Son of the legendary folk/blues singer-songwriter Roy Harper, Nick Harper h… Read Full Bio ↴Son of the legendary folk/blues singer-songwriter Roy Harper, Nick Harper has forged his own way ahead to become recognised as one of Britainโs finest acoustic singer/guitarists. Having played the guitar from the age of 10 (he is completely self-taught) and surrounded by the likes of Keith Moon, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and David Gilmour during his early years, it was no surprise when Nick made his recording debut on his father's Whatever Happened to Jugula? in 1985.
Nick's talent and energy entranced Roy's fans and it was inevitable that he would begin touring and recording in his own right. The 1994 EP Light at the End of the Kennel was swiftly followed by his powerful 1995 debut album Seed prompting The Independent to describe him as "hugely talented".
A meeting with Squeeze frontman and songwriter Glenn Tilbrook in 1996 led to his playing with and supporting Squeeze and being signed to Tilbrook's own Quixotic label. Following tours in the UK, USA and Japan, Nick recorded the 1998 album Smithereens with Tilbrook as producer. This album and subsequent 40 date solo tour, including dates in New York and Glastonbury, confirmed Nick as a formidable talent in his own right. He teamed up with Tilbrook again on 2000's highly acclaimed album Harperspace.
To call him a superlative singer/songwriter could put his highly lauded guitar talent in the shade, and to call him a guitaristโs guitarist might slight his distinctive, soulful voice and passionate songs. Not forgetting the wild ride that is one of his live shows โ from personal introspection to biting political satire via a charmingly caustic wit that would make Groucho Marx proud. To see Nick Harper live (with a style that combines a multitude of musical influences from folk to rock, classical to flamenco) is an unforgettable experience, where no two gigs are the same. His own material is frequently accompanied by segued offerings from Jeff Buckley, Blur, Led Zeppelin, The Prodigy; a little Zappa here, a touch of Monty Python there (and even a few bars of Kylie) are liable to be thrown into the mix of a two-hour set - thatโs when heโs not walking across glass-littered bartops or never dropping so much as a single note as he re-strings his guitar, mid-song.
His 2006 album Treasure Island attests to his ability to craft songs that take in, absorb and spit out coruscating political scorn (as on the tracks Knuckledraggers and Sleeper Cell), social history comment (the title track being inspired by an obscure Liverpudlian philanthropist who employed men returning from the Napoleonic Wars to dig tunnels), the seven ages of man (in the infectious melody of By My Rocket Comes Fire), pride in his country (A Wiltshire Tale is an epic poem to his beloved home county), and turn them into catchy, robust tunes that grab the ear and remain in the memory long after the last track has ended.
During 2006 he played a series of festivals around the country, including acclaimed sets at the Moseley Folk Festival (Birmingham), JerseyLive (Channel Islands) and Beautiful Days (Devon), and playing live in session on Janice Longโs Radio 2 show, prompting her to describe him as โabsolutely astonishingโ.
2007 proved to be one of his most creative and successful years to date. Alongside live sessions for Charles Hazlewood on BBC Radio 2, Radio Wales, Scotland and a further session on BBC Radio 2 with Janice Long he released the long-awaited DVD, Love Is Music: a collection of live performances, interspersed with insights from friends, family and fellow musicians.
May 2007 saw the iTunes download release of his first single "Blue Sky Thinking", taken from the new album Miracles For Beginners. Reaching no. 1 in the iTunes chart[citation needed], it received favourable reviews and radio airplay across the UK and Europe. All proceeds from the single going to the Love Hope Strength Foundation.
In early 2007, a call from Mike Peters of Welsh band The Alarm was to lead to his involvement with the Love Hope Strength Foundation, a cancer charity co-founded by Peters and James Chippendale to provide a global support network for cancer survivors.
