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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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"...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

01-29-15  Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #149 kicks off a late December session with the island jam “Keep The Old/Happy New Year” featuring an upbeat vocal from Mariam and some interesting twists.  A bluesy run through of Mariam’s “Standing Ones Of Peace” from the...

01-22-15  Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #148 was recorded at Singing Brook Studios and features Mariam Massaro on vocals, native flute, crystal bowls, harp, kalimba and acoustic guitar, Bob Sherwood on piano and percussion and Craig Harris on congas.  We begin with the...

01-15-15 "Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #147 is a fast-moving series of inventions based around the writings and word-paintings of Mariam Massaro.  The driving rhythm of Craig Harris' congas and Bob Sherwood's percussive, exploratory piano, led by Mariam's dulcimer and...

01-08-15  "Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #146 is a lovely, prayerful and deep series of songs and improvs featuring Mariam Massaro, Bob Sherwood and a visit from our resident conguero Craig Harris.  We begin with a prayer of thanks to the year end called "Thank You"...

12-25-14 Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #145 presents an intimate, close song cycle played and improvised by Mariam Massaro and Bob Sherwood on a variety of instruments.  We begin with Mariam’s new “Returning To Love” with Mariam on vocals and ukelele and Bob on piano. ...

12-18-14 "Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #144 begins with "A Blessing To Know You", a deep, shifting tribute to the late P.D. Midgett, father of often-co-host Dameron Midgett.  Mariam Massaro on vocal and acoustic 12-string and Bob Sherwood on piano.  Next, Mariam reads...

12-11-14  "The Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #143 is a drifting, intimate series of songs and improvisations featuring just Mariam Massaro on vocals, flute, ukelele and 12-string guitar and Bob Sherwood on piano and percussion.  We begin with a languid, shifting prayer...

12-04-14  "Today on Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #142 we welcome the return of Dameron Midgett, joining Mariam and Bob with his mandolin and didjeridoo.  Congas player Craig Harris of the Gaea Star Band also brings his groove to the first half of the show.  We begin...

11-27-14 "The Gaea Star Crystal Hour # 141 begins with the dusky, mystical “How To Be Free” with Mariam Massaro on vocals and tenor ukelele, Tom Fair on Nashville acoustic guitar and Bob Sherwood on piano.  We drift into Mariam’s “La Luna”, an improvisation-heavy...