Fire And Wine

Harry Manx’s life journey has taken him all over the map, both musically and literally. His ninth album, “Bread and Buddha”, is a musical meditation on the ephemeral nature of the human experience and is a culmination of thirty-five years of world exploration. Harry covers all four compass points of the world music map on this outing, from the rolling guitar groove on “Love is the Fire” and “Walking Ghost Blues”; he revisits traditional blues territory for the covers “Moon Goin’ Down” and “Long Black Veil” and blends in his trademark sensual raga flavours with “True to Yourself” and the instrumental “The Unspoken Quest”.

Last albums due record companies to fulfill record contracts are usually haphazard affairs, but bandleader/lead singer Myles Goodwyn, along with holdover guitarist Brian Greenway and three other musicians (just to fill out the band), produce a decent collection of more hits than misses…