Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour with Mariam Massaro

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour with Mariam Massaro

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #436 is an hour of inspirational, visionary acoustic musical improvisation featuring the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native flute, harmonica, acoustic guitar and ukulele, Bob Sherwood on piano and vocals and Craig Harris on Native drum and congas.  Recorded live in March of 2021 at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts, today’s show opens with a tight, driving version of Mariam’s “Vision Quest” song “Standing Ones Of Peace”, a minor blues prayer to the trees with fine blues piano from Bob and beautiful, rocking Native flute from Mariam.  “The Trail Of Light” is a light, steady folk ballad powered by the tight mesh of Mariam’s acoustic guitar and Bob’s piano, and “Pretty Pink All Around” is a swirling, mystical, psychedelic high point with a mesmerizing piano figure from Bob below Mariam’s surreal, prayerful lyric and assertive blues harp.  “Layers” begins with minor Indian implications and cleverly slides into a major folk vamp with a hypnotic, dancing rhythm from Craig as Mariam enumerates the elements of bliss.  “Castle In The Sky” stumbles over an amusing false start before arriving fully formed as a percolating rock ragtime with clever clockwork piano from Bob and an insouciant, bluesy melody from Mariam.  “You’re A Radiant Star” is a deeply affecting, minor key love song with an impassioned, diving melody from Mariam.  Bob delivers his new song “Meaning” with a somber, deeply felt vocal, and also featured are Mariam’s beautiful Native flute passages.  Today’s show finishes with the majestic but understated “I Am The Now”, a tribute and a loving farewell to Mariam’s llama Marona.
Learn more about Mariam here: http://www.mariammassaro.com

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour with Mariam Massaro

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #435 is an hour of live visionary acoustic improv music recorded live by the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, acoustic guitar, ukulele, celtic harp, Native flute and shrudi box, Robin Rooney on vocals, djembe and percussion, Bob Sherwood on piano and Craig Harris on congas and Native drums.  Recorded at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts in March 2021, today’s show begins with the meditative “Ides Of March”, a floating, flowing piece built around Mariam’s celtic harp.  “In The Stillness” is a fun, groovy folk song with chiming ukulele from Mariam over Bob’s bluesy, psychedelic piano.  “In The Darkness” is a night time meditation built around Mariam’s droning shrudi box featuring rich piano passages from Bob and lovely countermelodies from Robin.  “I Hear The River Running” is a majestic minor tone poem driven by Mariam’s chiming acoustic guitar and a hypnotic piano motif from Bob, and we finish today’s show with the evocative and deeply meditative “From The Crystal Blue”.
Learn more about Mariam here: http://www.mariammassaro.com

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour with Mariam Massaro

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #434 was recorded in early March of 2021 and is an hour of visionary acoustic improv music featuring the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native flute, ukulele, acoustic guitar and shrudi box, Robin Rooney on vocals, percussion, kalimba and djembe, Craig Harris on congas and Native drums and Bob Sherwood on piano and percussion.  Recorded live at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts, today’s show begins with the sprightly, hopeful spring anthem “Aphrodite Rising” featuring fine vocals from Mariam and Robin.  “Goddess Of The Light” is a sparse, lovely folk ballad with dancing piano figures from Bob and “The Passage of Time” is a powerful Native raga with powerful flute from Mariam and evocative piano from Bob.  Mariam strums her lustrous 8-string ukulele to form the backbone of the lovely ballad “Deliver Me” and “Welcome From The Forest” is a powerful, elemental dance with a syncopated rhythm section and fine native flute from Mariam.  We conclude today with the lush, evocative minor tour de force “The Crystalline Temple”, a mystical piece that supports an adventurous and otherworldly story from Mariam.
Learn more about Mariam here: http://www.mariammassaro.com

