Sibylle Kefer - Ma Wü Vü

The musician Sibylle Kefer, originally from the Salzkammergut and currently living and working in Vienna and Bad Goisern, presents her seventh album under her own name: MA WÜ VÜ (release date: January 30, 2026). MA WÜ VÜ follows the album HOID, released in 2023, which received significant acclaim from both her audience and the media; for instance, the Vienna weekly newspaper 'Falter' ranked it third in its annual charts. With HOID, the musician's unique musical and lyrical voice as a solo artist became clearer and more audible than ever, marking the beginning of her ongoing work with her own band.

The material for MA WÜ VÜ has once again been shaped by the musician together with Martin Siewert in a careful process, resulting in the 14 pieces now heard, from the opening track POSITIONEN to the closing HOLY SHIT. Sibylle Kefer consistently occupies a singular space in the local landscape of female musicians, transcending stylistic labels such as 'songwriter', 'pop', 'jazz', or 'sophisticated dialect music'—often within the span of a single piece! She prefers to speak and sing in her own language, doing so reflectively and always striving for communication and dialogue, not least to address and explore the omnipresent conflicts and contradictions.

She transforms her themes—many of which she encounters daily as an aging woman approaching her 50th birthday in 2026—into music in her unique and unmistakable way. Music that touches, engages, and carries the listener along. It addresses all (self-)doubts and ambivalences while continually reflecting on the "beauty and madness of being human." A song like DES IRRE ON DIR BIST DU, for example, can—naturally and understandably—be a love song.

To sing about life in its complexity and clarity, in music that makes personal experiences and societal reflections audible, that is MA WÜ VÜ. Delicate yet compelling, Kefer paints poetic images with variations of acoustic intimacy and tells grand stories with concise words. Strong!
Gerhard Stöger, Falter (about HOID)