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The Gentle Good is the stage name of Gareth Bonello, a singer-songwriter and folk musician from Cardiff. The stage name is inspired by Bonello's, with "Gareth" traditionally meaning "Gentle" in Welsh. In addition to his own material, Bonello has had a longstanding partnership with musician Richard James and has also collaborated with other artists as a session musician. ==Career== Bonello started performing in Cardiff open mic nights in his early twenties and soon moved on to writing and performing his own material.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=PRS for Music - The Gentle Good interview 2015 )〕 His debut EP, the 4-track ''Dawel Disgyn'', was released on the Gwymon label in 2007. It features Seb Goldfinch on violin, Llion Robertson on keys and Lindsey Leven (now in Gulp) on backing vocals. Robertson has also produced all of Bonello's albums to date. Bonello's debut album ''While You Slept I Went Out Walking'' was released in 2008. Sung in both Welsh and English, it features renditions of traditional tracks and original songs. After the album's release, Bonello was invited to play at the 2008 Festival Interceltique de Lorient〔(Lorient 2008 - Year of Wales )〕 and as part of the Wales programme at the 2009 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.〔(Smithsonian Folklife Festival - 2009 - Wales Music and Dance )〕 He's previously performed at the Glastonbury Festival, as part of the 2009 Emerging Talent Competition, and at the SXSW festival in Texas. Second album ''Tethered for the Storm'', released in 2010, included an a cappella duet with Lisa Jên Brown of Welsh-language folk band 9Bach and backing vocals from Cate Le Bon. The album featured The Mavron Quartet with string arrangements by Seb Goldfinch. In October 2011 Bonello travelled to Chengdu, China as part of The British Council's China Residencies, in collaboration with the PRS for Music Foundation. The residency at the Chengdu Associated Theatre of Performing Arts produced Bonello's third album, ''Y Bardd Anfarwol'' (''The Immortal Bard''), released in 2013. It was recorded both in China with local musicians and back in the UK with The Mavron Quartet, members of the UK Chinese Ensemble and contributors such as Laura J. Martin on flute and Lisa Jên, who sang lead vocals on one track. The Welsh-language project, which combines Welsh and Chinese folk traditions, is based on the life and works of Chinese poet Li Bai. In 2014 it won Best Welsh Album at the National Eisteddfod. In early 2014, Bonello released on Bandcamp a new EP, ''Plygeiniwch!'', featuring traditional acoustic fingerpicking instrumentals, with all proceeds going to Macmillan Cancer Support. In 2014 he's also appeared in Cerys Matthews's S4C documentary about the history of folk music in Wales, ''Y Goeden Faled'' (''The Ballad Tree''). The Gentle Good has toured in the UK and performed solo and with a band in various festivals around Wales, including the Hay Festival, Calan Mai Folk Festival, The National Eisteddfod, Laugharne Weekend, WOMEX 2013〔(The Gentle Good - virtualWOMEX )〕 and Festival N°6; he's been a regular performer at the Green Man Festival. In 2015 Bonello returned to perform in Australia and India, and also took a further trip to China to perform music off his third album.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The British Council Music Projects - Gareth Bonello China Tour )〕 Bonello has long collaborated with musician Richard James, performing as a duo and also as guitarist in James's accompanying band.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= OUTSIDE MY HOUSE 1 - Mel Daley, Rich James + Gareth Bonello )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Richard James - Cariad y Wawr - Live at Acapela Studio )〕 Bonello was also one of the musicians who appeared on James's 2015 album, (''All the New Highways'' ), which was nominated for the 2014-2015 Welsh Music Prize.〔 http://welshmusicprize.com/category/nominees〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Gentle Good」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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