10-24-24 Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #594 is an hour of improvised acoustic visionary music played by the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native flute, acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, Celtic harp, mandolin and shruti box, Bob Sherwood on piano and Craig Harris on congas and Native drum. Recorded live in mid-October of 2024 at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts, today’s show begins with a spirited, uplifting take of Mariam’s classic “Reborn” from her “Vision Quest” LP which yields to the blustery, unsettled weather of “Have Faith”, a dramatic piece with fine classical piano from Bob and a powerful vocal from Mariam. “Oh The Full Moon” is a uniquely gorgeous, simple ballad brought in by Mariam’s sweeping, swirling Celtic harp and lush vocal and carried by Bob’s granitic, deeply emotional piano motif. “Birch Grove” is a fantastical, magical forest song led by Mariam’s mysterious vocal and chiming mandolin and “May We All Be In The Right Place” is another beautiful melody dressed in lush classical flourishes and swaths of sweeping, soaring Native flute and “Hello It’s Been A While” is a somber, powerful raga based on Mariam’s DADGAD-tuned 12-string acoustic guitar. In honor of World Indigenous Peoples Day we close today’s show with “Honoring The Elders”, another stately raga propelled by Craig’s fundamental pulse and Mariam’s sitar-like 12-string guitar.
Learn more about Mariam here: http://www.mariammassaro.com
