Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour Archives with Mariam Massaro
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #145
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. ...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #144
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...
The Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #143
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...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #142
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...
Gaea Star Crystal Hour #141
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...
Gaea Star Crystal Hour #140
11-20-14 "The Gaea Star Crystal Hour #140 begins with the mystical, querying “Ready” with Mariam choosing an unusual pivoting key structure for her melody as she and Tom Fair lay a carpet of acoustic 12-strings and Bob Sherwood develops an intense, polyrhythmic...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #139
11-13-14 "On Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #139 we continue with live highlights from The Singing Bridge Performing Arts Lodge Fall Festival. Mariam begins with her songs "Dancing As A Faery" and "Yemanja, featuring Sondra LEwis on harmony vocals, Burrie Jenkins on...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #138
11-06-14 Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #138 comes to you live from the Singing Bridge Fall Festival on October 13, 2014 at Singing Bridge Performing Arts Lodge in West Cummington MA. First music today comes from Mariam Massaro and the Gaea Star Band performing a...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #137
10-30-14 "Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #137 is recorded on a somber autumn afternoon in early October and features improvised run throughs of "Life Unfolds", "Blessed With Grace", "Waves Of Love", "Radiant Way", "Okadayoheya" and Mariam's songs "Restore"and...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #136
10-23-14 “Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #136 takes an autumnal journey through mystical musical soundscapes and spiritual lyrical paths of mystery and cosmic consciousness. First we present Mariam’s “I Am The Golden Light” and “I Had A Dream” which are liberally...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #135
10-16-14 “Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #135 features some very special musical guests. Our main guest today is Nashville singer-songwriter Ali Sperry who joins us in the midst of her autumn tour. Featured are Ali’s “Me And The River”, “Not The One”, “Coast”,...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #134
10-09-14 "Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #134 brings us back to the basics with a series of songs and improvs from just Mariam and Bob. The small ensemble brings out a remarkable cohesion and we ease through Mariam's "Open To Love", "Goodbye To Summer", "Just That...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #133
10-02-14 "We present Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #133 Live Music Jam at the Singing Bridge Performing Arts Lodge. Beginning with Mariam's "We Just Never Know", we move through an improv-heavy medley of "Distant Star" and "This Is The Way" before being joined by the...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #132
09-25-14 "Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #132 opens with Mariam's new "Everyone Is Different", a hypnotizing, circular song which uses an unresolved harmonic scheme to illustrate the lyric. Next up is "Spirits Of The Water" and "Deep Within My Temple" and after the...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #131
09-18-14 "Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #131 features outstanding improvised vocal work from Mariam Massaro, Sondra Lewis and Amanda Pollock as we drift through Mariam's open-ended songs, "Summer Day", "I'm Waiting For You", "Starry Night" "River, River, River", and a...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #130
09-11-14"Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #130 features beautiful summer reveries including Mariam's "Windy Day", the "Lovely Day" Suite, the mysterious improvisation "The Ocean", and the classic modal tone poem "Smile". We also revisit a beautiful recording from May,...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #129
09-04-14 "Today on Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #129 we stand in solidarity with all the people of the world struggling with war, oppression and violent political instability. We sing "Wrap It Up" to our leaders, we reclaim the name "Isis" from the...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #128
08-28-14"Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #128 features Mariam on acoustic guitar, lead vocals and ukelele, Tom Fair on classical guitar and Nashville guitar, and Bob Sherwood on piano and percussion. Starting in with Mariam's "You Just Never Know", we offer concise (we...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #127
08-21-14 "Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #127 is a study in textures with Mariam Massaro, Bob Sherwood and Tom Fair switching off between a variety of instruments to create a shifting tapestry of sound. Featuring Mariam's "Reasons", "Arise, Arise", "You Can Always...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #126
08-14-14"On Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #126 special guest acoustic guitarist Daniel Levine brings sparkling acoustic colors to the usual core of the Gaea Star Band; Mariam Massaro on vocals, flute, acoustic 6- and 12- string guitars, Bob Sherwood on piano and...