Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour Archives with Mariam Massaro
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #169
06-18-15 “Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #169 is a spacious and mystical 4-song cycle from the core trio of the Gaea Star Band, Mariam Massaro on vocals, acoustic guitar and ukelele, Bob Sherwood on piano and Craig Harris on congas. This week’s spring paean is...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #168
06-11-15 Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #168 is a melodic, contemplative mid-May jam featuring very special guest Western Mass. singer/songwriter Dan Hubbard. We begin with Mariam’s spring song “Oh, The Boys Are Calling” featuring Mariam on lead vocals and acoustic...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #167
06-04-15 Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #167 unfolds on a hot, summery afternoon at Singing Bridge Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts and features a series of nimble, imaginative songs and improvisations from the Gaea Star Band beginning with the eastern minor-key...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #166
05-29-15 Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #166 opens with the expansive and solemn “Prayer For The World (Especially Nepal)” featuring a deeply-felt expression of sympathy to the people of Nepal in the wake of the earthquake. Features Mariam Massaro and Sondra Lewis on...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #165
05-28-15 Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #165 features the core Gaea Star Band trio along with the always-appreciated vocal and percussion stylings of Sondra Lewis. We begin with the sweet improvised air “Onawanaweyanamahey” with Mariam Massaro on vocals and marimba,...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #164
05-07-15 "Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #164 begins with the hypnotic "All Our Hopes", featuring Mariam Massaro on lead vocals and tenor ukelele, Sondra Lewis on vocals and percussion, Dameron Midgett on mandolin and Bob Sherwood on piano and percussion. Next up is...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #163
04-30-15 "Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #163 is a contemplative, relaxed and spacious session of songs and improvisations featuring Mariam Massaro on vocals, guitars and ukelele, Sondra Lewis on vocals and beautifully steady and understated percussion and Bob...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #162
04-23-15 "Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #162 features Mariam Massaro and Bob Sherwood as well as the beautiful vocals of Sondra Lewis and Craig Harris' rock steady congas. We begin with the lovely, hopeful "So Much Love In This Beautiful World" before downshifting...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #161
04-16-15 "Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #161 features Mariam Massaro on vocals, ukelele and acoustic guitar, Sondra Lewis on vocals and percussion and Bob Sherwood on piano, vocals and percussion and features several new compositions by Mariam and several...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #160
04-09-15 Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #160 begins with Mariam's beautifully simple and hopeful ode to imminent spring, "Aphrodite Rising", expressed with a sprightly vocal and ukelele from Mariam and Bob Sherwood's percussion. A lovely spacious piece that...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #159
04-02-15 "Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #159 begins with the dramatic, classically-leaning "Goodbye To Glacial Ice Queen", a weaving tone poem with improvisations from Mariam on vocals and ukelele and compelling accompaniment from Bob Sherwood on piano and Craig...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #158
03-26-15 "Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #158 was recorded at Singing Brook Studio and features Mariam Massaro on lead vocals, ukelele, acoustic guitar and percussion, Craig Harris on congas and Bob Sherwood on piano and percussion. First up today in a program of...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #157
03-19-15 "Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #157 begins with the lustrous, melancholy "Getting Right Through" featuring Mariam Massaro on vocals and Tibetan crystal bowls with Craig Harris' hypnotic conga patterns and Robert Sherwood's circular, tranced-out piano...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #156
03-12-15 "Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #156 begins at the beginning, with the sun rising over the treetops in Mariam's lovely prayer "A Little Ditty" accompanied her ukelele, Bob Sherwood's evocative piano and Craig Harris's steady, muscular congas. It is the very...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #155
03-05-15 "Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #155 features Mariam Massaro on acoustic guitar, ukelele and vocals, Craig Harris on congas and Bob Sherwood on piano, percussion and whistling and begins with the wintery, mystical flow of Mariam's "Singing The Same Song"...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #154
02-26-15 "Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #154 reflects the introspective calm of a snowbound February afternoon her at Singing Brook Studio in the snowy Berkshires. Mariam Massaro and Bob Sherwood weave a series of reflective, skillful improvisations from Mariam's...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #153
02-19-15 "On Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #153 the 2015 Gaea Star Band present a series of songs and improvs that run the gamut from carefree folk to deep and mystical trance grooves. We begin with Mariam Massaro on vocals and ukelele, Craig Harris on congas and Bob...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #152
02-12-15 "Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #152 was recorded on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and presents improvisations and new songs from Mariam Massaro and the Gaea Star Band featuring Mariam Massaro on vocals, native flute, tenor ukelele and drum, Craig Harris on...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #151
02-05-15 "Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #151 takes place on a crisp January afternoon at Singing Brook Studio and begins with the mystical swirl of Mariam's "The Diamond Pearl", a conversation between eastern and western modes featuring vocals and harmonica from...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #150
01-30-15 "Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #150 continues a string of unusually rich and creative sessions at Singing Brook Studio this cold winter of 2014-15. Playing acoustic instruments around a warm stove without limits and rules yields beautiful, free,...