by Pierre Tubbs and with contributions from English guitarist Paul Brett. Harper's potential was recognized by Columbia Records, who recruited American artist Shel Talmy to produce Harper's second album, Come Out Fighting Ghengis Smith, which was released in 1968. The 11-minute song "Circle," "a soundscape of Harper's troubled youth," was notable for broadening of his musical style away from the more traditional interpretation of contemporary folk music at the time. Harper had an interest in traditional folk but did not consider himself a bona fide participant of the folk scene.

He later explained:

Harper's record company had a different vision. "They wanted me to write commercial pop songs, but they didn't know what I made for them." They wanted hits. "I gave them "circle"." Bert Jansch wrote sleeve notes for the album, and Harper paid tribute to Jansch's album "Pretty Baby"; the B-Side non-album track of his first single, released in March 1966. Harper was managed by American music entrepreneur Jo Lustig, current Pentangle's owner and former agent to Julie Felix during this period.

Harper appeared at the first free concert held in Hyde Park in June 1968, assisting the compere and sharing the bill with Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, and Tyrannosaurus Rex. He was discussing co-writing a rock opera with Pink Floyd at the time. No opera resulted, but it was the start of a musical friendship. Harper began to attract a following of followers from the underground music scene and tour the United Kingdom, playing at a number of venues, including the Lyceum Ballroom, Klooks Kleek and Mothers, which would eventually be recognized for the variety and quality of their musical performances. Mothers in Birmingham was one such venue, and one to which Harper would often return.

Harper later told Brum Beat magazine:

"Nobody's Got Any Money in the Summer" by Come Out Fighting Ghengis Smith appeared on the first bargain-priced sampler album, "The Rock Machine Turns You On." As part of Columbia Records' international media campaign (known in Europe as CBS), the album was released in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, and a number of other European countries.

Harper undertook a short-venue tour with Ron Geesin and Ralph McTell in 1969. The introduction was included in the tour guidebook:

Harper's third album Folkjoopus was also released by Liberty Records in the same year. Harper referred to as the "main statement" on the album, as "McGoohan's Blues" on side two. Harper characterized it as a rebellion and that he regarded it as an anathema, a jingle to sell a band. (The name for "McGoohan's Blues" was a reference to actor Patrick McGoohan, who appeared in the UK television series "The Prisoner" two years ago). The song "Sergeant Sunshine" will be included on Son of Gutbucket, a 1969 sampler album that was released to promote artists on the Liberty Records label.

During this time, Harper also visited Oslo, Norway, where he became acquainted with folk singer Lillebjrn Nilsen. Nilsen learned "On the First Day of April," Harper's narrator's "Ravn Ferd" and recorded for his debut solo album Tilbake in 1971. Harper and Nilsen and Finn Kalvik, as well as Finn Kalvik, appeared together on January 23, 1970 at a concert held at the University of Oslo. Harper's tour coincided with the emergence of the Norwegian 'folk music wave' (Viseblgen) and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) in Norway (NRK). Kalvik would later record Norwegian versions of two Harper songs, "I Hate the White Man" ("Den hvite mann") and "Don't Grieve" ("Kje grr").

Pink Floyd's former manager Peter Jenner has signed him to a long-term (and at times confrontational) contract with EMI's 'underground' subsidiary, Harvest Records, as Harper's fame rises. Harper recorded eight albums at the Abbey Road Studios for the Harvest brand over a ten-year career, but much of the time was managed and produced by Jenner, who started for Blackhill Enterprises.

According to Jenner,

Harper's first tour of the United States came after the introduction of his fourth studio album, Flat Baroque and Berserk. The album contained the song "Another Day," a song that is likely to be performed live by Harper for many years to come, as well as Kate Bush (featuring Elizabeth Fraser on vocals) and This Mortal Coil. The Nice was also featured on the album "Hell's Angels"; its ethereal sound was also produced by a wah pedal attached to Harper's acoustic guitar.

