Known as the "Soseong-ri star," Jeong Jinseok originally studied fine art. After the Sewol ferry disaster, he became engaged with social issues and began standing with residents against violence and humiliation during the THAAD deployment in Soseong-ri. He moved his address to Soseong-ri and has continued peace activism for nearly eight years, gaining attention for a unique musical style that combines Gyeongsang dialect with blues.

Jeong Jinseok

Known as the "Soseong-ri star," a former visual artist turned peace musician and activist who blends Gyeongsang dialect and blues to deliver a message of peace

Is This Your Land or Mine

Kim Dongsan is a folk and blues musician based in Suwon, performing with his band Blueeewoot. Nicknamed "Korea's Woody Guthrie," he draws attention for music filled with deep insight into society. He sings about laid-off workers and victims of gentrification, and runs an LP and recycling shop called "Long Player" near Janganmun in Suwon, developing it into a local cultural space.

Kim Dongsan & Blueeewoot

Kim Dongsan, a folk and blues musician based in Suwon, and his band Blueeewoot. His music about marginalized stories meets the band's solid performance.

Wave

A two-member folk duo formed in Gangjeong Village, consisting of More and Doto. As their name suggests, they pursue a natural and pure sensibility. Their delicate, flexible approach, like leaves swaying in the wind, gently comforts listeners.

MoredoSaturday

A folk duo formed by two musicians who met in the Gangjeong peace movement, delivering a message of peace through a natural and pure sensibility

We will sail for your freedom

A versatile female solo artist covering indie, folk/blues, jazz, and new age. She runs the cultural space "Woodpecker Bookshop," creating intersections between music and literature. She aims to expand her artistic boundaries by combining music with visual art and performance.

Namsu

A female solo artist spanning indie to jazz who runs the cultural space "Woodpecker Bookshop" and connects music and literature

Hello (To You in a Distant Place)

A singer-songwriter known for acoustic storytelling concerts. With a unique educational background and philosophy, she continually studies and reflects on work, skills, and relationships to live the life she desires, sublimating those reflections into music. She delicately portrays youth caught between reality and ideals.

Caru

A singer-songwriter exploring ecological life and peace, telling stories of coexistence through acoustic melodies

TRANSITION

A collaboration where Jai's warm voice meets HANASH's innovative electronic music to explore new possibilities. Jai expresses everyday stories with a sad but powerful voice, while HANASH experiments by combining instruments and genres from around the world with electronic music. Their meeting shows a harmonious fusion of tradition and modernity.

Jai x HANASH

A meeting of Jai, who tells stories with a sorrowful yet powerful voice, and HANASH, who expands soundscapes with experimental synths

Pink Padded Girl

A singer-songwriter and forest interpreter building a unique musical world. She creates music around the theme of "connection" found in nature, especially forests. Based on folk and blended with electronic and ambient, she delivers a lyrical yet plaintive mood, noted for a distinctive tone reminiscent of a bluish dawn sky and mist.

Lee Seoyoung

A singer-songwriter and forest interpreter who expresses a sense of connection found in forests and nature with a lyrical, attractive tone

This collaborative team brings together Bloco Jafari, a batucada community that awakens ordinary people's creative power, and PollePolle, an arts collective devoted to the happiness of people and the universe. Their performance carries the energy of solidarity and hospitality.

Bloco Jafari X PollePolle X Dongbaek Small School

A collaborative team formed by the batucada community Bloco Jafari and the arts collective PollePolle.

Oh Jaehwan is a folk singer-songwriter who has long expressed solidarity with social struggles through music. He has released albums including "시킨건 곧잘한다" and "섬의 노래," and has appeared consistently at Gangjeong Peace & Music Camp since its very first year.

Oh Jaehwan

A folk singer-songwriter who has stood with many struggles through music and has joined Gangjeong Peace & Music Camp since the first edition.

Taehyeon is an organic singer-songwriter whose sound naturally blends roots reggae, folk, blues, and traditional music. After falling in love with reggae in London, he returned to Korea to perform as a vocalist and guitarist, later moving to Jeju and expanding his work as a selector and sound engineer under the name Uncle Bongo.

Taehyeon

A singer-songwriter deeply immersed in Jamaican roots reggae, translating analog reggae sound and messages of peace into a Korean sensibility.

People Are The Country

HANASH creates experimental sound by combining instruments and genres from many parts of the world with electronic music. With adventurous synthesis and an expanding soundscape, the work seeks a harmonious meeting of tradition and the present.

HANASH

An experimental sound artist who blends instruments and genres from around the world with electronic music.

2nd Gangjeong Peace Music Camp

Overview

Participating Musicians

Caru

Namsu

Bloco Jafari & PollePolle

MoredoSaturday

Oh Jaehwan

Lee Seoyoung

Jai

Jeong Jinseok

Guest Composer Kim Dongsan

Taehyeon

HANASH

People Who Made It Together

Collaboration

Gallery

3rd Gangjeong Peace Music Camp