Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour 502
Gaea Star Crystal 502 is an hour of visionary acoustic improv music featuring the Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native flute, 4- and 8-string ukulele, harmonica and Celtic harp, Bob Sherwood on piano, Craig Harris on congas and Native drums and Cevher Demirel on flute and bongoes. Recorded live in mid-September 2022 at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts, today’s installment begins with the impressionistic, floating tone poem “Pot Of Gold”, an abstract meditation driven by Mariam’s gently flowing Celtic harp and beautiful vocal. “I Am The Fire” is a gorgeous, Eastern European flavored song with evocative flute from Cevher and a lovely vocal from Mariam and “Sweet Serenity” is a beautifully chorded song with fine contributions from the whole band supporting Mariam’s mysterious, inspired lyric. “May Miracles Unfold” begins as a blues driven by Mariam’s chiming 8-string ukulele before taking an unexpected turn into gorgeous, floating balladry with more lyrical flute work from Cevher above Craig’s steady conga work. “Rising” keeps the blues promise teased at in the former song with down home harmonica work from Mariam over Bob’s uptown blues turnarounds. “May We All Be Ready To Greet The Day With Love” concludes today’s show in a sprawling, bucolic raga underpinned by Mariam’s shruti box and lovely flute passages from Cevher in a piece that ranges far and wide, visiting myriad styles and moods to end today’s show on a creative highpoint.