The months, weeks, days before an album premiere are...well...they are crazy and they are all at once: exciting, scary, exhausting, powerful and full of hope. mathias und I spent all of January preparing the last part of the puzzle: the staging!In between Hardo Gruber (Universal), Andy Orel (graphic designer), mathias and I we were caught up in finishing the booklet for the CD and LP. I won't bore you with working details, but let me put it this way: we were all stretched to our limits...BUT in the end we all ended up with a ...

The Event:
Wien (A) Premiere "my poet's love", Porgy & Bess

It takes about 6 hours from Vienna to Lech. Mathias and I went by train, Fabian, Ingrid and Hans arrived by car. We all got there the night before our concert. And by we all, I mean none other than „5/8erl in Ehr'n“, pianist one-of-a-kind Joja Wendt and us. Lech is located at the foot of the Arlberg – far up high (1500m) you are surrouned by a stunning mountain chain and refreshing cool air. The next morning the sun was shining and it was a beautiful day. Soundcheck was at 12:00 and we went up the hill ...

The Event:
Lech (A), Tanzcafé Arlberg

Where do I start? Maybe at the end? After our concert Thomas Bieber invited us to his amazing home where we were surrounded by wonderful people. First of all I would like to say thank you...thank you for this feast!Thank you for the delicious wine, thank you for the „Krautfleckerl“ and thank you for inviting us to play in this wonderful castle.

I/We didn’t expect this...we were all tired and a little bit stressed at the soundcheck, we arrived at around 14:30 in Waidhofen and our concert started at 18:00...time passed so ...

The Event:
Waidhofen an der Ybbs (A), Rothschildschloss

The ship was supposed to leave at 9:00 but when mathias got there...there was no ship due to flood...so change of plans: Fabian, mathias and I went by train! And after a little while we arrived in Bratislava and we got taken care of immediately. We were brought straight to the venue, we had an early soundcheck...and when I saw that stage!!!!!!!!!It was the first time for me to play on such a huge stage and the screen behind us!!!!...I was excited, scared but couldn’t wait to get on there. Everyone was so ...

The Event:
Bratislava Jazz Days (SK), tba

It was the third time we were invited to play at Porgy with gone too far. After everything that had been going on with the recordings of the new album my poet’s love, time went by so fast...I couldn’t believe it was fall and we were about to get back out there. As the Porgy is the place where everything started, we wanted to celebrate, oh yes and we wanted to celebrate with our friends, so we decided to invite many many special guests to perform with us on that night...Naima Mazic danced a wonderful solo ...

The Event:
Wien, Porgy&Bess

I think I was asleep for two days straight : ) - after our concert at the Festival Wellenklänge in Lunz. It was the last concert of our summer and I was so excited, happy and sad at the same time. This month, our recordings, our concerts, it all meant so much to me and so did this concert as it stood for the end of our July...anyways : ) we had plenty of time as Lunz is about 2 ½ hours away from Vienna. mathias, Hans, Ingrid, Fabian and Martin were already soundchecking when I got there. I knew that this stage was ...

The Event:
Wellenklänge Lunz/See (A)

Alright, where do I start?We just got back from recording our 2nd Studioalbum at the amazing Powerplay Studios in Zürich and three more days in Vienna at 4tunes. We had a day to rest and regain strength before we went to the „Salzburger Festspiele“. I can’t tell you how excited I was to play there and be part of this incredible Festival. I nevertheless felt very tired all the way until soundcheck, but we had a lovely trainride with Miss Gottfried (a friend of mathias) who came along. The rest of our band came by car including ...

The Event:
Salzburg (A), Republic

We had weeks and days of intense rehearsing for the new album behind us, when we started off to Meggenhofen. It is not far from my hometown Wels in Upper Austria, so it was short and lovely train ride towards home. There are no words to describe the „Theater Meggenhofen“ surrounded by stunning nature. We couldn’t believe our eyes. The team who is responsible for this magical place were incredible (http://theatermeggenhofen.at/das-theater/das-team/). They treated us to homemade pies that I simply can’t get out of my head and created with unbelievable energy this place. I ...

The Event:
Meggenhofen (A), Theater

As I write this I am sitting on the train back to Vienna, thinking about the wonderful evening in Hallein. I was very worried before our concert because I had troubles with my voice and wasn’t sure if it wouldn’t be too soon to get back in the game. But I missed playing live so much that I simply had to do it. So I was talking as little as possible, drinking my special tea as much as I could and trying to keep it together, relaxing and taking one step after another. Fabian helped me through the ...

The Event:
Stadtfestwochen Hallein (A)

Actually I can’t remember how long it has been since I’ve been to Budapest and I couldn’t wait to see this beautiful town again. Also I remembered my hungarian roots – my grand grandma was Hungarian – that’s what I’ve been told : ). Naima (mathias’ daughter) and Helga (the coolest lady from Vienna who lives in La Gomera) came along on our trainride to listen to our concert - ohyeah!The Jazzclub Opus is completely new, about a year ago they opened their doors and let me tell you: What a venue!!!There are two stages and both of ...

The Event:
Budapest (HU), Opus Jazz Club