Friday, brilliant Gulf Islands string specialist Harry Manx released his 22nd album, Falling Upwards.
The song titles give hints at what Harry’s been creating.
Harry Manx, Falling Upwards
Songs about
Healing – Step Softly
Traditional Gospel – God’s gonna cut you down (with Kevin Breit)
Love with a groove – Find Your Love
Blues and Bhangra -Pork Pie Turban (with Steve Mariner)
This Joy – (with Joey Landreth)
Gonna have to serve somebody – Bob reimagined (featuring Gopal G Surbahar)
If you’ve heard my previous Harry Manx interviews, you’ll know he doesn’t just answer questions, Harry riffs on ideas, concepts and and one liners.
For many, this music has enough heart & soul to be worthy of your favourite Harry Manx album, which is saying something.
He’s making a solid place for himself on the Blues and World Music stages and will be playing over 80 dates on the first leg of his next tour.
Here are some dates you might want to be aware of:
Sept 5 Okotoks
Sept 6 Lethbridge
Sept 8 Blairmore
Sept 9 Medicine Hat
Sept 11 – Calgary (two shows)
Sept 12 Calgary (two shows)
Sept 13 Edmonton
Here’s some of the rest –
https://harrymanx.com/tour/
Then off to Australia and New Zealand.