After taking part in Snowdon Rocks in June 2007, a climb up Mt. Snowdon with a gig near the summit, he then went on to be part of a 38-strong team of musicians including Glenn Tilbrook, Mike Peters, Billy Duffy (The Cult) and Jimmy Barnes, mountaineers, cancer survivors and those whose lives have been affected by cancer, who took part in a 14-day trek and acoustic concert at 18,500ft at Base Camp Mt Everest in aid of the Foundation in October 2007. The Everest Rocks trek culminated with a grand finale concert in Kathmandu on October 29 and raised more than US$250,000 for the only charitable cancer hospital in Nepal, situated at Bhaktapur (approx. 10 miles east of Kathmandu). Alex Coletti (producer of MTV's Unplugged series) filmed the trek for a documentary, Everest Rocks, which premiered on the Palladia channel on September 7 2008 and also released on DVD,
His sixth studio album, Miracles For Beginners, was released in June 2007. A ten-track album of love songs, witty parodies and social and political comment, including "Field of the Cloth of Gold", a track that refers to a meeting of the kings of France and Spain 500 years ago, with a parallel reference to today's music festivals), "Evo" (inspired by the Bolivian president, Evo Morales), the quirky "Simple", and "Blue Sky Thinking", a heartfelt ballad on a theme of 'looking outside the box'.
With 6 studio albums, a double live CD and 2 EPs (including Instrumental, a stunning display of his guitar talents) under his belt, Nickโs work is as fresh and as vital as that of his first solo release fourteen years ago.
Following his 25-date Dig On Down UK Tour during February/March 2008, which took him across the country from Penzance to Glasgow, he played a number of UK festivals, as well as a series of open-air dates as special guests to the Levellers (including a duet with Levellersโ vocalist/guitarist Mark Chadwick of Roy Harperโs Donโt You Grieve during Nickโs set at Beautiful Days). During 2008 he was also asked to work with Dizzee Rascal for a live session recorded for Jo Whileyโs Radio 1 show.
2008 ended with an appearance at London's Royal Albert Hall on September 27 2008 (where he introduced his 12-year-old daughter Lily on stage at the end of the set to accompany him on Crosby, Stills, Nash & Youngโs Our House โ as he had done with his own father Roy some 35 years before on the same stage), and a series of live shows in Norway and Italy in November.
In October 2008, Nick together with Mike Peters and a group of musicians and 55 cancer survivors and supporters, raised over $100,000 to purchase much needed cancer screening and treatment equipment for local cancer hospitals in the Andean region during a 10-day Inca Trek Trail from Cusco to Machu Picchu, Peru. Along the way, the participating artists jammed for locals, before playing a benefit concert in Lima on the last night. A documentary film and DVD will follow during 2009.
Following his 25-date Dig On Down UK Tour during February/March 2008, which took him across the country from Penzance to Glasgow, he played a number of UK festivals, as well as a series of open-air dates as special guests to the Levellers (his own set at the Beautiful Days festival included a duet with Levellersโ vocalist/guitarist Mark Chadwick of Donโt You Grieve). During 2008 he was also asked to work with British grime artist Dizzee Rascal for a live session recorded for Jo Whileyโs BBC Radio 1 show.
Nick appeared at London's Royal Albert Hall on 27 September 2008, where he brought his 12-year-old daughter Lily on stage at the end of the set to accompany him on Crosby, Stills, Nash & Youngโs "Our House" - as he had done with his own father Roy some 35 years before on the same stage.
In October, Nick, together with Mike Peters and a group of musicians and 55 cancer survivors and supporters, raised over $100,000 to purchase much-needed cancer screening and treatment equipment for local cancer hospitals in the Andean region during a 10-day Inca Trek Trail from Cusco to Machu Picchu in Peru. Along the way, the participating artists jammed for locals, before playing a benefit concert in Lima on the last night. 2008 ended with a series of live shows in Norway and Italy in November.
During 2009, Nick played at Celtic Connections in Glasgow in January before starting โThe 38โ tour, covering 38 dates across the UK. During the summer of that year he performed in Norway, France and Italy before a series of dates on America's East Coast in September, returning to the US in November for a coast-to-coast tour with Cy Curnin of The Fixx.
On 27 September 2009, he joined fellow Love Hope Strength trekkers to undertake another charity trek called Kilimanjaro Rocks. Once again, musicians, supporters and cancer survivors scaled the 19,341 ft peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. The trek raised funds for bone marrow drives and the main cancer centre in Nairobi, Kenya.
In February 2010 he embarked on a UK tour to promote his forthcoming album, The Last Guitar.