Led Zeppelin's tribute to Harper with their rendition of the popular song "Shake 'Em on Down" at the Bath Festival in 1970. It was renamed "Hats Off to (Roy) Harper" on Led Zeppelin III, a film. According to Jimmy Page, the band admired Harper's integrity and refused to sell out to market pressures. Harper would often attend live performances by Led Zeppelin over the next decade and contributed sleeve photography to the album Physical Graffiti, in common appreciation of their work.

Stormcock, Harper's critically acclaimed 1971 album, was a four-song epic. Jimmy Page on guitar (credited as "S. Flavius Mercurius" for contractual reasons) and David Bedford's orchestral arrangements (Bedford will also collaborate on some of Harper's future releases). Harper felt that his record label was not well known at the time, and that later, he said: 'The album was not particularly well known by his record label,' but later stated:

Stormcock will remain a favorite among Harper's followers and influence artists for decades to come. Johnny Marr of England's alternative rock band the Smiths said thirty-five years later (in 2006).

Stormcock inspired Joanna Newsom's second album Helplessness Blues in 2006 and 2011.

In 1972, Harper made his acting debut playing Mike Preston alongside Carol White in the John Mackenzie film Made. The film was selected (along with A Clockwork Orange) to represent Britain at the Venice Film Festival. Harper also recorded the soundtrack for the film, which was released the following year as Lifemask, with Jimmy Page's contribution. Lifemask was designed as Harper's last bow because he had been diagnosed with the (then) little-known genetic disorder HHT, which caused polycythemia, incapacitating him. Harper's life mask is shown in the front art, rather than the 'death mask,' as it should have been.

On Valentine's Day, 1974, Jimmy Page contributed to his recovery (treatment involved regular venesection). On the same day as Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, and John Bonham; David Bedford, Max Middleton, Ronnie Lane, and Keith Moon appeared together to celebrate its independence. Two tracks from Oblivion's archives were included in his first live album Flashes from the Archives of Oblivion, which were followed shortly.

"Have a Cigar" was Pink Floyd's 1975 album Wish You Were Here. Harper appeared in lead vocals on the song "Have a Cigar." Roger Waters wanted to record the role himself, but he had to limit his voice when recording "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" was released, but David Gilmour declined to perform. Harper was recording his album in Studio 2 of Abbey Road at the same time as Pink Floyd were playing in Studio 3; upon learning of the band's inability, he offered to sing the lead. This is one of only three songs performed by Pink Floyd that hasn't performed by one of their permanent members (the others being "The Great Gig in the Sky" and "Hey, Come Up!" David Gilmour returned the favour by appearing on HQ alongside Harper's occasional backing band, 'Trigger' (Chris Spedding, Dave Cochran, Bill Bruford, and John Paul Jones). One of Harper's most well-known songs is "When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease." Harper co-wrote "Short and Sweet" with Gilmour for Gilmour's first solo album, David Gilmour (1978), and the album's sequel, Unknown Soldier, was released in 1980.

The unveiling of Bullinamingvase in 1977 ignited controversy. The owners of Watford Gap's service station protested against their food: "Watford Gap, Watford Gap/A plate of grease and a load of crap," a song written in the lyrics of the song "Watford Gap," as did an EMI board member who was also a non-executive director of Blue Boar (the owners of the service station). Harper was forced to remove it from future UK copies of the album, but it remained on the US LP and reappeared on a later CD reissues. The album also featured "One of Those Days in England" with backing vocals from Paul McCartney and Linda; the album's single reached number 42 in the UK charts. During this time, Harper's band were renamed 'Chips' and included Andy Roberts, Dave Lawson, Henry McCullough, John Halsey, and Dave Cochran. Harper began writing lyrics for Jimmy Page's next Led Zeppelin album in April 1978, but the project was shelved when lead singer Robert Plant returned from a break after his son's death.

