A NIGHT WITH HARRY MANX - Sat. June 10, 2023 - 8 p.m. - THE LOFT
Black Fly Jam - in collaboration with Algoma Conservatory Concerts presents
A NIGHT WITH HARRY MANX
Saturday June 10, 2023 - 8 p.m. - THE LOFT @ Algoma Conservatory - 75 Huron - Doors open at 7
Tickets $40 (includes all fees)
TO PURCHASE TICKETS: Scroll to bottom of the page - Fill in the quantity - Click ADD to CART - and then scroll back to the top of the page and click on the SHOPPING CART ICON and complete your purchase. You will receive a payment receipt sent to your email. This is your admission ticket. We will have your name at the door.
“Mysticssippi” bluesman Harry Manx has been called an “essential link” between the music of East and West, creating musical short stories that wed the tradition of the Blues with the depth of classical Indian ragas.A mainstay of the “who’s who” of successful touring performers, Manx travels across Canada and into the USA, Australia, and Europe. As well as playing for Black Fly Jam several times in the past, Harry headlines at many prestigious festivals, world-class theatres, concert halls and famous blues clubs around the globe.
We know our northern audience will be beyond happy to see Harry here again! www.harrymanx.com
Part snake charmer, part delta bluesman, when playing the Mohan Veena, lap steel, harmonica, stomp box, and banjo, Manx quickly envelops the audience into what has been dubbed “the Harry Zone” with his warm vocals and the hauntingly beautiful melodies of his original songs.
Born on the Isle of Man, Manx spent his childhood in Canada and left in his teens to live in Europe, Japan, India and Brazil. He honed his talent on street corners, in cafes, bars and at festivals. But it was Indian music that captured his attention and in the mid 80s he began a five-year tutelage with Rajasthani Indian musician Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (Grammy winner with Ry Cooder for A Meeting by the River). Receiving the gift of Bhatt’s custom-made, self-designed Mohan Veena (a 20-stringed sitar/guitar hybrid) was the catalyst for Harry to forge a new musical path.
While the Mohan Veena itself is beyond exotic, Manx uses it within traditional Western sound structures, and allowed Harry to explore the connection between Indian ragas and blues scales. This imbues his music with a tangible spiritual quality, all of which has forged the “Indo-Blues” hybrid sound that has become his unique style; hard to forget and deliciously addictive and mesmerizing to listen to.
Manx is a prolific artist, releasing eleven albums in a ten-year span with no signs of stopping.His “tongue in cheek” humour is expressed in his joy of titling some of his albums - “Om Suite Ohm” “In Good We Trust” “West Eats Meat” “Mantras For Madmen” and “Wise and Otherwise” all bring a ready smile but do not diffuse the intensity of the music found within the listening.His most recent recording, “Faith Lift” is no exception. On this recording Harry plays a variety of guitars while accompanied by a string quartet. The songs are all drawn from previous releases with the exception of Al Greens’ ‘Love and Happiness’. The new arrangements of these songs have taken on a whole new life of their own with the addition of the strings. The lush but sparse feeling of the recording leaves the listener with space to lean into the music.
He has received seven Maple Blues Awards and his mantel shelf also holds honours from the Canadian Folk Music Awards, Vancouver magazine Georgia Straight, and the South Australia Blues Society. He received CBC Radio’s Great Canadian Blues Award and his albums have garnered five Juno nominations.
“Watching Harry play tonight I feel like I learned something new …. “Bruce Springsteen (after seeing Harry perform “I’m On Fire” at the International Guitar Festival in NYC)
“Canada’s most versatile and expressive blues player”Billboard Magazine
“While most musicians are content to work within the accepted boundaries of their chosen style, lap-slide guitarist Harry Manx likes to colour way outside the lines. His crayons? Soulful, raspy vocals, poetic lyrics, and the whining drones and mysterious melisma of Indian music … Manx conjures songs that are as bewitching as they are unique.”Andy Ellis, Guitar Player Magazine
...and the last word from Harry himself !
“Indian music moves a person inward,” he explains. “It’s traditionally used in religious ceremonies and during meditations because it puts you into this whole other place (now, here). But Western music has the ability to move you outward, into celebration and dance. There are some ragas that sound bluesy, and there are ways to bend strings while playing blues that sound Indian. I may be forcing the relationship between the two musical cultures, but I keep thinking they were made for each other. That leads me to more and more experimentation. The journey has been great so far.”
