10-30-25 Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #643 is an hour of visionary acoustic improvised music played live by The Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native flute, Celtic harp, shruti box, acoustic guitar, mandolin and ukulele, Bob Sherwood on piano and Craig Harris on Native drum and congas. Recorded at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts in mid-October of 2025, today’s show begins with the stately, sprawling, meditative “Oh, Radiant Spirit”, a calming, unhurried statement decorated with Mariam’s lovely vocal and Native flute above an evocative piano motif from Bob. “3I Atlas Is Coming” is a mystical, droning raga underpinned by Mariam’s calmly consistent shruti box, Craig’s heartbeat Native drum and electronically treated bottom-octave piano from Bob and “Let It Wash Away” is a playful, racing folk song built on a foundation of busy piano and chiming ukulele from Mariam with lovely Native flute passages and imaginative piano. “Fill Our Pages Of Life With Beautiful Love” is a mystical piece driven by Mariam’s chiming mandolin and Craig’s galloping congas and “The Melody In The Wind” is a gorgeous highlight, a deeply affecting acoustic-guitar led ballad with a simple, open progression and a vocal from Mariam that radiates peace and reverent wonder. “Beneath The Starry Realm” is another beautiful acoustic guitar ballad suffused with a peaceful, unhurried atmosphere and we conclude today’s show with “Oh The Rain”, a hypnotic, steadily driving song built on steady ukulele, thrumming Native drum and restless defining chordal motifs on the piano.
Learn more about Mariam here: http://www.mariammassaro.com
