"The foundation of Wild Sweet was born out of a loop pedal improv on a New Year's sunrise set at a small festival many years ago. But the song was fully written during our recording process together in Asheville. Each of us was tasked with bringing two original songs to record. While I had a few options of lullabies to bring, and even started recording 1 of them, I felt something else wanting to come through. Tina encouraged me to keep searching and in the wee midnight hours, I rediscovered this melody from the archives of my recordings. One of our songwriting prompts during our group mastermind had been ‘polishing an old gem’, so I dove into polishing this song seed. The lyrics came swiftly, inspired by the energy of being in the cocoon of staying at home during lockdown, as well as the cocoon of our songwriting immersion, and the magic of recording this album together. It was the final song to be written during this cycle of our collective song-catching journey and captures the essence of what we were gathering. Wild Sweet sings to the emergence of widened wings after a deep season of rest, just as humanity is re-emerging into a new season of becoming." ~ Ayla Nereo

Cradle

Wild Sweet

This song, written by Tina Malia, is based on the title of the upcoming album, Cradle, out February 2023. It is languid and warm, meant to hold the listener in the feeling of home. It is a winter song with the spirit of the holidays within.

By The Jordan

This song was written by Marya Stark inspired by bones and a time before the internet. ‘Fly Away’ is evocative of prophecy, dreams, and the magic at midnight.

By this point, it was towards the end of summer months of 2020, several waves of chaos into the lockdown, and we were riding the many uprisings and divisions within the culture. 

Leah threw out the idea of needing respite from all the internet dumpster fires that were wreaking havoc on our online communities, and called for a song to reach into the healing power of our ancestral magics. Thus, the topic we chose was ‘bones’, with the style being that which was way before the internet. 

This song tells the story of a dream of a young woman who is being called into an initiation at the temple. She has visions of her sacred women kin dancing around in a star-stepping pattern as a practice of oracular divination and invocation prayer.

Fly Away

A real-life lullaby, for the real-life parent in the final battles of sleep deprivation. One written about the moment when you have tried EVERYTHING to just get your child to GO TO SLEEP!! Part playful, part honest attempt to pull that final transition to rest… drifting away in harmonics and by the celebratory end, swooping us all away to an actual dreamscape. Written by Leah Song.

Oh Darlin'

"Name of the Wind came from a moment of being on the California coast and seeing a whale out in the ocean. We had a song prompt that week, to create a wind lullaby. So as I watched the whale, and felt the wind rushing in my ears, I listened. And the notes of the chorus came through clearly, very literally on the wind as it whistled against my ears." ~ Ayla Nereo

Name Of The Wind

This track was born into the world through a moment of sheer ecstatic joy. It was my birthday, I walked downtown santa cruz and stumbled upon Singing Wood Marimba playing epically booty-dancing music that uplifted my spirits as nothing else ever has. I bough their cd and continuously wept whenever i heard one of the tracks, 'Tenda'. I experimented with a little of the looping style and chord progression from that track and used a vocal looper to create this song. I had the great honor of sharing this story with them, and inviting them to play on this track. 

Unstoppable Joy for me is an infectious way to live life ad posture the heart no matter what. It is an ongoing meditation and co-creation. I dedicate this song to my beloved friend, muse and collaborator Binah Zing, who loved this song and believed in its capacity to spread light and joy with the people. May we all rise and dance together in the freedom of our truest pure joy.
lyrics
I wonder what might happen 
if all the beings in all the worlds 
were free from suffering and without desire 
and burst into unstoppable joy 
I wonder what might happen 
if all the stars in all the skies 
were strung together with a common thread 
and shone together in common light 
the light of love 

I am that I am that I am Love, Unstoppable Love 
I am that I am that I am Light, Un-fade-able Light 
I am that I am that I am Joy, Unstoppable Joy 
I am that I am that I am that I am, 
Unstoppable Joy 

I wonder what might happen 
If all the eyes began to see 
the mystery of love unfolding 
in the perfection of you and me 
I wonder what might happen 
if all the hearts that felt the pulse 
would dance together in the rhythm of one song 
and sing united as one voice 
the voice of love 

I am that I am that I am Love, Ustoppable Love 
I am that I am that I am Light, Un-fade-able Light 
I am that I am that I am Joy, Unstoppable Joy 
I am that I am that I am that I am, 
Unstoppable Joy
credits
released 18 November 2014 
Marya Stark- Voice, Lyrics, Music and Vocal Arrangements 
Song Adapted from 'Tenda' originally composed by Paul Mataruse

Andy Zenczak- Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Bass 
Barry Phillips- cello and string arragnement- 
Chad Katlinger- viola 
Members of Singing Wood Marimba- Marimba 
Beaumont Bradbury- Drums and Percussion 

Vocals from Memebers of the Cultural Heritage Choir: 
Linda Tillery, Tammi Brown, Bryan Dyer 
Additional Vocals- Fa Jun, Buddha Bee, Eric James, Alyra Rose, Ishka Lha, Briana Kai 

Recorded at Gadgetbox Studios in Santa Cruz, Ca 
Assisted by Patrick Brede 
Mastered by Roger Seibel at SAE Mastering

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Marya Stark ~ Unstoppable Joy

Official Remix for Beautiful Chorus - Pachamama

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Beautiful Chorus - Pachamama (Srikala Remix)

Seattle's Yaima performs the song "Sacred" as the encore to their show in Bellingham at the Sacred Bass Session HALLOWE'EN gathering, 10/30/15. An incredible powerful performance of an incredibly moving song, sung by the inimitable Pepper Proud.

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Yaima º "Sacred" º Live at Sacred Bass Session #7

Lydia Violet's debut album, "Already Free," inspired by traditions of roots, folk, and protest music. 

Keep Her Safe

www.maryastarkmusic.com- 
full album "The Garden" releases Oct 30th.

"I've become a witness to the stars
forming the shapes of the instrument of the Gods
I've seen their sound rain down from the skies gentle harp
and their song sings of miracles
miracles, miracles unfolding

I've become a witness to love awakening
from Out of the Silence and into the sound
I've heard the footsteps of Angels dancing
as their prayers weave into miracles
miracles, miracles unfolding

can you hear
can you feel
the rhythm
breathe
breathe

(x4)
we are the miracle of love unfolding
we are the miracle
we are the miracle"








Music and Lyrics written and performed by Marya Stark

Produced at Gadget Box Studios with Andy Zenzack
Assistant Engineer- Patrick Brede
Mastered at SAE Mastering by Roger Seibel 
String Arrangement by Barry Phillips with Marya Stark
Bansuri- Deepak Ram
Cello- Barry Phillips
Viola- Chad Katlinger
Tabla- Neel Agrawal
Additional Vocals- Cohen
Snaps- Patrick Brede, Nilu Madadi, Elizabeth Torres :0


"Witness"- Single-Free download

wrote this at the hawaii 2012 gathering. Thanks Orind for the recording!!

Rainbow Road

Starling Arrow is an all-star cast of spirit-folk songstresses featuring Leah Song and Chloe Smith of Rising Appalachia, Ayla Nereo, Tina Malia, and Marya Stark. The members of the female-fronted super-group Starling Arrow share a common devotion for the love of songwriting, which they elegantly captured in their debut album, Cradle, coming out in January 2023. These artists are brought together by a deep mutual love of beauty, the power of music as a sanctuary, and the deep joy of encountering the muse. Powerhouse songwriters in their own right, and innovative leaders within the industry, this joining is a potent gift of synergy.

Pre-save ‘Wild Sweet’ out Friday, Oct 7 - https://sym.ffm.to/wild-sweet

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