Heather Maloney will perform at Bass Hall at Monadnock Center for History and Culture, 19 Grove St. in Peterborough, Saturday, May 6, at 7 p.m.
Maloney found music in the midst of three years at a meditation center, honing a sound moored in days of silent reflection. While she eventually traded life as a yogi for that of a touring musician, the core of her songwriting remains centered around same curiosity about the inner world and the desire to articulate it through storytelling. She now has eight studio album releases under her belt.
Maloney’s 2019 album, “Soil In The Sky,” includes a duet with Dawes front man Taylor Goldsmith on the Walt Whitman-inspired love song “We Were Together,” an appearance by Rachael Price on the album’s opening track, “Enigma,” and Jay Ungar lends his folk fiddle to “Oklahoma Lullaby,” a song inspired by Ken Burns’ documentary “The Dust Bowl.” The band includes drummer Griffin Goldsmith of Dawes and multiple members of the Amos Lee band.
In 2014, she released “Woodstock,” her collaborative effort with Boston quartet Darlingside, which drew praise from The New York Times and Graham Nash.
Maloney’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 used in the season finale of the CBS TV series “Elementary,” and her songs have also been featured on a number of editorial Spotify playlists and Starbucks’ in-store nationwide playlists.
As well as a songwriter and performer, Maloney is an illustrator and linocut artist who carves and prints visual representations of her songs on a variety of mediums. She has toured throughout the United States and 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 Chapin Carpenter, Shawn Colvin and Dar Williams.
High Tea, an indie-folk duo hailing from Boston, has been touring with Maloney. The band includes guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Isabella DeHerdt and vocalist/ percussionist Isaac Eliot.
Tickets are $30 the day of the show. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.