Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour Archives with Mariam Massaro
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...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #125
08-07-14 "Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #125 is a very special best-of that features some highlights from the last year-plus, specifically some very impressive performances from some of our guests. Highlighting the mystical raga-steeped drama of Burrie Jenkins, the...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #124
07-31-14"Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #124 is an hour of groovy summer music and improv made just for you on a July day. With Mariam Massaro on vocals, 6- and 12- string guitars and baritone ukelele, Tom Fair on Nashville guitar and tabla and Bob Sherwood on piano,...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #123
07-24-14 "Today on Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #123 we are joined by extraordinary UK singer/songwriter Jont. Jont will be familiar to fans of the movie "Wedding Crashers" which features his song "Sweetheart" over the closing credits. His deeply poetic music has...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #122
07-17-14 "Gaea Star Crystal #122 is a heat-hazed summer reverie featuring Mariam Massaro on guitars, ukelele and vocals, Sondra Lewis on percussion and vocals, Craig Harris on congas, Tom Fair on nashville guitar and banjo and Bob Sherwood on piano and percussion. We...
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #121
07-10-14 "For Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #121 we welcome extremely talented and interesting singer/songwriter/guitarist Kurt Henry from Lionsville, New York. Also joining Mariam, Bob, Kurt and Tom for this compelling hour of music are Sondra Lewis on vocals and...