Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour with Mariam Massaro

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #276 was taped live at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts and features songs by Mariam Massaro and improvisations from the Gaea Star Band with Mariam on vocals, acoustic guitar, native flute and ukulele, Craig Harris on congas, drums and balaphone and Bob Sherwood on piano. Today’s first piece is the stately, reflective “Do You Ever Wonder Where You Go?”, a showcase for Mariam’s visionary improvised melody and lyrics. A shift in tempo brings us without pause to the minimalist, autumnal “Oh The Symphony Of Life”, a piece that culminates in a bluesy and pleasantly dissonant conversation between Bob’s Gershwinesque piano figure and Mariam’s soaring native flute. “Farewell To Summer” brings more autumn into the music with a slow, hypnotic groove from a rhythm section featuring Mariam’s acoustic guitar, steady, driving congas from Craig and Bob’s ever-searching piano. “Stay Ahead Of The Game Of Life” is today’s final piece, an elegiac, native-inflected improv which provides a showcase for Mariam’s lyrical native flute and evocative nature imagery.