Harry Manx (top) and Sloan will be performing in Salmon Arm next year. (Submitted photos/SAFMS)

By Vernon Matters Staff

Sloan and Manx

Canadian artists to play Salmon Arm

Nov 15, 2022 | 6:00 PM

The Salmon Arm Folk Music Society has lined up two Canadian artists to perform in Salmon Arm next year.

Harry Manx will be in the city on Sunday, Jan. 22 and Sloan will put on a show on Sunday, March 5, 2023, both at Song Sparrow Hall.

Manx features a blend of the east and west that Salmon Arm fell in love with when he brought his 20-string Mohan veena to the Roots and Blues Festival last summer.

“We’re thrilled to bring Harry back to Salmon Arm,” said Kevin Tobin, artistic director, SAFMS. “Harry stepped up at the last minute to perform on the Blues Stage, and his playing was one of many festival highlights.”

Manx’s 2010 album Bread and Buddha was nominated for the JUNO for Blues Album of the Year.

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The society has also announced that Sloan will rock Song Sparrow Hall on Sunday, March 5, 2023.

“They’re one of the biggest names from the ‘90s East Coast alternative scene in Canada. When you think of Canadian alternative rock, you think of Sloan,” Tobin remarked.

The Toronto-based, Halifax-born quartet grew to Canadian indie rock fame quickly after their first performance in 1991. By 1992, Sloan captured their rare chemistry on tape and released their self-titled debut and crowd-favourite single Underwhelmed.

Fast forward 30 years, and the Sloan boys—Chris Murphy (bass and vocals), Jay Ferguson (guitar and vocals), Patrick Pentland (guitar and vocals) and Andrew Scott (drums and vocals)—evolved their iconic fizzy, fuzzed-out sound into their later Dylan-esque streams of consciousness and short blasts of power pop.

With more than 250 songs, 30 singles with airplay on Canadian rock radio and their new release Sloan Steady, Sloan has racked up nine JUNO nominations and won Best Alternative Album in 1997.

Tickets are on sale at 9 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, with information here.