One of the most influential and innovative guitarists of the past quarter century, Preston Reed, invented integrated percussive guitar playing in the late 1980s, revolutionizing the way the acoustic guitar is played and inspiring generations of musicians around the world ever since.
Employing multi-voiced grooves, polyrhythmic percussion and story-telling compositions, Reed’s visionary approach fully exploits the breathtaking orchestral potential of the acoustic guitar.
Since 1979, Preston has released seventeen critically-acclaimed albums and performed on six continents, including a recent eight-state U.S. tour. His TED Talk performance with Usman Riaz has received over eight million Internet views.
His long teaching experience includes The Swannanoa Gathering, where he taught Kaki King, his own guitar workshops in Scotland, attended by many over the years including Ed Sheeran, and his master class at Berklee College of Music. His 1994 instructional video, The Guitar Of Preston Reed: Expanding The Realm Of Acoustic Playing, continues to set today’s and tomorrow’s top players on the path to developing their own musical voices on the instrument.
"Widely thought of as the world’s most gifted acoustic guitarist” Total Guitar
“Spectacular… the best one-man show this reviewer has seen since Bruce Springsteen” The Irish Independent
“Remarkable…. Mesmerising…” UNCUT
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