Product Description

Harry Manx has been putting his own personal spin on the blues for some time now, serving up his distinctive and hypnotic brew of Eastern and Western sounds to audiences worldwide. Combining the sensuality of traditional blues with transcendent Eastern sounds has become his trademark. In March 2007, CBC Producer Todd Fraracci concocted a bewitching blend of musicians for a special concert event entitled Heaven and Earth: Harry Manx and Friends at the Glenn Gould Studio to further explore this delicate balance. Matching the eclectic influences on Harry's music, he is joined here by a dazzling array of musicians that perfectly complement his style, allowing the music to successfully venture all over the world map and highlighting his Indian influences. Previously recorded material is presented with added dimensions, producing new revelations that occur with each listen.

Track Listing

1. Point Of Purchase
2. Take This Hammer
3. Single Spark
4. Voodoo Child
5. Good Time Charlie
6. Can't Be Satisfied
7. Samidha's Tune
8. Tijuana

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #99741 in Music
• Released on: 2008-04-29
• Number of discs: 100
• Format: Live

Review
Harry Manx has been gently courting his audience with his Indian-inspired take on the blues, a marriage of Eastern music to Western, creating a niche that has more to do with world music than anything else more limiting. His success has been built on the back of his instrumental prowess on his weapon of choice: the 20-string mohan veena, which subtly blends Eastern sounds to blues-friendly turf. On his eighth release, Harry ups the ante with the addition of two members of Toronto-based world music ensemble Tasa. You can almost hear the audience buying some time, clapping politely between songs as they acclimatise themselves to this new balance. It doesn't take long to win them over, as the hyper-simpatico league of support players (notably guitarist Kevin Breit and harmonica-player Steve Mariner) weave in and around Harry's leads with deft skill. If Samidha Joglekar's vocals contrast too starkly with Harry s croon on Point of Purchase, all is forgiven by Single Spark, and Joglekar's contribution at the tail end of the jam-friendly Voodoo Chile earns its just rewards. Of special note is Mariner's wailing harp solo on the ten-minute jam that was Muddy Waters' Can t Be Satisfied, which will more than satisfy. Live pays significant dividends across its 60-minute length. The faithful are well served while the casual Manx fan will benefit from a closer look into the very core of Harry's muse. --Eric Thom, Exclaim!