News01.07.2009 Bad Rappenau-Bonfeld  photos by Bernadette Mullane On 26 June 2009 at "Folk im Schlosshof" in Bad Rappenau-Bonfeld.  photo by Bernadette Mullane Friday night stage session with Deitsch & Whisht.  Saturdy morning irish band workshop with Sabrina & Ekhart and tin whistle workshop with Johannes. 17.05.2009 Heiligenhaus   photos by Kai Ries On 15 May 2009 at "Der Club" in Heiligenhaus. 30.03.2009 Concerts in March 2009 - IIBonn + Cornberg  On 28 March 2009 we played at a very special location: Gebrauchtwarenkaufhaus "Schatzinsel" in Bonn.    Fotos von Karsten Evers A concert at the beautiful Kloster Cornberg in North Hesse on 27 March 2009. 23.03.2009 Concerts in March 2009 - IDuisburg, Telgte + Twist photo by Regina Elling 3rd time at VHS Augustastraße in Duisburg on 20 March.   photos by Ann Grealy Irish Folk Night in Telgte on 14 March 2009  Concert in Twist on 13 March 2009  ...the next day we explored the local moor 08.12.2008 Taunusstein Irish Folk Night on 31 October in Taunusstein-Hahn together with Karan Casey and Dhalia's Lane.  photos by Bernadette Mullane Time for a nice chat with Karan and her band 06.12.2008 Tour of northern Germany in October 2008Better late than never, here are a few photos of our short tour of northern Germany from 23-26 October.  Thanks very much to the various photographers - sorry I can't remember all your names. From top to bottom: Kulturrampe in Krefeld, Lutterbeker in Lutterbek, Schnürschuhtheater in Bremen.  The last stop on our tour was an unplugged Sunday matinee in the Theater im Hinterhof in Buxtehude...  ...where Holli held another of his frequent introductory seminars on "Cajonology" (part 5). 11.10.2008 New CD reviewsHave a look at our press page for some new CD reviews (fRoots, FolkWorld, Folkowa) 15.08.2008 Datteln photos by Bernd Heßner Concert on Kanalfest in Datteln. 17.06.2008 Süsterseel & Viersen  ... 2 concerts in June: on 6 June in Viersen and on 7 June at Folkscheune in Süsterseel 31.05.2008 Troisdorf  photos by Wilfried Palm Double concert - Whisht! and Bachelor's Walk 20.03.2008 St. Patrick's Day concert in Friedberg photo by Bernadette Mullane St. Patrick's Day concert on 15 March in Friedberg-Dorheim. 03.03.2008 Wachtberg-Adendorf - Neuss - Grevenbroich
09.02.2008 Concert in Wachtberg sold outHappy new year to all of you! 17.11.2007 CD release party in Wachtberg-Adendorf   photos by Bernadette Mullane A fantastic CD release party with a full house at Drehwerk
17/19 in Wachtberg-Adendorf. Many thanks to Tets Halbertsma (harp),
Dirk Neuhoff (bass), Thierry Masure (fiddle), Regina Elling (flute), the
whole Drehwerk team and all our friends and guests. The date of our next
concert at Drehwerk has already been fixed: we'll see you there on 23
February 2008 (book early to be sure of a place). 09.11.2007 CD release concert in Wachtberg sold outWe've just heard that the Whisht! CD release concert in Wachtberg on 17 November has been sold out for a week 28.10.2007 CD release party in Frankfurt am Main photo by Bernadette Mullane The CD release party in Frankfurt am Main was a big success. Many thanks to Tets Halbertsma (harp), Manfred Noll (mandolin), Danny Kelly (guitar), Janice Young (who made the CD release party possible) and all our friends and guests. 26.10.2007 Drensteinfurt photo by Elke Schnieder Ekki was ill but, fortunately for the band, Michael Lempelius (bouzouki) was kind enough to jump in to fill the gap. Here's what the press thought: Press. 14.09.2007 Whisht! CD release partysWe’ll be staging 2 CD release concerts - the first
in Frankfurt and the second near Bonn. 09.09.2007 Whisht! CD It is done... 01.09.2007 Bad Wünnenberg Whisht! and La Marmotte at "Folk am Turm" in
Bad Wünnenberg. 31.08.2007 Venne Concert at Gasthof Linnenschmidt in Venne. 04.07.2007 My SpaceWhisht! is now in My Space. To whet your appetite you’ll also find a track from our brand new, soon-to-be-released CD “touchdown” there. We hope you’ll like it. You can find us in My Space under www.myspace.com/whishtmusic. 29.06.2007 Sabrina being interviewed At an exhibition during the Celtic Congress, the students reading Celtic studies in Bonn will, amongst other things, present a portrait of the group Whisht!. In preparation, they interviewed Sabrina in mid-June at Bonn University. 24.05.2007 Johannes in Dublin At the end of January 2007 the headquarters of Na Piobairi Uilleann (Irish Uilleann Piping Society) were re-opened after a long period of restauration work. Johannes followed the invitation of NPU and had the honour and the pleasure to strike up a few tunes together with Jerry O'Sullivan during the opening ceremonies.  Photo Tony Kearns 18.03.2007 Selm St. Patrick's Day Night in Selm with Whisht! and Five Alive'O on 17.03.07.  08.02.2007 Wuppertal  Nice concert at the Paulskirche in Wuppertal on 07.02.07.
Great Audience. 28.01.2007 Wernigerode
The audience was great in the lovely little town of Wernigerode in the Harz on 27.01.2007, where we shared the stage with the band Inish. 15.12.2006 Leverkusen A private concert on 14.12.06 in Leverkusen in the panelled room at the Bayer-Kasino.
