The Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour

19/06/2024

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour 576 is a live hour of improvised acoustic music and songs by Mariam Massaro. Today's show features "Sail On", "I Was Wondering", "You're The One", "Gypsy" and much more!

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour 576 is an hour of visionary acoustic improvised music recorded live by The Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native ...

12/06/2024

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour 575 is an hour of live, dynamic, visionary acoustic improvised music featuring "Amaru Machay", "Pachamama", "Oh, The Rain" and much more!

On Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #576 we feature the Gaea Star Band playing visionary, acoustic improvised music with Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native flute, ...

05/06/2024

Enjoy an hour of languid, hypnotic, summery improvised acoustic music with The Gaea Star Band on Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour 574.

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour 574 is an hour of inspired, visionary acoustic improvised music featuring Mariam Massaro and Bob Sherwood of the Gaea Star Band ...

29/05/2024

Another hour of visionary acoustic improvisational music from The Gaea Star Band---

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour 573 is an hour of inspired, visionary acoustic improvised music featuring Mariam Massaro and Bob Sherwood of the Gaea Star Band ...

22/05/2024

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour 572 ushers in summer with languid, creative soundscapes and a variety of musical textures, twists, turns and Mariam's beautiful vocal expression.

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour 572 is an hour-long exploration of visionary acoustic improvised music played live by the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on ...

15/05/2024

Relax and enjoy another hour of visionary acoustic improvised music from The Gaea Star Band!

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour 571 is an hour of dynamic visionary acoustic improvised music played live by the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, N...

24/04/2024

Another hour of evocative improvised music from Mariam Massaro and The Gaea Star Band.

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour 570 is an hour of dynamic visionary acoustic improvised music played live by the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, N...

17/04/2024

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour 569 is an hour of compelling, visionary acoustic music recorded at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts and brought to you by the Gaea Star Band.

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour 569 is an hour of visionary acoustic improvised music played by The Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native flute, ...

10/04/2024

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour 568; an hour of visionary acoustic improvised live music from the Gaea Star Band, recorded live on April 1 at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts.

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour 568 is an hour of visionary, acoustic improvised music played by the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native flute,...

27/03/2024

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour 566 is an hour of visionary acoustic improvised music played by The Gaea Star Band featuring Mariam Massaro on vocals, acoustic guitar, shruti box, ukulele, Celtic harp, mandolin and Native flute, Bob Sherwood on piano and Craig Harris on Native drum and congas. Recorded live at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massacusetts in March of 2024, today’s show begins with the lyrical, mystical “Whatever It Takes”, a sweetly steady song led by Mariam’s chiming acoustic guitar behind an impassioned prayer for Spring. “Every Day In Every Way” begins as a rich series of Native flute and vocal fanfares and evolves into a deep, unhurried conversation between flute, Native drum, soaring vocals and flute. “We Are The Ancient Ones” is a beautiful, staid journey of Native flute and evocative vocal, compellingly composed piano and fundamental congas and “Flowers Of Delight” is a track from the “Release” album given a richly emotional reading here by the band. “Let’s All Imagine (We’ll Live To Be 100)” continues today’s creative pattern of growing from a fundamental Native flute and drum vibe into a beautiful, mystical creation, a compelling rhythm section supporting an ever-unwinding series of conversations between Mariam’s rich, burnished storytelling and evocative Native flute journeys. This powerful suite drifts into a jazzy Eastern European tonality until it introduces “She’s Alive”, a seductive, grooving, foundational jam with more hallucinogenic storytelling from Mariam and “Royal Blue” is a gorgeous, spacious drone piece built around the polychord drone of Mariam’s shruti box and mandolin.

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour 566 is an hour of visionary acoustic improvised music played by The Gaea Star Band featuring Mariam Massaro on vocals, acoustic ...

13/03/2024

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour 564 is an hour of visionary acoustic improvisational 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 bass guitar and Craig Harris on Native drum and congas. Recorded live at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington Massachusetts in early March of 2024, today’s show begins with the powerfully driving and celebratory “The Waters Of Gaea Star” an impassioned song of praise to our planet as spring arrives on the horizon. “Let The Spiral Swirl Within” maintains the high, playful, positive energy of today’s opening number adding a jazzy, slightly Gershwinesque element supporting more stream-of-consciousness spring observations from Mariam above a driving rhythm section of congas, piano and ukulele. “The Love Star” is a beautiful, melancholy love song built on a rich, evocative minor harmonic signature with a gorgeous, deeply-felt vocal from Mariam and “Let’s Fly Away Free” is an unhurried, meditative piece that supports a lush, rich conversation between Mariam’s languid vocal and Native flute fanfares. “Hallelujah Today” is a jazz blues with a fine, ragged edge ushered in with Mariam’s harmonica in conversation with Bob’s vintage blues piano and “I Am Guided By Love” is a pretty, skipping folk song built on Mariam’s chiming mandolin and Craig’s loping, steady conga work. We conclude today’s show with powerful renditions of two songs from Mariam’s albums, firstly the driving, virtuosic take of “Sail To The Realms” from the “Gaea Star Crystal” album and concluding today’s show an energized take of “Pele” from the “Gaea Star Goddesses” album.

