ement ▁Award ▁at ▁the ▁BBC ▁Radio ▁ 2 ▁Fol k ▁Awards . ▁His ▁most ▁recent ▁album , ▁Man ▁and ▁M yth , ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁Har per ▁celebrated ▁his ▁ 7 5 th ▁birth day ▁by ▁performing ▁concert s ▁in ▁Cl on ak ilty , ▁B irmingham , ▁Manchester , ▁London ▁and ▁Edinburgh . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁Har per ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 1 ▁in ▁R ush ol me , ▁a ▁sub urb ▁of ▁Manchester . ▁His ▁mother , ▁Mur iel , ▁died ▁three ▁weeks ▁after ▁he ▁was ▁born . ▁From ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 6 , ▁he ▁lived ▁in ▁St ▁An nes ▁on ▁Sea , ▁a ▁place ▁he ▁described ▁as ▁being ▁" like ▁a ▁c emetery ▁with ▁bus ▁stops ". ▁He ▁was ▁brought ▁up ▁by ▁his ▁father ▁and ▁ste pm other , ▁with ▁whom ▁he ▁became ▁dis ill usion ed ▁because ▁of ▁her ▁religious ▁belief s , ▁although ▁they ▁recon ci led ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 0 , ▁just ▁before ▁her ▁death . ▁His ▁anti - rel ig ious ▁views ▁would ▁later ▁become ▁a ▁familiar ▁theme ▁within ▁his ▁music . ▁ ▁Har per ▁began ▁writing ▁po ems ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁ 1 2 . ▁At ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 3 ▁he ▁began ▁playing ▁sk iff le ▁music ▁with ▁his ▁younger ▁brother ▁David ▁(" D ave y " ▁on ▁the ▁album ▁Fl at ▁Bar o que ▁and ▁B ers erk ), ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁becoming