Family, Ancestors, heartbreak, deep feelings, emotions, travel, Positive Moods.
Laura: my mother, grandmother, family, father.
Erykah Badu, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Lauren Hill, Mary J. Blidge, Billy Holiday, Mavis Staples, Diana Ross, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Sade, Zap Mama, Al Green, Aretha Franklin, , Miriam Makeba, Ottis Redding, Simphewe Dana, Nina Simone, Earth Wind and Fire, Issac Hayes, Anthony Hamilton, Prince, The Supremes, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic
Ryan: my dad, Bernie Worrel, John Medeski, Ray Charles, Bill Withers
Ben: Parliament, The Roots, De La Soul, Jamarioqui
Barrett: Carter Beauford, Gene Krupa, Adrian Young, Mike Portnoy, Fred LeBlanc, and John Blackwell Jr.
Debrissa: all the great voices around me and my family
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. Formed in the summer of 2006, the band switches up the music between funk, progressive R&B, and pure SOUL behind Laura Reed’s captivating stage presence.
Laura Reed’s tasteful rhythm section, Deep Pocket, consists of Ryan Burns on piano, synth, and organ, Ben Didelot on bass, Jimbonk on drums and Debrissa McKinney AKA "masta harmoniza” on vocals and Saxophone. You will also catch Deep Pocket with the addition of tasteful guitar by Silas Durocher, the funky Asheville Horns, Craig Sorrell on funky trumpet, Soul Revolutionary Sidney Barnes, music master Josh Phillip, the Infamous Bobby Lee Rogers on guitar, the Legendary Ike Stubblefield on organ/keys, and visionary DJ Kurfu..as well as other surprise guests.
Throughout their career Laura Reed & Deep Pocket have shared the stage with/recorded with: The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, George Clinton, AKIL and Quan Star (Jurassic 5), Kofe Burbridge (Derek Trucks Band), Karl Denson, Nigel Hall (Lettuce/soulive), Peter Rowan, Belita Woods (PFUNK), Gary "Star Child" Shider (PFUNK), Rob Mercurio (Galactic), Larry Jackson (Earth Wind and Fire), Ike Stubblefield, Peter Keys, Danny Bendrosian (PFUNK), Kendra Foster (PFUNK), Bobby Lee Rogers, Damien Horn, Darnell Levin, Peter Keys, Sam Bush, The Blue Rags, The Overtakers, Natti Love Joys, The Lee Boys, Dan Adams (Chaka Khan), Blueground Undergrass, D.C. (Dr. Dre/Erykah Badu), and Pato Banton.
Laura Reed and Deep Pocket currently has 2 albums out for sale, as well as exclusive mp3 singles on itunes/amazon. Their debut studio album Soul:Music was released in the fall of 2007. The album was recorded at Asheville's Echo Mountain Studios. Their latest album is a Live Studio effort recorded in 2 different sessions at Tree Sound Studios in Atlanta Georgia. This comes with a Live show dvd that also features interviews with Laura and road footage from their last year of touring. They are currently in the studio working on their 2nd studio album which they plan to release in the next year, this will also be recorded at Tree sound Studios and released through Tree Leaf Music
This music is visionary in it's strive to spread a message of empathy for humanity in the unconditional form of One Love music, and the raw reflection of the human condition. Laura states music as the most honest and pure expression in her life, a language that allows her to release "what I could never even admit to myself or say out loud, but can sing.” When she sings you can feel her soul coming through, whether it’s smooth R&B, funk, Reggae, just straight up SOUL MUSIC.
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Join us in Dreamtime as we envision and embrace our deeper dreams, learn, connect and co-create in an atmosphere of celebration, participation, creative expression and community.
The Dreamtime Festival will take place July 16-20th and includes four full days of amazing performances on four stages, hundreds of cutting edge workshops, interactive theme camps and art installations, free camping and parking.
- Over 100 workshops including Henry Redcloud from the Lakota, and the Mayan oracle AumRak from Guatemala.
- Four full days of amazing performance on four stages, featuring Cheb i Sabbah, Govinda, and Lunar Fire (the wild alter ego of Kan'Nal).
- Over 18 theme camps, including Serenity, a healing village offering free massage and body work classes
- Over a half dozen art installations including the Sapphire Portal sound healing installation and a solar powered full size crashed flying saucer stage and sound system.
miss u girl! I can't wait to come back down there and hang :) I'm currently writing songs for my EP, I will def send u guys a copy! So many blessings from me and my fam to you and yours!
Hey Sis Was check out the merch and lovin it. I want the girl long sleeve w/ hood and perhaps a tee. Give me a call soon. Tell Thiago the surf is sick... sooo freaking sick! Gonna post some photos soon!
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