Over the: Edge-+. March 22, 2006: Arts and Entertainment 11 Jezebel was Jammin’ REBECCA CARMICHAEL COPY EDITOR On March 11, Artspace was home to many talented local artists and to a fundraiser for some great causes. This was none other than the seventh annual Jezebel’s Jam, hosted by the Northern Women's Centre as an important fund- raiser and as a celebration of women around the world. It was started in 1999 in order to stop the closing of the Women's Centre due to lack of funds. Since then, half of the proceeds raised by Jezebel's Jam go to-supporting the Women's Centre, while the other half is donated to another worthy cause. ‘This year, the money raised will go to the Prince George New Hope Society, which provides support and advocacy for women involved in sex work. This great fundraiser also provided an opportunity to sample some of the best musical talent Prince George and sur- rounding areas have to offer. I arrived at the show during the first set by Scott LaPointe, a young artist from Daw- son Creek. His mellow acoustic guitar playing and singing, including a cover of Rod Stewart's “The First Cut is the Deepest,’ was a pérfect way to start off the show, After-his set, another young artist, Ryan Ziegler, came on stage. He immediately blew the audience away with his unique and passionate style. His guitar playing was so intense, he even broke a string during the first self- written song. He played two of his own songs, as well as a cover of Blur's “Beetlebum’, which worked well with his voice. At only 16 years old and self- taught, we can expect great things from Ryan Ziegler in the future. Up next was Chantal Hamel; also known as CC Hamel. Born in Montreal, she decided to do the entire set in French, I couldn't understand a word of it, but that didn't matter much, Her rich, powerful voice surpassed language, and the French complimented it beautifully. She was very well received by the crowd. After three relatively lighthearted, upbeat songs that ‘had the audience. clapping along, she finished with a haunting, somber tune. Overall, CC Hamel was an impressive, lovely performer. Jezebel’s Jam was also home to sever- al talented poets and spoken words art- ists. After CC Hamel, we were. graced with the poetry of- Jaqueline Baldwin. The first two, which I believe were called “Philosophy and Longing” I and II, had a socially and environmentally conscious bent to them, while “What Does She See in Him?” addressed sex- ism and ageism. Her poetry was clear and straightforward, a pleasure to lis- ten to. Jaqueline has donated her time to performing at more than one hun- dred events to support women's causes. After a short intermission, Christal Capostinsky, director of the PG New Hope Society also came on stage to share some poetry, Before doing so, she talked about the New Hope Soci- ety, a place where women involved in sex work can come to feel safe and not judged, as well as access vital resources. She explained that it does not currently have enough funding to stay open as often as needed, so fundraisers such as Jezebel’s Jam are vital to the operation of the Society. Her poetry was intensely personal and haunting. The first poem, “From Silence Voice, From Darkness Flame’, was dedicated to Teresa Healy and told a story of sexual abuse and healing. “Painted Doll” portrayed a vivid picture of the lives of sex workers, while the next poem told of Christal’s own personal journey and brought the audience to a standing ovation. Her last poem, “Indian Women’, written by Jinette Armstrong, highlighted some of the struggles faced by First Nations women. Halijo Webster, who is also involved with the PG New Hope Society, came gn next to showcase Iyer powerful yocal talent. Apparently she had been wor- ried her music would “bring the cele- ‘btation down’, but that wasn't the case at all. She even wrote a song about the Jezebel’s Jam celebration, and started off with this. Her songs are both deeply personal and a pleasure to listen to. We got a particular treat when Shera from Mamaguroove joined Halijo on drums during the song” Take Away My Eagle. Members of the audience were overheard calling her music “chillingly enchanting” and even comparing her to. Janis Joplin. Melody Tabora came on after Halijo. She listed some of her- musical inspirations as Ani, Difranco, Alix Olsen, and Kinnie Starr, and thése influences shone through clearly in her music, Her first song, “Street Angel’, was amazingly beautiful and poetic, as was the rest of the set. Melody was very well received by the crowd. She finished off by inviting some fellow performers from the audience to join her in some intense drumming that had people up and dancing. Dawn Boudreau, up after Melody, described her as the hardest act shed ever had to follow. However,.she managed to do so admirably. While her music was much more subdued than Melody’s, Dawn's rich, gorgeous voice and excellent piano playing were great in their own way. It was good to have a somewhat calmed. down atmosphere during her highly personal music. After Dawn, young artist Krysteri Novak shared some of her unique vocal talent and guitar playing. Her set was short, but she shows: definite promise as an up and coming artist. Heather Glas- gow came up next to share some of her spoken word poetry. Her suggestive, gritty poems were very well executed and roused the audience. They in- cluded the ‘tampon poem “Crows” and “Paper Bag Princess’, which dealt with body and food issues. During the intermission following, some guy waiting in line for the bath- room described the musical genre of bluegrassasthe“punk of country’. While the Lakeside Ramblers Bluegrass Band didn't look or sound especially punk, I could see what he meant. There was a certain kick.to their music missing in most mainstream country. They played very skillfully together, which explains why they were selected as Band of the Year by the BC Bluegrass Association three years in a row, They had much of the crowd up and dancing along to their infectious, lively music, The crowd was thoroughly pumped up in time for the headliner band Mamaguroove. Their high energy mix of funk, reggae, world beat, hip hop, thrash, latin, acapella and folk was nearly impossible not to dance along to. For the most part, this is what I was doing instead of properly review- ing them. Their diverse blend of styles and influences manages to make them sound both laidback and upbeat at the same time. 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