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Harry Manx : Mantras for madmen (CAN,2005)**°'
Harry Manx spent 12 years in India, which left its trace of course. Harry often now plays the mohan veena, which is an Indian guitar very suitable for Indian music. Besides this he also plays solo 6-string and lap slide guitar. The album is dedicated to that period in his life and to music inspirations in general. It tends to find a fine balance between what he calls the blues of the earth and the Indian music of heavens. Basically both areas are approached with respect, a close heart and with love for the stylistic territories. In some way he found that connection, not specifically in a style, but in spirit. The connection lies in details which are hard to recognise in theory but one can feel it, how blues songs melt perfectly with Indian flavoured instrumentals. The album starts in relatively simple and recognisable blues melody lines. It is a kind of nice warm, self assured, grounded, blues we hear expressed in song. Also participating are some nice close harmony female vocals. “Afghani raga” is much more Indian style. “Talking Turban”, the last track, perhaps is the best example of Indian style with a more bluesy flavour. A mostly blues album which makes for fine listening.
Another Harry Manx contribution can be found on Niel Golden's release (2008). See review here
