Bluesz & More Festival, Zwolle NL, 12/2025.
video by: BluesworldCafe
Click on it and turn up the volume! 😉

We will be headlining the Mönsteras Blues & Roots Festival this year.
Make sure to get your tickets and enjoy this fantastic line-up!

photos: riffphotosuk

Kai’s Soloalbum „Wailin‘ In Vienna“ mit Ausflügen in die 1950er Jahre erhält internationales Lob in der Fachpresse. 4,5 Ohren in audio/stereoplay – so kanns weitergehen.

Kai Strauss – „Wailin‘ In Vienna“
feat. Alex Schultz, Rusty Zinn & Sax Gordon

Dies ist kein neues Album der „Electric Blues All Stars“ Besetzung.
Die neue CD/LP ist ein Nebenprojekt, und widmet sich voll und ganz dem Blues der 1950er Jahre. „Ändert Kai jetzt seinen Stil?“
Nein, die EBA bleiben ihrem eigenständigen, zeitgemäßen Stil weiterhin treu.
„Wailin‘ In Vienna“ ist einfach aus Kais Leidenschaft für traditionellen Blues entstanden und wurde in Wien mit vielen internationalen Freunden live eingespielt.
Viel Spaß beim Hören!

„Wailin‘ In Vienna“ is a strictly ’50s style side project that Kai recorded in Vienna/Austria with a fabulous group of international friends (and great musicians).
Just to avoid misunderstandings:
The „Electric Blues All Stars“ will stick to their groove oriented, original Blues style.

Kai Strauss – „Wailin‘ In Vienna“
Musicians:
Rusty Zinn (USA) – guitar
Alex Schultz (USA) – guitar
Sax Gordon (USA) – saxophone & horn arrangements
Dave Ruosch (CH) – piano
Andi Sobczyk (GER) – piano/organ
Christian Dozzler (A) – piano
Gerry Lülik (A) – hca
Dani Gugolz (A) – double bass, Producer
Peter Müller (A) – drums, Styx Studios Vienna

Schönes TV-Feature des WDR über Kais musikalisches Schaffen –  (orig. Sendetermin 06.08.2024, auch in der ARD Mediathek zu finden).
New  German TV feature about Kai, the band and his musical upbringing. Sorry, German language only.

The Holland International Blues Festival 2024 had a wonderful line up. Buddy Guy, Warren Haynes and… Kai Strauss!

„What quality is here on this big HIBF stage! Strauss lets his Fender Stratocaster vibrate so beautifully that B.B. King would be proud of it… A very good set by “the German of the blues”, dubbed by Erwin Nyhoff, which will hopefully be seen at several more major European festivals.“
thebluesalone.nl (NL) 06/24

„Kai Strauss clearly showed he developed his own vision of the genre he passionately preaches for many years now. The main ingredients are a funky „groove“, mature guitar solos and meaningful lyrics. As a guitar picker Strauss really delivers and his solos lift every song to a higher plan.“
Lust For Life Magazine (NL) 06/24