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Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #198 begins with a downward eastern scale on the piano, a quick bird call from the flute and a flourish from the congas as Mariam Massaro, Bob Sherwood and Craig Harris of the Gaea Star Band begin Mariam’s lush “Goodbye Happy New Year”. A beautiful minor improvised song of slowly rising intensity, the piece moves gradually to major as the sun rises in Mariam’s spare and spacious poetry. “Mountain Of Life” finds Mariam strumming a tight progression on the baritone ukulele against Craig’s eternal groove, Bob’s piano dancing above like a busy, impatient bird. A lovely, timeless quality emerges as Mariam spins a lyric of opportunity and choice and the band sets up a tense, insistent Afro-Cuban groove and Bob lights up a series of fiery, neurotic piano licks. “Zebulon and Lorenzo The Dragon” is a pretty, dulcimer-driven folk tale in the finest Mariam Massaro tradition with tight marimbas from Craig and a late-entering piano fanfare from Bob. A sweeping, misty coda, lush with echo