The Roy Harper Podcast

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The Roy Harper Podcast Podcast

The Roy Harper Podcast

  1. 11/21/2010

    The Roy Harper Podcast, episode 31

    In this episode: Intro News The Spirit Lives from HQ My wife's bike ride from Ho Chi Minh City to Ankor Wat. Vicky's blog is at http://vickygw.blogspot.com/ Ghost Dance from Once Head in The Clouds by Elliot Knapp (14:55) Interview with Elliot Knapp, including the tracks Chained and Bound (40:48) and Dedicated to You But You Were Napping (1:09:29) Hiding from Heaven by Elliot Knapp (1:38:52) Elliot writes: I learned piano starting at age 8 and picked up guitar at age 15, starting to write songs soon thereafter. My earliest influences included Pink Floyd and Bob Dylan, followed by Roy and so on. I played with a band in college called The Same Old Rock which sort of organically dissolved after releasing one album of relatively mainstream folk-rock. Since then I've retreated a bit more from performing, focusing on a more distinctive and idiosyncratic type of song and lyric writing that focuses mainly on acoustic guitar and dense poetic lyrics. During my hermitage I've absorbed increasingly more different types of music and artists and in my own music I've made attempts to channel what I've learned from these eclectic influences through the lens of my own personal style without stealing too much from anyone or tying myself too strongly to one genre. In Not-Even-Anything Land is the result of about 10 months of recording in my apartment and some in my parents' basement--during this time I didn't play out at all and am now peeping my bleary eyes out of my cave in attempts to connect my extremely fully-realized but intensely personal product with other human beings. Elliot's album can be purchased from http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/elliotknapp and http://elliotknapp.bandcamp.com/ Highway Blues from BBC Tapes Volume 3 Credits/Copyright Wishing Well from The Green Man Please note that the Roy Harper music used in the podcast is copyrighted and used with permission. For all your Roy Harper music needs visit http://www.royharper.com The intro music is by Adam Leonard, see http://www.myspace.com/themessagetapes for info The Elliot Knapp tracks are played with permission and copyright Elliot Knapp To give feedback on the podcast please contact me podcast@stormcock.net or call 01223 850282 (+44 1223 850282) to leave messages. Elliot's release info: Elliot Knapp In Not-Even-Anything Land Seattle experimental/eccentric/avant folk singer/songwriter music—mostly acoustic, all tracks clean. Sounds Like: Roy Harper with a Canterbury scene fixation Scott Walker armed with only an acoustic guitar Gene Clark fronting the Incredible String Band Nick Drake if he quit moping and got pissed off about something A one-man Henry Cow Peter Hammill with a sense of humor and better guitar chops Robbie Basho with one hand tied behind his back Davy Graham with both hands tied behind his back Comus performing a musical interpretation of the Taoist classics Recommended Tracks: Track 7 “Chained and Bound”—that “single” sound Track 8 “Head in the Clouds”—attractively progressive Track 2 “Dedicated to You, but You Were Napping”—on the folky side Track 3 “No More”—for something a little more challenging Shownotes are available at http://www.stormcock.net/node/644

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