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The Gentle Good (Gareth Bonello)

Known for his intricate guitar playing, haunting vocals and captivating acoustic arrangements, Gareth Bonello (aka The Gentle Good) is one of the foremost songwriters working in Wales today.

Based in the city of Cardiff, Gareth writes in both English and Welsh and has released several critically acclaimed records. These include Ruins/Adfeilion, which won the Welsh Music prize in 2017 and Y Bardd Anfarwol (The Immortal Bard) which won the Welsh Language Album of the Year award in 2014 and inspired an award-winning play; Rhith Gân, by Wyn Mason in 2016.

A versatile songwriter, Gareth’s music explores themes of love, loneliness, social justice, cultural identity and metamorphosing into a moth. A dedicated multi-instrumentalist with a smattering of musical education, Gareth has often collaborated with composer Seb Goldfinch and the Mavron Quartet both in the studio and on stage to adorn his songs with luscious arrangements for strings and brass.

A captivating live performer, Gareth has enchanted audiences at major festivals both in the UK and further afield, most notably in China, India and the USA. International collaboration is a strong feature of Gareth’s work and he has written and performed with artists from all over the globe.

About tonights performance:

In 1841 the Foreign Mission of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church sent its first missionaries, Thomas and Ann Jones to the Khasi and Jaintia Hills in Northeast India. The Welsh mission was active in the region until 1969 and had a profound effect on Khasi society and culture that is still felt today. For the last three years Gareth Bonello (aka The Gentle Good) has been studying musical connections between Wales and the Khasi Hills and working on a new album in collaboration with Khasi poets and musicians. Gareth is hoping to perform with Khasi artists in Wales next year, but in the meantime here is a unique chance to hear Gareth perform some of the material in an intimate setting.

As a former Presbyterian Chapel dating from the time of the first mission, Acapela is an ideal venue to tell the story of Wales and the Khasi Hills. Joining Gareth on stage will be Jack Egglestone (Percussion), Callum Duggan (Bass) and Jennifer Gallichan (Vocals). As well as sharing songs from the collaboration in Northeast India, the band will be performing new material as well as some old favourites.

Performing an old Welsh hymn on Duitara, a Khasi instrument for Heno on S4C https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVJhfmphY0Q

Singing a hymn called Bryniau Casia (Khasi Hills) in Acapela itself for Dechrau Canu, Dechrau Canmol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A8lLndEwaM

For loads 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.  

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