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Colin Harper
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MADFISH MUSIC - CHRISTMAS PROMO 2024
My good pal Mark Case has created this promo for recent releases on the splendid Madfish imprint. Heartily recommended. If only I could afford them! :-) I was delighted to have worked with Mark, and Madfish, this year past on the Fairport Convention 12-disc set featured in the promo. I'll be involved in at least three Madfish projects next year (Horslips at the BBC 4CD+DVD, Martin Carthy at the BBC 20CD and a mystery Horslips item later in the year) - and perhaps more. Exciting!
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'Blues for a Green Earth' - Colin Harper, Claire Kinsella, Martin Hayes (2023)
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The full performance of my tune 'Blues for a Green Earth', as excerpted in the documentary 'Legends of Harper' (BBC NI, 2/24), produced, directed and edited by the wonderful trio of Barry Devlin, Cormac O'Kane and Richard Brown. This was filmed in the cabaret lounge at Ballyhackamore Working Men's Club in August 2023 - the room used for the fabulous Scott's Jazz Club on Fridays. Heartfelt thank...
Spear of Destiny - Bread and Circuses (2022)
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An outstanding rumination on power from the 2022 Spear of Destiny album 'Ghost Population', available exclusively (in download, vinyl or CD form) from Kirk Brandon's store: kirkbrandon.com/home Support your local voice in the wilderness.
Colin Harper - Indecision/Revisionism (demo)
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I'm fascinated with punk history, not least Ulster punk history. A lot of those involved talk about 'revisionism' - but it seems to me that nobody really knows what this is bar somebody else disagreeing with whatever their memory or perception of things might be. This song is nothing more than a sideways glance at the debate, a gentle bit of satire and nostalgic affection. I'm on nobody's 'side...
Adventures in British Jazz Philanthropy: The John Thurlow interview (part three)
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The third and last instalment... One hectic weekend in September 2023, cameraman and graphic design wizard Mark Case and I went on a field trip from Belfast to Yorkshire - to gather three interviews potentially for excerpting in Barry Devlin's proposed BBC NI documentary 'Legends of Harper', about my activities in vintage music chronicling and suchlike. Those interviews were with rock legend An...
Adventures in British Jazz Philanthropy: The John Thurlow interview (part two)
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The second instalment... One hectic weekend in September 2023, cameraman and graphic design wizard Mark Case and I went on a field trip from Belfast to Yorkshire - to gather three interviews potentially for excerpting in Barry Devlin's proposed BBC NI documentary 'Legends of Harper', about my activities in vintage music chronicling and suchlike. Those interviews were with rock legend Andy Powel...
Adventures in British Jazz Philanthropy: The John Thurlow interview (part one)
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One hectic weekend in September 2023, cameraman and graphic design wizard Mark Case and I went on a field trip from Belfast to Yorkshire - to gather three interviews potentially for excerpting in Barry Devlin's proposed BBC NI documentary 'Legends of Harper', about my activities in vintage music chronicling and suchlike. Those interviews were with rock legend Andy Powell, folk legend Martin Car...
The Ghears/Paul Archer - 'Switch' (2005)
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A rarely heard masterpiece by Belfast/East Anglian band The Ghears, written by and featuring on vocals / harmonies that cosmic soul man Paul Archer. This version featured on the 2005 various artists album 'Suffolk Explosion' and is uploaded with the permission of Paul Archer, who went on to record six album with/as Burning Codes in East Anglia and continues to record new music these days from B...
Shock Treatment - I'm No Square/Homicide (live in Belfast, 22/3/24)
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Dave 'The Beard' McLarnon's punk legends at Oh Yeah, Belfast - featuring Bill Shovel, Gordie Walker and John Rossi. Part of an original with a sidetrack into 999's 'Homicide'.
Shock Treatment - 'Belfast Telegraph' (live in Belfast, 22/3/24)
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Dave McLarnon and the boys - Billy Shovell, Gordie Walker, John Rossi - live at Oh Yeah, Belfast, with their 1980 classic 45.
Colin Harper & Dave McLarnon - Indecision/Revisionism (live on a sofa 28/3/24)
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I'm fascinated with old punks - and have several good pals among them - and the whole soap opera about Ulster/Belfast punk is especially fun. It is a many-layered thing populated by curious characters - a bit like 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' - in which colourful individuals have various strong/contrary views about who did what when, who profited, who dropped the ball, who was in charge, ...
