Birdsong At Morning Releases Second CD, Heavens

Heavens on Blue Gentian Records
Release date: October 6, 2009
 
Each song on Heavens contains some variation on a celestial theme. The lead-off track "Astronomy," explores the idea of peering into the universe as a day job. In "Light In The Window" the narrator sees himself in a vanishing star. "Clean" describes the sky-is-falling trauma of a man in crisis. The gorgeous "Adrift," evokes the beauty and calm terror of losing oneself 'out beyond the stars.' "Mystery," celebrates the elusive, from space to God. Heavens concludes with a delicate casting of the Rolling Stones' "Moonlight Mile."

Heavens, the second release from acoustic music ensemble Birdsong At Morning, was made with many of the same musicians who contributed to their debut CD, Bound. It expands upon that sound and sentiment and the success of tracks "Prodigal Soul" and "Those Beautiful Words" at non-commercial AAA.

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GO: Birdsong At Morning at the Lily Pad
The Boston Herald had this to say about the 2009 release concert with the full ensemble:
"The most ambitious music can also be the loveliest. Birdsong at Morning marks the first time that University of Massachusetts at Lowell music prof Alan Williams has hit the stage since his band, Knots and Crosses, broke up in '93. Along with Darleen Wilson and Greg Porter, Williams makes art music both unpretentious and ravishing. The group just put out its second, sumptuous EP, "Heavens." Birdsong will be at the Lily Pad in Cambridge at 2 p.m. every Sunday in October (tickets: $10), with a string quartet, no less."
  – Daniel Gewertz, Boston Herald