Krampuskränzchen

The KRAMPUS CONCERTS, which have become legendary in Graz and elsewhere, are back. Together we celebrate a tribute to the traditional “KRAMPUSRUMMEL” concerts by DR. KURT OSTBAHN vulgo OSTBAHN KURTI and his combo. One day before we head the milk chocolate Santa Clauses, Graz will once again receive a nice visit from Vienna this year. And who is predestined for this: exactly, Voodoo Jürgens & Die Ansa Panier!

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After the gold-certified number one debut album “Ansa Woar” (2016), the masterpiece “`s klane Glücksspiel” (2019), which won Album of the Year at the Amadeus Austrian Music Awards, as well as highly successful forays into the soundtrack (“Sargnagel – Der Film”) and film (“Rickerl – Musik is höchstens a Hobby”, which won four awards at the Austrian Film Awards), Voodoo Jürgens is now returning to Graz with his opus magnum to date.

Lyrically, he has never been more precise, and the music changes skillfully. At times it is tender and touching, at others fiery and rousing; his band, Ansa Panier, has long been known as the best live band in the whole country, swinging, twisting and jazzing their way through a panopticon of the most beautiful sounds, unabashedly, tastefully and always with a passion as if their lives were at stake, while Voodoo tells his stories.

Stories of misfits, crooks, losers and outcast anti-heroes. Voodoo gives them a voice. So far so familiar. What is new is that this time Voodoo reveals more personal details than in the past and, through his lyrical ego, repeatedly tells us about his own struggles, allowing us to share in his inner life.

“Wie die nocht noch jung wor” shows the artist at his first zenith. It is timeless, courageous, self-confident and full of raw emotion.

This is not Austropop. This is Viennese soul.

Voodoo Jürgens: vocals, guitar
Matthias Frey: violin
Martin Dvoran: bass
Alexander Kranabetter: trumpet, horn
Bernd Lichtscheidl: keyboard
David Schweighart: drums