The Wild Colonial Boys with Colin Harper - Northern Ireland Politicians (Belfast, 22/3/24)
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I was invited to reprise my Bourgeois Fury/Legends of Tomorrow number 'Northern Ireland Politicians' at an author event with live music at Belfast's Oh Yeah Centre, around Ruefrex founder/lyricist Paul Burgess's punk memoir 'Wild Colonial Boys'. Dave McLarnon's Shock Treatment played first, after which Dave (guitar/vocal) and Billy Shovell (lead guitar) stayed onstage and drummer Donal McCann (...
Altan with Michael Rooney and the Wiggley Sisters - Two Highlands (Belfast, 23/2/24)
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Altan encore at the Empire, Belfast with guest artiste Michael Rooney on harp and a dance routine from Claire & Edel Wiggle - AKA Claire Friel and Connemara camp follower Edel. Great fun. :-) The still photo, by Julie Ann Rouquette, shows Edel, Mairead and Claire backstage with concert promoter / Belfast Tradfest impresario Donal O'Connor.
Paul Archer - All Your Feeling (Castle Espie, 2/3/24)
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A phone clip from nature reserve Castle Espie's art gallery - a launch event for an exhibition of paintings by Campbell Archer and Paul Archer, landscapes and abstracts respectively. 🦆 It was especially great to hear a couple of songs performed solo by Paul. Normally associated with unusually intense full-band performances, which can have a marmite effect on audiences in venues of modest size -...
John Toner, Petesy Burns & Howard Hastings - launching John's memoir (Europa Hotel, 4/4/24)
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Legendary Troubles-era hotel manager John Toner with co-writer/facilitator Petesy Burns and project benefactor and hotel group ownership legend Howard Hastings. Punk legend and Tai Chi instructor Petesy decided that John - one of his long-time Tai Chi students - needed to write a memoir... and effectively made it happen, transcribing interviews with John and seeking additional content from fami...
Altan - Bacach Shíl Andaí (Empire, Belfast 23/2/24)
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Altan - Bacach Shíl Andaí (Empire, Belfast 23/2/24)
Altan - Donal agus Morag (Empire, Belfast 23/2/24)
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Altan - Donal agus Morag (Empire, Belfast 23/2/24)
Montage: The Rotterdam Bar / Colin Harper's circle of musical pals in the 90s
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Montage: The Rotterdam Bar / Colin Harper's circle of musical pals in the 90s
Bert Jansch 1992-93 / 2006 photo montage (music by Colin Harper)
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Bert Jansch 1992-93 / 2006 photo montage (music by Colin Harper)
Shock Treatment - I'm No Square (Don't Know About You) - live 26/1/24
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Shock Treatment - I'm No Square (Don't Know About You) - live 26/1/24
Shock Treatment - On the Line (Bangor, 26/1/24)
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Shock Treatment - On the Line (Bangor, 26/1/24)
Shock Treatment - Whipping Boy (Bangor, 26/1/24)
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Shock Treatment - Whipping Boy (Bangor, 26/1/24)
Shock Treatment - 'Belfast City / Belfast Punk'
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Shock Treatment - 'Belfast City / Belfast Punk'
Broken String Band - Stay Away From Me (live in Belfast, 17/1/24)
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Broken String Band - Stay Away From Me (live in Belfast, 17/1/24)
Broken String Band - hillbilly song (live in Belfast, 17/1/24)
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Broken String Band - hillbilly song (live in Belfast, 17/1/24)
Broken String Band - That's Alright Mama (live in Belfast, 17/1/24)
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Broken String Band - That's Alright Mama (live in Belfast, 17/1/24)
Broken Swing Band - Mind Your Own Business (live in Belfast, 17/1/24)
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Broken Swing Band - Mind Your Own Business (live in Belfast, 17/1/24)
Broken String Band - Folsom Prison Blues (live in Belfast, 17/1/24)
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Broken String Band - Folsom Prison Blues (live in Belfast, 17/1/24)
Broken String Band - Love Please Come Home (live in Belfast, 17/1/24)
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Broken String Band - Love Please Come Home (live in Belfast, 17/1/24)
The Minnows - Elephant Man (Portrush Playhouse, 17/11/23)
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The Minnows - Elephant Man (Portrush Playhouse, 17/11/23)