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THE LATE, great, Mary McPartlan once noted that Irish folk music must not continually rest on a handful of standards, instead new material must be added to keep the form alive.

PRESTON REED, "widely thought of as the world’s most gifted guitarist,” according to Total Guitar, and described by the Manchester Evening News as “a major musical talent”, is coming back to Galway.

Contemporary guitar visionary, Preston Reed, weaves his musical magic at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Thursday February 25.

The Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar has announced its sparkling January - April 2016 programme, and it’s definitely a goodie! Kicking off with the Trad dream team of Liam Ó Maonlai, Kevin Burke and Tim Edey on Thursday, January 14. Some of the many other highlights include the classically-based Far Flung Trio of Katherine Hunka, Dermot Dunne and Malachy Robinson (Thursday, January 21), Mikel Murfi and One Duck Theatre’s exciting new comedy-drama The Poor little Boy With No Arms (Monday, February 1), folk troubadour and national treasure Andy Irvine (Thursday, February 4), contemporary guitar magician Preston Reed (Thursday, February 25) a night of musical hilarity with The Nualas (Thursday, March 10) and jazz sax virtuoso Andy Sheppard (Monday, March 14).