Tony McManus

Once again we're tying up with Sidmouth Folk Week to showcase top flight folk musicians who rarely perform in the UK.

This year we're delighted to have Scots born and Canada based Tony McManus, 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.

Tony's engaging stage personality has recently won him a Gold Medal as voted by readers of Acoustic Guitar magazine, previous winners being John Williams, Paco de Lucia and Tommy Emmanuel. His new album, Mysterious Boundaries, takes a different path altogether, and explores the music of Bach, Couperin, Monteverdi, Satie and Granados.