Gareth Bonello
@gentlegood.bsky.social
Cantor / Musician - The Gentle Good - Khasi-Cymru Collective
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Gareth Bonello
@gentlegood.bsky.social
· Oct 30
Elan
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Ydych chi wedi clywed 'Elan' eto? Ewch i'ch hoff ffrwd, a 'steddwch lawr i wrando...
Have you heard 'Elan' yet? Go to your favourite stream, sit yourself down and listen...
orcd.co/elantgg
Have you heard 'Elan' yet? Go to your favourite stream, sit yourself down and listen...
orcd.co/elantgg
Excited to be performing at @loopfestshropshire.bsky.social both with the band and solo next year!
Edrych mlaen at @loopfestshropshire.bsky.social blwyddyn nesa! Set solo a set gyda’r band hefyd!
loopfest.co.uk
Edrych mlaen at @loopfestshropshire.bsky.social blwyddyn nesa! Set solo a set gyda’r band hefyd!
loopfest.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Excited to be performing at @loopfestshropshire.bsky.social both with the band and solo next year!
Edrych mlaen at @loopfestshropshire.bsky.social blwyddyn nesa! Set solo a set gyda’r band hefyd!
loopfest.co.uk
Edrych mlaen at @loopfestshropshire.bsky.social blwyddyn nesa! Set solo a set gyda’r band hefyd!
loopfest.co.uk
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My AOTY 25 list in order from 1-25 👇
Thank you all of you artists that keep me sane
@adwaithmusic.bsky.social @youngfathers.bsky.social @gentlegood.bsky.social @mpproductions.bsky.social
@radiohead.wastehq.social
@coseyfannitutti.bsky.social
@selfesteem.music-social.com @gaelynnlea.bsky.social
Thank you all of you artists that keep me sane
@adwaithmusic.bsky.social @youngfathers.bsky.social @gentlegood.bsky.social @mpproductions.bsky.social
@radiohead.wastehq.social
@coseyfannitutti.bsky.social
@selfesteem.music-social.com @gaelynnlea.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
My AOTY 25 list in order from 1-25 👇
Thank you all of you artists that keep me sane
@adwaithmusic.bsky.social @youngfathers.bsky.social @gentlegood.bsky.social @mpproductions.bsky.social
@radiohead.wastehq.social
@coseyfannitutti.bsky.social
@selfesteem.music-social.com @gaelynnlea.bsky.social
Thank you all of you artists that keep me sane
@adwaithmusic.bsky.social @youngfathers.bsky.social @gentlegood.bsky.social @mpproductions.bsky.social
@radiohead.wastehq.social
@coseyfannitutti.bsky.social
@selfesteem.music-social.com @gaelynnlea.bsky.social
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Big news:
1. Leaked Welsh Labour report shows what went wrong in Caerphilly.
2. Sec of State for Wales seemingly doesn't attend Welsh Gov summit because she wasn't given speaking roll.
3. I questioned UK Gov minister who told Wales to "be grateful" for terrible rail deal.
tinyurl.com/yc5wbvy2
1. Leaked Welsh Labour report shows what went wrong in Caerphilly.
2. Sec of State for Wales seemingly doesn't attend Welsh Gov summit because she wasn't given speaking roll.
3. I questioned UK Gov minister who told Wales to "be grateful" for terrible rail deal.
tinyurl.com/yc5wbvy2
Leaked Welsh Labour report lays bare divides
Plus we quizzed the UK minister who told Wales to "be grateful"
willhaywardwales.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Big news:
1. Leaked Welsh Labour report shows what went wrong in Caerphilly.
2. Sec of State for Wales seemingly doesn't attend Welsh Gov summit because she wasn't given speaking roll.
3. I questioned UK Gov minister who told Wales to "be grateful" for terrible rail deal.
tinyurl.com/yc5wbvy2
1. Leaked Welsh Labour report shows what went wrong in Caerphilly.
2. Sec of State for Wales seemingly doesn't attend Welsh Gov summit because she wasn't given speaking roll.
3. I questioned UK Gov minister who told Wales to "be grateful" for terrible rail deal.
tinyurl.com/yc5wbvy2
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My piece for The Guardian about why I am far more concerned about Reform's aversion to scrutiny than I am about them calling me a c***.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I don’t care if Reform calls me a bad word on WhatsApp. But the story behind its gaffe is far more worrying | Will Hayward
The leaked exchange shows how much the party dislikes scrutiny – which reveals a lot about its approach to governing, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
My piece for The Guardian about why I am far more concerned about Reform's aversion to scrutiny than I am about them calling me a c***.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Mae'n Ddydd Gwener Bandcamp #BandcampFriday - y diwrnod gorau i brynu o fy nhudalen @bandcamp.com
Mae tiwns hen a newydd ar gael ac os ydych chi moyn CD neu Finyl mewn pryd am y 'Dolig, dyma'ch cyfle!
thegentlegood.bandcamp.com/music
Mae tiwns hen a newydd ar gael ac os ydych chi moyn CD neu Finyl mewn pryd am y 'Dolig, dyma'ch cyfle!
thegentlegood.bandcamp.com/music
The Gentle Good
Cantor o Gaerdydd sy'n canu yn y Gymraeg a'r Saesneg. Chware'r gitar acwstig yn bennaf.
Songwriter from Cardiff, singing in Welsh and English. Primarily plays acoustic guitar.
Cantautor de Cardiff ...
thegentlegood.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Mae'n Ddydd Gwener Bandcamp #BandcampFriday - y diwrnod gorau i brynu o fy nhudalen @bandcamp.com
Mae tiwns hen a newydd ar gael ac os ydych chi moyn CD neu Finyl mewn pryd am y 'Dolig, dyma'ch cyfle!
thegentlegood.bandcamp.com/music
Mae tiwns hen a newydd ar gael ac os ydych chi moyn CD neu Finyl mewn pryd am y 'Dolig, dyma'ch cyfle!
thegentlegood.bandcamp.com/music
It's #BandcampFriday - the best day to buy music from my @bandcamp.com page. There's tunes old and new there, and if you want to order a CD or Vinyl in time for Christmas, now's the time!
thegentlegood.bandcamp.com/music
thegentlegood.bandcamp.com/music
The Gentle Good
Cantor o Gaerdydd sy'n canu yn y Gymraeg a'r Saesneg. Chware'r gitar acwstig yn bennaf.
Songwriter from Cardiff, singing in Welsh and English. Primarily plays acoustic guitar.
Cantautor de Cardiff ...
thegentlegood.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It's #BandcampFriday - the best day to buy music from my @bandcamp.com page. There's tunes old and new there, and if you want to order a CD or Vinyl in time for Christmas, now's the time!
thegentlegood.bandcamp.com/music
thegentlegood.bandcamp.com/music
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Sick of constant demonisation of migrants on #bbcqt & failed cruelty being the only answer from spineless politicians?
Look out for my report launching at 11am with 9 evidence-backed proposals to ACTUALLY fix the immigration system!
With @anothereurope.bsky.social & @fesonline.bsky.social
👀👀👀
Look out for my report launching at 11am with 9 evidence-backed proposals to ACTUALLY fix the immigration system!
With @anothereurope.bsky.social & @fesonline.bsky.social
👀👀👀
December 5, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Sick of constant demonisation of migrants on #bbcqt & failed cruelty being the only answer from spineless politicians?
Look out for my report launching at 11am with 9 evidence-backed proposals to ACTUALLY fix the immigration system!
With @anothereurope.bsky.social & @fesonline.bsky.social
👀👀👀
Look out for my report launching at 11am with 9 evidence-backed proposals to ACTUALLY fix the immigration system!
