Poetry:: Mike McGee, Sekou tha Misfit, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Taylor Mali, Rives, D. Silence, The Suicide Kings, Jason Bayani, Jaylee, Jon Brown, Bay Area Poets, and unreleased recordings of yours truly
Beatbox:: Scratch, Rahzel, Kenny Muhammad, Eachbox, Kid Beyond, Infinite and Soulati, Process, Syzygy, Vowel Movement Beatboxers
Hip Hop::
KRS-ONE, Rakim, Del the funky homosapien, The Roots, Wu-Tang, Lyrics Born, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Sol, Talib Kweli, Dead Prez, O-Maya, Gangstarr, Warren G, Tinted Figments Crew
Jazz::
Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Herbie Handcock, Bobbie Humphry, Brother Jack McDuff, Thlonious Monk, Charlies Mingus, Babatunda Lee
Funk::
Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Parlement Funkadelic, James Brown, Tower of Power, Curtis Mayfeild, Anitbalas
Joshua Walters is an internationally acclaimed performer, poet, educator, beatboxer and comic from San Francisco. He performs in the Bay Area, New York, Berlin, Istanbul and Jerusalem to audiences ranging in age from 9 to 90. He also facilitates performance workshops for middle schools, high schools, and colleges. Walters appears on radio and television stations including ABC-KGO in San Francisco and Radio X in Frankfurt, Germany.
A member of the 2007 Berkeley Poetry Slam Team, and competitor at the National Poetry Slam in Austin, TX, Walters now regularly hosts, as well as performs. His poetry is taught in classrooms and performed by others in speech competitions. Walters is an original member of the Bay Area beatbox collective, The Vowel Movement, founded in 2003, which continues as a platform for youth to express themselves through vocal percussion. Walters has shared the stage with hip hop legends Black Sheep and National Poet Laureate Amiri Baraka.
Theater performer for over a decade, Walters incorporates elements of spoken word and beatbox into his shows. In his first solo show, Madhouse Rhythm (2008), Walters uses humor to reframe the telling of his own experiences with Bipolar Disorder. Walters was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder at age 16. The next year, in 2002, he co-founded the DBSA (Depression Bipolar Support Alliance) Young Adults Chapter in San Francisco, one of the few support groups specifically for mentally ill young adults in the country. Walters now performs and speaks as a mental health advocate.
“Joshua Walters finds the absurd in the everyday, magic in the mundane and playful humor in basic biological functions. In sharp contrast to the heated delivery of most slam poets, he uses dramatic pauses and deadpan delivery like a slap to the knee.”
-Charles Ekabhumi Ellik, Berkeley Slammaster
Awards
1st Place—Tourettes Without Regrets 4/2/09
1st Place—Tourettes Without Regrets 3/5/09
1st Place—Tourettes Without Regrets 1/8/09
1st Place--Northern California Forensics Association, Championship Tournament 2008, Dramatic Interpretation "Madhouse"
1st Place--Berkeley Poetry Slam 11/14/07
1st Place--San Francisco Poetry Slam 11/11/07
1st Place—West Coast Bumberslam Championship 9/3/07
1st Place—West Coast Poetry Slam Championship 7/22/07
1st Place—Tourettes Without Regrets 7/5/07
1st Place—San Francisco Poetry Improv Battle 5/27/07
1st Place—San Jose Poetry Slam 4/10/07
1st Place—Oakland Poetry Slam 2/16/07
1st Place--Berkeley Poetry Slam 8/30/06
1st Place--Berkeley Poetry Slam 6/7/06
1st Place--Berkeley Poetry Slam 4/19/06
1st Place--Oakland Poetry Slam 2/16/06
School Performances:
Stanford University, CA
UC Berkeley, CA
University of Texas, TX.
Evergreen State College, WA.
Lewis and Clark College, OR.
San Francisco State University, CA.
Santa Rosa Junior College, CA.
Chabot College, CA.
Canada College, CA.
Diablo Valley College, CA.
Mt. San Antonio College, CA.
Mills College, CA.
New College, CA.
College of San Mateo, CA
Half Moon Bay High School, CA.
Wood Middle School, CA.
Waldorf East Bay, CA.
Appearances
TV:
KQED
KCSM
BCM
AcessSF
CURRENT TV
Radio:
ABC-KGO
CNN-KSRO
KUSF
KALX
Film:
Re-Vision
History:
Joshua Walters has been performing on stage weather it be theatre, music or poetry for more than a decade.
Born in Berkeley, California in 1984, Joshua is a graduate of the San Francisco School of the Arts Theatre program, and is a product of the flourishing artist community that makes up the San Francisco Bay Area. His beginning training was in theatre. Joshua's career later broadened to include in hip hop, beatboxing and poetry.
Joshua, aka. Jaw Prophetic aka. Woshua Jalters, has collaborated with other hip hop enthusiasts as the two man producer/MC team The Greater Apes, the beatbox trio The Schmaltzen Drops, and was the front man of the 6-piece live hip hop band JAMS.
Joshua learned the art of vocal percussion at The Vowel Movement, a monthly beatbox showcase at Studio Z., where, in addition to performing, Joshua has produced and hosted performances.
In his time at community college Joshua was the slammaster for the First College of San Mateo Poetry Slam. One thing Joshua loves as much as being in a show is hosting. From poetry slams, to open mics, to beatbox showcases and even Hurricane Katrina Benefit Concerts hosting is one thing Joshua enjoys. Joshua currently attends San Francisco State University where he majors in Communication Studies and is on the Forensics Team.
By fusing his written words of poetry with his beatbox vocal percussion Joshua Walters creates a performance were the audience will laugh, bob their heads and walk away inspired.
Fatigue @ the Dub Magazine Car & Bike Show in Atlanta, Ga- Saturday August 15th @ the Georgia International Convention Center performing w/ Ludacris, 2 Pistols, Lil Scrappy, Plays Circle & Dose.
Mr & Mme Okkö, affaire à suivre... Cette formation est composée de 5 musiciens aux origines ne pouvant qu'engendrer un style bien à elle lors de leur mise en commun. Pour surligner à merveille la musique d'un bassiste et un percussionniste cubains, d'un batteur argentin et d'un guitariste algérien, la voix de la chanteuse marocaine massira est l'outil de pointe qu'il faut. d'un ton chaud et grave, laissant dépasser une pointe de folie dirigée, elle illustre les mélodies tantôt bossa tristoune, tantôt funk transcendantal par des textes aussi fouillés qu'accrocheurs.
à venir : l'enregistrement live à Thil dans la maison bio de Philippe (clip Vidéo)
I heard from The one and only Daver that you and I are neighboors in this here Haight Ashbury Crazy Vortex! I'd love to get a beer and see whats goin' on in your version of this twisted reality. mines pretty fun!
Word up !!!
The countdown is running.
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I also think that it is very interesting that we both have the same name and have musical/rythmic talents son. I think it would be shnazzy to play bass and sing for ya while you spit me some madness all over the gladness which is AMERICA!
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