Cajonology lessons 2 and 3 (Leverkusen + Düsseldorf). 04.12.2006 The Whisht!-CD The Whisht!-CD is coming along nicely. But, as is the nature of things, it's taking longer than planned. A date has been set for the final mix and we're optimistic that we'll have the finished CD in our hands by Easter 2007. So, we'd ask all those who are waiting for it to bear with us just a little longer. 03.12.2006 Eitorf On 18 November 2006 we played in the Kino Blau-Weiss in Eitorf. A nice cinema atmosphere and a full house. Duisburg
A street party on 15 September in Augustastraße in Duisburg. Regina Elling (Flute) lives just around the corner, so she dropped by and joined us for a couple of sets. Thanks very much Regina! 13.06.2006 Steinau an der Strasse Sabrina tripped on the stairs and hurt her foot. Fortunately for all concerned, she was able to play sitting down. So, after the initial shock, our gig in the the Rathauskeller in Steinau a.d.Strasse, a lovely little town, went very well and a good time was had by all. Many thanks to Jürgen and his crew! 
...on the following day Sabrina got a plaster cast. 31.05.2006 Venner Folkfrühling Dieter Wasilke and his many helpers have put together a wonderful festival with an atmosphere that brings back memories of the good old times. We were lucky enough to play there on 14 May. 08.05.2006 Bonner Irish Folk Festival, Paddy's Day Rüsselsheim, Eltzhof Köln-Wahn Our second appearance at the Bonner Irish Folk Festival. This time we were joined by Franjo Zenz on keyboards (thanks very much Franjo!). We opened our concert with a new set of tunes from our CD, and we had the audience on our side right from the start. The whole festival was a great success!   Super atmosphere again in Eltzhof on 25.03.06 in Köln-Wahn. The first time around it was great, ... this time, even better.  St Patrick's Day spirits were high at the Paddy's Friday Festival on 17.03.06 in Rüsselsheim....our spirits were up there with them. 12.03.2006 Kelkheim + NeussOur concerts in Kelkheim and Neuss were the first of four in March. On 17.3. we'll be playing for St. Patrick's day in Rüsselsheim and on 25.3. you can see us in the Eltzhof in Köln-Wahn.
The audience was great in the Jazzclub Kelkheim. We very much enjoyed the cosy event in this long-established venue. We got the first advance orders for our CD, and from now on you can also send advance orders by e-mail to info@whisht.de.  The Jugendzentrum in Neuss was packed out. Super atmosphere! During the break and after the concert we talked shop with some of the audience. After our final encore, a group of 15 or so avid cajon fans got together around Holli ”Dr” Ries, who gave a short but informative lecture on the instrument. In Kelkheim and Neuss, for the first time, we also dared to tackle the seven-fold ”way-hey” with our audiences at the end of our final song ”Sally Brown”; both passed the test with flying colours. 05.02.2006 Sömmerda 
A good time was had by all in Sömmerda. Together with An Tor, we played there for this year's Irish Night in the Volkshaus. After our joint finale, with all musicians back on stage, we rounded off the evening with a spontaneous session in a nearby pub, Zum Brunnen, that took us into the early hours. 20.01.2006 The Whisht! CD is coming...watch this space… 
In January we spent some time in Artes-Tonstudio in Esslingen, where we recorded our first tracks. If all goes well, the long-awaited CD will hit the shelves this year. 17.01.2006 Our last gig in 2005 and our first in 2006 
We played our first gig in 2006
at the 9th Irish Folk Night in Senden together with Five Alive 'O and
local band Foggy Dew - a big event with an audience of about 800, a huge
stage and a great atmosphere. On 16 December we played in Bungertshof for the second time to a full house. The Christmas feeling lent a nice touch to our last concert for 2005. We were also lucky enough to be accompanied once again by our two step dancers, Antje und Anike (...no photo, unfortunately). At the end of the evening we invited everyone to join us in a shanty and, ‘[...] the audience sang the refrain with so much power that we should have been awarded a sailing permit’, said Michael A. Schmiedel in his concert review, ‘and a special mention should go to the Irish Step Dance performed by two young ladies by the names of Antje and Anike, who brought a hint of the big dance shows to the restaurant.’ <translation from German original> 06.11.2005 Autumn 2005
Celtic Night at Frankfurt Titus-Forum on 04.11.2005.
Vollmerz on 29.10.2005 
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Balver Höhle Folk Festival on 05.08.2005 (see here for more photos taken by Rainer Fink) 
Hofkonzerte Duisburg-Rheinhausen on 04.07.2005 —————————————————————— ...in the very pleasant atmosphere
of the Celtic Night in Alzey-Weinheim on 06.05.2005: ...a concert with a special atmosphere in a riding hall in the middle of Bochum on 30.04.2005. Bales of hay formed the backdrop and besides the guests there were some 20 horses in the audience, which were housed in the same building. ——————————————————————
At Club Synchron in Dortmund on St. Patrick's Day (with our dancers Anike & Antje) ...and in Köln-Porz-Wahn on 04.03.05 "rapturous applause after the conzert" ——————————————————————
...at Sonne in Herne on 20.11.04 (during the chorus of Evictions) ...at Bungertshof in Königswinter-Oberdollendorf on 19.11.04 ——————————————————————
...Whisht! Final session with Horch and Yannick Monot & Nouvelle France ——————————————————————
...at VHS Duisburg-Homberg on 08.10.04
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