Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #554 is an hour of improvised, visionary acoustic music from the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native flute, acoustic guitar, Nashville acoustic guitar, mandolin and ukulele, Bob Sherwood on piano and Craig Harris on Native drum and congas. Taped live at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts in November of 2023, today’s show opens gently with the hushed “Let’s Celebrate Together Every Day, Every Moment”, a somber, unhurried piece that blooms slowly into a pretty folk-classical vibe. “I Want To Feel The Power Of My Sweet Soul’s Inner Spirit” is a gorgeous, drifting conversation between Mariam’s gentle vocal and her lyrical Native flute that blossoms again into a spacious, meditative air and “Along The Strands Of Life” is a fine, upbeat folk number with a tight, energetic rhythm section of acoustic guitar, Native drum and piano and an inspiring, spot-on vocal from Mariam. “Sing Sweetly, Slowly” is a hushed, gentle parable set to Mariam’s chiming mandolin that settles into a gorgeous minimalism to set the stage for Mariam’s extended flute-and-vocal conversation. “Oh, Ra Yay Let The Music Guide You Home” is a beautiful, gently percolating minor with imaginative piano from Bob and “In The Stillness” drifts out of the embers of a floating, meditative groove with delicate congas supporting a keening flute fanfare, the whole of which barely rises above a whisper. Closing today’s show is the richly mystical “Soldaygo”, an atmospheric parable told to slow, swinging congas, impressionistic jazz piano and Mariam’s Nashville-strung acoustic guitar.
Learn more about Mariam here: http://www.mariammassaro.com
