The Gathering of the peacemakers is a very eclectic group of conscious music festivals located in the black mountains of North Carolina. Here are some of the performers....

Laura Reed & Deep Pocket fill the stage with captivating, soul shaking, conscious music. The crowd is emerged with lyrics of truth and a voice of intensity backed by bass, organ, and drums, horns, and harmonies reminiscent of the past days of motown and funk. The roots of their sound and message stem from Laura’s diverse experience of growing up in South Africa and the American South

JULIAN ABEY
Born Abey Julian Abey in the little town of Widikum in the Momo Division of the North West Province of Cameroon. Julian Abey chose music as his way of life. When Julian Abey moved to the United States, he came along with him the dream to live the American dream and make the best of what opportunity America can provide. In Chicago where he lived, Julian Abey was soon to join a group of musicians with multifarious backgrounds from Haiti, Africa and the Americas. His move to Atlanta, Georgia, was timely as his debut album can testify. Julian’s music is conscious and the instrumentation greatly executed . Julian songs are philosophical, spiritual and he writes about , love, liberation of the oppressed, Fight against injustice, woman emancipation and freedom. Julian will be performing at our April Gathering in NC.

DUBCONSCIOUS

Hailed as a unique world music psychedelic dub/reggae collective from Athens, GA, the group’s name suggests a creative peak into their identity. According to vocalist and guitarist James Keane, “The name Dubconscious stems from the words ‘dub’ and ‘subconscious,’ both of which are integral concepts in our collective musical philosophy.” Dub music orginated in 1960’s Jamaica and is a form of reggae that features reverberation, delay, and sonic effects as elements in it’s musical delivery; these effects are then layered over traditional reggae and ska. Dub also refers to the overdubbing of music and sounds on studio tracks. Dubconscious has taken all of those elements, mixed them together with (strong vocal harmonies, lyrical concepts of awareness and progress – mw)a few ingredients of their own, and is now one of the most highly anticipated world music acts on the national touring circuit today. Performing at our August NC Gathering.

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