Harper was asked "to write another record as quickly" after the success of Bullinamingvase. Andy Roberts, Dave Lawson, Henry McCullough, John Halsey, and Dave Cochran are among Harper's newly formed backing band 'Black Sheep' (Andy Roberts, Dave Lawson, Henry McCullough, John Halsey, and Dave Cochran, a.k.a. Both Dave C. Drill and Harper considered them to be rushed, but Harper wanted them to be rushed. The record company, who "weren't involved in the first stages of a sales slump," was not interested in the recordings, nor was it willing to provide studio time when asked, telling Harper to return in six months. Harper retained the publishing rights to that which had been narrated; an album provisionally titled Commercial Breaks (doesn't it?) The record company had outlawed (in his own words) and had been "outlawed" by him.

Harper worked with English musician Andy Roberts and 'Black Sheep' member Andy Roberts from 1975 to 1980, often as a pair. Harper spent considerable time in the United States and signed with Chrysalis Records, which later released HQ under a different name – When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Country – and with alternative artwork. Chrysalis found the original Hipgnosis-designed album cover of Harper walking on water to be too offensive for an American release. Harper disagreed, but the label gave him no choice. Chrysalis also changed the name of Harper's forthcoming album, Bullinamingvase, to One of Those Days in England. Harper's first five Harvest albums were reissued in the United States in 1978, only one of them (Flat, Baroque, and Berserk) had never been released in America.

The Kate Bush Christmas Special on BBC TV on December 28, 1979, was broadcast on December 28th. Bush and her guest, Peter Gabriel, performed Harper's "Another Day" as well as performing songs from her first two albums. Their duet was supposed to be out as a single, but they never appeared.

Harper returned to the studio a few years after he went back to record and record his new album, The Unknown Soldier. Harper knew it would be his last on the label, and it was these demos that "are likely to gather dust on a shelf labeled "Commercial Breaks" -- "In the past, this has been the case." (This was not until Harper's 1988 debut Loony on the Bus that any of these songs became available, and another six years before the album was finally released as Commercial Breaks (1994)).

Harper published The Unknown Soldier in 1980, which was certainly his last Harvest release. David Gilmour appears on the album both on guitar and as co-writer on half of its songs. Harper duets with Kate Bush on one of those tracks. Harper later joined Bush's album "Breathing" on his record "Breathing"; Bush's first no. 1 was no. 1 album, the first album by a British female solo artist to debut top the UK album chart, and the first album by a female solo artist to debut at no. 1 is no. 1. Bush praised Harper for his album's cover for "holding on the poet in his music." During a BBC Radio interview with Paul Gambaccini, Bush lauded Harper.

Of Bush, Harper later said,

Harper and Bush would reunite on his 1990 debut Once.

Public Records, Harper's newly formed record label, Work of Heart, was the first album to be published on the public library, by E.P. Bennett, an English historian, socialist, and peace campaigner. Thompson (Thomas): During this time Harper toured with a band made up of Tony Franklin on Bass, Bob Wilson of the Steve Gibbons Band, George Jackson on drums, and Dave Morris on keyboards. Derek Jewell of The Sunday Times named the album as "Album of the Year" in 1982, but it didn't sell well and the short-lived label went under.

Harper lost his house, a farm in Marden, Herefordshireshire, to the bank during this time.

Of this period Harper stated:

The original demo of Work of Heart was later released (in 1984) on a limited edition (830 copies) vinyl release titled Born in Captivity.

Harper toured the United Kingdom through 1984 with Jimmy Page, who performed a predominantly acoustic set at folk festivals under various names, such as the MacGregors and Themselves.

In 1985, Whatever Happened to Jugula?

It was announced. Harper and his music are resurgent of fascination with the album. (Tony Franklin, a bass player in Harper's group at the time, joined Page in the firm later). During Gilmour's three-night stint at the Hammersmith Odeon, Harper and Gilmour performed "Short and Sweet" (a song they co-wrote) in April 1984. This version appeared on the David Gilmour Live 1984 concert film later. Harper also supported Gilmour's newest album, About Face.

