Artwork from the ashes: Heather Maloney’s new album, ‘Exploding Star,’ was almost too personal to share

Artwork from the ashes: Heather Maloney’s new album, ‘Exploding Star,’ was almost too personal to share

By CAROLYN BROWN Staff Writer Heather Maloney almost didn’t release her upcoming album, “Exploding Star,” to the public. An album born of grief and loss was too raw, too personal, to go public, she felt, so she kept it for herself. But when her closest friends and family suggested that it could help others who were grieving, Maloney changed her mind and decided to share the album with the world — and it’ll make its debut in Northampton in two we…