23 February, 2010

Harry Manx in concert at The Playhouse Theatre, Hobart......SOLD OUT!!


"For sheer musical adventure, few compare with Manx"....Bruce Elder,Sydney Morning Herald.

"I've discovered something new tonight, seeing Harry play"....Bruce Springsteen.

The Playhouse Theatre, 106 Bathurst St, Hobart.

Friday 14 May 2010 & Saturday 15 May 2010 at 8pm

Tickets @ $55.00 + booking fee are available from http://www.centertainment.com.au/

A wonderful intimate 230-seat venue with a bar inside the theatre.

The concert will have an interval.

Harry will be accompanied on tour by Hammond virtuoso Clayton Doley.

Unique Canadian bluesman Harry Manx returns for a long-awaited Australia-wide tour (first time in Tasmania), bringing with him his stunning new “Bread and Buddha” album to follow the success of his “Live at The Basement” DVD of 2004 and his acclaimed “Mantras for Madmen” studio album of 2006.

They call his music “Mysticssippi” and even Bruce Springsteen is a fan. Harry’s been dubbed an “essential link” between the music of East and West. Having lived in Europe, Japan, India and Brazil, it was his five-year tutelage with renowned Rajasthani musician Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (Grammy winner with Ry Cooder for “A Meeting by the River”) that forged his now signature east-meets-west style of music, infusing traditional American earthy 12-bar blues with a subtle hint of mystic Indian sounds. Playing lap-slide guitar, harmonica, cigar-box guitar, banjo, stomp box and the 20-stringed Mohan Veena, Harry envelopes his audience into “The Harry Zone” with his warm vocals and haunting original songs, plus his quirky reworks of some classic blues.

His ten albums in as many years have resulted in multiple Juno and Maple Awards, including “Best Roots and Traditional Album (2003)” Harry has received four Maple Blues Awards and most recently he was the recipient of The Great Canadian Blues Award (2007) from CBC National Radio. His 2007 collaboration album with famed Canadian guitarist Kevin Breit (Norah Jones Band) saw them nominated for Best Roots Recording (Duo) at The Western Canada Music Awards.

“For sheer musical adventure, few compare with Manx”…..Bruce Elder, Sydney Morning Herald.

“I’ve discovered something new tonight, seeing Harry play”….Bruce Springsteen.



Go to the next post for Harry's website details, more bio and videos.


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