Upcoming dates
Sunday Soundz at the Z
September and October
Sundays, 1-3pm
167 Market St, Lowell, MA 01853
Previous Performances
Live From The Aviary is an online live streaming concert series featuring the music of Alan Williams, performed in various musical configurations. With multiple cameras and professional audio, each performance will highlight the interaction between musicians, bringing the viewer right into the music, allowing for a more intimate connection. Somewhere between Live from Daryl’s House, Snarky Puppy’s We Like It Here, and Sigur Ros’s Heima, each one-hour live performance will focus on a different theme presented in a different musical setting.
You can support Live From The Aviary via Venmo.com: @AlanWilliamsEvidence
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Musicians:
Drums: John Sands
Guitar: Thomas Juliano
Bass & Vocal: Greg Porter
Guitar & Vocal: Darleen Wilson
Vocal & Acoustic Guitar: Alan Williams
Live From The Aviary
Episode Six - Birdsong At Morning
Sunday, February 21, 2021
Alan, Greg, and Darleen joined by Thomas Juliano on guitar and John Sands on drums. We had such a great time that we decided to keep going for a second round.
“Keepsake” can also be found on Alan’s album, Evidence Unearthed.
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Musicians:
Guitar: Thomas Juliano
Drums: John Sands
Bass: Greg Porter
Vocal & Acoustic Guitar: Darleen Wilson
Vocal & Acoustic Guitar: Alan Williams
Live From The Aviary
Episode Five - Birdsong At Morning
Sunday, January 17, 2021
Episode Five features Birdsong At Morning founders Alan Williams, Darleen Wilson, and Greg Porter, along with longtime collaborator Thomas Juliano on guitar, and, for the first time, Boston legend John Sands (Aimee Mann, Lori McKenna) on drums.
“Down in the Hole” was initially released on the Birdsong at Morning’s
A Slight Departure.
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Audio Recording: Grace Reader
Lighting: Jeremy Moisson
Video Recording: Corbin Lewis
Camera Operators: Jude Porter and Darleen Wilson
Arranged, mixed, and edited by Alan WilliamsMusicians:
Greg Porter – bass
Jeff Fischer – percussion
Andy Fordyce – percussion
Eric Giribaldi – mandolin
Beth Welty – violin
Jacob Hiser– violin
Tara Novak – viola
John Bumstead – cello
Live From The Aviary
A Tribute to Jeff Buckley
Friday, November 13, 2020
Alan and members of Birdsong At Morning perform Jeff Buckley’s classic, “Grace” in the 4th Annual Official Jeff Buckley Tribute Concert, which features musicians all over the world.
Taped during the rehearsal for Episode Three of Live from The Aviary, this features Alan Williams, vocal and guitar.
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Audio Recording: Grace Reader
Lighting: Jeremy Moisson
Video Recording: Corbin Lewis
Camera Operators: Jude Porter and Darleen Wilson
Arranged, mixed, and edited by Alan WilliamsMusicians:
Alan Williams – vocal and guitar
Greg Porter – bass
Jeff Fischer – percussion
Andy Fordyce – percussion
Eric Giribaldi – mandolin
Beth Welty – violin
Jacob Hiser– violin
Tara Novak – viola
John Bumstead – cello
Live From The Aviary
Episode Three - A whole different sound…
Sunday, November 1, 2020
Alan pulls some rarely performed gems from the Birdsong At Morning catalog, in a special setting with percussion and a string quartet.
“So Near” is the debut live performance of a song that Alan wrote for the Birdsong At Morning box set, Annals of My Glass House
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Audio Recording: Grace Reader
Lighting: Jeremy Moisson
Video Recording: Corbin Lewis
Camera Operators: Jude Porter and Darleen Wilson
Arranged, mixed, and edited by Alan WilliamsMusicians:
Alan Williams – vocal and guitar
Greg Porter – bass
Shane Alexander – drums
Eric Giribaldi – electric guitar
Matt Swanton – electric guitar
Blair Leavitt – vocals, keyboard
Andrew Nugent – vocals, acoustic guitar
Live From The Aviary
Episode Two - One more time with the Evidence crew!
Sunday, October 4, 2020
We continue to celebrate the release of Evidence Unearthed and sharpen the quality of our multi-cam webcast series.
“Always” is the debut live performance of a song that Alan wrote for Evidence Unearthed.
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Audio Recording: Grace Reader
Lighting: Jeremy Moisson
Video Recording: Corbin Lewis
Camera Operators: Jude Porter and Darleen Wilson
Arranged, mixed, and edited by Alan WilliamsMusicians:
Alan Williams – vocal and guitar
Greg Porter – bass
Shane Alexander – drums
Eric Giribaldi – electric guitar
Matt Swanton – electric guitar
Blair Leavitt – vocals, keyboard
Andrew Nugent – vocals, acoustic guitar
Live From The Aviary
Episode One - Join us for the kick off!
Sunday, August 30, 2020
Celebrating the release of Evidence Unearthed and the maiden voyage of our multi-cam webcast series.
Alan leads a band that includes long-time friend and collaborator, Greg Porter (Birdsong At Morning, Knots and Crosses) and several graduates of the music program at UMass Lowell (where Alan began teaching soon after he shelved the initial version of the album).