ArtistInfo

Harry Manx

, *1955 CA, Douglas, Isle of Man
Musician of Blues, World and Folk

Harry Manx is a musician who blends blues, folk music, and Hindustani classical music. His official website describes his music: "blend Indian folk melodies with slide guitar blues, add a sprinkle of gospel and some compelling grooves and you’ll get Manx’s unique “mysticssippi” flavour."Manx plays the slide guitar, harmonica, six-string banjo, mohan veena and Ellis stomp box. He studied for five years in India with Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. Bhatt is the inventor of the 20-stringed Mohan Veena, which has become Harry’s signature instrumentHe has released twelve albums in twelve years, and has his own record label "Dog My Cats Records".He has received much recognition and many awards, including: seven Maple Blues Awards, six Juno nominations, the Canadian Folk Music Award in 2005 for Best Solo Art

Instruments

• Guitar
• Vocals
• Banjo
• Harmonica
• Slide guitar

Genres

• Blues
• World
• Folk
• Jazz