Heather Maloney - "Light You Leave Behind"

The upcoming album from Heather Maloney was never meant to be released publicly. It's a deeply personal album that the Northampton singer-songwriter wrote and recorded after the death of her father, some of which was recorded in her childhood home. The latest single, "Light You Leave Behind," is a song about her father's youth spent sneaking into shows at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City. It's a beautiful song with its roots in folk, but with a little more rock to it than we typically hear in Maloney's music. It's a gorgeous and upbeat song that expresses loss while celebrating her father's life.

Heather Maloney says of her new single:

“This song came out of one of the last stories my dad ever told me. He was a Jersey boy with a legitimate twinkle in his eye and a serious mischievous streak. When he was a teenager he’d sneak out of his window - and then - sneak into the nosebleeds at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, where he got to see so many of the classic rock icons of his day. Roosevelt Stadium was torn down the same year I was born, and while he was definitely more tame when he became a dad, the twinkle in his eye never went away.”

You can listen to "Light You Leave Behind" below. Exploding Star is due out January 31 on Signature Sounds, and is available for pre-order through Bandcamp. For more on Heather Maloney, check out the artist's website. Upcoming tour dates are below the song.

FEB 7 FRI       The Iron Horse   Northampton, MA

FEB 8 SAT      The Iron Horse   Northampton, MA

FEB 12 WED   One Longfellow Square  Portland, ME

FEB 13 THU    Club Passim      Cambridge, MA

FEB 14 FRI     Caffè Lena       Saratoga Springs, NY

FEB 26 WED   City Vineyard    New York, NY

FEB 27 THU     Godfrey Daniels  Bethlehem, PA

FEB 28 FRI      City Winery Philadelphia    Philadelphia, PA

MAR 7 FRI       Channing Murray Foundation  Urbana, IL

MAR 8 SAT      The Bur Oak   Madison, WI

MAR 9 SUN      Gibson Music Hall   Appleton, WI

MAR 10 MON    Bishop Hill Creative Commons   Bishop Hill, IL

MAR 11 TUE     Space   Evanston, IL

MAR 12 WED   3300 Event Center   Peoria, IL

MAR 13 THU    20 Front Street     Lake Orion, MI

MAR 14 FRI     The G.A.R. Hall     Peninsula, OH

MAR 21 FRI     The Music Hall Lounge  Portsmouth, NH

MAR 22 SAT    Higher Ground          South Burlington, VT

MAY 2 FRI Me & Thee Marblehead, MA

JUN 5 THU Reeves Theater Elkin, NC

JUN 8 SUN Sunday’s at Olivettes Asheville, NC

OCT 7 TUE      Rhine, Women and Song 2025   Amsterdam, Netherlands