His first release since his 2007 highly acclaimed Miracles For Beginners, The Last Guitar combines the best of Harper's acoustic wizardry, along with his renowned acerbic lyrics and heart-rendingly soulful vocals on 12 neatly packaged tracks that range from the blues-driven One Of The 38, inspired by his first mountain trek in 2007 to Mt Everest with the Love Hope Strength Foundation, through to the up tempo and rocky title track, by way of emotive ballads such as Passing Chord, Freestyle and On. This album also marks the emergence of the third generation of the Harper family, with the introduction of his 13-year-old daughter Lily taking over vocals on Silly Daddy.
The tour and album are a prelude to his return to the Glastonbury Festival Avalon stage on June 26 2010.
Later in 2010, he will once again undertake further charity commitments with the Love Hope Strength Foundation, with a planned fundraising effort in Japan.
"He's not folk. He's emo skiffle. Pastoral hard rock. Progressive soul."
media enquiries: pr@sayitnowpr.co.uk
Nick's talent and energy entranced Roy's fans and it was inevitable that he would begin touring and recording in his own right. The 1994 EP Light at the End of the Kennel was swiftly followed by his powerful 1995 debut album Seed prompting The Independent to describe him as "hugely talented".
A meeting with Squeeze frontman and songwriter Glenn Tilbrook in 1996 led to his playing with and supporting Squeeze and being signed to Tilbrook's own Quixotic label. Following tours in the UK, USA and Japan, Nick recorded the 1998 album Smithereens with Tilbrook as producer. This album and subsequent 40 date solo tour, including dates in New York and Glastonbury, confirmed Nick as a formidable talent in his own right. He teamed up with Tilbrook again on 2000's highly acclaimed album Harperspace.
To call him a superlative singer/songwriter could put his highly lauded guitar talent in the shade, and to call him a guitaristโs guitarist might slight his distinctive, soulful voice and passionate songs. Not forgetting the wild ride that is one of his live shows โ from personal introspection to biting political satire via a charmingly caustic wit that would make Groucho Marx proud. To see Nick Harper live (with a style that combines a multitude of musical influences from folk to rock, classical to flamenco) is an unforgettable experience, where no two gigs are the same. His own material is frequently accompanied by segued offerings from Jeff Buckley, Blur, Led Zeppelin, The Prodigy; a little Zappa here, a touch of Monty Python there (and even a few bars of Kylie) are liable to be thrown into the mix of a two-hour set - thatโs when heโs not walking across glass-littered bartops or never dropping so much as a single note as he re-strings his guitar, mid-song.
His 2006 album Treasure Island attests to his ability to craft songs that take in, absorb and spit out coruscating political scorn (as on the tracks Knuckledraggers and Sleeper Cell), social history comment (the title track being inspired by an obscure Liverpudlian philanthropist who employed men returning from the Napoleonic Wars to dig tunnels), the seven ages of man (in the infectious melody of By My Rocket Comes Fire), pride in his country (A Wiltshire Tale is an epic poem to his beloved home county), and turn them into catchy, robust tunes that grab the ear and remain in the memory long after the last track has ended.
During 2006 he played a series of festivals around the country, including acclaimed sets at the Moseley Folk Festival (Birmingham), JerseyLive (Channel Islands) and Beautiful Days (Devon), and playing live in session on Janice Longโs Radio 2 show, prompting her to describe him as โabsolutely astonishingโ.
2007 proved to be one of his most creative and successful years to date. Alongside live sessions for Charles Hazlewood on BBC Radio 2, Radio Wales, Scotland and a further session on BBC Radio 2 with Janice Long he released the long-awaited DVD, Love Is Music: a collection of live performances, interspersed with insights from friends, family and fellow musicians.
May 2007 saw the iTunes download release of his first single "Blue Sky Thinking", taken from the new album Miracles For Beginners. Reaching no. 1 in the iTunes chart[citation needed], it received favourable reviews and radio airplay across the UK and Europe. All proceeds from the single going to the Love Hope Strength Foundation.
In early 2007, a call from Mike Peters of Welsh band The Alarm was to lead to his involvement with the Love Hope Strength Foundation, a cancer charity co-founded by Peters and James Chippendale to provide a global support network for cancer survivors.