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour 564 is an hour of visionary acoustic improvisational music played by The Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native fl...

06/03/2024

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour 563 is an hour of improvised, visionary acoustic music from the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native flute, acoustic guitar, dulcimer, Celtic harp, shruti box and ukulele, Bob Sherwood on piano and Craig Harris on Native drum and congas. Taped live at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts in late February of 2023, today’s show begins with the alluring, gently unfolding “Full Moon”, a silvery, delicate piece framed by Mariam’s chiming acoustic guitar and Bob’s embracing piano figures. “Oh, Heavenly Mother” continues a lush, romantic mood with Mariam’s gentle vocal over a whispery, steady rhythm track and “On The Way Home” is a gorgeous, ambitious, unsettled epic with another exceptional vocal from Mariam and energized, imaginative, jazzy support from the ensemble. “The Key Is To Only Do What Makes You Sparkle” is a slow, stately song with a deeply affecting conversation between Mariam’s somber, soaring vocal and lyrical, spacious Native flute, heartbeat Native drum and expansive gospel piano. “Yemanja” from the “Gaea Star Goddesses” album is re-animated as a beautiful, dulcimer-drone based raga, powerful and driving and adorned with Mariam’s vivid ocean-and-sky word pictures. “There’s Only One Way” is a pure, simple, powerful folk song with a deep, throbbing heartbeat and “Seeds In The Ground”, Mariam’s country blues rocker from the “For The Children” album is taken out for a kinetic, energized spin. We close today’s show with the somber, patient, spacious “Hope”, another gentle vehicle for a rich vocal-and-flute conversation from Mariam set to modern jazz piano

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour 563 is an hour of improvised, visionary acoustic music from the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native flute, acou...

28/02/2024

Another hour of mystical, visionary music from the Gaea Star Band with Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour 562 recorded at Singing Brook Studio in February, 2024.

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour 562 is an hour of live visionary improvisational acoustic music played by the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, acou...

21/02/2024

Enjoy another hour of visionary acoustic improv music with The Gaea Star Band with episode 561 of The Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour.

Gaea Star Crystal 561 is an hour of improvised, visionary acoustic music played by the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native flute, acoustic g...

20/12/2023

hGaea Star Crystal Radio Hour 554 is an hour of improvised visionary acoustic music played by the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native flute, shruti box, ukulele, Celtic harp, acoustic guitar and dulcimer, Bob Sherwood on piano and tablas and Craig Harris on congas and Native drum. Recorded live at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts in December of 2023, today’s show begins with the whispering intensity of “Life In Balance”, a hushed but driving gypsy blues song with a powerful basis of Native drum and tabla from Craig and Bob supporting Mariam’s midnight reverie. “Opening In Ways Of Love” is a breathless, jazzy exploration with fine vocals from Mariam and innovative, modern piano work from Bob and “We’re All The Same” is a breathy, spacious anthem that slowly settles into gospel minimalism with ethereal touches from Mariam’s harp. “Savasana Sailing Star” is a beautiful, anthemic Eastern-inflected drone in praise of yoga underpinned by Mariam’s droning shruti box and exotic piano runs that manages to hold the structure of a classic American blues. We finish today’s show with the droning forest anthem “Smile”, an ancient-sounding reel driven along by Mariam’s groovy, pagan dulcimer, Craig’s steady, ping-ponging congas and Bob’s ever-shifting piano.

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour 554 is an hour of improvised visionary acoustic music played by the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native flute, ...

20/12/2023

The audiobook edition of "Gaea Star Crystal Book 1: Awakening The Tribes Of Light" is now available on Audible and Amazon!

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13/12/2023

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour 553 is an hour of improvised visionary acoustic music played live by The Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native flute, mandolin, 6- and 12-string acoustic guitars, ukulele and Celtic harp, Bob Sherwood on piano and Craig Harris on Native drum and congas. Recorded live at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts in December 2023, today’s show begins with the darkly beautiful “Holy Waters”, an evocative song underpinned by Mariam’s chiming mandolin and clever, dancing, eldritch piano from Bob. “What About The Children?” is a heartbreakingly rendered prayer from Mariam for the children of wars, a beautiful folk song gently propelled by Mariam’s somber, steady acoustic guitar. “Oh, It’s Just The Wind” is a rich, elegant raga featuring Mariam’s alternate-tuned Martin acoustic 12-string guitar and driving congas from Craig that gently, coyly transmutes into a gorgeous, aching Native flute journey from Mariam. “There’s No Place Like Home” is a rich, beautifully sung ballad with dramatic piano, Celtic harp touches and another fine, lyrical, expansive flute solo from Mariam. “So Many Veils” is a languid, almost psychedelic tone poem that builds intensity and groove into a tight Afro Cuban vibe with funky piano from Bob and Craig’s throbbing congas in support of Mariam’s visionary poetry.

