Grammy nominated clarinetist/world music star David Krakauer and acclaimed pianist-composer Kathleen Tagg come together in a passionate, eclectic and highly personal musical journey that they call „Breath and Hammer“. Enhanced by an immersive video feed, this unique collaboration is made up of Krakauer & Tagg´s arrangements of „ simple songs“ that uses extended techniques, loops and samples in a program ranging from Zorn to klezmer, along with compositions by the duo and a host of performer-composers from around the globe, bridging the cultures of the past and transforming them into new work that looks towards the future. www.krakauertaggduo.com

The “Breath & Hammer” album has been nominated for the Preis der Deutchen Schallplattenkritik (German Record Critic’s Prize) in the World Music category: First quarter 2021. 
https://www.schallplattenkritik.de/en/news/2021-01-12/the-new-long-list-1-2021-is-here
Some other awards for the album were Mezzo TV’s top jazz album of Sept 2020, Télérama ffff rating (highest rating), Bandcamp top jazz of May 2020 and was on the Transglobal Music charts from Sept-Nov 2020