Singer-songwriter Lisa Cerbone kept it personal and close to home on her sixth album Nowhere I have Ever Been. Ageing and memories are the core subjects on this soft-spoken folk record - it is mostly just her and her acoustic guitar. Her careful phrasing may have something to do with her job as a teacher of English to international students at Mount St. Mary's University in Maryland. Every word counts as she reminisces about sneaking into vacation resorts as a kid (That Night at the Fairs) and being caught off guard in a pleasant way when she fell in love again (What Country Are We In?) as an adult in her later years.
Cerbone is a storyteller, who can put all the players at the table in the mind's eye of the listener during Cheating at Cards (Roland, Norwich State Hospital, 1936) and turn personal grief into a universal message about trying to cope with Tied to Sorrow. The surprise cover of Electric Light Orchestra's Can’t Get It Out of My Head, a really stripped down version, shines a light on the lyrics that may have been overpowered by the rich orchestration that was used when that band recorded it for their Eldorado album in 1974.
Lisa Cerbone: vocals and guitars
Mark Kozelek: background vocals, guitars, bells, percussion
Scott MacPherson: drums
Nowhere I have Ever Been is a self-released album Buy it from her website.
Tracks:- That Night at the Fair
- The Missing Year
- Pretend Like You Belong
- Good Time Charlie
- What Country Are We In?
- Can't Get It Out Of My Head
- Cheating at Cards (Roland, Norwich State Hospital, 1936)
- Where Are You Going So Late?
- Tied to Sorrow
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