The simple, honest intimacy of Erin Zindle’s solo music is a departure from the percussive upbeat sound of her nationally touring band, Erin Zindle & The Ragbirds. These are songs from the journal of a feathered traveler, private moments scooped up with two small hands and spread out in layers of strings, voices, piano and words. Zindle, who is known for her creative energy and endless smiles, has taken the listener into a smaller quieter world where pain slips through the cracks and the raw edges are left to show. The music speaks of strange experiences, loss, internal wrestling, forgiveness, family, nature, God, hope and despair. “Scenes From The Fragile Agile Avian World” is full of imagery and feminine musical textures without drums, bass and guitar. As Rumi said: “The bird’s favorite songs you do not hear, for their most flamboyant music takes place when their wings are stretched above the trees and they are smoking the opium of pure freedom.”