Nick Harper

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With support from Harrison Rimmer.The acoustic Hendrix or the English Jeff Buckley?  With this much musical ingenuity he could be the new Beck - but that would be a bigger compliment to Beck than Harper.One of the finest guitarists of his generation and a soaring vocal range somewhere between Rufus Wainwright and Buckley, “Harper has so much musicianship in him it just leaks out all over the place” - The TimesA childhood growing up in the mid-60s surrounded at home in his father’s small Kilburn flat by the likes of Bert Jansch, Davy Graham, John Renbourn, Paul Simon, Marc Bolan, Sandy Denny and others dropping in has spawned a truly one-off, original guitarist & songwriter who stands alone as a UK great, to be cherished & revered.This is one-man-show Dylan for the iPod generation, Betjeman with a guitar.  One of the finest guitarists of his generation.If you haven’t seen Nick before (and shame on you if not, Mr H has been bringing him to York for thirty years) bring someone or something to catch your jaw when it drops… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niy_5Z0LKiY