The Gentle Good

As part of a series of exclusive videos to Folk Radio UK watch The Gentle Good performing Pen draw’r Byd (The far side of the world) from his forthcoming new album Ruins/Adfeilion, recorded live at The Gate Arts Centre in Cardiff.

Cardiff singer-songwriter and folk musician Gareth Bonello (The Gentle Good) returns this October with his fourth album Ruins/Adfeilion. To mark the release, we have a series of exclusive live videos. Watch the first one today – The Fisherman

Poetry and Lyrics is a new festival dedicated to the relationship between poetry and music which will be hosted at London’s Kings Place featuring Cerys Matthews, Chris Wood, Gareth Bonello, Haiku Salut, Dizraeli and many more.

Formerly known as Joyce The Librarian, Martin Callingham recently released the excellent ‘Tonight, We All Swim Free’, one of our featured Albums of the Month. Here he gives FRUK an exclusive insight into the album’s creation, those involved in its making and shares his thoughts on mysterious art of songwriting.

Stepping into the spotlight, Martin Callingham called on his friends from the Bristol scene to help create the beautifully realised statement album Tonight, We All Swim Free.

Watch this great video showcase from Cardiff’s Bubblewrap Collective featuring Gareth Bonello, Richard James, Little Arrow, Quiet Marauder and Ivan Moult.

Having just premièred on S4C, watch the new animated video for The Gentle Good’s ‘Yr Wylan Fry’ taken from last years release ‘Y Bardd Anfarwol’.

Helen headed to Union Chapel for St. David’s Day for an unforgettable Daylight Music concert featuring The Gentle Good / Katell Keinig / Richard James. Includes live video of the day.

The Gentle Good’s music has featured as an Album of the Month and also in our Best Albums of 2013 list so don’t miss this opportunity to see him live. Plus we have a small taster to tempt you.

In our final part of the Best Albums of 2013 we include the full list of all 92 Albums we chose along with the final few including: The Gentle Good, Blowzabella, RM Hubbert, Kathryn Williams & more.

Y Bardd Anfarwol is the latest offering from The Gentle Good, a record which sounds new and fresh, as delicate as a watercolour yet with the energy of a master calligrapher’s work.

Gareth Bonello (aka The Gentle Good) releases his new album Y Bardd Anfarwol on 9 Dec. The album tells the life story of the Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai and brings together elements of Welsh and Chinese folk music.