Mimi Gilbert (USA)

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 the US. Previously based in Melbourne now back in Ojai/ 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.

Pronounced ‘the best kept secret in the music industry’ by Double J - Australia, 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.

Earlier this year, Mimi joined Ruby Gill for a co-headline tour of South Africa and Australia where Mimi shared songs from their debut record “Grew Inside the Water’ and most recent ‘undrowning.’

Mimi says that music is what saved them. It was her life raft back to feeling and a teacher for learning how to take up space and play with life’s tension rather than hide from it.  Sometimes the songs mimi write are so quiet you have to push your ear towards them, sometimes they are a raging river of loud emotion and sometimes, just a little tune to make us laugh. 

Mimi’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 sweet wife, and dedicating themself to this sacred old craft of songwriting, storytelling and traveling around to share it.