Papermoon is a guitar and vocals duo based in Vienna, Austria, that has released nine albums.
History Papermoon was started in 1991 by Christof Straub (guitar) and Edina Thalhammer (vocals). They had a successful career with acoustic music (guitar and vocals), during the 1990s, predominantly in Austria. After their song "Night After Night" received frequent airplay on the Austrian radio station Ö3, Papermoon signed a recording contract in 1992. Their first album went double platinum with total sales over 100,000. Both of their follow-up albums went gold. Papermoon's most well-known songs are "Tell Me A Poem" and "Lucy’s Eyes.”
Edina Thalhammer left the group in 1996, for a period of almost seven years, during which she was replaced by Roumina Straub and later, for a short time, by Barbara Pichler. During this time, Papermoon released a maxi-single and a best-of album (which included three new titles). Edina Thalhammer embarked on a solo career in 2002 with her project called Tau. In 2004, the original members of Papermoon reunited.
In 2006, Papermoon was awarded the Amadeus Austrian Music Award in the Pop/Rock Group category for the album True Love.
Guitarist Christof Straub died on 9 September 2026, at the age of 57.
Members
Current members Edina Thalhammer – vocals
Former members Roumina Straub – vocals Barbara Pichler – vocals Christof Straub – guitar (died 2026)
Discography
Albums 1993 – Tell Me a Poem 1994 – The World in Lucy's Eyes 1996 – Papermoon 2004 – Come Closer 2005 – True Love 2006 – Christmas Unplugged 2007 – Verzaubert 2008 – When the Lights Go Down 2011 – Wake!
Compilations 2002 – Past and Present 2005 – Austropop Kult
Singles 1992: "Night After Night" 1992: "Tell Me a Poem" 1993: "Dancing Again" 1994: "Lucy's Eyes" 1995: "Catch Me" 1996: "The Blue Sky of Mine" 1997: "Sleep" 1998: "Come Dance With Me" 2002: "Doop Doop" 2002: "Doop Doop X-Mas" 2004: "I Was Blind" 2004: "On the Day Before Christmas" 2007: "Verzaubert" (digital only) 2007: "The Time Is Now" 2008: "The Fields of Summer" 2011: "Wake" 2012: "Vater, Father, mon pêre"
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