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Thursday February 16th, 2017 with Joe Reilly
Interview with Harry Manx about upcoming NAC Concert

Only one interview on today's show but it's a rich and engaging chat with guitarist extraordinaire Harry Manx. We talk about his show this Saturday night at the National Arts Centre Theatre (7:30 p.m. start on Feb. 18th) and what to expect when he appears with a string quartet and two other artists on stage. Harry is renowned for his awe-inspiring solo performances so this is a large number of musicians accompanying him for this special performance. We also talk about how he reworked some of his material to perform with the quartet and to record with them for his latest album Faith Lift. We also talk about how his music merges blues with Indian music influences and how he was drawn to the 20 stringed Mohan Veena and studied with its creator, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. https://dogmycatrecords.ca/home https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/14686 A couple of other interviews either fell through or didn't materialize this week, so I played some music from artists who will be coming to town shortly and whom I hope to interview in the coming weeks. Most are Spectrasonic productions so check out their website for more information: http://www.spectrasonic.com/ Also played a wee piece of a live track by Maria Doyle Kennedy who is at the Black Sheep Inn this Saturday night (Feb. 18th.) https://www.theblacksheepinn.com/ Get out and see some live music this week.