With each new album, the War and Treaty—the husband-and-wife duo Michael and Tonya Trotter—transports their emotionally resonant and soulful music to higher ground. On The Story of Michael and Tonya the duo openly shares details the ups and downs of their musical and personal journeys, laying bare their hearts and souls in their towering vocals.
“Litty,” the opening track, serves as a prelude to the story that unfolds over the rest of the album, with Whoopi Goldberg offering a narrative intro—“it’s a story of heartache and redemption, peace and war, loss and gain . . . love and lust, death and rebirth, sin and salvation . . . Now they’re telling it all, withholding nothing”—before the duo launches into a soaring performance that celebrates the tumultuous beauty of their relationship.
