Cara - "Our Ship Is Ready"

What could be better for a summer evening than a rousing outdoor concert? The concert garden in Bad Rothenfelde provides the perfect backdrop.
 
CARA inspire audiences worldwide with unique interpretations of Celtic music, firmly rooted in Irish and Scottish tradition. With innovative arrangements of traditional pieces and widely acclaimed original compositions, they create an unmistakable sound.
 
The vocal spectrum ranges from dreamy ballads and archaic Gaelic mouth music to their own songs with current socio-political relevance, with the two lead singers Gudrun Walther and Kim Edgar always complementing each other with somnambulistic confidence.
The songs alternate with fast-paced instrumental pieces that thrive on the virtuoso interplay of fiddle and uilleann pipes. The Irish bagpipes, which were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2017, are played by Simon Pfisterer, who studied this extraordinary instrument in Ireland.
What also makes CARA special is the interaction between guitar and piano and the band's unusual, rhythmically and harmonically rich arrangements. They bear the signature of Jürgen Treyz, guitarist, producer and musical mastermind of the band.
From the opener to the encore, CARA's concerts are a highlight, not least thanks to the thrilling solos contributed by each band member, surprising the audience with ever new sounds. Rounded off by the charming and humorous presentation, an evening with Cara guarantees maximum musical enjoyment and entertainment. Tours and acclaimed concerts in the USA, Australia, Ireland, Scotland, Denmark, Germany, France, Benelux, Austria, Italy and Switzerland are proof of the band's success story.
 
The multinational line-up of Irish, Scottish and German musicians has changed over the band's 23-year history, but one thing has remained the same: the close friendship at the heart of this musical collaboration - in keeping with the Irish word "cara", which means "friend".
 
With their latest album Our Ship Is Ready, CARA respond to the challenges of our time with a reflective, hopeful and life-affirming perspective. Themes such as emigration, love, loss and climate change are explored, as is the remarkable power of traditional music to give hope even in difficult times - as a bridge between awareness of complex realities and the courage to act.
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Feet are tapping, hands are clapping to the beat and one or two songs are being hummed along to. All in all, the prospect of a perfect evening with:
Kim Edgar              lead-vocals, piano
Gudrun Walther      lead-vocals, fiddle, diatonic accordion
Simon Pfisterer      uilleann pipes, flutes
Jürgen Treyz          guitar, dobro, backing vocals