Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #670 is another dynamic session of visionary acoustic improvised music played by The Gaea Star Band featuring Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native flute, double flute, baritone and soprano ukulele, mandolin, acoustic guitar and nylon string guitar, Bob Sherwood on piano and Craig Harris on congas, Native drum and djembe. Recorded live at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts in the middle of May 2026, today’s show begins with the beautiful summer celebration “Down By The River”, a relaxed stream-of-consciousness tone poem with a peaceful reverie of a vocal by Mariam and “Take Me Down Inside My Soul” is a quiet, reverent song outlined by Mariam’s whispering acoustic guitar and deeply felt vocal, Craig’s throbbing Native drum and gospel piano from Bob. The band performs an energized, evocative take of Mariam’s “Vision Quest” from the eponymous 2016 LP that features Mariam’s dancing marimba braided into a tapestry of grooving congas and minimalist piano. “There’s A Fire Between The Realms Of Light” is a mysterious, swirling folk song led by Mariam’s chiming mandolin and powerful, pagan forest lyric, a rich, epic piece that dances through three separate movements from major to minor like the passage of a summer day into dusk. The band presents a beautiful, emotional reading of Mariam’s “Sail On” from her “Vision Quest” LP that Mariam leads with her nylon string guitar “Leonardo” and the ensemble next takes on Mariam’s “All Life Unfolds”, re-imagined as a minor theme which yields a very different song indeed, from Craig’s heartbeat Native drum to Bob’s completely upended minor interpretations to Mariam’s ad libbed poetry. “Aloha Hey” is a beautiful, bright Hawaiian tune by Mariam appropriately decorated with her delicate soprano ukulele and reggae-based accompaniment from the ensemble and we conclude today’s session with “Let’s Hold Steady”, a deeply felt song with a lovely vocal from Mariam and a bittersweet, evocative musical stage from the ensemble. Learn more about Mariam here: http://www.mariammassaro.com