Saturday, 2/1/2025
at 8:00 PM



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The multinational Celtic folk band, awarded with two Irish Music Awards and numerous other accolades, is celebrating its 20th anniversary on stage.

In 2003, four close friends who are folk musicians came together to form CARA (Gaelic: friend), and to this day, friendship plays a central role alongside their shared love for the traditional music of Ireland and Scotland.

In the 20 years of its existence, CARA has earned an excellent reputation, often being praised for their innovative arrangements, original compositions, and songwriting, as well as their virtuosic performances and charismatic stage presence. They create their own sound, centered around the voices of the two singers Gudrun Walther and Kim Edgar. The vocal range spans from dreamy ballads to archaic Gaelic Mouth Music, to original songs with contemporary socio-political references, with the two lead singers Gudrun Walther and Kim Edgar always complementing each other with dreamy certainty.

The songs alternate with rapid instrumental pieces, which thrive on the virtuoso interplay of fiddle and Uilleann pipes. The Irish bagpipe, which was awarded UNESCO World Heritage status in 2017, is played by CARA's new member Simon Pfisterer, who studied this extraordinary instrument at the University of Limerick.
What makes CARA particularly special is the interaction between guitar and piano and the elaborate and rhythmically and harmonically rich arrangements of the band. They bear the signature of Jürgen Treyz, guitarist, producer, and musical mastermind of the band.

Photo: Samira Schulz

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