With @anothereurope.bsky.social & @fesonline.bsky.social
👀👀👀
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Had our first couple of plays of the new @ivanmoult.bsky.social album earlier today - its absolutely stunning 💚
Evoking sounds akin to John Martyn or Nick Drake, it's a beautifully warm & intimate listen with truly stellar instrumentals
CD £9.99 💿
LP £21.99 ⚫️
@bubblewrapcollective.co.uk
Evoking sounds akin to John Martyn or Nick Drake, it's a beautifully warm & intimate listen with truly stellar instrumentals
CD £9.99 💿
LP £21.99 ⚫️
@bubblewrapcollective.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Had our first couple of plays of the new @ivanmoult.bsky.social album earlier today - its absolutely stunning 💚
Evoking sounds akin to John Martyn or Nick Drake, it's a beautifully warm & intimate listen with truly stellar instrumentals
CD £9.99 💿
LP £21.99 ⚫️
@bubblewrapcollective.co.uk
Evoking sounds akin to John Martyn or Nick Drake, it's a beautifully warm & intimate listen with truly stellar instrumentals
CD £9.99 💿
LP £21.99 ⚫️
@bubblewrapcollective.co.uk
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Just Played returns with a bumper instalment of vinyl goodness - from Lilac Time and Durutti Column reissues through to Simple Minds and James...
www.clashmusic.com/features/jus...
www.clashmusic.com/features/jus...
December 2, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Just Played returns with a bumper instalment of vinyl goodness - from Lilac Time and Durutti Column reissues through to Simple Minds and James...
www.clashmusic.com/features/jus...
www.clashmusic.com/features/jus...
Mae CDs a Finyl 'Elan' ar werth o'r bandcamp ac o'r wefan thegentlegood.com/product/elan
"Mae’r albwm wedi’i saernïo’n wych" Barn
"a joy" ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Songlines
"a richly immersive album" ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Shindig!
thegentlegood.bandcamp.com/album/elan
"Mae’r albwm wedi’i saernïo’n wych" Barn
"a joy" ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Songlines
"a richly immersive album" ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Shindig!
thegentlegood.bandcamp.com/album/elan
Elan, by The Gentle Good
13 track album
thegentlegood.bandcamp.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Mae CDs a Finyl 'Elan' ar werth o'r bandcamp ac o'r wefan thegentlegood.com/product/elan
"Mae’r albwm wedi’i saernïo’n wych" Barn
"a joy" ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Songlines
"a richly immersive album" ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Shindig!
thegentlegood.bandcamp.com/album/elan
"Mae’r albwm wedi’i saernïo’n wych" Barn
"a joy" ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Songlines
"a richly immersive album" ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Shindig!
thegentlegood.bandcamp.com/album/elan
'Elan' CDs & Vinyl on sale from my bandcamp and thegentlegood.com/product/elan/
"deserves to be hailed as not only a Welsh, but a worldwide folk classic"@joyzineuk.bsky.social
"a joy" ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Songlines
"a richly immersive album ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Shindig
"a triumph" Klof Mag
thegentlegood.bandcamp.com/album/elan
"deserves to be hailed as not only a Welsh, but a worldwide folk classic"@joyzineuk.bsky.social
"a joy" ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Songlines
"a richly immersive album ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Shindig
"a triumph" Klof Mag
thegentlegood.bandcamp.com/album/elan
Elan, by The Gentle Good
13 track album
thegentlegood.bandcamp.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:45 AM
'Elan' CDs & Vinyl on sale from my bandcamp and thegentlegood.com/product/elan/
"deserves to be hailed as not only a Welsh, but a worldwide folk classic"@joyzineuk.bsky.social
"a joy" ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Songlines
"a richly immersive album ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Shindig
"a triumph" Klof Mag
thegentlegood.bandcamp.com/album/elan
"deserves to be hailed as not only a Welsh, but a worldwide folk classic"@joyzineuk.bsky.social
"a joy" ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Songlines
"a richly immersive album ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Shindig
"a triumph" Klof Mag
thegentlegood.bandcamp.com/album/elan
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Ydych chi wedi clywed 'Elan' eto? Ewch i'ch hoff ffrwd, a 'steddwch lawr i wrando...
