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Entertainment WeeklyMay 27, 2011"Pretty" in the best sense--with meticulously observed lyrics: tales of wronged women and dashed hopes without mawkishness or cynicism. [27 May 2011, p.79]
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Jun 21, 2011Finally, it seems, she's found her sweet spot in burnished southern folk-pop.
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Jun 21, 2011The melodies and hooks remain as irresistible as ever.
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Jun 6, 2011Some of the songs have been recorded by others, but Ms. Berg reclaims them with her clear, tremulous, centered voice and arrangements that are restrained but never spartan. She's her own producer, providing herself with space and resonant depth, making the sorrow and longing luminous.
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May 24, 2011While it's easy to miss the occasional flash of wiseass wit from her earlier albums, it's clear that Berg understands the relationship between the production and content of a song.
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May 24, 2011ltimately, The Dreaming Fields is a deeply moving, gloriously articulated album that should not only reawaken the interest of fans, but should win Berg a multitude of new ones.
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May 24, 2011Fans of Matraca's songwriting, who have waited for more than a decade for a new album, will likely agree with another of that song's lyric lines: one more is never enough.
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May 24, 2011Now Berg's back, she will have to compete with both them and newer country rock artists, and she is doing this by penning and performing music that would not sound out of place in the '70s. Times may have changed, but Berg has built her stake firmly in the ground of the past. She sings as if she dreams her fields, the audience will come.
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