Harry Manx, CBC Interview 2022
Black Fly Jam - in collaboration with Algoma Conservatory Concerts presents
A NIGHT WITH HARRY MANX
Saturday June 10, 2023 - 8 p.m. - THE LOFT @ Algoma Conservatory - 75 Huron - Doors open at 7
Tickets $40 (includes all fees)
TO PURCHASE TICKETS: Scroll to bottom of the page - Fill in the quantity - Click ADD to CART - and then scroll back to the top of the page and click on the SHOPPING CART ICON and complete your purchase. You will receive a payment receipt sent to your email. This is your admission ticket. We will have your name at the door.
“Mysticssippi” bluesman Harry Manx has been called an “essential link” between the music of East and West, creating musical short stories that wed the tradition of the Blues with the depth of classical Indian ragas.A mainstay of the “who’s who” of successful touring performers, Manx travels across Canada and into the USA, Australia, and Europe. As well as playing for Black Fly Jam several times in the past, Harry headlines at many prestigious festivals, world-class theatres, concert halls and famous blues clubs around the globe.
We know our northern audience will be beyond happy to see Harry here again! www.harrymanx.com
Part snake charmer, part delta bluesman, when playing the Mohan Veena, lap steel, harmonica, stomp box, and banjo, Manx quickly envelops the audience into what has been dubbed “the Harry Zone” with his warm vocals and the hauntingly beautiful melodies of his original songs.
Born on the Isle of Man, Manx spent his childhood in Canada and left in his teens to live in Europe, Japan, India and Brazil. He honed his talent on street corners, in cafes, bars and at festivals. But it was Indian music that captured his attention and in the mid 80s he began a five-year tutelage with Rajasthani Indian musician Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (Grammy winner with Ry Cooder for A Meeting by the River). Receiving the gift of Bhatt’s custom-made, self-designed Mohan Veena (a 20-stringed sitar/guitar hybrid) was the catalyst for Harry to forge a new musical path.
While the Mohan Veena itself is beyond exotic, Manx uses it within traditional Western sound structures, and allowed Harry to explore the connection between Indian ragas and blues scales. This imbues his music with a tangible spiritual quality, all of which has forged the “Indo-Blues” hybrid sound that has become his unique style; hard to forget and deliciously addictive and mesmerizing to listen to.
Manx is a prolific artist, releasing eleven albums in a ten-year span with no signs of stopping.His “tongue in cheek” humour is expressed in his joy of titling some of his albums - “Om Suite Ohm” “In Good We Trust” “West Eats Meat” “Mantras For Madmen” and “Wise and Otherwise” all bring a ready smile but do not diffuse the intensity of the music found within the listening.His most recent recording, “Faith Lift” is no exception. On this recording Harry plays a variety of guitars while accompanied by a string quartet. The songs are all drawn from previous releases with the exception of Al Greens’ ‘Love and Happiness’. The new arrangements of these songs have taken on a whole new life of their own with the addition of the strings. The lush but sparse feeling of the recording leaves the listener with space to lean into the music.
He has received seven Maple Blues Awards and his mantel shelf also holds honours from the Canadian Folk Music Awards, Vancouver magazine Georgia Straight, and the South Australia Blues Society. He received CBC Radio’s Great Canadian Blues Award and his albums have garnered five Juno nominations.
“Watching Harry play tonight I feel like I learned something new …. “Bruce Springsteen (after seeing Harry perform “I’m On Fire” at the International Guitar Festival in NYC)
“Canada’s most versatile and expressive blues player”Billboard Magazine
“While most musicians are content to work within the accepted boundaries of their chosen style, lap-slide guitarist Harry Manx likes to colour way outside the lines. His crayons? Soulful, raspy vocals, poetic lyrics, and the whining drones and mysterious melisma of Indian music … Manx conjures songs that are as bewitching as they are unique.”Andy Ellis, Guitar Player Magazine
...and the last word from Harry himself !
“Indian music moves a person inward,” he explains. “It’s traditionally used in religious ceremonies and during meditations because it puts you into this whole other place (now, here). But Western music has the ability to move you outward, into celebration and dance. There are some ragas that sound bluesy, and there are ways to bend strings while playing blues that sound Indian. I may be forcing the relationship between the two musical cultures, but I keep thinking they were made for each other. That leads me to more and more experimentation. The journey has been great so far.”
