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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Jude Rogers

The Gentle Good: Galargan review – mesmerising Welsh folk songs for summer’s end

Full of longing … Gareth Bonello of The Gentle Good.
Full of longing … Gareth Bonello of The Gentle Good. Photograph: PR IMAGE undefined

The Gentle Good is Cardiff-based folk musician Gareth Bonello, whose musical interests often take him far from home. He has explored the bardic connections between Taoist and druidic storytelling (on 2013’s Y Bardd Anfarwol), and the songs of Welsh Christian missionaries with the Indian musicians affected by them. But Galargan (“lament” in Welsh) sees him burrow into his national identity and history to excavate songs full of longing.

The Gentle Good: Galargan album cover
The Gentle Good: Galargan album cover Photograph: PR handout
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