Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour with Mariam Massaro

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour with Mariam Massaro

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #406 was taped live at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts in August 2020 and features live acoustic improvisation with the Gaea Star Band, featuring Mariam Massaro on vocals, native flute, ukulele, acoustic guitar and harmonica, Robin Rooney on djimbe and vocals, Bob Sherwood on piano and Craig Harris on congas and native drums.  Our special guest this week is Robin’s son Randy, who features some of his original music as well as adding to the Gaea Star Band tapestry.  We begin today’s show with “Owl’s Song”, a lovely, chiming summery folk song driven forward by Mariam’s 8-string ukulele.  “Hear It In The River” begins with a native flute fanfare from Mariam and a drum-accompanied poem that builds into a jazzy, progressive groove.  Next up we feature a trio of excellent original songs from Randy Rooney, the groovy pop song “You Belong”, the beautiful and stately southern rock of “Cold Breeze” and the funky, upbeat “Something New”.  Mariam returns to the lead vocal mic with the deeply mystical trance groove “I Am With The Light” before Randy presents a final song, the progressive-rock “Peak”, a fine performance lit up by Randy’s fiery acoustic guitar work.  “Lets Climb The Mountains Of Life” closes the show with a hopeful, assertive raga rock groove that features an inspiring lyric from Mariam.
Learn more about Mariam here: http://www.mariammassaro.com

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour with Mariam Massaro

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #405 is an hour of visionary acoustic improvisational music recorded by The Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, native flute, ukulele, acoustic guitar and dulcimer, Craig Harris on congas and native drums and Bob Sherwood on piano.  Recorded on a lush July afternoon at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts, today’s show begins with the dreamy, sedate “Thank You For The Joy”, a drifting, lovely thing led by Mariam’s pretty stream-of-consciousness lyric and languid vocal.  “Carry On” follows with a native flute fanfare from Mariam and evolves into a hushed, meditative piece and “Happy Times” is a summer celebration led by Mariam’s chiming ukulele draped on a bluesy piano bassline from Bob.  Mariam continues strumming her ukulele for “Come Into My Heart”, a simple folk song that quickly evolves in a lovely, minimalist prayer with entrance of Bob’s beautiful piano motif and Craig’s round, steady congas.  Mariam picks up her dulcimer for the next two pieces, the gorgeous, detailed “Blessed By Our Life” and the ragaesque “Treasures To Behold”.  We finish today with a spirited reading of Mariam’s classic “I Was Wondering” from the 2012 CD “Smooth Sailin’ Love Songs”.
Learn more about Mariam here: http://www.mariammassaro.com

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour with Mariam Massaro

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #404 is an hour of visionary, beautiful 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, begins with the peaceful, lovely “Oh, The Beauty”, a lush and verdant song of summer praise.  “Hold To The Vision” is a groovy Afrocuban improv with funky congas and piano and “Oh, The Rain Soothes” 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 upcoming “Release” album, and “Into The Night Realms” is a midnight 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”, 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 #403 is an hour of visionary acoustic improvisational music featuring the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, native flute, ukulele, 12- and 6- string acoustic guitars and celtic harp, Robin Rooney on vocals and percussion, Bob Sherwood on piano and Craig Harris on congas and native drums.  Recorded on a warm but overcast July day at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts, today’s show begins with the soulful and meditative “For The Blessing Of Life”, a lush prayer to hope featuring gorgeous native flute from Mariam and spacious, jazzy piano figurations from Bob.  “Alchemical Words” is a deeply beautiful improv piece about the power of words featuring the best from everyone in the combo; Craig’s steady, authoritative congas, Mariam’s praise-filled lyric, lush vocal and chiming 12-string acoustic, and Bob’s imaginative and questing piano work.  “Into The Morning We Sail” is driven along by Mariam’s ukulele and mystical lyrics and is a meditative, minimalist piece that leads into the bittersweet innocence of “May We Start All Over Again”, another languid, gorgeous piece featuring a lovely, fragile melody from Mariam.  We conclude today’s show with lovely and assured takes of three of Mariam’s recorded songs, the hopeful, deep “Restore”, the bittersweet and deeply emotional “Rainbows” and the always fun and joyful “Pele”.
 
Learn more about Mariam here: http://www.mariammassaro.com

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour with Mariam Massaro

Today on Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #402 we present an hour of improvised visionary music with the Gaea Star Band featuring Mariam Massaro on vocals, native flute, acoustic guitar and ukulele, Robin Rooney on vocals and percussion, Bob Sherwood on piano and Craig Harris on congas and native drums.  Recorded live at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts in July 2020, today’s show begins with the sprawling, ambitious “In The River”, an epic improvisation featuring an outstanding series of melodies by Mariam set to a shifting, imaginative musical soundscape that showcases all of the musicians in turn over it’s half hour length.  The second half of the show features a lovely, deep song cycle that begins with the evocative, mesmerizing “Merrily We Sail Along”featuring a hypnotic, repeating, circular piano motif from Bob supporting a series of imaginative lyrics from Mariam.  A lengthy instrumental passage yields to the shifting, alternately relaxed and driving “The Cauldron Of Life” and ultimately to the rocking, uptempo, afrocuban flavored “Never Give Up”, a song of resilience featuring lyrical native flute from Mariam and frenetic native drum figures from Craig and Robin.
 
Learn more about Mariam here: http://www.mariammassaro.com

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour with Mariam Massaro

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #401 was recorded in July of 2020 at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts, and is an hour of inspired, visionary acoustic music featuring the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, acoustic guitar, ukulele and native flute, Robin Rooney on percussion and vocals, Bob Sherwood on piano and Craig Harris on congas and native drums.  Today’s summery installment begins with the unsettled, skipping “Dragonflies By The River”, a picture of nature as frenetic and abundant.  Mariam drives “Underneath The Sycamore Tree” with her ukulele, leading an upbeat folk song that paints more summer color into this July show.  “We Thank You For Our Days” is a lush, mystical prayer of gratitude featuring a fine vocal from Mariam and “Fireflies” continues the laden, lazy summer flavor of today’s show with an understated, minimal reverie.  Next up we present a tight, rocking rendition of Mariam’s “Oya Thunderqueen” followed by Mariam’s classic ballad of praise to the element Water, driven by a baroque piano arrangement from Bob.  We cap today’s sprightly summer set with Mariam’s children’s song “Sparkle The Starfish” led by Mariam’s chiming 8-string ukulele
Learn more about Mariam here: http://www.mariammassaro.com

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour with Mariam Massaro

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #400 is an hour of visionary acoustic improvisational music recorded live by the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on acoustic guitar, vocals, native flute, ukulele and harp, Bob Sherwood on piano and percussion, Robin Rooney on djimbe and vocals and Craig Harris on congas and native drums.  Taped at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts, in June of 2020, today’s show begins with the lush, hazy summer ode “Locust Flowers”, an gorgeous and hallucinogenic song featuring an evocative vocal from Mariam and deeply emotional piano from Bob.  “To The River” is an upbeat folk song led by Mariam’s driving acoustic guitar that morphs through mystical variations and “Luminous Light” brings a veiled and lovely minor key into play with alternately drifting and jazzy piano statements from Bob over Craig’s relentless heartbeat.  “We All Live Under The Blue Sky” is a powerful song of unity driven forward by Mariam’s ukulele and a groovy wall of rhythm from Craig, Robin and Bob.  “To The Way It Was” is a powerful, gospel-influenced rocker with a fine vocal from Mariam and “Sweet Nia Sails Away” is a solemn, evocative tone poem that wafts along on waves of celtic harp from Mariam, a song of praise for the passing of her beloved cat.  
Learn more about Mariam here: http://www.mariammassaro.com

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour with Mariam Massaro

Today’s edition of the Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour, #399, features the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, acoustic guitar, ukulele, native flute and sitar, Robin Rooney on djimbe, percussion and vocals, Bob Sherwood on piano and Craig Harris on congas and native drums.  Recorded live at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts, today’s visionary improvisational excursion begins with the energized “Oh There’s Always Hope”, a powerful song of hope and unity featuring an impassioned vocal from Mariam.  Next is “Tommy Tammy”, a song of love and gratitude with a pretty ukulele and vocals from Mariam and Robin and rolling, gospel-inflected piano from Bob.  “Smooth Me Down” is a gospel ballad with a mesmerizing piano figure from Bob and an inspired vocal from Mariam, and “Lady Slipper Day” is a lush, hallucinatory ballad of summer beauty framed in delicate piano filigree and Mariam’s sweet vocal.  “To The Castles Of Our Dreams” is a gorgeous, mystical ballad and “I Am Renewed” is a free, expansive epic featuring lush passages of native flute and piano.  We finish today’s show with “Stars Upon The Earth”, a raga carried by Mariam’s mystical sitar and a dark piano figure from Bob.
Learn more about Mariam here: http://www.mariammassaro.com

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour with Mariam Massaro

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #398 is an hour of acoustic visionary improvisational music featuring the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, native flute, acoustic guitar, celtic harp, ukulele and dulcimer, Bob Sherwood on piano and Craig Harris on piano.  Recorded live in June 2020 at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts, today’s show begins with the languid, summer-soaked “Awakening Into Crystalline Vibrations” led by Mariam’s vocal, native flute and celtic harp.  “Calling The One” is a mystical, swirling groove featuring a lush, repeating piano figure from Bob under Mariam’s lovely vocal and “Lovely” finds Mariam picking up her tenor ukulele for an unusually driving piece build around lush Mideastern modes.  “It Doesn’t Matter” is a beautiful minor key ballad driven by Mariam’s chiming acoustic guitar.  Next up is “Keep Our Love In Sight”, a pretty nursery rhyme led by Mariam’s delicately percussive dulcimer and skipping congas from Craig.  We finish up today with a classic song from Mariam, the meditative, compelling “Sail On” from the Visionquest cd.
Learn more about Mariam here: http://www.mariammassaro.com

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour with Mariam Massaro

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #397 is an hour of visionary improvisational acoustic music recorded live by the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, native flute, ukulele and acoustic guitar, Robin Rooney on djimbe, celtic harp and vocals and Bob Sherwood on piano.  Recorded live at Singing Brook Studio on June 1st, 2020, today’s show begins with Mariam’s classic song “Gather Together”, given a stately, powerful reading here with lovely harmonies from Mariam and Robin.  “We Are Changing” is a beautiful, gentle folk song about new beginnings with gospel touches and a compelling, rolling piano performance by Bob and pretty, chiming ukulele from Mariam.  “Carry Us Away” is another subtle, soft ballad featuring a deeply sensitive vocal from Mariam and “To The River I Go” is a driving, powerful piece with blues and rock flavors and propulsive djimbe from Robin.  Next up we present a “part two” that diverges in every way but lyrical sentiment, celebrating nature and beauty with a skipping, light feel.  “Reflection” is a breathless invocation of nature and gratitude set to a deep and beautiful musical backing with a bravura piano performance from Bob.  We conclude today’s show with the mystical “Rainbow Lights All Around”, a swirling, dizzying piece with exceptional vocals from Mariam and Robin and an opening flute fanfare from Mariam that sets a tone of deep reverence.
Learn more about Mariam here: http://www.mariammassaro.com