Dreamvisions 7 Radio Network

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #237 is a compelling, varied, impassioned hour of improvised music and the songs of visionary songwriter Mariam Massaro and features Mariam on vocals, celtic harp, acoustic guitar, native flute, harmonica and percussion, Dameron Midgett on mandolin, acoustic guitar and didjeridoo, Craig Harris on congas and balaphone and Bob Sherwood on piano. Taping live at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington MA, we begin today’s session with the magical, pastoral “Come And See My Beauty” featuring Mariam’s harp and and Bob’s stately, elegiac piano in languid dialog. Lush vocals and native flute against Craig’s double time congas provide a hypnotic coda that leads us into Mariam’s “Rise And Open To Life”, an uplifting folk number featuring Dameron on mandolin. “Another Day In Paradise” is a gorgeous, upbeat celebration of nature with fine mandolin work from Dameron and Bob’s ever-in-motion piano supporting Mariam’s visionary, meditative lyric. The ensemble swings through a bluesy instrumental