Posts By: Wanda Waterman St. Louis

Wanda Waterman St. Louis

In Conversation With . . . Cynthia Sayer, Part II

Cynthia Sayer is a New York-based jazz banjo phenomenon whose latest album, Attractions, on Plunk Records, was recently reviewed in The Voice. She recently took the time to talk with Wanda Waterman St. Louis about her influences, music as a career, and teaching via Skype. Influences I was deeply influenced by several artists. First and… Read more »

In Conversation With . . . Cynthia Sayer, Part I

Cynthia Sayer is a New York-based jazz banjo phenomenon whose latest album, Attractions, on Plunk Records, was recently reviewed in The Voice. She recently took the time to talk with Wanda Waterman St. Louis about her childhood, jazz banjo, and why she decided against a legal career. The Childhood My early childhood was in Massachusetts,… Read more »

The Mindful Bard – New World Coming: The Sixties and the Shaping of Global Consciousness

Book: New World Coming: The Sixties and the Shaping of Global Consciousness Publisher: Between the Lines Publication date: 2009 Eds. Karen Dubinsky, Catherine Krull, Susan Lord, Sean Mills, and Scott Rutherford The Other ?60s ?From Brazil to Vietnam, from the Dominican Republic to Algeria, from Mali to Indonesia, from Bolivia to Greece, US fleets, air… Read more »

In Conversation With . . . Rita Shelby, Part II

Rita Shelby is a Los Angeles-based jazz singer-songwriter known as much for her wisdom and indomitable spirit as she is for her incredible voice and brilliantly written songs. She recently released the CD A Date With a Song (soon to be recommended in The Mindful Bard), for which she wrote melodies and lyrics and for… Read more »