Wanda Waterman
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: You Ain’t Seen Nothin? Yet (Vous n?avez encore rien vu) Director: Alain Resnais Cast: Pierre Arditi, Sabine Azema, Lambert Wilson (with Mathieu Amalric, Anne Consigny, and Michel Piccoli) Genre: Art House, Drama ?Orpheus with his Lute made Trees, And the Mountaine tops that freeze, Bow themselves when he did sing… In sweet Musicke is… Read more »
On the Crest of a New Mediterranean Wave Daniela Nardi, scheduled to appear at the Montreal International Jazz Festival on July 5 and 6, is a Toronto-based singer-songwriter whose third album, Espresso Manifesto, is a vibrant, full-bodied jazz tribute to the songs of Paolo Conte. She’s the first female singer to tackle these songs, and… Read more »
Sienna Dahlen is a Toronto-based singer-songwriter and teacher with a Master’s degree in jazz performance from the University of Toronto. She’s toured the world and has collaborated with a number of notable artists, including Karl Jannuska, Mads Baerentzen, and Wassim Soubra. She recently released her album Verglas?a set of original and innovative songs beautifully arranged… Read more »
Film: Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God Director: Alex Gibney Genre: Documentary ?If anyone causes one of these little ones?those who believe in me?to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. Woe to… Read more »
A Preoccupation With Grief and Loss, as Portrayed in Five Recent Indie Films Films: Morning After Midnight (USA) The Way the World Ends (USA) Soul (Belgium) LaRonde (Canada) Birthday Girls (Ireland) ?No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.? C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed I’ve noticed that death has been the subject… Read more »
Album: Daniela Nardi, Espresso Manifesto: The Songs of Paolo Conte ?My Espresso Manifesto: To create and showcase works that proudly display the wonders, genius, and beauty of those earthy, complex, elegant, primal people, my people?the Italian people.? Daniela Nardi, from the liner notes on Espresso Manifesto Paolo Conte’s Lyrics Never Got So Much Lovin? If… Read more »
Film: Searching for Sugar Man Director: Malick Bendjelloul Genre: Documentary ?Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.? Bodhidharma ?Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.? Boy George Why Good People Disappear From View Had you ever heard of singer-songwriter Jesus (Sixto) Rodriguez before… Read more »