Tony McManus, born in 1965 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, is a guitarist known for his finger-style acoustic guitar arrangements. In 1988, he substituted for Soig Siberil in the supergroup Celtic Fiddle Festival, which included fiddlers Johnny Cunningham, Kevin Burke, and Christian Lemaitre. He has collaborated with artists including Catriona MacDonald and Brian McNeill. His debut album, Tony McManus, was released in 1996 on Greentrax Recordings. This was followed by Pourquoi Quebec? (1998) and Return to Kintail (1999), the latter a collaboration with Alasdair Fraser. Other notable albums include Ceol More (2002), Singing Sands (2005) with Alain Genty, and The Maker's Mark (2008). McManus performed Erik Satie’s music for the film Michael Collins and played J.S. Bach’s Chaconne with John McLaughlin at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. In 2017, Guitar Player magazine named him one of "50 Transcendent Acoustic Guitarists."
