Martin Spengler & the foischen Viennese

Martin Spengler & die foischen Wiener*innen celebrate their 15-year anniversary tour of Schrammelsoul – a unique fusion of traditional Viennese Schrammel music and soul that has established the band as a defining voice of the new Viennese song. Under the motto "Es könnt oba a ois gaunz aundas sein" ("It could all be quite different"), they reflect on the contradictions of the city: between the scent of chocolate in Ottakring and the new breeze blowing "eina de Liagn" (through the alleys), between the comforting familiarity of the Viennese song and the emerging divides.

With renewed urgency, their lyrics combine melancholic wit, tender longing, and a bright utopia. They tell of love that makes everything heavy and of death that takes everything lightly – yet in the end, only the "great hooray" of togetherness remains. A program oscillating between seriousness and lightness, reimagining the tradition of the Viennese song.