FRIEND N FELLOW

In retrospect, the creative process of CONSTANZE FRIEND and THOMAS FELLOW sounds like a lesson in quality songwriting, constant output and the intoxicating power of live performance. These are the characteristics that make the duo stand out in the age of the digital mainstream. After all, what began in Leipzig in 1991 has since expanded into the endless expanses of the global music landscape.

Among connoisseurs, the name FRIEND N FELLOW has always been associated with greats such as Ray Charles, Al Jarreau and Luther Allison. The latter influenced the musical development of the duo in the 90s through joint performances. But it's not just their friendship and collaboration with Allison that has echoed beneath the surface of their own and adapted songs ever since. The style and instrumentation remain unusual, as the sound of a multi-piece band is transferred to two elements - guitar and voice. Both instruments are detached from convention and give themselves over to the melange of conception and intuitive joy of playing, both in the studio and in the concert hall. The result is a wild mosaic: sometimes jazz, sometimes blues, sometimes country - but always soul.

Even in 2025, their sound is both virtuoso and intimate. After more than 30 years, the two thoroughbred musicians have long since become a well-rehearsed team. Their venues now include Beijing, Warsaw and New York. They have produced 12 studio albums, sold over 100,000 records and played countless concerts. The catalog of songs is constantly expanding and the earlier melodies also float through the spheres of the charming jazz clubs, theater halls and open air venues that the two artists have left their mark on in recent decades.

They celebrate their live performance energetically and often decorate their interplay with a humorous commentary, so that space and time crumble into powder dust in the cosmos of FRIEND N FELLOW.

"A firework display of grooving virtuosity"
(Süddeutsche Zeitung)

Constanze Friend (vocals)
Thomas Fellow (guitar)