Harper performed at the last Stonehenge Free Festival on June 20, 1984, splitting the bill with Hawkwind and Enid. Stonehenge 84 was captured and released on YouTube.

Harper re-signed to EMI in 1986 and launched In Between Every Line (containing recordings from his Cambridge Folk Festival appearances), as a result of his continuing touring and success, as a result of his continuing touring and success, As a result of his touring and fame, Ascendants of Smith's. Harper and EMI's recent friendship began in 1985, and on the newly formed Awareness Records label, more of his earlier albums are available.

Loony on the Bus 1988 was released, a decade ago and intended for release in 1977 as Commercial Breaks, 'doesn't it?' Because of controversies surrounding Harper and EMI's funding and content, the initial launch was delayed. Harper's 1990 debut was funded by Loony on the Bus; once.

Harper established his own record company Science Friction in 1993 and obtained the rights to all of his previous albums. As a result, much of Harper's back catalogue's collection appeared on CDs again in 1994.

During the decade, Harper was extremely prolific, releasing five studio albums: Once (1990), Death or Glory? (1992) Commercial Breaks (1994), The Dream Society (1998), a series of poetry and spoken word tracks Poems, Speeches, and Doodles (1996); two live albums: Unhinged (1993), and six individual CDs of live performances and sessions broadcast by the BBC (1997). Two official C90 cassette tapes of concerts at the Red Lion in Birmingham (1984 & 1985) were made available from Harper's company (Acorn Entertainments).

In addition, Harper released Once (1990), an EP Burn the World (1990), a 4-track CD single Death or Glory? (1992), a limited edition live cassette Born in Captivity II (1992) (featuring cricketer Graeme Fowler and a cricket poem written by Harper, "Three Words"), a compilation album titled An Introduction to Smith (his 1988 publication) renamed Garden of Uranium (1994).

Harper worked with David Gilmour and Kate Bush on his 1990 debut, Once. In addition, Nigel Mazlyn Jones, Mark Feltham, and Tony Franklin contributed to the album. Some of Harper's followers had a criticised one of the album's songs, "The Black Cloud of Islam," a song about Colonel Gaddafi, the Lockerbie bombing, and a defaming condemnation of radical Islam. Though religion, Harper's "first and only enemy" has always been a staple in his music, he was'red-carded by a significant number' in his 1990 debut, which left in large numbers.

Harper's second marriage ended in 1992, and his second marriage ended, and Death or Glory was released. An album that (upon its initial release) contained a number of songs and spoken word pieces referring to his loss and pain. Harper, "a violinist," "was fired with someone else." (Nigel Kennedy) "I'd been working on a Brahms-inspired Violin Concerto. That was really traumatizing. Anybody who has been left like this will know it's traumatic. I was able to get out of it, but it took about five years. It was like a death, a loss, like being told your child was killed in a war. There is no other way to describe it. There's no point in not admitting it if you go through it. I retreated and became an exile," I wrote.

Harper's musical popularity began to be acknowledged by a younger generation of musicians, some of whom covered his songs or invited him to perform guest appearances on their albums. Harper appeared on stage for the first time in 1995 during the Tea Party's album The Edges of Twilight, 1995. What Happened to Jugula? Roy recited "Bad Speech" from his album in 1996. Anathema's album Eternity (the album also includes a cover version of "Hope" from the same album). Harper's track "Time" from The Tea Party's 1996 multimedia CD, Alhambra, was sung and co-written by Harper.

Harper performed his version of Jethro Tull's "Pool" (From Life in the Past) for the 1996 tribute album To Cry You a Song – A Collection of Tull Tales, a version Anderson loved so much that he began to perform the "forgotten piece" in concert and later referred to it as his favorite Jethro Tull cover song.

