In 1941, a future folk-rock pioneer was born in Manchester, England. After the Bath Festival in 1970, the band recorded "Hats Off to (Roy) Harper," a reworking of the traditional blues song "Shake 'Em ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are many ways to describe Roy Harper, but ‘conventional’ has never been one of them. He emerged from London’s boho folk ...

LONDON (Reuters) - After decades as a critically acclaimed but fringe figure in music, British singer-songwriter Roy Harper is suddenly finding himself in demand. Aged 72 and some 50 years into his ...

The influential singer-songwriter earned the admiration of some of rock's biggest stars, including Led Zeppelin naming a song after him.