SOLO RECORDINGS

NEW RELEASE

THE MAKER'S MARK

Recorded in Nashville and featuring 15 of the finest guitars being built today, Tony’s newest recording is both a joyful celebration of the luthier’s art and a journey through some of the music that has inspired one of the most distinctive instrumental voices in the contemporary acoustic scene”
Greentrax Recordings / Compass Records

 

GUITAR ARTISTRY OF TONY MCMANUS

Hector The Hero, The Girls at Martinfield Guitar Tuning:
Maids of Mitchelstown Guitar Tuning::
An Ciarraioch Mallaithe (The Accursed Kerryman), Muireann's Jig Guitar
Seathan, Chloe's Passion
Breton Wedding Marches
Goodbye Porkpie Hat
The Sleeping Tune, Na Gossidich
Wonderful World, Charlie Hunter's Jig, Humours of Tulla
Exile, Le Reve du Queteux Tremblay, Sandizan
Bidh Clan Uillaidh Guitar Tuning
Shalom Aleichem Guitar Tuning:
The Lament for the Viscount of Dundee Set
A Tune For Frankie, O'Farrell's Welcome to Limerick
Nikosi Sikelele Afrika
Doina
Sliabh Na Mban


 
SINGING SANDS
Tony McManus & Alain Genty
GentyGreentrax Recordings

CEOL MORE
Greentrax Recordings / Compass Records, February 2002.Ceol More album notes.
Read some reviews.
hear an mp3 clip - Sliabh Gal Cua Kishor's Tune
hear an mp3 clip - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
hear an mp3 clip - Suite de Ridées

POURQUOIS QUEBEC
Greentrax Recordings 1998.
hear an mp3 clip - The Dance of Suleiman
hear an mp3 clip - The Maid Behind (McGlinchy's) Bar set

TONY MCMANUS
Greentrax Recordings 1995.
hear an mp3 clip - The Emigrant's Farewell
hear an mp3 clip - Jackie Coleman's set

Read some technical notes from Tony including sources, tunings and techniques.

OTHER RECORDINGS

WITH ALASDAIR FRASER
RETURN TO KINTAIL, Culburnie Records 1999

AS PRODUCER
Suil Air Ais, Cathy Anne MacPhee, Greentrax Recordings
Thunderstruck, Gordon Duncan, Greentrax Recordings
The Islay Ball, Gary West, Greentrax Recordings
Synergy, Deaf Shepherd, Greentrax Recordings
Colin Reid, Colin Reid, Veesik Records
Snap and Roll, Clare McLaughlin and Marianne Campbell

 

LIVE: THE MEN OF STEEL
THE ART OF THE STEEL-STRING GUITAR

Their music is as diverse as their cultures. From the Mediterranean, Canada, Scotland, and the United States, these artists of the steel-string guitar create a spellbinding acoustic performance. Four of the most dynamic and powerful guitar artists in the world, each a master of the acoustic guitar, combine their talents into one amazing ensemble. Men of Steel is Beppe Gambetta (Italy), Dan Crary (US), Tony McManus (Scotland), and Don Ross (Canada).

Men Of Steel

 

TUITION VIDEOS

Celtic Fingerstyle Guitar volumes 1 & 2, Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop

selected guest appearances and compilations