On Harper's "These Fifty Years," an album based on emotional, philosophical, and true events in Harper's life, Ian Anderson contributed flute to the song "These Fifty Years." Procreation, his mother's continued presence in him, and a few points of satire, a love song, and a lament are interrupted by a few moments of satire, a love song, and a long "These Fifty Years" - "In some ways it is similar to 'The Same Old Rock', but in some respects it is greater." Anderson, who claimed that the only reason he left Blackpool was because Harper did. Dean Carter, Ava Cherry & The Astronettes, Green Crown, The Kitchen Cynics, The Levellers, Roydan Styles, and Pete Townshend were among the many writers who covered Harper's songs (or songs on his albums) over the decade. Harper also undertook a short tour of the United States, where Daevid Allen, the former Soft Machine and Gong band member, was assisting others.

Harper released The Green Man, an almost entirely acoustic album, in 2000, alongside Jeff Martin of The Tea Party on guitar, hurdy-gurdy, and a variety of other instruments. Harper's 60th birthday was commemorated with a concert appearance at London's Royal Festival Hall in 2001, where he was joined by a number of international artists, including David Bedford, Nick Harper, Jeff Martin, and John Renbourn. The performance was recorded and released shortly after as a double CD, Royal Festival Hall Live – 10 June 2001.

Harper published The Passions of Great Fortune, a large format book that contained all the lyrics to his albums (and singles) to date, but it also contained a wealth of photographs and commentary on his music.

In April 2005, Harper's second CD single, "The Death of God," was released. Matt Churchill, a 13-minute tribute to the Iraq war, was featured in the film (he also appeared live with Harper during this period). On YouTube, there is a video of the song - an intermixing animation with a live show. Counter Culture, a double compilation album containing songs from Harper's 35-year songwriting career, was released in 2003. Counter Culture magazine gave it a five-star rating. Harper also wrote a "Jabberwocky" recital for The Wildlife Album, an 18-track compilation CD that will benefit the World Wide Fund for Nature and the Ulster Wildlife Trust.

Harper's first DVD, Beyond the Door, was released in 2005. In Clonakilty, Cork, Composer of "The Death of God" video compiled of live footage shot at "De Barra's" in 2004. The pack also includes an additional 10-track audio CD and was given a 4-star review from Mojo, Uncut, and Classic Rock magazine, which called it their "DVD of the month."

At her Royal Albert Hall appearance in September 2007, Harper sponsored Californian harpist Joanna Newsom. Newsom, who was inspired by Harper's 1971 album Stormcock's album Stormcock, found it a second album titled Ys. Harper performed Stormcock in its entirety during his Royal Albert Hall appearance with Newsom. Harper had already posted on his website that he was "taking a break from gigging" and wanted "..."the time and space to write..."

Harper devoted his time to amassing and compiling his life's experiences in a variety of ways during this period. To complete the process, one of the planned projects was to be the production of a documentary DVD. However, this information is also unveiled as of 2016.

Plans for a Roy Harper tribute album were revealed in 2008. What You Need Is What You Need The Songs of Roy Harper was created by Laurel Canyon folk singer, guitarist, and producer Jonathan Wilson, and it would include Chris Robinson (the Black Crows), Gary Louris (the Shins), Johnathan Rice, Eric D. Johnson (Fruit Bats, the Shins), Benji Hughes, Will Oldham, Jenny O., Josh Tillman, and others. The collection is currently unfinished, having been postponed beyond its intended 2009 launch date. On the project's Myspace page, six of the tracks can be heard.

Harper was invited to attend several of her European Tour Dates in 2010.

Harper will also appear in the film Rebel City Rumble as Rodriguez El Toro. The project is still rated as 'in progress' as of 2016.

As part of the ITV Legends collection, Roy Harper appeared at a small audience at Metropolis Studios on April 2nd. Classic Rock Legends: Roy Harper – Live in Concert at Metropolis Studios – was captured on video and released on DVD. The set also includes an audio CD of the concert. Harper made a few appearances on television during the summer of 2011. Harper appeared on the British cricket radio show Test Match Special on July 24, 2011. Harper was on the show, and he also performed "When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease." On September 19, 2011, Harper was also interviewed by Robert Elms on his BBC London 94.9 show on September 20, 2011. Harper performed "Another Day" (a song from his 1970 album Flat Baroque and Berserk) live in the studio during the show. On September 21, 2011, Mike Harding's BBC Radio 2 show took place.

Harper appeared on Later... with Jools Holland on September 23rd. On The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1974, Harper's "Commune" segment (from his 1974 album Valentine) was displayed. Harper's "Another Day," an abbreviated version of "I Hate The White Man" from his 1970 album Flat Baroque and Berserk) and "The Green Man" (as part of a web exclusive appearance).

For the first time, the media appearances were to promote the launching of a new compilation album, Songs of Love and Loss, a collection of Harper's love songs, as an introduction to Harper's digital release of 19 of Harper's albums. Over the coming months, the digital catalog would be available in four batches. Harper's website has the album (and a majority of Harper's back catalogue) available in FLAC and MP3 formats.

Harper returned to London's Royal Festival Hall on 5 November 2011 to commemorate his 70th birthday and entertain with special guests Jonathan Wilson, Nick Harper, Joanna Newsom, and Jimmy Page. In The Daily Telegraph, the performance was described as "an evening of devastating musical brilliance" and as a "historic concert" by The Guardian.

The Press Photographers Association of Ireland was awarded third place in the Portraits section of their annual competition for photographer Alan Place's photographic portrait of Harper.

Harper's first studio release of new recordings for 13 years was expected in December 2012. The album, Man and Myth, was released on September 23, 2013, and featured contributions from Pete Townshend and Jonathan Wilson.

Harper appeared live at Debarras Folk Club in Clonakilty, West Cork, Ireland, on August 11, 2013; and at Beautiful Days in Escot Park, Devon (18 August).

"Roy Harper has spent the past five decades producing some of the most vivid, ravishingly beautiful music of our days," Laura Rawlings of BBC Radio Bristol on her BBC Radio Bristol show on August 15, 2013; also by Rob Hughes of Telegraph Online who said, "Roy Harper has spent the past five decades creating some of the most vibrant, ravishingly beautiful music of our days." Harper also appeared at Rough Trade East, London, in an in-store performance. A limited number of tickets were available to those who bought the album in store that day, and a select number of fans who had pre-ordered the album were also streaming live to a select number of fans who had pre-ordered the album.

"Roy Harper: Man & Myth – The Documentary" on Sky Arts "Roy Harper: Man & Myth" – "The Documentary" was published on September 25. Harper's career followed his career and examined his output in this exclusive documentary film, shot mostly at Harper's home in Ireland. Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, and Johnny Marr were among the celebrities interviewed in this series.

Harper undertook a short, three-date UK tour in support of Man and Myth's release, appearing at the Royal Festival Hall in London (22 October), the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (25 October), and the Colston Hall, Bristol (27 October). Jonathan Wilson was accompanied by Jonathan Wilson and assisted by a string and brass ensemble at each performance.

Man & Myth was ranked sixth in Uncut's top 50 Albums of 2013. In their list of the top 50 Albums of 2013, Mojo also ranked Man and Myth at 39.

Harper announced four concerts in September, Manchester, London, and Edinburgh in April, to commemorate his 75th birthday. In Clonakilty, Co. Cork, Ireland, De Barra's pub started the tour.

Roy entertained the United Kingdom once more in March 2019, with concerts in Birmingham, Bexhill-on-Sea, London's The London Palladium), Liverpool, Gateshead, Leeds, and Edinburgh. He began the tour at De Barra's Pub in Clonakilty, Ireland. Ireland's Cork, Ireland.

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