Gaby Hernandez

Billed as falling “somewhere between Sade and Gal Costa”, When Love sees seasoned L.A. vocalist Gaby Hernandez progress from her frequent collaborations with a host of So. Cal bands (Build an Ark, the Life Force Trio, etc.) to the life of a full-fledged solo artist. Hernandez and her musical associates (most notably Andres Renteria and Carlos Nino) take musical strands of all sorts (folk, pop, jazz, ambient, easy listening) and delicately weave them together, creating a record that is gentle, subdued and, in its best moments, quite lovely