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Our Ship Is Ready

Cara: Our Ship Is Ready (artes ARCD6050)

Our Ship Is Ready
Cara

artes records ARCD6050 (CD/LP, Germany, 12 June 2026)

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jürgen Treyz at artes Studio, Esslingen, Germany

Musicians

Gudrun Walther: vocals [1, 5, 9], backing vocals [7, 1], fiddle [1-6, 8, 10-11], viola [2-3], diatonic accordion [5, 7-9];
Kim Edgar: vocals [3, 11], backing vocals [1, 5, 9], piano;
Simon Pfisterer: uilleann pipes [1-7, 9-11], border pipes [8, 10], flute [3, 5], tin whistle [6];
Jürgen Treyz: dobro [1, 4, 7-8], guitars [2-3], acoustic guitar [1, 4-10], electric guitar [4-6, 8, 10], lapsteel guitar [3, 11], rhodes [9], mandola [6], harmonium [4-7], elecric bass [3-4, 8-10], synthesiser [6], backing vocals [9, 11]

with
Cormac Byrne: bodhrán [2, 4, 8, 10], drums [5, 10], percussion [2, 4-5, 8, 9-10];
Susan Coleman: concertina [4, 6];
Henrik Mumm: double bass [1-2, 5-7, 11], bass [5];
Claus Steinort: flute [2]

Tracks

  1. Our Ship Is Ready (Roud 2995) (5.28)
  2. Northbound: The Art of Procrastination / Frozen Land / The King in the North / Lucky Eddie (7.15)
  3. Better Days (3.36)
  4. The Sunny Hills: Statia Donnelly’s / The Lost Ring / The Sunny Hills of Beara (5.09)
  5. Lord Bateman (Roud 40; Child 53L; G/D 5:1023; Henry H470) (7.47)
  6. Celine’s: Anniversair / The Welcome Jig / The Living Line (7.15)
  7. Where Sleepest Thou? (5.09)
  8. Jimmy’s: Hi Jimmy / No Borders (4.08)
  9. The Sinking Ship (3.19)
  10. Tucholsky Reels: Smash the Windows / Two Nights at Tucholsky’s / The Bermuda Triangle (4.53)
  11. I Will Not Say Goodbye (4.50)

Track 1 words trad., Gurdrun Walther, music trad., Gudrun Walther, Jürgen Treyz;
Tracks 2a, 6bc, 10bc music Gudrun Walther;
Tracks 2bc, 8a music Jürgen Treyz;
Track 2d music Jürgen Treyz, Gudrun Walther;
Track 3 words Kim Edgar, music Kim Edgar, Jürgen Treyz;
Tracks 4ac, 10a music trad.;
Track 4b music Brendan Mulholland;
Track 5 words trad., Gurdrun Walther, Kim Edgar, music trad., Jürgen Treyz;
Tracks 6a, 8b Simon Pfisterer;
Track 7 words trad. (translated from Gaelic by Henry Whyte), Kim Edgar, music trad., Kim Edgar;
Track 9 words Gurdrun Walther, Kim dgar, music Gudrun Walther, Jürgen Treyz, Kim Edgar;
Track 11 words and music Kim Edgar

Video

Cara sang Better Days live in Buchholz, Germany in January 2026: