Thursday & Friday
11am&11pmET
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour with Mariam Massaro
On the Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour, singer/songwriter Mariam Massaro and composer/producer Robert Sherwood collaborate with Craig Harris and special guests to produce a unique live musical experience where pure inspiration is interwoven with dynamic and unusually sensitive musical expression. The show features completely original songs created in the moment from Mariam’s inspirations, often from dreams and feelings based on current life experiences here and throughout the world as well as from the beauty of nature, blended with intergalactic channelings from her Twin Flame lover Ashento. Starting in January 2012 The Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour has attracted over 450,000 listeners from all corners of the globe. As The Gaea Star Band enters their fourth year they’re excited with the release of their latest album “Who We Are” on Applehead/Sony Films and Records. “Who We Are” is a unique collection of tracks pulled from the last couple of years of shows that reflect an upbeat, original spirit with a global medicine rock flavor.
Broadcasts Weekly Thursday & Friday 11am/11pmET
Mariam’s Musical Inspiration This Week
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #626 is an hour of sinuous, dynamic acoustic improvised music played by The Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native flute, dulcimer, harmonica, shruti box, acoustic guitar and ukulele, Bob Sherwood on piano and Craig Harris on congas and Native drum. Recorded live on a hot June day in 2025 at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts, today’s show begins with the upbeat, shimmering “May The Floodgates of Love Open Wide”, a breathless, energized song driven by Mariam’s chiming dulcimer, imaginative piano and throbbing congas. “All Life Unfolds” is a powerful, mysterious drone song with an ancient British Isles vibe, Mariam’s fundamental message supported by heartbeat Native drum, imaginative piano and tight, racing dulcimer work. “One More Day” is a powerful raga version of the track from Mariam’s “Release” album that features powerful vocals and soaring Native flute lines interspersed over wide-ranging classical piano figurations. “Going Down To The River” is a hallucinogenic summer ballad featuring a fine melody and imaginative, intense work from the ensemble and “Amaru Machay” is a powerful, spiritual song by Mariam about an ancient Andean cave rendered in a funky Afro-Cuban frame. “Painty The Turtle” is another relaxed, summery narrative about a little turtle and her babies at Singing Brook Farm and “Reborn”, a favorite Mariam song of the band’s is a rocking, acoustic-guitar driven requiem with powerful lyrics. “Salamini” is a mystical, delicate ballad with a gorgeous vocal from Mariam and liquid, shimmering piano and “Summer Solstice” is a gently percolating, bluesy summer dream that showcases the ensemble’s laid-back side. Today’s show ends with the dreamy “Make A Difference”, an affecting minor ballad with earthy Native drum, chiming acoustic guitar, circular, imaginative piano and a lilting, gentle melody from Mariam.
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #625 is an hour of visionary acoustic improvised music played by The Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native flute, kalimba, acoustic guitar, mandolin and ukulele, Bob Sherwood on piano and Craig Harris on Native drum and congas. Today’s show was recorded live at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts in June of 2025 and begins with the stately, solemn “Wake Up To All That You See”. Mariam’s powerful vocal and lyrical Native flute, Craig’s heartbeat drum and Bob’s imaginative, restless piano make this track compelling and varied. “Make The Best Of Where You Are” is a jazzy, dynamic song with a fine rock vocal from Mariam and “Finish What You Started” is a beautiful, mysterious ballad led by Mariam’s bittersweet Gypsy acoustic guitar work. Mariam strums her shimmering 8-string ukulele for the pretty, delicate “Sail Into The Realms Of Pure Love”, a gorgeous, 50’s-inflected song with a gorgeous vocal and luxurious floating clouds of piano. “Dance Along The River Of Life” is a spacious, unhurried ballad built on Bob’s Eastern European harmonic scheme and featuring a fine vocal-and-flute conversation from Mariam. “Ryalia” is a finely composed, clever piece made evocative with Mariam’s defining, ringing mandolin and fine vocal and “Open Every Day” is an energized blues with racing congas and fiery piano from Bob that gradually coalesces into a stately, inspired gospel ballad. We close today with the mysterious “Let’s Write The Story Again”, a lovely piece with a fine vocal from Mariam above ukulele, heartbeat Native drum and racing, circular piano.
Learn more about Mariam here: http://www.mariammassaro.com