Simon Harper

Simon Harper

Simon Harper is a co-founder of the award-winning music and fashion title Clash Magazine, and its Editor-In-Chief since launching in 2004. A lifelong Beatles fan, he has worked on a number of projects with Paul McCartney since interviewing him for a Clash cover story in 2007.

Articles by: Simon Harper

Robbie Robertson onstage

"My dream was a place where we could create and make music and take magic out of the air": Remembering Robbie Robertson, architect of The Band

By Simon Harper published

Robbie Robertson was behind two world-changing musical revolutions; a Canadian songwriter and lead guitarist whose group The Band gave birth to Americana

David Crosby in 1976

David Crosby: celebrating the life of a quick-witted, acid-tongued raconteur and troublemaker with the voice of an angel

By Simon Harper published

A look back at the life and times of the man who, with The Byrds, CSN, CSN&Y and solo, wrote and recorded a soundtrack to a golden era

David Crosby press photo

David Crosby wants to make all the music he possibly can before he peters out

By Simon Harper published

Veteran singer and songwriter David Crosby on his first solo live album, the return of Joni Mitchell, and feeling “blessed”

Graham Nash headshot

Graham Nash on songwriting: you’ve got to keep it alive and pumped full of blood

By Simon Harper published

Legendary singer-songwriter Graham Nash on balancing love and anger in his songs, and a project 60 years in the making

Paul McCartney in the studio

Paul McCartney: How I made Ram

By Simon Harper published

Exclusive: On a remote Scottish farm in 1971, Paul McCartney created Ram, an album that would save his soul - even if it meant severing ties with John Lennon