11-05-20 Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #417 is an hour of visionary acoustic improvisational music and songs by Mariam Massaro, featuring the Gaea Star Band with Mariam on vocals, native flute, celtic harp and ukulele, Robin Rooney on vocals, percussion and djimbe, Bob Sherwood on piano and Craig Harris on congas and native drums. Recorded in October 2020 at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts, today’s show begins with the hypnotic, stately minimalist folk of “Let It Fill You”, featuring a driving groove set down by Craig’s congas and Robin’s djimbe. “You May Never Know” is a multi-movement epic that whispers in on a wave of mystical eastern scales and a portentous vocal from Mariam over her chiming celtic harp. Transforming into a swirling, psychedelic trance groove, the piece finds it’s final release in a classical motif with polychordal jazz chord injections. “One More Day” is a solemn, lovely reading of Mariam’s song from her forthcoming “Release” album featuring fine harmonies from Robin over a shifting, mystical soundscape. “Fire Fire Bright” is a mystical ballad that presents classical one moment, ragtime blues the next before settling into a hypnotic, shifting, evocative cloud surrounding Mariam’s midnight musings. We complete the show today with another of Mariam’s upcoming songs, the stately, reverent “Gather Together”.
Learn more about Mariam here: http://www.mariammassaro.com
