Wendy Eisenberg has spent the past decade moving freely between art-rock, jazz, free improvisation, and experimental song forms.On Wendy Eisenberg, those restless explorations resolve into a focused set of poetic, formally adventurous folk songs that mark the most assured expression of their songwriting to date.Written after a move from Western Massachusetts to Brooklyn, the songs draw on a longing for pastoral space and the deep emotional language of country and folk traditions.Eisenberg approaches these forms with respect rather than reinvention, allowing their history and strangeness to speak through restrained arrangements and intimate performances.The album was co-produced with Mari Rubio (more eaze), who also contributed pedal steel, synths, and string arrangements.A close circle of longtime collaborators — including Trevor Dunn on bass, Ryan Sawyer on drums, and cellists Alice Gerlach and Lester St.Louis — bring a gentle ensemble richness to the record, much of it recorded at Eisenberg’s home.Tender, reflective, and quietly expansive, Wendy Eisenberg is a record shaped by belonging, self-acceptance, and the calm that follows personal upheaval.
