The ReMemberers are a visionary trio weaving mythic storytelling, global music, and ritual theatre into edgeless gatherings that awaken ancient memory, spark self-inquiry, and reconnect us to past, present, and future community.

Alex Harvey

Filmmaker, editor, writer, musician, theater director and folklorist – Alex has spent thirty years pushing the boundaries of how audiences experience storytelling. 

Alex created, produced, and directed the feature film Walden: Life in the Woods, starring Academy Award nominee Demián Bichir. The film screened at many festivals before its release on Prime in 2019. His pandemic-themed sci-fi feature, space//space, premiered at Anthology Film Archives in 2023. Alex also wrote and directed The Unsilent Picture, a black-and-white silent film starring Bill Irwin, presented with live orchestral and foley performances as the centerpiece of Horseman’s Hollow Festival in 2018 and 2019. Alex co-directed and produced I Am A Seagull, a hybrid film by the Lake Lucille Chekhov Project, which premiered at The Public Theatre’s Under the Radar Festival and toured globally. He apprenticed under Allen Coulter on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire and has presented video art projects like SONNET23 at Festival Cine Futuro in Brazil. HE also Edited feature docs, The Last Ecstatic Days and In Case We Never Meet Again. 

An accomplished musician & composer, Alex co – composed the live score for Buster Keaton’s THE BALLOONATIC for The Public Theater’s 2010 Under the Radar Festival, as well as music for the 2016 Sundance Grand Jury Prize winning Documentary, WEINER. He has worked as a producer on two recently released albums, STEAMBOAT POP and ASTROV’S LOUNGE LIVE AT JOES PUB . Alex led the popular traditional swing band, The 5000 Jazz Assassins and was the mandolinist for Michael Cerveris’ band Loose Cattle. He is currently touring with four music projects: the Brazilian duo ELEFANTES DISTANTES, the immersive storytelling collective THE RE-MEMBERERS, his sea shanty and ballad duo SHINBONE ALLEY and his ragtime novelty act THE FLOPHOUSE FOLLIES. 

He is also a conscious dying ceremonialist, grief counselor and end of life doula.

Violet Southard

Born and raised amidst the rolling hills and forests of  Berkshire County Ma, singer-songwriter Violet channels influences from the subtle whispers of the natural world. Growing up on the back of a horse where she spent long days among the trees she recalls often feeling the presence of something otherworldly, very near. Communication with the less visible worlds became second nature but she had to keep it concealed, due to religious constraints.

After an accident in 2015, she decided to leave her job and begin homeschooling her  three young children. It was then that the call back to the land, to her roots grew  with an increasing urgency.

Through deep immersions in the forest, she answered the call. It was there that her ability to channel sounds and songs became clear. The hauntingly evocative sound gently took shape , driving her down into vivid, atmospheric sonic portals where she learned how to follow the sounds inward and back out again.

Violets sounds reflect a painfully honest picture of the dance between  light and the shadow,  beauty and the pain,  grief and joy, sanity and insanity. Her voice is a complex unfolding enigma, cloaked in both mystery and reverence, drawing listeners deeply into their long banished selves. 

As an ambassador of sound, she aims not to please but to conjure inner devotion and reverence for the painfully elusive and brave task of being human. 

Alongside being a singer-songwriter, she works with individuals and groups through heart centered sound explorations as a holistic voice therapist and ceremonialist. 

John De Kadt

Musician, percussionist, storyteller, poet and festival producer  ~ John loves to craft immersive and compelling experiences that blend rhythm, narrative and culture. He  plays ethnic percussion instruments from across the globe. He has released 5 albums ( This Rhythm Is Not Mine, One River, Eight, Speak and Follow The Sound )  which have a combined 140 million streams across 194 countries.  His music is listened to around the world and at times used to support embodiment practices, movement, dance, yoga, and deep rest and relaxation. His instrumental pieces carry a rich world-music influence and he is known for blending unique instrumental textures and at times spoken word to create a rich, original tapestry of sound.

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John is an accomplished storyteller who for more than 25 years has been sharing evocative and meaningful myths from indigenous cultures and mystical traditions around the globe. He tells these stories while playing an array of world percussion and melodic instruments, creating an immersive and dynamic experience.

He performs at festivals, churches, fine arts theaters, retreat centers, and more offering a style of storytelling uniquely enriched by rhythmic and melodic accompaniment. He calls this work DrumStory, and has brought it to audiences across Asia, Europe, and North America.

John is also a member of the multidisciplinary musical and storytelling trio The Rememberers, who tour regularly, weaving ancient myths with contemporary, original songs that create a profound  and magical sojourn

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John was a founding member, percussionist and lyric contributor of the renowned sacred music group The Hanumen who released two very successful albums ( The Hanumen  and Leaps & Bounds) and toured the world from 2012 to 2020. 

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John has been writing poetry since he was young, carrying a lifelong passion for the spoken word. His first album, This Rhythm Is Not Mine, blends his original poetry with world-music influences in a beautifully crafted and distinctive way. He also released a collection of poems in 2024 titled Close to the Ground. John’s poetry is shaped by the wild natural world, a deep love for the Earth, community, and ancient wisdom traditions. His poems explore themes of life, death, eros and our connection to nature. 

John is the founder and producer  of BlessFest, a highly regarded conscious music festival that has been running since 2018. The festival is held regularly on the East Coast of the United States and on the Big Island of Hawai‘i. BlessFest brings together exceptional artists, visionaries, teachers, and innovators in the music, wellness and healing arts from around the world.