TONY McMANUS: TOURING MARCH 2011
Agent- John McAuslan, Across the Borders Touring Agency
Office hours- 03 9387 3376 or bookbmf@vicnet.net.au
Tony
McManus Website
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LISTEN TO TONY McMANUS
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THE MAKER'S MARK (2008)
1. Inveran
2. The Rolling Waves/Martin Wynne's #1
3. Reel de la Sauvagine
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"The best Celtic guitarist in the world"- John Renbourn
To find a unique voice on so ubiquitous an instrument as the
acoustic guitar is quite an achievement: to do so within a centuries
old idiom where the instrument has no real history is truly
remarkable. Scots born and now Canada based, Tony McManus
has come to be recognised throughout the world as the leading
guitarist in Celtic Music. From early childhood his twin obsessions
of traditional music and acoustic guitar have worked together
to produce a startlingly original approach to this ancient art.
Through Tony’s hands the emotions of Celtic music are
transferred to the guitar and the listener is drawn into the
driving energy of a reel or the timeless atmosphere of a lament
- each finding an authentic voice through his interpretation.
That emotional connection lifts McManus’s playing beyond
mere virtuosity to a place where new listeners worldwide -
from the Hebrides to Connemara and from Bogota to Tokyo are
won over to this music.
In addition to his four solo albums there have been groundbreaking
recordings with musicians as diverse as Scots fiddler Alasdair
Fraser, bluegrass legend Dan Crary and French bassist Alain
Genty among other collaborations.
Whatever the context, Tony’s presence is unique and
driven by a passion for the music. His engaging personality
on stage has taken him to five continents and his contribution
was recently recognised with a Gold Medal voted by the readers
of Acoustic Guitar magazine - fellow recipients were John
Williams, Paco de Lucia and Tommy Emmanuel.
Tony’s latest recording “The Maker’s Mark”
- released by Compass Records featuring solos on a roomful
of the finest instruments currently being made - has won universal
acclaim even in the rock guitar press where jigs and reels
would have been unheard of prior to its release. On this album,
alongside his lifelong love of Scottish and Irish music, he
explores harmonies from South Africa, the strange scales and
rhythms of Eastern Europe and an achingly beautiful baroque
madrigal from Claudio Monteverdi.
Whatever the source, the listener is engaged by a creative
integrity and by one of the most original musicians to emerge
in recent years.
"The best Celtic guitarist in the world" -John
Renbourn
Tony is the Jeff Beck of acoustic guitar" - Paul Reed
Smith, PRS Guitars
View
one of Tony's clips on Utube
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TOUR DATES: MARCH 2011
Thursday 10 March
Trinity Sessions, Adelaide-
Part of Adelaide Fringe
www.myspace.com/trinitysessions
Friday 11- Sunday 14 March
Port Fairy Folk Festival
www.portfairyfolkfestival.com
Wednesday 16 March
Guitar workshop- Brunswick Music Festival
www.brunswickmusicfestival.com.au
Thursday 17 March
Bendigo Folk Club, Victoria
www.bendigofolkclub.com
Friday 18 March
Concert Performance
Brunswick Music Festival
www.brunswickmusicfestival.com.au
Saturday 19-Sunday 20 March
Blue Mountains Music festival
www.bmff.org.au
Thursday 24 March
Notes, Sydney
http://noteslive.net.au
Friday 25 March
Merry Muse Canberra, ACT
www.merrymuse.org.au
Saturday 26 March
Old Museum, Brisbane
http://oldmuseum.org
Friday 1 April
Kulcha Club, Fremantle
www.kulcha.com.au
Saturday 2 April
Mechanics Institute Performing Arts Centre, Brunswick,
Vic
www.acrosstheborders.com.au
Tony McManus is touring exclusively with Across The
Borders. Touring Agency
BOOKINGS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
John McAuslan
Across The Borders Touring Agency
Phone: (03) 9387 3376 Fax: (03) 9380 8234
Email: johnbmf@vicnet.net.au
www.acrosstheborders.com.au
Tony
McManus Website
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