Wiener Blue(s)

The Wiener Blue(s) deals with the meaning and processing of old and new Viennese songs and their historical background. Wiener Blue(s) shines with its inimitable, unique musical style, whether it be frivolous stories from the 1500-year-old Austrian fairytale country, cheerful anecdotes from the world of civil servants or the only authorized group to be able to set “Josef Weinheber”. Wiener Blue(s) interprets old Viennese songs (up to 250 years old) as well as contemporary Viennese songs, original compositions or mega hits by Austropop. No wonder, since there are two founding members of the legendary EAV (Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung): Eik Breit and Nino Holm. Eik with vocals, parodies and stories, Nino with violin, acoustic guitar and bass. Klaus E. Kofler (percussion / guitar / bass) composed hits like "Hexen" (1st place in the Austrian hit parade) or "Ikarus", a hit by the Austropop icon Wilfried. Heinz Jiras (accordion / piano / vocals) founded the band "THE SOUL FAMILY" with his then wife Lynne Kieran and Tini Kainrath in 1994. A year later he started the acapella with Klaus Kofler, Wilfried and Eik Breit - a comedy project 4xang, to which Nino Holm later joined. And last but not least there is singer Peter Steinbach. He claims "not to be a singer, just to perform songs". Well, maybe he doesn't have a “trained opera voice”, which would not fit at all, but he does a wonderful lecture and is sensitive to the lyrics with voice and facial expressions. With a lot of humor and Viennese charm, he also tells one or two interesting stories about the origin and meaning of the songs. Wiener Blue(s) has up to max. 60 appearances every year and never in front of empty houses. No more appearances will be undertaken - because "otherwise it will degenerate into stress and quality will suffer" - so says the tenor of Wiener Blue(s).