Jazz Articles about Gwyneth Herbert

Gwyneth Herbert: The Sea Cabinet

by John Eyles
June 19, 2013

The Sea Cabinet is singer-songwriter Gwyneth Herbert's sixth album release, her first since All the Ghosts (Naim, 2009). That album's Herbert compositions drew comparisons with such iconic British songwriters as Ray Davies and Paul McCartney--comparisons which were spot-on but for the crucial fact that Herbert unfailingly sees the world from a woman's point of view--while the elasticity and phrasing of her vocals were rightly likened to Joni Mitchell.As its title suggests, The Sea Cabinet brings together a dozen ...