Have you heard 'Elan' yet? Go to your favourite stream, sit yourself down and listen...
orcd.co/elantgg
Have you heard 'Elan' yet? Go to your favourite stream, sit yourself down and listen...
orcd.co/elantgg
Elan
Dewiswch wasanaeth // Choose your preferred music service
orcd.co
October 30, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Ydych chi wedi clywed 'Elan' eto? Ewch i'ch hoff ffrwd, a 'steddwch lawr i wrando...
Have you heard 'Elan' yet? Go to your favourite stream, sit yourself down and listen...
orcd.co/elantgg
Have you heard 'Elan' yet? Go to your favourite stream, sit yourself down and listen...
orcd.co/elantgg
Galargan CDs and Vinyl are back in stock on my @bandcamp.com page
CDs a Finyl Galargan nôl mewn stoc ar y dudalen @bandcamp.com
thegentlegood.bandcamp.com/album/galargan
CDs a Finyl Galargan nôl mewn stoc ar y dudalen @bandcamp.com
thegentlegood.bandcamp.com/album/galargan
Galargan, by The Gentle Good
8 track album
thegentlegood.bandcamp.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Galargan CDs and Vinyl are back in stock on my @bandcamp.com page
CDs a Finyl Galargan nôl mewn stoc ar y dudalen @bandcamp.com
thegentlegood.bandcamp.com/album/galargan
CDs a Finyl Galargan nôl mewn stoc ar y dudalen @bandcamp.com
thegentlegood.bandcamp.com/album/galargan
Who's behind Reform in Wales?
Spoiler alert...
it's mostly Tories, dishonest grifters, football hooligans, racists, the far right, wealthy elites, the Atlas foundation, Tories again, US based right-wing elites, Vladimir Putin and more Tory elites
Spoiler alert...
it's mostly Tories, dishonest grifters, football hooligans, racists, the far right, wealthy elites, the Atlas foundation, Tories again, US based right-wing elites, Vladimir Putin and more Tory elites
We have written a special report looking at the people behind Reform in Wales.
This was a bizarre piece to write.
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...
This was a bizarre piece to write.
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...
Special report: Who are Reform in Wales?
We dived into the wild world of Reform UK in Cymru
willhaywardwales.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Who's behind Reform in Wales?
Spoiler alert...
it's mostly Tories, dishonest grifters, football hooligans, racists, the far right, wealthy elites, the Atlas foundation, Tories again, US based right-wing elites, Vladimir Putin and more Tory elites
Spoiler alert...
it's mostly Tories, dishonest grifters, football hooligans, racists, the far right, wealthy elites, the Atlas foundation, Tories again, US based right-wing elites, Vladimir Putin and more Tory elites
Reposted by Gareth Bonello
We have written a special report looking at the people behind Reform in Wales.
This was a bizarre piece to write.
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...
This was a bizarre piece to write.
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...
Special report: Who are Reform in Wales?
We dived into the wild world of Reform UK in Cymru
willhaywardwales.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:13 AM
We have written a special report looking at the people behind Reform in Wales.
This was a bizarre piece to write.
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...
This was a bizarre piece to write.
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...