After taking part in Snowdon Rocks in June 2007, a climb up Mt. Snowdon with a gig near the summit, he then went on to be part of a 38-strong team of musicians including Glenn Tilbrook, Mike Peters, Billy Duffy (The Cult) and Jimmy Barnes, mountaineers, cancer survivors and those whose lives have been affected by cancer, who took part in a 14-day trek and acoustic concert at 18,500ft at Base Camp Mt Everest in aid of the Foundation in October 2007. The Everest Rocks trek culminated with a grand finale concert in Kathmandu on October 29 and raised more than US$250,000 for the only charitable cancer hospital in Nepal, situated at Bhaktapur (approx. 10 miles east of Kathmandu). Alex Coletti (producer of MTV's Unplugged series) filmed the trek for a documentary, Everest Rocks, which premiered on the Palladia channel on September 7 2008 and also released on DVD,
His sixth studio album, Miracles For Beginners, was released in June 2007. A ten-track album of love songs, witty parodies and social and political comment, including "Field of the Cloth of Gold", a track that refers to a meeting of the kings of France and Spain 500 years ago, with a parallel reference to today's music festivals), "Evo" (inspired by the Bolivian president, Evo Morales), the quirky "Simple", and "Blue Sky Thinking", a heartfelt ballad on a theme of 'looking outside the box'.
With 6 studio albums, a double live CD and 2 EPs (including Instrumental, a stunning display of his guitar talents) under his belt, Nickโs work is as fresh and as vital as that of his first solo release fourteen years ago.
Following his 25-date Dig On Down UK Tour during February/March 2008, which took him across the country from Penzance to Glasgow, he played a number of UK festivals, as well as a series of open-air dates as special guests to the Levellers (including a duet with Levellersโ vocalist/guitarist Mark Chadwick of Roy Harperโs Donโt You Grieve during Nickโs set at Beautiful Days). During 2008 he was also asked to work with Dizzee Rascal for a live session recorded for Jo Whileyโs Radio 1 show.
2008 ended with an appearance at London's Royal Albert Hall on September 27 2008 (where he introduced his 12-year-old daughter Lily on stage at the end of the set to accompany him on Crosby, Stills, Nash & Youngโs Our House โ as he had done with his own father Roy some 35 years before on the same stage), and a series of live shows in Norway and Italy in November.
In October 2008, Nick together with Mike Peters and a group of musicians and 55 cancer survivors and supporters, raised over $100,000 to purchase much needed cancer screening and treatment equipment for local cancer hospitals in the Andean region during a 10-day Inca Trek Trail from Cusco to Machu Picchu, Peru. Along the way, the participating artists jammed for locals, before playing a benefit concert in Lima on the last night. A documentary film and DVD will follow during 2009.
Following his 25-date Dig On Down UK Tour during February/March 2008, which took him across the country from Penzance to Glasgow, he played a number of UK festivals, as well as a series of open-air dates as special guests to the Levellers (his own set at the Beautiful Days festival included a duet with Levellersโ vocalist/guitarist Mark Chadwick of Donโt You Grieve). During 2008 he was also asked to work with British grime artist Dizzee Rascal for a live session recorded for Jo Whileyโs BBC Radio 1 show.
Nick appeared at London's Royal Albert Hall on 27 September 2008, where he brought his 12-year-old daughter Lily on stage at the end of the set to accompany him on Crosby, Stills, Nash & Youngโs "Our House" - as he had done with his own father Roy some 35 years before on the same stage.
In October, Nick, together with Mike Peters and a group of musicians and 55 cancer survivors and supporters, raised over $100,000 to purchase much-needed cancer screening and treatment equipment for local cancer hospitals in the Andean region during a 10-day Inca Trek Trail from Cusco to Machu Picchu in Peru. Along the way, the participating artists jammed for locals, before playing a benefit concert in Lima on the last night. 2008 ended with a series of live shows in Norway and Italy in November.
During 2009, Nick played at Celtic Connections in Glasgow in January before starting โThe 38โ tour, covering 38 dates across the UK. During the summer of that year he performed in Norway, France and Italy before a series of dates on America's East Coast in September, returning to the US in November for a coast-to-coast tour with Cy Curnin of The Fixx.
