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World on 3: Tony McManus

Tony McManus

18/06/2010

BBC Radio 3 - World on 3, Tony McManus

Mary Ann Kennedy features a session with guitarist Tony McManus.

Mary Ann Kennedy presents music from across the globe, plus a session with celebrated Scots-Canadian guitarist Tony McManus.

Mary Ann Kennedy with music from across the globe, plus a session with Scots - Canadian guitarist Tony McManus.

Tony McManus has been acclaimed as 'the finest guitarist Scotland has ever produced' and 'the Jeff Beck of the acoustic guitar'.  He is currently on a rare visit to the UK from his home in Canada, but it was before his move that he made his reputation in Scotland, playing in the lively session scene in Glasgow and Edinburgh.  He has cultivated his own 'Celtic' style of guitar playing, which reflects all the phrasing and ornaments of traditional Scots pipe or fiddle music.

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