Harry Manx

Harry Manx (born 1955) is a Canadian musician who blends blues, folk music, and Hindustani classical music. Manx plays guitar, banjo, harmonica, and mohan veena, studying on the latter instrument with its inventor, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. He releases his work on his own label, Dog My Cats Records.

Manx has received seven Maple Blues Awards, six Juno nominations, the Canadian Folk Music Award in 2005 for Best Solo Artist, and CBC Radio's "Great Canadian Blues Award" in 2007. the son of a Scottish merchant marine father and a Manx mother. The family moved to Sutton, Ontario, Canada in 1962. In 1990, while Manx was in Japan, he heard a recording of the Indian slide guitarist Vishwa Mohan Bhatt,

In 2000, Manx moved back to Canada and set up residence in Saltspring Island, British Columbia, recording his debut album at the Barn Studios, featuring his one-man-band sound on lap slide guitar, mohan veena, harmonica, and vocals.

Personal life Manx and his wife Najma have a son together.

Discography Dog My Cat (2001) Wise and Otherwise (2002) Jubilee (with Kevin Breit) (2003) Road Ragas (2003) West Eats Meet (2004) Mantras for Madmen (2005) In Good We Trust (with Kevin Breit) (2007) Live at the Glenn Gould Studio (2008) Bread and Buddha (2009) Isle of Manx (2010) Strictly Whatever (with Kevin Breit) (2011) Om Suite Ohm (2013) 20 Strings and the Truth (2014) Faith Lift (2017) Way Out East (2022) Compilation appearances Johnny's Blues: A Tribute To Johnny Cash (Northern Blues, 2003) Beautiful (A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot) (Borealis Records, 2003) Saturday Night Blues: 20 Years (CBC, 2006) Isle of Manx: The Desert Island Collection (2010)