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour with Mariam Massaro

Today on Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #433 we present an hour of compelling acoustic improvisational music with the Gaea Star Band.  Recorded in early March 2021 at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts, today’s show features Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native flute, dulcimer and acoustic guitar, Robin Rooney on percussion, djembe and vocals, Bob Sherwood on piano and Craig Harris on congas and Native drums.  We begin the show with the raga-like exploration “Crow Calling Moon”, a mystical night song underpinned by Mariam’s dulcimer and a hypnotic piano motif from Bob.  “Sweet Life Force” is a gorgeous, triumphant gospel song with fine vocals from Mariam and Robin and a moving, elegiac piano part from Bob.  “Oh I Feel The River” is a beautiful minor ballad with a rock ‘n’ roll heart featuring sweeping acoustic guitar from Mariam, and “La Luna Heals In Every Way” is a spacious, evocative moon song with lovely vocals.  We finish today with a trio of renditions of songs from Mariam’s new record “Release”; the lovely and lilting “Into The Mighty Waves” the country rocker “Just Walk Away” and the mystical, gorgeously mysterious and romantic summer song “Flowers Of Delight”.
Learn more about Mariam here: http://www.mariammassaro.com

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour with Mariam Massaro

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #432 is an hour of visionary acoustic improvisational music featuring the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, acoustic guitar, Native flute and ukulele, Robin Rooney on vocals and djimbe, Bob Sherwood on piano and Craig Harris on congas and Native drums.  Today’s episode, recorded at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts in February of 2021, begins with the peaceful, lovely “Winter Beauty”, a lush and verdant song of winter praise.  “Holding On To The Dream” is a groovy Afrocuban improv with funky congas and piano and “Oh, Here Comes The Snow” is a mystical, rain-soaked song led by Mariam’s silvery 8-string ukulele.  “Flowers Of Delight” is a profoundly beautiful song from Mariam’s newly released “Release” album, and “Into The Night Realms” is a deep-night meditation led by an imaginative vocal from Mariam over her caressing acoustic guitar.  We conclude with a trio of songs from Mariam’s albums, the compelling “Sail To The Realms”, the joyous Hawaiian song “Pele” and the deeply affecting “Sail On” from the Vision Quest cd.
Learn more about Mariam here: http://www.mariammassaro.com

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour with Mariam Massaro

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #431 Part Two was recorded in February 2021 at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts, and is an hour of live improvised acoustic music featuring the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, acoustic guitar, ukulele, kalimba and Native flute, Bob Sherwood on piano and Robin Rooney on vocals, djimbe and kalimba.  Today’s show begins with the serene, meditative “Every Moment” with Mariam and Robin’s kalimba rhythms supported by evocative piano from Bob.  “We Are One” is a mystical minor folk song driven by Mariam’s chiming acoustic guitar and “Perhaps We Can Build A Bridge” features a beautiful melody from Mariam and electronically treated piano from Bob.  “Sail To The Realms” is a love song from the “Smooth Sailin’ Love Songs” LP and “The Crystal Ice Queen’s Coming” celebrates winter with a frosty, upbeat rhythm section underpinned by Mariam’s 8-string ukulele.  “The Fires Of Awakening” is a mystical, evocative and driving piece with an inspiring, fiery lyric from Mariam echoed powerfully by Robin that concludes today’s show.
Learn more about Mariam here: http://www.mariammassaro.com

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour with Mariam Massaro

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #431 is an hour of visionary acoustic improv music recorded live by the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native flute, acoustic guitar and ukuleles, Robin Rooney on djembe, percussion and vocals, Bob Sherwood on piano and Craig Harris on congas and Native drums.  Recorded at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts in February of 2021, today’s show begins with the positive, propulsive “A New Beginning”, an energizing piece with an inspiring lyric from Mariam.  “Higher And Beyond” follows and is a spacious, driving trancelike number driven by Mariam’s acoustic guitar and fine vocals from Mariam and Robin.  “Freedom” is one of Mariam’s classics, here given a driving, intense treatment and “”Freedom Part Two” extrapolates Mariam’s melody into a lovely, jazzy minor coda with an impassioned message from Mariam and powerful interjections of Native flute.  “Surrender Me” is an uptempo folk song with a beautiful, naïve spirit and fine vocal and instrumental work from the combo and “Ruby Golden Slippers” is an epic tale from Mariam supported by an ambitious, wide-ranging musical backing.  Today’s show concludes with the hypnotic native prayer “Mandia Viyahey” a beautiful, solemn tale featuring minimalist piano and powerful Native drum backing from Craig.
Learn more about Mariam here: http://www.mariammassaro.com

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour with Mariam Massaro

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #430 is an hour of visionary acoustic improvisational music and songs by Mariam Massaro, featuring the Gaea Star Band with Mariam on vocals, Native flute, harmonica, acoustic guitar and ukulele, Robin Rooney on vocals, percussion and djimbe, Bob Sherwood on piano and Craig Harris on congas and Native drums.  Recorded in February 2021 at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts, today’s show begins with the country blues of “Filled With Glowing Love”, a swinging western song driven by Mariam’s acoustic guitar and blues piano from Bob.  “Hallelujah Can You See It In The Mist”, is a spacious, peaceful reverie with steady, compelling percussion from Craig and Robin and lovely vocals from Mariam and Robin.  The piece breaks down into a sparse, psychedelic jam with powerful native flute from Mariam before drifting away on a carpet of lush piano chords.  “Wake Up Humanity” is a hip little folk song with a simple message from Mariam and “You Can Feel The Light” is a shimmering, drifting reverie with beautiful piano passages beneath Mariam’s compelling melody.  “Do You Ever Hear” begins as a simple, intimate country ballad and grows into a beautiful, aching prayer before drifting away.  “Memories Of Serenity” closes today’s show with a lovely melody from Mariam over a quasi-Broadway soundtrack and punctuations from her harmonica.
Learn more about Mariam here: http://www.mariammassaro.com

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour with Mariam Massaro

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #429 is an hour of visionary acoustic improv music played by the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, native flute and acoustic 6 and 12 string guitars, Robin Rooney on djimbe, percussion and vocals, Bob Sherwood on piano and Craig Harris on native drum.  Recorded live on a freezing January afternoon, today’s show begins with the rich, entrancing “Now Is The Moment To Be All That You Are”, a plaintive song of encouragement driven by Mariam’s chiming 12-string acoustic guitar.  “Golden Rays” is a beautiful minor folk ballad with rich Eastern European overtones and “Have A Lovely Life” is a powerful rock song expressing awareness and power of self, led by Mariam’s powerful acoustic guitar and expressive, jazzy piano phrases from Bob.  “Little Bitty One” belies its name with a sprawling, 23 minute footprint, and is a powerful, steadily intensifying journey through rock, native music, classical and spoken word.  We finish today with Mariam’s goddess song “Isis” to honor the 33rd anniversary of WiseWays Herbals.                    
Learn more about Mariam here: http://www.mariammassaro.com

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour with Mariam Massaro

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #428 is an hour of visionary acoustic improvisational music played by the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, schrudi box, ukulele, native flute and dulcimer, Craig Harris on congas and native drums and Bob Sherwood on piano.  Recorded live at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts in January 2021, today’s show begins with the driving raga “There’s Always Another Way”, a kinetic song driven by Mariam’s chiming dulcimer.  “Thank You For The Grace” is a gorgeous, evocative prayer of gratitude and peace featuring gorgeous native flute passages from Mariam and “Count Your Blessings” is an energized, hypnotic piece with distinctive piano shapes from Bob.  The band flows into “May We Heal Each Other” seamlessly with driving blues improvisation from Bob and a fiery rhythm track from Craig.  “Appreciate All Of Creation” mesmerizes with its minimalist, hypnotic repetition and gradual increase in energy and “In The Currents Of Life” is a spacious, unhurried meditation made mesmeric by Mariam’s droning, mystical shrudi box.  We finish today with the baroque-by-way-of-native-American “Always The Night Follows The Day”, a gorgeous piece that features more fine flute playing from Mariam and a gradual, patient journey towards a distant horizon to end today’s show.
Learn more about Mariam here: http://www.mariammassaro.com