Harry Manx, CBC Interview 2022
Black Fly Jam - in collaboration with Algoma Conservatory Concerts presents
A NIGHT WITH HARRY MANX
Saturday June 10, 2023 - 8 p.m. - THE LOFT @ Algoma Conservatory - 75 Huron - Doors open at 7
Tickets $40 (includes all fees)
TO PURCHASE TICKETS: Scroll to bottom of the page - Fill in the quantity - Click ADD to CART - and then scroll back to the top of the page and click on the SHOPPING CART ICON and complete your purchase. You will receive a payment receipt sent to your email. This is your admission ticket. We will have your name at the door.
“Mysticssippi” bluesman Harry Manx has been called an “essential link” between the music of East and West, creating musical short stories that wed the tradition of the Blues with the depth of classical Indian ragas.A mainstay of the “who’s who” of successful touring performers, Manx travels across Canada and into the USA, Australia, and Europe. As well as playing for Black Fly Jam several times in the past, Harry headlines at many prestigious festivals, world-class theatres, concert halls and famous blues clubs around the globe.
We know our northern audience will be beyond happy to see Harry here again! www.harrymanx.com
Part snake charmer, part delta bluesman, when playing the Mohan Veena, lap steel, harmonica, stomp box, and banjo, Manx quickly envelops the audience into what has been dubbed “the Harry Zone” with his warm vocals and the hauntingly beautiful melodies of his original songs.
Born on the Isle of Man, Manx spent his childhood in Canada and left in his teens to live in Europe, Japan, India and Brazil. He honed his talent on street corners, in cafes, bars and at festivals. But it was Indian music that captured his attention and in the mid 80s he began a five-year tutelage with Rajasthani Indian musician Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (Grammy winner with Ry Cooder for A Meeting by the River). Receiving the gift of Bhatt’s custom-made, self-designed Mohan Veena (a 20-stringed sitar/guitar hybrid) was the catalyst for Harry to forge a new musical path.
While the Mohan Veena itself is beyond exotic, Manx uses it within traditional Western sound structures, and allowed Harry to explore the connection between Indian ragas and blues scales. This imbues his music with a tangible spiritual quality, all of which has forged the “Indo-Blues” hybrid sound that has become his unique style; hard to forget and deliciously addictive and mesmerizing to listen to.
Manx is a prolific artist, releasing eleven albums in a ten-year span with no signs of stopping.His “tongue in cheek” humour is expressed in his joy of titling some of his albums - “Om Suite Ohm” “In Good We Trust” “West Eats Meat” “Mantras For Madmen” and “Wise and Otherwise” all bring a ready smile but do not diffuse the intensity of the music found within the listening.His most recent recording, “Faith Lift” is no exception. On this recording Harry plays a variety of guitars while accompanied by a string quartet. The songs are all drawn from previous releases with the exception of Al Greens’ ‘Love and Happiness’. The new arrangements of these songs have taken on a whole new life of their own with the addition of the strings. The lush but sparse feeling of the recording leaves the listener with space to lean into the music.
He has received seven Maple Blues Awards and his mantel shelf also holds honours from the Canadian Folk Music Awards, Vancouver magazine Georgia Straight, and the South Australia Blues Society. He received CBC Radio’s Great Canadian Blues Award and his albums have garnered five Juno nominations.
“Watching Harry play tonight I feel like I learned something new …. “Bruce Springsteen (after seeing Harry perform “I’m On Fire” at the International Guitar Festival in NYC)
“Canada’s most versatile and expressive blues player”Billboard Magazine
“While most musicians are content to work within the accepted boundaries of their chosen style, lap-slide guitarist Harry Manx likes to colour way outside the lines. His crayons? Soulful, raspy vocals, poetic lyrics, and the whining drones and mysterious melisma of Indian music … Manx conjures songs that are as bewitching as they are unique.”Andy Ellis, Guitar Player Magazine
...and the last word from Harry himself !
“Indian music moves a person inward,” he explains. “It’s traditionally used in religious ceremonies and during meditations because it puts you into this whole other place (now, here). But Western music has the ability to move you outward, into celebration and dance. There are some ragas that sound bluesy, and there are ways to bend strings while playing blues that sound Indian. I may be forcing the relationship between the two musical cultures, but I keep thinking they were made for each other. That leads me to more and more experimentation. The journey has been great so far.”
Harry Manx, CBC Interview 2022