BBC censoring their own staff after censoring a speaker they'd invited to give a Reith lecture about censorship
November 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
BBC censoring their own staff after censoring a speaker they'd invited to give a Reith lecture about censorship
Reposted by Gareth Bonello
Doeddwn i ddim yn nabod Wal yn dda, ond wedi mwynhau ei chwarae'n fawr wrth wylio'n perfformio gydag Arwel Lloyd a cherddorion eraill dros y blynyddoedd. Roedd wastad yn braf cael sgwrs ar ddiwedd y nos 'da fe ac mae'n glir o'r holl deyrngedau roedd yn berson cynnes ac uchel ei barch, nos da Wal
Teyrngedau i Andrew ‘Wal’ Coughlan, y basydd o Abertawe
Yn hanu o ardal Sandfields, aeth Andrew ‘Wal’ Coughlan i berfformio â rhai o fawrion y byd cerddoriaeth #cerddoriaeth
✍️ Efan Owen
Yn hanu o ardal Sandfields, aeth Andrew ‘Wal’ Coughlan i berfformio â rhai o fawrion y byd cerddoriaeth #cerddoriaeth
✍️ Efan Owen
Teyrngedau i Andrew ‘Wal’ Coughlan, y basydd o Abertawe
Yn hanu o ardal Sandfields, aeth Andrew ‘Wal’ Coughlan i berfformio â rhai o fawrion y byd cerddoriaeth
golwg.360.cymru
November 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Doeddwn i ddim yn nabod Wal yn dda, ond wedi mwynhau ei chwarae'n fawr wrth wylio'n perfformio gydag Arwel Lloyd a cherddorion eraill dros y blynyddoedd. Roedd wastad yn braf cael sgwrs ar ddiwedd y nos 'da fe ac mae'n glir o'r holl deyrngedau roedd yn berson cynnes ac uchel ei barch, nos da Wal
Reposted by Gareth Bonello
Teyrngedau i Andrew ‘Wal’ Coughlan, y basydd o Abertawe
Yn hanu o ardal Sandfields, aeth Andrew ‘Wal’ Coughlan i berfformio â rhai o fawrion y byd cerddoriaeth #cerddoriaeth
✍️ Efan Owen
Yn hanu o ardal Sandfields, aeth Andrew ‘Wal’ Coughlan i berfformio â rhai o fawrion y byd cerddoriaeth #cerddoriaeth
✍️ Efan Owen
Teyrngedau i Andrew ‘Wal’ Coughlan, y basydd o Abertawe
Yn hanu o ardal Sandfields, aeth Andrew ‘Wal’ Coughlan i berfformio â rhai o fawrion y byd cerddoriaeth
golwg.360.cymru
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Teyrngedau i Andrew ‘Wal’ Coughlan, y basydd o Abertawe
Yn hanu o ardal Sandfields, aeth Andrew ‘Wal’ Coughlan i berfformio â rhai o fawrion y byd cerddoriaeth #cerddoriaeth
✍️ Efan Owen
Yn hanu o ardal Sandfields, aeth Andrew ‘Wal’ Coughlan i berfformio â rhai o fawrion y byd cerddoriaeth #cerddoriaeth
✍️ Efan Owen
Llongyfarchiadau mawr i Owen Shiers @cynefinmusic.bsky.social ar yr enwebiad, mae'n albwm arbennig iawn!
The Folk Album of the Year Award has revealed its first-ever shortlist: nine outstanding albums released in Britain and Ireland in 2025 - with Cynefin flying the flag for Welsh folk music
Welsh artist makes first ever Folk Album of the Year shortlist
The Folk Album of the Year Award has revealed its first-ever shortlist: nine outstanding albums released in Britain and Ireland in 2025 – with Cynefin flying the flag for Welsh folk music. The artists...
nation.cymru
November 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Llongyfarchiadau mawr i Owen Shiers @cynefinmusic.bsky.social ar yr enwebiad, mae'n albwm arbennig iawn!
Reposted by Gareth Bonello
The Folk Album of the Year Award has revealed its first-ever shortlist: nine outstanding albums released in Britain and Ireland in 2025 - with Cynefin flying the flag for Welsh folk music
Welsh artist makes first ever Folk Album of the Year shortlist
The Folk Album of the Year Award has revealed its first-ever shortlist: nine outstanding albums released in Britain and Ireland in 2025 – with Cynefin flying the flag for Welsh folk music. The artists...
nation.cymru
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The Folk Album of the Year Award has revealed its first-ever shortlist: nine outstanding albums released in Britain and Ireland in 2025 - with Cynefin flying the flag for Welsh folk music
I found this series very well done, especially the presentation of indigenous perspectives. If it didn't piss off The Telegraph and their deluded cronies at History Reclaimed I'd be concerned
1/5 It was entirely predictable that The Telegraph would jump on @DavidOlusoga’s Empire series to fight its right wing culture war for control of our public history. Let’s see what they’ve done:
November 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I found this series very well done, especially the presentation of indigenous perspectives. If it didn't piss off The Telegraph and their deluded cronies at History Reclaimed I'd be concerned