The Gentle Good is the stage name of the award-winning songwriter and folk musician Gareth Bonello.
Based in the city of Cardiff, Wales, Gareth draws on the traditional music and culture of his homeland to create beautiful modern folk music with a distinctly Welsh character.
Best known for his intricate guitar playing, haunting vocals and captivating acoustic arrangements, Gareth has enchanted audiences at major festivals both in the UK and further afield, most notably in China, India and North America.
The Gentle Good have released several critically acclaimed records including the recent Ruins/Adfeilion, which won the Welsh Music Prize in 2017. The album explores themes of social justice and cultural identity at the start of the 21st Century and is graced with performances from some of the finest musicians in Wales.
International collaboration is a strong feature of Gareth’s work and he has written and performed with artists all over the globe. On the album Y Bardd Anfarwol (The Immortal Bard) he collaborated with traditional Chinese musicians in the Southern city of Chengdu, Sichuan province, to tell the story of the famous Chinese poet Li Bai. The record was awarded the Welsh Language Album of the Year award in 2014 and was also the inspiration behind an award-winning play; Rhith Gân, by Wyn Mason.
Continuing the theme of international collaboration, Gareth is currently studying for a doctorate on the music of the Khasi Hills in North East India, an area with links to Wales because of missionary activity in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Thanks to a research scholarship from the University of South Wales, Gareth is employing creative research techniques to explore the musical connections between the two cultures and is developing a collaborative music project with Khasi/Jaintia artists.
For more information please visit www.thegentlegood.com
Book a table for pre-concert dining
Acapela Studio provides pre-concert dining between 6.00pm and 7.30pm from our pizza oven. To view the current menu visit here.
Please purchase your concert tickets first before booking a table. We will not accept any table bookings that do not have a corresponding ticket purchase.
Then return to the event page to book your table, by selecting the date of your event, number of diners and time you require table. The times shown are the only vacancies left. Please complete your email and phone number as this is required to ensure your table is allocated. You will receive confirmation of your booking by email and text.
If on the date you have chosen no tables are available - no times will be shown and the booking system will revert you back to todays date - PLEASE ENSURE YOU BOOK THE CORRECT DATE!
PLEASE NOTE THE VENUE RELIES ON THE INCOME FROM DINING TO ENSURE WE CAN BOOK ALL THE GREAT ACTS PERFORMING.
Income from the provision of pizzas is very important to the venue and if you have booked a table it is a requirement that all people sat at tables order food - a salad alternative is available to pizzas. Please do ensure that all individuals will be ordering on your table - if this is not the case please cancel your table so others who are looking to dine can do so. Our apologies to raise this but recently we have had many tables (some very large) where less than 50% of those sat at tables have ordered food. Financially this is a real problem to the sustainability of the venue.
- All seating at tables must purchase a pizza - so please do not book a table if everyone is not eating.
- Please ensure that you arrive 10 minutes before the time slot allocated to order your pizzas prior to your booking time.
- Tables not seated within 15 minutes of the allocated time may be lost and allocated to other audience members wishing to order pizzas.
- If you wish to book a table for 6 or more please email info@acapela.co.uk
Please note that all of our pizzas are made fresh to order and cooked in an authentic wood-fired oven. It may take up to 45 minutes to be served during busy periods.
IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO BOOK A TABLE YOU CAN STILL ORDER PIZZAS ON THE NIGHT (USUALLY ON BUSY NIGHTS NO LATER THAN 7.15PM) AND WE WILL SERVE THEM TO YOU WHEREVER YOU ARE SAT IN THE VENUE - IN A PIZZA BOX.