St. Clair Productions presents Harry Manx performing his fusion of Mississippi Blues with traditional Indian ragas on Friday, November 9, 8 pm., at the Unitarian Fellowship, 87 4th St., Ashland. Tickets are $20 in advance, $22 at the door, $10 for teens 12-17 and free under 12. Tickets may be purchased on-line at www.stclairevents.com, by calling 541-535-3562 or at the Music Coop in downtown Ashland.
“Mysticssippi” blues man 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.
“Canadian guitarist and singer-songwriter Harry Manx is an artist that critics have occasionally had a hard time getting their minds around. His unique amalgam of blues and other American roots music, classical Indian forms, and bits of rock, pop, and folk makes him difficult to pigeonhole, and self-appointed gatekeepers of those traditions sometimes bemoan his lack of purity, stubbornly missing the point. But Manx’s trip is really quite easy to grasp: He’s an accomplished and adventurous lap-slide guitarist – whether playing a National resonator, a solid-body lap-steel, a modified banjo or cigar-box guitar, or his signature 20-string Mohan Veena [guitar/sitar hybrid] – and a compelling singer with a rich, warm, and soulful voice who writes intelligent and compassionate songs and puts them over with heartfelt conviction.” – Barry Cleveland, Guitar Player
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