Tony McManus & Julia Toaspurn // The Backroom at Allerton

1st Set : 8pm - 8:45pm

Interval : 8:45pm - 9pm

2nd Set : 9 - 9:45pm

Curfew : 10:30pm

The backroom will be open for drinks ahead of the gig.

Tony McManus

Conjuring a unique but universal language from that most ubiquitous of instruments, the acoustic guitar, Tony McManus has both extended and transcended the parameters of contemporary Celtic music. Ranked by peers and predecessors alike alongside the guitar world’s all-time greats, his fiendishly dexterous, dazzlingly original playing draws on traditions from the entire Celtic diaspora – Scotland, Ireland, Brittany, Galicia, Asturias, Cape Breton, Quebec – along with still further-ranging flavours, such as jazz and east European music. Long applauded for his uncanny ability to transpose the delicate, complex ornamentation characteristic of traditional bagpipe or fiddle tunes – even the phrasing of a Gaelic song – onto his own six strings, McManus is increasingly being acknowledged also as a pioneering figure in bridging the realms of Celtic music and other guitar genres.

Julia Toaspurn

Julia Toaspern spent the past years gigging around Europe and the East Coast, played in Cuba and recorded in NYC - but she feels at home in the Scottish highlands where she makes music, tends sheep, milks goats and is inspired by the clarity, even when it’s foggy. From a starting point of classical training in both voice and violin, her horizon broadens to include traditional Irish music on flute and banjo and original songs of great passion infused with a deep love of jazz on the guitar. She sings of love and loss, survival and hope, turning the personal into a heartfelt truth for all of us.

www.tonymcmanus.com

https://juliatoaspern.de

Please note that unfortunately tickets are non refundable or transferable.