Gudrun Walther - Duo (2017)

Two of Germany's most successful folk musicians present their new album duo - a double album with German and Celtic/American music. Gudrun Walther and Juergen Treyz are founding members of the band CARA. The band is well respected internationally for their unique interpretation of Irish and Scottish music as well as their original songs and tunes. They tour world wide and have won two Irish Music Awards. Gudrun and Juergen have also released two albums as Deitsch, where they recorded German dance music and traditional songs. Their second album, Heimat (Homeland), won the prestigious German Record Reviewer's Award. Additionally, they have been involved in a project called The 2 Duos which later became the band Litha, exploring the cultural exchange between German and Celtic traditions, and receiving great reviews for their recordings and live concerts in the UK, Germany and the USA. Walther and Treyz now present an album as a duo: intimate and sparse, and yet an abundant piece of work - a double album featuring both their German and Celtic/American musical interests. The album was produced high up in the Austrian Alps, in a remote mountain hut, where the musicians spent two weeks composing, arranging and recording the material.