HISS - Überall Daheim

In the organizer's words:

"The band playfully and effortlessly incorporates Irish and Arabic melodies, spicing up the polka with country, rockabilly, Latin, waltz and blues." (press release)

The music of HISS is still fresh, their performances are still full of power and their lyrics are a declaration of love to humor and life. Today, after 2798 concerts, 9 records and countless awards, their bold mix of waltz and blues, folk and ska, polka and roll still delights fans and the arts pages.

HISS have covered hundreds of thousands of miles, traveled first and third class,

in special trains and on soul vendors. They have performed in pubs and churches, in halls and dives, at weddings and funerals. They played wild tunes and thoughtful ballads all over the world. They caroused in Zaragoza, partied in Fort Worth and fought in Casablanca. They slept in grand hotels and flophouses,

in hammocks and waterbeds, on down and on straw.

They argued and made up, thought they were lost, but always found their way home and back to themselves, even in foreign lands. Everywhere at home.