Harry Manx will provide the entertainment at the Rockwood Pavilion on Saturday, Aug. 27. You will be swaddled in warm and comforting music and walk away smiling.
Everyone who was at the last Rockwood concert knows what a magical experience awaits. Hailed as one of the most original folk-world-blues performers and showing his virtuosity on lap slide guitar, blues harp, six-stringed banjo and the Mohan Veena, Manx wows his audience with his diversity, wry sense of humour and worldly stories. Manx was born on the Isle of Man and came to Canada as a child. He went back to Europe in the late 1970s, playing festivals, cafs and bars, and eventually moved to Japan where he had been touring regularly. In Japan, in 1990, Manx heard a recording by Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, on the Indian slide guitarist's creation, the Mohan Veena, a 20-string, guitar-like instrument. Impressed by the sound, Manx arranged to meet the musical guru and spent the next five years as a student of Bhatt, travelling and performing throughout India.
The music of Manx has been called an "essential link" between East and West, short stories drawing upon Indian ragas and the blues. His concerts are intimate and his audiences enthralled.
On Aug. 27, Manx will cast a spell on you at the Rockwood Pavilion. Bring a sweater or blanket as the pavilion is open to the night air. Doors open at 7:30 p.m., the concert is at 8. Tickets are $15, available at Roberts Creek Health Food Store, WindSong Gallery and Coast Books. Accompanied minors are welcome. The Local Vintner is sponsoring this concert for the Live Music Society, a non-profit, volunteer-run organization dedicated to bringing all styles of entertainment to the Sunshine Coast.
