Thursday & Friday
11am&11pmET
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour with Mariam Massaro
On the Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour, singer/songwriter Mariam Massaro and composer/producer Robert Sherwood collaborate with Craig Harris and special guests to produce a unique live musical experience where pure inspiration is interwoven with dynamic and unusually sensitive musical expression. The show features completely original songs created in the moment from Mariam’s inspirations, often from dreams and feelings based on current life experiences here and throughout the world as well as from the beauty of nature, blended with intergalactic channelings from her Twin Flame lover Ashento. Starting in January 2012 The Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour has attracted over 450,000 listeners from all corners of the globe. As The Gaea Star Band enters their fourth year they’re excited with the release of their latest album “Who We Are” on Applehead/Sony Films and Records. “Who We Are” is a unique collection of tracks pulled from the last couple of years of shows that reflect an upbeat, original spirit with a global medicine rock flavor.
Broadcasts Weekly Thursday & Friday 11am/11pmET
Mariam’s Musical Inspiration This Week
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #632 was recorded live at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, MA, in early August of 2025 and is an hour of visionary improvisational music featuring the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, native flute, acoustic guitar and ukulele, Bob Sherwood on piano and Craig Harris on congas and Native drum. Today’s first piece is the uplifting folk round “Voices Of Dissent” featuring a driving drum section from Craig and an inspiring lyric from Mariam. Next up is the swirling, mystical “Listen, The Toads Are Singing”, an intoxicating, surreal tone poem with an imaginative lyric from Mariam and portentous piano from Bob. “Oh, Beautiful Ones” is a lush ballad decorated with an unusual, compelling piano figure from Bob and gorgeous native flute fanfares from Mariam, and “Lead Me Down” is a beautiful take on Mariam’s track from the “Release” LP that grows in intensity until it releases in a powerful native groove. Mariam plugs in her acoustic guitar for the classic “Spirit Of Fire”, here given a driving, powerful rendition with muscular percussion and quick, nimble piano. “Ryalia”, is a lovely, sprightly take of Mariam’s classic forest song that features a fine vocal and busy, dead-on ukulele. “Bless” is a spacious piece of flowing modern minimalist music that provides a backdrop for Mariam’s soaring vocals and Native flute. “So Alive” closes today’s show and is a powerful, rich, upbeat track with gorgeous Native flute journeys.
Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #631 is an hour of compelling, visionary acoustic improvised music played by The Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native flute, acoustic guitar, mandolin, ukulele and harmonica, Bob Sherwood on piano and Craig Harris on Native drum and congas. Recorded live in late July of 2025 at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts, today’s show begins with the hallucinatory, hazy summer anthem “Love Is The Holy Sacred Way”, an energetic minor workout with a soaring vocal and a gorgeous, unusual coda of soaring Native flute, heartbeat drum and lush, imaginative key cycles on the piano. “Deep Inside Is The Divine” is a deep blues with earthy harmonica and Ray Charles influenced piano work and “In Your Doorway” is a fantastical, breathless mandolin-driven rocker with a fine vocal and skipping congas. This piece codas into another panoramic Native flute coda called “Humaya”, an intense, focused accompaniment from the ensemble that reintroduces Mariam’s vocal in a deeply spiritual, chanting poem. “Flowing Like Spirit” is an affecting acoustic guitar ballad with a wistful, gentle vocal from Mariam and “Flowers Of Delight” from Mariam’s “Release” LP is presented with a serene, mystical vibe that supports a particularly fine vocal and soaring Native flute from Mariam. “Blessed By Every Delight (In The Grandest Union)” is another playful, mesmerizing, skipping mandolin-driven reel that evokes the deep forest to conclude today’s hour.
Learn more about Mariam here: http://www.mariammassaro.com