Lori Lieberman’s Exquisite Album of Loss and Regret

Cushioned by the Netherlands-based Matangi String Quartet, plus bass drums, percussion and occasional guitar, singer/songwriter/pianist Lori Lieberman delivers a tender, occasionally excruciatingly intimate song cycle replete with regret, heartache, abandonment, longing and loss.

The opener “You Can’t Take It Back” serves as an admonition about acting in haste and regretting it. “Even though I took the blame, I would have lost him anyway” the song’s character admits.