10-20-22 Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #505 is an hour of compelling musical improvisation by The Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native flute, Celtic harp, acoustic guitar, ukulele and shruti box, Cevher Demirel on congas, Celtic harp, vocals and flute and Bob Sherwood on piano, vocals and tabla. Recorded live at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts in October of 2022, today’s show eases into being with the meditative “Fire Transforms”, a hypnotic piece featuring an inspired poem from Mariam above a spacious groove of piano and congas. “Listen To The Trees” is a delicate, drifting ballad based around Mariam’s journeying acoustic guitar and featuring lyrical flute from Cevher and “Reborn” from Mariam’s “Gaea Star Crystal” album is given a singularly powerful airing with a powerful vocal from Mariam. Bob then leads the band through an airtight, driving rendition of his new song “Coming Home”, featuring Mariam’s excellent native flute. “We’re Rising” is a delicate raga built on a foundation of Cevher’s gently propulsive Celtic harp and Mariam’s foundational shruti box. The band stretches and morphs until arriving at “May We All Realize Our True Colors”, a lush and expressive song that Mariam brings to life with her chiming ukulele and evocative vocal as Bob teases a gospel framework into the arrangement.
Learn more about Mariam here: http://www.mariammassaro.com