On 27 September 2009, he joined fellow Love Hope Strength trekkers to undertake another charity trek called Kilimanjaro Rocks. Once again, musicians, supporters and cancer survivors scaled the 19,341 ft peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. The trek raised funds for bone marrow drives and the main cancer centre in Nairobi, Kenya.
In February 2010 he embarked on a UK tour to promote his forthcoming album, The Last Guitar.
His first release since his 2007 highly acclaimed Miracles For Beginners, The Last Guitar combines the best of Harper's acoustic wizardry, along with his renowned acerbic lyrics and heart-rendingly soulful vocals on 12 neatly packaged tracks that range from the blues-driven One Of The 38, inspired by his first mountain trek in 2007 to Mt Everest with the Love Hope Strength Foundation, through to the up tempo and rocky title track, by way of emotive ballads such as Passing Chord, Freestyle and On. This album also marks the emergence of the third generation of the Harper family, with the introduction of his 13-year-old daughter Lily taking over vocals on Silly Daddy.
The tour and album are a prelude to his return to the Glastonbury Festival Avalon stage on June 26 2010.
Later in 2010, he will once again undertake further charity commitments with the Love Hope Strength Foundation, with a planned fundraising effort in Japan.
"He's not folk. He's emo skiffle. Pastoral hard rock. Progressive soul."
media enquiries: pr@sayitnowpr.co.uk
Aeroplane
Nick Harper Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Aeroplane' by these artists:
$-Crew J'veux planer, j'veux planer Aรฉroplane Qui t'a dit que j'รฉt…
Admiral Twin Once upon a time I was rattling around Like a songbird that…
Alabaster Box Take me back to your side thats where i wanna be there…
American Pie I was wrong to keep you underneath my finger I was…
B.o.B Ft. Eminem and Hayley Williams Like a summer wind she blew on in Brought a house…
Benly Mhmm. Ooh. Mhmm. Mhmm. Oohh. Mhmm. Aah! Ay can I pull up in…
Bjรถrk I cannot live peacefully Without you for even a moment I mis…
Brooks Dixon Flying past clouds With only the moon keeping pace The star…
CrashCarBurn I could be your aeroplane If you want to fly away Then…
Curt Smith Shut down, tangled up in your machinery No sound, just the…
Darts We would walk along our street Shackled age and naked feet G…
Gong Take me out of life, Iโฒve been struggling to get…
Goodbye Fairground AEROPLANE The S.O.S. breaks off unheard. The plane is down a…
Greer Investments I made a little too late I guess that's my…
Holly Throsby You know I can't stay long where I don't belong,…
I.P.C. It's a common scene It began just like anything A misdirecti…
Imogen Heap Drifting through the atmosphere And up on into space Leave…
Jessica Pratt Reflection of your memory in the window And beneath the plan…
Jethro Tull Flying, made of sticks and paper (Aeroplane) Dying, is the w…
Keren Ann Vaille que vaille, je suis le vent du Nord Et l'azur…
Krsna Solo La lala la La la la la La lala la La la la…
Lapland Just like an aeroplane Just like the cars and trains You tak…
Leon of Athens Modern love Is an exchange Our young hearts In close range …
Little Arrow The aeroplane body glide, The aeroplane body glide, …
LIVING ROOM - Red Hot Chili Peppers I like pleasure spiked with pain And music is my aeroplane I…
Luca Brasi We stuffed our face with simple things Treating cheap press …
Massive Wagons If you love life, Iโฒd like to be laying in…
Mocho Diablo Tell me what it's like The plastic suicide Those fake pills …
Never Shout Never (hey!) Life's a dream, and we are the dreamers. And lately I…
Nick and Roy Harper I take a few deep breaths and watch as the…
Of Good Nature I like pleasure spiked with pain cnd music is my aeroplane I…
Oktoba We're just stones thrown into the oceans arms A feather in…
Petite Meller Cabin crew please be seated for take off Ladies and gentleme…
Pratt Jessica Reflection of your memory in the window And beneath the plan…
Reamonn I saw your name in a telephone book As someone unlisted…
