THE PEACEANDPOWER BAND
The PEACEANDPOWER Band is a New York City music collective that fuses hip-hop, soul, funk, rock, and gospel. They were founded in 2017 as a backing band for JP Reynolds who founded the group with bassist Criston Oates who also serves as the band's music director.
Known for their moving live instrumentation and stirring stage presentation, the band is comparable to recent standouts like Black Milk, Free Nationals and The Internet and traces its lineage to dynamic groups such as The Roots, Mint Condition, Outkast, and Tony! Toni! Toné! With a rotating roster of inventive musicians, The PEACEANDPOWER Band has featured as few as 3 instruments and as many as 13 to give audiences what the New Haven Arts Paper called a "baptism by music," as well as what Folded Waffle called "a sonic journey that transcends conventional boundaries."
Their 2024 debut, Peace and Power Planet, features original songs they developed for the stage over the course of 6 years on the road along the East Coast in performance venues, basements, churches, and outdoor festivals.
