Wanda Waterman is a poet, spoken word artist, blogger, cultural journalist, and digital nomad. She’s been writing regularly for The Voice Magazine since 2004, not long after she began studying psychology at Athabasca. Her poetry has been published in Descant, The Talking Leaves, Chizine, Our Times, The Best of Tigertail, and Pottersfield Portfolio and her articles in Design is Political, Rawckus Magazine, Coastal Life, The New Internationalist, This Magazine, and in her blog, The Mindful Bard. She grew up in Nova Scotia, but after having lived in New Hampshire and North Africa she’s now settled in Montreal.
Film: Chasing Ice Screenwriter: Mark Monroe Director: Jeff Orlowski Cast: James Balog, Svavar Jonatansson, Adam LeWinter, Jeff Orlowski, Tad Pfeffer, Jason Box Genre: Documentary ?Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature?the… Read more »
Film: The Boxing Girls of Kabul Director: Ariel Nasr Producer: Annette Clarke for the National Film Board of Canada Genre: Documentary ?Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.? Susan B. Anthony The Female Dilemma, Writ Large The Afghan girls train in a compound where women were once publicly flogged, stoned,… Read more »
Christine Tassan is an amazing singer and composer and an acoustic guitar maestro in the gypsy jazz and French chanson traditions. She’s also an electrical engineer and a film director. Her band, Les Imposteures, is composed entirely of women, all formidable musicians in their own right. They’ll be performing together at the Montreal International Jazz… Read more »
Elizabeth Shepherd is a jazz/soul pianist and singer. In 2006 her debut album, Start To Move, was voted one of the top jazz albums by listeners of the Gilles Peterson Show on BBC Radio Worldwide. She’s toured the world and shared the stage with Christian McBride, Victor Wooten, and Branford Marsalis. Her latest album, Rewind,… Read more »
Peppe is a wonderful man?a true bohemian! He goes wherever his guitar takes him.? Daniela Nardi, in an interview with Wanda Waterman Peppe Voltarelli is an Italian singer-songwriter and accordion player noted as much for his searing social commentary as for his tender tributes to the people of his region, winning his songs the label… Read more »
Mo Kenney is a young Nova Scotian singer-songwriter who produced her debut album last September and has since been touring with Joel Plaskett and The Emergency and Ron Sexsmith. The recipient and nominee of numerous prestigious awards as well as raves from critics, Mo is known for clever, insightful lyrics?often on the subject of triumphing… Read more »
Film: Inch?Allah Writer/Director: Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette Cast: Évelyne Brochu, Sabrina Ouazani, Sivan Levy, Hammoudi Elkarmi Genre: Drama ?The land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine and you reside in my land as foreigners and strangers.? Leviticus 25:23 The Slow, Inexorable Path to a Doomed Radicalization Palestinian urchins sift through the refuse of… Read more »
