{"id":1248,"date":"2010-06-03T12:59:37","date_gmt":"2010-06-03T12:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2010\/06\/introducing-hark-the-herons.html"},"modified":"2010-06-03T12:59:37","modified_gmt":"2010-06-03T12:59:37","slug":"introducing-hark-the-herons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2010\/06\/introducing-hark-the-herons.html","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Hark The Herons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianweek.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Robert White of the Christian Week<\/a> newspapers in Canada for passing this music tip along to me:Glenn Lavender, bassist for downhere, has teamed up with friend and musician Kalyn Allen to form a side project &#8211; indie alt-folk duo, Hark The Herons.The songs are fantastic &#8211; a different sound and vibe than the modern rock sound of downhere, but very similar in the artistic depth to the lyrics. And Kalyn Allan has an amazing voice.Here are two videos to give you a taste of their music:<object width=\"560\" height=\"340\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/uAoZioOnFQk&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/uAoZioOnFQk&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\"><\/embed><\/object>And while I know the snow isn&#8217;t flying any longer, this song is just so beautiful I had to share it:<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/KvDDBX3Rzc4&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/KvDDBX3Rzc4&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object>Definitely take some time to check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harktheherons.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hark The Herons&#8217; website;<\/a> their debut album <em>Under Skies<\/em> is available now. 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