BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Paradise City Music//paradisecitymusic//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Heather Maloney DTSTART:20261023T230000Z DTEND:20261024T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260818T212740Z UID:event-60@paradisecitymusic DESCRIPTION:Massachusetts-based “writer song-singer” Heather Maloney f ound music in the midst of three years at a meditation center\, honing a s ound moored in days of silent reflection and reverence for storytellers li ke Joni\, Rilke\, Ken Burns\, and the anonymous authors of Zen parables. W hile she eventually traded the quiet\, structured life of a yogi for the k inetic life of a touring musician\, the core of her songwriting has remain ed centered around same curiosity about our inner world and the desire to articulate it through storytelling.With over 1\,000 international shows an d 8 studio albums under her belt\, she is now on the brink of releasing he r 9th and most personal record to date\, “Exploding Star” (out January 31\, 2025). Written in the wake of her father’s death\, “Exploding St ar” is a collection of 12 songs that Maloney originally had no intention s of recording or releasing until some of her closest friends and family c onvinced her otherwise.From tracking for 2 days in her abandoned childhood home\, to playing her father’s guitar throughout the record\, “Explod ing Star” is packed with the sonic\, lyrical and emotional details of a life story — and the result is something celebratory and heartbreaking a ll at once.With production from Darlingside’s Don Mitchell and arrangeme nts from High Tea’s Isabella DeHerdt and Isaac Eliot\, “Exploding Star ” is a dynamic listening experience that moves thoughtfully through land scapes that range from lush to sparse — sometimes driving\, urgent and c athartic and other times quiet\, tremulous and reflective — but always w oven together with lyricism that bravely and articulately explores both th e darkest depths and the unexpected moments of lightness that grief can br ing.Heather and her collaborators will embark on an international album re lease tour throughout 2025\, with shows in the US and Europe.On Heather’ s 2019 album\, Soil In The Sky\, her “ability to channel emotion is radi cal” (PopMatters) and the tracks are stacked with special guests who hel p her deliver an immense range of sound and sentiment in 12 songs\; there ’s a duet with Dawes front-man Taylor Goldsmith on the Walt Whitman-insp ired love song “We Were Together”\, an appearance by Rachael Price on the album’s opening track “Enigma”\, and Jay Ungar lends his legenda ry folk fiddle to “Oklahoma Lullaby”\, a song inspired by Ken Burns’ documentary The Dustbowl. (Ungar composed Ashokan Farewell in Burns’ The Civil War). The all-star band includes drummer Griffin Goldsmith (Daw es)\, and multiple members of the Amos Lee band. The Bluegrass Situation c alled her 2015 release\, Making Me Break (produced by Band of Horses’ Bi ll Reynolds) “an intoxicating blend that captures the sonic texture of i ndie rock\, the humanity of folk and the spirituality of a Rumi poem.”In 2014 she released “Woodstock”\, her collaborative effort with Boston quartet Darlingside\, which drew praise from the New York Times and Graham Nash.Heather’s songs have played on NPR stations across the country and her live appearances have aired on syndicated programming like eTown and AudioTree. Her song “Nightstand Drawer” was featured in the season fin ale of the CBS TV series "\;Elementary"\;\, and her songs have als o been streamed hundreds of thousands of times on editorial Spotify playli sts &\;amp\; Starbucks’ in-store nationwide playlists.As well as a so ngwriter and performer\, Heather is an illustrator and linocut artist who carves and prints visual representations of her songs on a variety of medi ums.Heather has toured throughout the US &\;amp\; Canada as a headliner and also in support of acts including Lake Street Dive\, Shakey Graves\, Gary Clark Jr.\, Rodrigo y Gabriela\, Colin Hay (Men at Work)\, Mary Chapi n Carpenter\, Shawn Colvin\, Dar Williams and many more.\nTickets: https:/ /ironhorse.org/shows\nFull listing: https://www.paradisecitymusic.org/show /60 LOCATION:Iron Horse Music Hall\, 18 Center St.\, Northampton\, MA URL:https://www.paradisecitymusic.org/show/60 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR