{"id":454,"date":"2011-10-11T10:58:21","date_gmt":"2011-10-11T10:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=454"},"modified":"2011-10-11T10:58:21","modified_gmt":"2011-10-11T10:58:21","slug":"folk-stars-bring-fresh-flavour-to-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2011\/10\/11\/folk-stars-bring-fresh-flavour-to-cardiff\/","title":{"rendered":"Folk-Stars bring Fresh Flavour to Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">Rusty Shackle, Meilir and The Gentle Good are masters of the Folk genre with a twist. <\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The three Welsh acts are all responsible for introducing an intriguing interpretation of Folk to Cardiff\u2019s live music scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Rusty Shackle juggles an exciting cocktail of influences. Celtic story-telling, Bluegrass and a pinch of Rock combine to give the band their distinct \u2018Rusty vibes\u2019 describes their fiddler, Scott McKeon.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_529\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 300px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/rusty-shackle-oxjam-cardiff-2011-027-e1318329861768.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-529\" title=\"Music_1_RustyShackle_JP\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/rusty-shackle-oxjam-cardiff-2011-027-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-529\" title=\"Music_1_RustyShackle_JP\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/10\/rusty-shackle-oxjam-cardiff-2011-027-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rusty Shackle performing live at Cardiff&#039;s Oxjam<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">Whereas, Meilir, creates textured layers of sound by experimenting with his own unique instruments, including a typewriter and even a tray filled with gravel!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">The Gentle Good, solo artist Gareth Bonello, compliments dark folk tales with intricate guitar work. He deconstructs the genre to its purest form and uses nature as the predominant influence behind his hypnotic melodies. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Times New Roman\">This talented trio of acts present an eclectic mix of ingenious answers to how Folk music can captivate a live audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rusty Shackle, Meilir and The Gentle Good are masters of the Folk genre with a twist. The three Welsh acts are all responsible for introducing an intriguing interpretation of Folk to Cardiff\u2019s live music scene. \u00a0Rusty Shackle juggles an exciting cocktail of influences. Celtic story-telling, Bluegrass and a pinch of Rock combine to give the band their distinct \u2018Rusty vibes\u2019 describes their fiddler, Scott McKeon. \u00a0Whereas, Meilir, creates textured layers of sound by experimenting with his own unique instruments, including [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[495,496,497,498,499],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","tag-folk-music","tag-meilir","tag-oxjam","tag-rusty-shackle","tag-the-gentle-good"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Folk-Stars bring Fresh Flavour to Cardiff - alt.cardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2011\/10\/11\/folk-stars-bring-fresh-flavour-to-cardiff\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Folk-Stars bring Fresh Flavour to Cardiff - alt.cardiff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rusty Shackle, Meilir and The Gentle Good are masters of the Folk genre with a twist. 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