Henry Cow

Henry Cow: Just Happy Playing Their Music

Interview by Ian MacDonald, New Musical Express, 7 April 1973

HENRY COW, a quintet formed at Cambridge University five years ago, are probably best known — though the group themselves would rather forget it — ...

Faust: Rainbow Theatre, London

Live Review by Ian MacDonald, New Musical Express, 27 October 1973

I SENSED something weird was in the offing the moment I was met in the foyer of the Rainbow by a lady dressed as a ...

Henry Cow: Gerroff An' Milk It

Profile and Interview by Charles Shaar Murray, New Musical Express, 31 August 1974

CHARLES SHAAR MURRAY wanted to call it 'How I listened to HENRY COW – and lived' ...

Henry Cow: In Praise of Learning

Review by Ian MacDonald, New Musical Express, 7 June 1975

IT HAS been said that rock has lost its vision. It has also been suggested that the current drought of spectacular things to behold in ...

Robert Wyatt and Henry Cow, Gong: Piazza Farnese, Rome

Live Review by Charles Shaar Murray, New Musical Express, 19 July 1975

The Roman Spring Of Mr. Wyatt Thrill to the chariot racing. Dice with death in the streets of the Italian capital. Listen to the music. Special ...

Henry Cow/Slapp Happy: In Praise of Learning (Virgin V2027)

Review by Dave Laing, Let It Rock, September 1975

IN THE PAST, Henry Cow have tended to be slotted into a critical compartment reserved for 'English Avant-Garde, jazzy/ eccentric', alongside Hatfield and the North, ...

Henry Cow: London School of Economics, London

Live Review by Miles, New Musical Express, 7 February 1976

SOMEHOW HENRY Cow all seem slightly amused to be on stage. This is one of the many communications going on between them, but mostly they ...

Henry Cow: North London Polytechnic

Live Review by Dave Laing, Sounds, 7 February 1976

Moo-sic to revolve to ...

Henry Cow: Concerts (Caroline CAD 30002 103 mlns) ****

Review by Dave Laing, Sounds, 19 June 1976

THIS IS as good a place as any for new listeners to get into the music of Henry Cow. In purely economic terms this double ...

Henry Cow, Lol Coxhill: Lindisfarne Centre, Southend

Live Review by Miles, New Musical Express, 13 November 1976

THIS WAS only the fourth concert that Cow have done in this country all year — they have been touring Europe all through the summer. ...