Press

Record Collector - April 2019
'Roy Harper 77 Not Out'
Interview with Rob Hughes

West Cork People - 4 March 2019
"I never thought of myself as a folk singer."
Interview with Gary Hannon

Uncut - January 2018
Vinyl Reissue Review - Come Out Fighting Ghengis Smith, HQ and Bullinamingvase
"A trio of outliers prove 
well worth revisiting"
Tom Pinnock (Online Version)
 
Royal Festival Hall Review - 13 September 2016
Gaurdian Review by Robin Denselow

Royal Festival Hall Review - 13 September 2016
Telegraph Review by James Hall 

Royal Festival Hall Review - 13 September 2016 
Independent Review by Andy Phelan

Uncut - January 2014
Man & Myth in at no. 6 of Uncut's top 50 Albums of 2013
Allan Jones gives Man & Myth no.1 out of 20 of The Editor's Choice - Favourite Albums of 2013
A track from the album is also on the Sound of 2013 Free Covermount CD

MOJO - January 2014 - issue 242
Man & Myth gets 39 of top 50 Albums of 2013
January Man is listed as stand out track and on MOJO's Best of 2013 Free Covermount CD

Vintage TV - 12th November 2013
Neil McCormick's Needle Time with Roy Harper

BBC Radio 6 Music - The First Time With... - 10th November 2013
Great interview with Matt Everitt

Bridgewater Hall Manchester Review - 28th October 2013
Live review in Mancunian Matters by John McCready

The Guardian - 27th October 2013
Roy Harper: soundtrack of my life
Interview by Leah Harper

BBC Radio 6 Music - Marc Riley - 24th October 2013
Great Interview and live session (Roy with Jonathan Wilson)

Royal Festival Hall Review - 23rd October 2013
Five star review on The Arts Desk by Kieron Tyler

Uncut - October 2013 - issue 197
Three Page 9/10 review of 'Man & Myth' by Allan Jones
Q&A Interview with Allan Jones

MOJO - October 2013 - issue 239
Six page interview with Martin Aston
Four Star review of 'Man & Myth' by James McNair
 

Uncut - 24th September 2013
Live review of Rough Trade In-store by John Mulvey 

Ad Hoc - 23rd September 2013
Interview with Joe Bucciero

Sunday Express - 22nd September 2013
Five star review of 'Man & Myth' by Martin Townsend

The Observer - 22nd September 2013
Four star review of 'Man & Myth' by Molly Woodcraft

Financial Times - 20th September 2013
Four star review by Ludovic Hunter-Tilney

The Guardian - 19th September 2013
Four star review of 'Man & Myth' by Robin Denselow 

Drowned In Sound - 19th September 2013
Review of 'Man & Myth by Matthew Slaughter 

Record Collector - 18th September 2013
Five star review by Oregano Rathbone 

Folk Radio UK - September 2013
Review of 'Man & Myth' by Helen Gregory  

Telegraph - August 2013
Interview with Rob Hughes

Reuters - July 2013
Interview with Jeremy Gaunt 

Media Quotes 2011 (From features, interviews and reviews)

Record Collector - December 2011 - issue 395
4 page Interview and Royal Festival Hall Review

Read Review of the RFH show here...

Royal Festival Hall Review - November 2011
Five Star review in The Telegraph by Bernadette McNulty

Royal Festival Hall Review - November 2011
Five Star review in The Financial Times By Ludovic Hunter-Tilney

Royal Festival Hall Review - November 2011
Five Star review in the London Evening Standard by André Paine's 

The Guardian - October 13th, 2011
Article by Alexis Petridis

The Spectator - September 2011
Feature by James Delingpole

The Word - September 2011 - Issue 103
3 Page Interview with Rob Hughes

Bomb Magazine - Summer 2011 - issue 116
Roy Interviews Joanna Newsom

The Wire - July 2011 - issue 329
8 Page Feature by Rob Young

Uncut - July 2011 - issue 170
6 Page Feature by Alan Jones

Classic Rock Presents Prog - April 2011 - Issue 16
4 page article by Rob Hughes

The Guardian - January 26th, 2011
Jon Savage on song: Roy Harper Serves up Hors D'Oeuvres

Jazz Cafe Review - June 2010

Five star review in the Independent by Elena Goodinson.

Interview For Word Magazine - August 2009 Edition

Roy is featured in "The Word" magazine as part of a feature on cult heroes.

MOJO Honours List - 2005
MOJO and HMV launch the MOJO Honours List 2005
With musical friends, Roy Harper, Teenage Fanclub, Elbow, and The Magic Numbers

Book Reviews - 2004

Record Collector
"Thoroughly recommended, and worth every penny of its cover price."
Kingsley Abbott

Uncut ****
"Part lyrical study, part autobiography and part photo album from one of England's unsug finest"
David Stubbs

MOJO ****
"...the most sumptuously presented self-published epitaph in musical history."
Colin Harper

Word Magazine
Word's Verdict... "Will there be times, or books, like this ever again?"
Mark Ellen

Classic Rock *****
"...his wilful refusal to compromise is softened by a delicacy with words and a rare sense of humour."
Hugh Fielder

Uncut - August 2001
The Spirit Lives
David Stubbs

Uncut - August 2001
Royal Festival Hall, London
David Stubbs

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