Delayed Plays: Nowhere I Have Ever Been by Lisa Cerbone

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Some singer-songwriters spin intricate creations from little more than their voice and guitar. Such is the case with Baltimore-based Lisa Cerbone, whose Nowhere I Have Ever Been seemingly billows in the wind. It possesses a fragile beauty, a fragile strength, resonating like the treasures I unearthed in the mid-’80s, when I spun folk records on my college radio station, and a few years ago, when Philly folksinger Maggie Pope captivated me with her sparse gems—or at any point before, between or after those (admittedly hazy) dates. Inspired by family lore, Cerbone’s nine songs are quiet yet compelling, hushed yet hypnotic. Don’t be surprised if their echoes percolate through the mind when fading into or out of sleep; they have for me these past few days, at any rate.