Red Hot I like pleasure spiked with pain And music is my aeroplane …
Red Hot Chili Peppers I like pleasure spiked with pain And music is my aeroplane I…
Red Hot Chili Peppers [RockDL.Net] I like pleasure spiked with pain And music is my aeroplane …
Red+Hot+Chili+Peppers I like pleasure spiked with pain And music is my aeroplane I…
Rico It's such a shame, shame you're wasting away You can't…
Robert Palmer Say you'll write your story Pictures, dreams and letters Get…
Rupam Islam เฆเฆเฆพเฆถ เฆฅเงเฆเง เฆเฆเฆเฆพ เฆฌเฆฟเฆฎเฆพเฆจ เฆเฆเฆจ เฆจเงเฆฎเง เฆเฆธเฆฌเง เฆฎเฆพเฆเฆฟเฆคเง เฆเฆฎเฆฟ เฆฌเฆธเง เฆญเฆพเฆฌเฆเฆฟ เฆฌเฆพเงเฆฟ…
S-Crew J'veux planer, j'veux planer Aรฉroplane Qui t'a dit que j'รฉt…
Sarmad Qadeer Keha si tainu meri jaan Ni jappdi phirengi mera naa x…
Smith Curt Shut down, tangled up in your machinery No sound, just the…
Synth-E-Sam FOR YEARS OF ACTION, THE YEARS OF ROCK โN ROLL IN…
Tal Bachman I was wrong to keep you underneath my finger I was…
the everybodyfields time will forget your name and float away in a poker…
The Psychedelic Furs i got a brand new aeroplane i saw it yesterday i'm coming…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Nick Harper:
365 My resolution this year? Iโฒll disappear completely. My absol…
Blue Sky Thinking I dreamt of a dream of a girl I saw I…
Everything's Better Everythingโฒs better now i'm alone I can feel myself get bett…
Freestyle Pa was a gunman. he took up the fight. An old…
Happy Man Spin spinning free from the wheel free wheeling way from…
Headless ... You were big city living; girlfriend like Eva Mendes Unt…
In Our Time Resuscitate my sensibilities for love and not seclusion I ne…
Karmageddon Quality control has failed to sift us out Head office has…
Miracles for Beginners Back from the naughty step I can't remember what it was…
Radio Silence Awake, asleep, alive, but drifting, I fantasise A lake of de…
She Rules My World Men fill each age like theyโฒre doodles on a page Scrawling…
Smithereens Smithereens Iโฒm mystified by myself Am i justified? Is there…
The Kilty Stone Smoking, drinking, stretching things beyond where choice is …
The Magnifigent G-seven Poor men can hope but thereโฒs not much time You have…
The Verse Time Forgot Fitting for her so Iโฒll visit her here where the bells…
There Is Magic in This World In amongst the marshes down by the river In amongst the…
The lyrics are frequently found in the comments by searching or by filtering for lyric videos
More Genres
No Artists Found
More Artists
Load All
No Albums Found
More Albums
Load All
No Tracks Found
Genre not found
Artist not found
Album not found
Search results not found
Song not found
G-Floyd-D
Splendid stuff to start Le Weekend...Check out his live band. Saw them in Southampton this week: Brill!
Ethereal & The Elevated
Seen him twice early millennium and still a big fan!!
Mike Randall
Love him! Great showman, great talent.
scallyhunter
first saw nick at a friends recommendation 11 years ago. it was the day after a close friend's funeral. was my first experience of a friend dying (i was 24 ) . i was numbed to the core... but magically, in this condition, nick's music was like a beautiful tonic... cheers mate. you have a very rare gift :)
flertTV
What a delightful song!! Like father like son
DAVID WHITTAKER
Hope he turns up at his dad's farewell gigs next month ๐โ๏ธ
Dave Whittaker
This song would work in a dance club its so amazing!
Hilary Hawkins
Hi, wow I saw Nick Harper ar The Cellars last night! and he has another fan for life, Thanks Nick for your autograph and cant wait to play the cd, And thanks for singing my favorite song of yours Blue Sky Thinking! loved it and the whole performance, as for the guitar playing? Excellent! oh and the humour was great thanks for a great night !
PDN11141
I pissed off no one told me he was playing in Bristol the other day, where is he on next in the south west?? It's odd because he sounds better live, at least when I saw him which doesn't transfer into the performances on Youtube, far better to go along and see for yourself. He creates good vibes.
william godfrey groome
not just a talented man a nice guy as well