Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour with Mariam Massaro: #631

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