Mimi Gilbert

Mimi Gilbert is an independent artist who has spent the better part of the last 10 years living, touring and creating music in Australia and New Zealand. Previously based in Melbourne now back in Los Angeles, the Californian born has toured most recently with Julia Jacklin and Angie McMahon and shares a similarly deeply-crafted, folk-inflected approach to their songwriting.

Hitting the road with their band this summer, playing songs from their debut record “Grew Inside the Water’ and many from their upcoming record ‘undrowning.’

Having got their start playing music at age 15 busking on the streets and train stations of the USA west coast, mimi finds themself feeling most alive when singing for real breathing humans. Whether recording music in a studio or playing live, mimi’s hope is to simply follow the feeling. And just maybe, to see others on the same winding trail, finding our way ‘into the peace of the wild things’ (Wendell Berry).

Gilbert’s recent accomplishments include spending time with grandma, showing her 3 year old nephew how to not be afraid of bugs, making the morning coffee her beloved wife, and dedicating themself to this sacred old craft of songwriting, storytelling and traveling around to share it. 

Gilbert’s 2020 debut album album, Grew Inside The Water, Mimi established themself as a talented singer and guitarist capable of ruminative insight and quietly devastating song-craft, inviting comparisons to Laura Marling and Big Thief's Adrianne Lenker. The album  left deep ripples among many, picking up accolades such as Double J and FBi Radio Feature album and noted by NME as one of their ‘Top 10 album picks’ in 2020.

2024/2025 brings a new album from Mimi, titled undrowning out via COHORT Feb 2025.