Dreamvisions 7 Radio Network

"The Gaea Star Crystal Hour #140 begins with the mystical, querying “Ready” with Mariam choosing an unusual pivoting key structure for her melody as she and Tom Fair lay a carpet of acoustic 12-strings and Bob Sherwood develops an intense, polyrhythmic percussion groove. We search out the intense center of the piece and find it in a double-time shift before stripping away all but the heartbeat. Next up is Mariam’s “Always The Same Inside”, an island-inflected ukelele-driven folk rock number. The floating, somber “Oh, May I Fly” follows, built around Mariam’s dueling flutes, Bob’s piano and electronics and Tom’s trancing 12-string. Overdubbed “Cloud” guitar adds a touch of uneasy sky to the climax of the piece, a tension that is broken by a backbeat from Bob and Mariam’s harmonies. After the break we present Mariam’s “Feels Good To Know You” a reverie driven by piano and guitar electronics. A series of shifting keys and major/minor ambiguities resolve to a majestic downward motif that frames an unfoldi