Gwenifer Raymond

Welsh-born, Brighton-based guitarist Gwenifer Raymond performs at Mono in Glasgow, presenting music built on finger-picked guitar. The night is a live concert by the artist.

Gwenifer Raymond is an instrumentalist born in Wales and based in Brighton, whose playing centres on the finger-picked guitar. Her approach draws on Mississippi blues and the intricate Americana associated with John Fahey, combined with the rural landscape of south Wales and an interest in folk horror and the avant garde. She has given the style a name of her own, Welsh Primitive.

Her third studio album, Last Night I Heard the Dog Star Bark, was released in September 2025 on the Canadian label We Are Busy Bodies. Earlier, her albums Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain (2020, Tompkins Square), which was a Welsh Music Prize nominee, and You Were Never Much of a Dancer (2018, Tompkins Square) were issued. She has recently signed to Fat Possum, which is to release new music and reissue her first two records.

The concert takes place at Mono, Kings Court, a venue in Glasgow that hosts concerts and shows, and suits listeners interested in solo guitar music rooted in blues, country and folk.