Somewhere gone

"Cervenka has returned to acoustic music with 2009's Somewhere Gone, an album that fuses spare folk melodies that suggest she's been listening to the Harry Smith anthology with bittersweet country accents that somehow make Cervenka's lyrics cut even deeper ... This album is one of Cervenka's great moments as a vocalist, merging the sweet and sour sides of her voice while displaying a control and a gift for subtle detail that stands comfortably beside the best work of her career ... It captures one of the great wild talents of her generation in strong and impressive form, still unafraid to take her talent in new directions after more than a quarter-century of blazing trails".

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"It's just Exene and a few buddies - including guitarist/husband Jason Edge, Cindy Wasserman and, poignantly, the recently deceased violinist Amy Farris, for whom these recordings rank among her last - and her always-keen lyrics set to simple melodies. Checking in at a lean 34 minutes, Somewhere Gone is a spare, honest gem".