A lovely review from The Art of the Torch Song: “Haunted and haunting. Poignant and achingly beautiful. Ribald and raunchy. Evocative and nostalgic. These are just a few of the adjectives that spring to mind[…]
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5 Star Review of Wilton’s Music Hall Show in The Morning Star
SEA OF MARVELS Wilton’s – the world’s oldest surviving Grand Music Hall – had to be the best place to launch Gwyneth Herbert’s Sea Cabinet tour and CD. Developed during a residency for Aldeburgh[…]
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Album of the Week
The lovely folks at Jazz FM have made Gwyneth’s The Sea Cabinet their Album of the Week. We LIKE that very much!
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The Guardian reviews Wilton’s performance of The Sea Cabinet
After this 4-star review in The Guardian, I think from now on I will call myself “Blossoming Herbert.” It makes me sound like an adolescent cherry tree. Which I like. “Since Gwyneth Herbert’s Aldeburgh-commissioned song-cycle[…]
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Financial Times review of The Sea Cabinet
Four stars in the Financial Times. ‘Cos we can eat quiche AND carry a briefcase, yeah?
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The Independent review of The Sea Cabinet
“**** – A cabinet of curiosities indeed…” Holly Williams reviews The Sea Cabinet in The Independent Recorded by the sea in Aldeburgh, Herbert’s sort-of concept album is changeable as the ocean. There’s a cabaret approach[…]
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Drip
You drank every drip every drop of my energy You took every tick every tock of my time and then you Sung every beat every note of my melody and Gave it a name and[…]
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Lorelei
She took his hand and she put it in hers Wouldn’t be the last and was not the first She sung her song and she spun him a curse Cry out For the loss of[…]
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The King’s Shilling
Hey sailor lad come see my ship, I’ve seen the power of your grip Heave ho leave, come away / Oh Johnny, I don’t trust this man, I smell a mischief in his plan I’m[…]
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Drink
Drink for the funeral drums inside your belly Drink for the rattle and cry you’ll never know Drink for the panic that pushes you unsteady Drink for the terror that tickles at your toe Fate is[…]
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