The Gentle Good

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Night River Presents: The Gentle Good - unplugged acoustic set

A magically intimate unplugged micro concert featuring The Gentle Good, with a short opening set by your host, DG Solaris

The Gentle Good is the stage-name of Cardiff-born songwriter Gareth Bonello. Gareth draws on the language, poetry and melodies of his native Wales to create beautiful modern folk music in English and in Welsh.

The Gentle Good have released several critically acclaimed records, all of which feature the essential twin influences of fiddle player and composer Seb Goldfinch and producer Llion Robertson. In 2011 Gareth and Seb collaborated with the Mavron String Quartet as well as Welsh folk sirens Cate Le Bon and Lisa Jên Brown to write and record Tethered For The Storm. The album received widespread critical praise and was nominated for the inaugural Welsh Music Prize. Later that year Gareth was awarded the Composer of the Year Award at BBC Radio Cymru’s RAP awards.

As a performer Gareth is well-travelled and versatile, most often performing as a soloist

His 2013 release and first for Bubblewrap Collective, Y Bardd Anfarwol, was an album themed on the life of the Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai that was, again, nominated for the Welsh Music Prize. it also won the Welsh Language album of the year in the 2015 National Eisteddofd.

His most recent LP release, Ruins / Adfeilion, was released to ever-expanding ripples of critical acclaim in October 2016. The album went on to win the Welsh Music Prize in 2017.

Don't miss your chance to see this fantastic act perform in the most intimate of venues. Only 35 seats available.

Doors 7pm, music starts at 8pm. Please be punctual to ensure you have time to find a seat and get a drink.