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour 553 is an hour of improvised visionary acoustic music played live by The Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native fl...

07/12/2023

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour 552 is an hour of improvised, visionary acoustic music from the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native flute, acoustic guitar, Nashville acoustic guitar, mandolin and ukulele, Bob Sherwood on piano and Craig Harris on Native drum and congas. Taped live at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts in November of 2023, today’s show opens gently with the hushed “Let’s Celebrate Together Every Day, Every Moment”, a somber, unhurried piece that blooms slowly into a pretty folk-classical vibe. “I Want To Feel The Power Of My Sweet Soul’s Inner Spirit” is a gorgeous, drifting conversation between Mariam’s gentle vocal and her lyrical Native flute that blossoms again into a spacious, meditative air and “Along The Strands Of Life” is a fine, upbeat folk number with a tight, energetic rhythm section of acoustic guitar, Native drum and piano and an inspiring, spot-on vocal from Mariam. “Sing Sweetly, Slowly” is a hushed, gentle parable set to Mariam’s chiming mandolin that settles into a gorgeous minimalism to set the stage for Mariam’s extended flute-and-vocal conversation. “Oh, Ra Yay Let The Music Guide You Home” is a beautiful, gently percolating minor with imaginative piano from Bob and “In The Stillness” drifts out of the embers of a floating, meditative groove with delicate congas supporting a keening flute fanfare, the whole of which barely rises above a whisper. Closing today’s show is the richly mystical “Soldaygo”, an atmospheric parable told to slow, swinging congas, impressionistic jazz piano and Mariam’s Nashville-strung acoustic guitar.

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour 552 is an hour of improvised, visionary acoustic music from the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native flute, acou...

15/11/2023

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour 549 is an hour of visionary acoustic improvised music played by The Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native flute, ...

11/10/2023

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour 544 is an hour of visionary, acoustic improvisational music played live by The Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native flute, kalimba, harmonica, mandolin, ukulele and acoustic guitar, Bob Sherwood on piano and Craig Harris on Native drums and congas. Taped live at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts in early October of 2023, today’s show begins with the whispering, evocative “The Emerald Dragon” featuring Mariam’s breathless vocal and rhythmically driving kalimba wrapping around Bob’s minimalist, hypnotic piano from Bob. “The Pearl Full Moon” is a charming, ukulele-led folk song in praise of the autumn night sky that spirals upwards with ever more drama and energy and “Did You Forget You Dreamed Yourself Alive?” is a pretty, gospel-inspired piece, a steady rhythm section of congas and piano providing a frame for Mariam’s reverent vocal and bluesy harmonica as it gradually expresses more and more energy. “Let’s All Become Easy” is a gorgeous, mysterious minor ballad led by Mariam’s tight, chiming acoustic guitar that evokes a deep peace and “I Am The Mother Earth” from the “Visionquest” CD is given a powerful, spiritual outing with energized performances from the whole band and a fine, powerful vocal from Mariam. Today’s final number, the rambling, ambitious “Celebrating Our Rhythm” is an epic, affecting piece of modern blues music that the band stretches through various feels and configurations, building on Mariam’s driving mandolin and solid, imaginative congas from Craig.

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour 544 is an hour of visionary, acoustic improvisational music played live by The Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, Nat...

04/10/2023

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #543 is an hour of visionary, improvised acoustic music played by the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native flute...

20/09/2023

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #542 is an hour of compelling, visionary acoustic improv music played by the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, ukulele, Native flute, harmonica, mandolin, acoustic guitar and Celtic harp, Bob Sherwood on piano and Craig Harris on Native drums and congas. Reco...

20/09/2023

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #541 is an hour of compelling, visionary acoustic improv music played by the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, ukulele, Native flute, harmonica, mandolin, acoustic guitar and Celtic harp, Bob Sherwood on piano and Craig Harris on Native drums and congas. Reco...

20/09/2023

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #540 is an hour of improvised visionary music played live by The Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native flute, dulcimer, mandolin, shruti box, Celtic harp, piano and 6- and 12-string acoustic guitars, Bob Sherwood on piano and acoustic guitar, Craig Harris....

06/09/2023

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour 539 is an hour of improvised visionary music played live by The Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native flute, dulcimer, mandolin, shruti box, Celtic harp, piano and 6- and 12-string acoustic guitars, Bob Sherwood on piano and acoustic guitar, Craig Harris o...

30/08/2023

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #538 is an hour of improvised, acoustic visionary music featuring the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native flute, shruti box, Celtic harp, ukulele and acoustic guitar, Bob Sherwood on piano, Craig Harris on Native drums and congas and special guest percus...

23/08/2023

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #537 is an hour of improvised, acoustic visionary music featuring the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native flute, shruti box, Celtic harp, ukulele and acoustic guitar, Bob Sherwood on piano, Craig Harris on Native drums and congas and special guest percus...