Ulrich Schulz, born as Oliver Shanti in Hamburg 1948, is a german new age musician. Although his music is impressive, Schulz was sentenced to nearly 7 years prison in 2009, because of child sexual abuse. No respekt to this, even if it seems so damn strange to me, listening to a criminal! But you should really listen to this song called “Sacral Nirvana”:
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Music from Germany – Hans Blum
Hans Blum, born in 1928, is a german componist, singer and producer. Here’s one of his most popular songs called “Im Wagen Vor Mir” together with Daffi Cramer:
Music from Germany – Alphaville Band
Alphaville is a German synthpop group which gained popularity in the 1980s. The founding members were Marian Gold (real name Hartwig Schierbaum, born 26 May 1954 inHerford, North Rhine-Westphalia), Bernhard Lloyd (real name Bernhard Gößling, born 6 June 1960 in Enger, North Rhine-Westphalia), and Frank Mertens (real name Frank Sorgatz, born 26 October 1961 in Enger, North Rhine-Westphalia). The band was at first named Forever Young before changing to Alphaville. They are best known for their three biggest hits, “Big in Japan”, “Sounds Like a Melody” and “Forever Young”. Here is “Forever Young”
Music from Germany – Klaus Weiland
Klaus Weiland, born in 1947, is a german folk guitarist and singer-songwriter. Here’s probably the most popular fingerstyle piece in Germany, “Das Loch in der Banane”:
Music from Austria – Udo Jürgens
This one is for my blonde friend who turned 17 today :) “17 Jahr, blondes Haar” (“17 years, blonde hair”) ;)
Udo Jürgens is an Austrian composer and singer. He is one of the most popular musicians in the German speaking area.
German Electronic Music
A MUST READ POST!
In Germany, we have – as I could experience in the last months – very many great electro, techno and house musicians and bands. So I want to show you three great bands; I still discovered many of them in 2012 in school. The three bands/musicians are Wankelmut, Oliver Koletzki and Nils Hoffmann.
Music from Ghana/Germany – Y´Akoto
Jennifer Yaa Akoto, well-known by his stage name Y´Akoto, born in Hamburg is daughter of a Ghanaian father and a German mother. Here is her song “Diamonds”
Music from the World – Jobarteh Kunda
Jobarteh Kunda is Munich-based international band with members from Africa, the Caribbean, the US, Italy and Germany. They formed in 1999 and are known for their world music. Here’s “Maimuna”:
Music from DR Congo – Makoma
Makoma is an award-winning Christian, pop, R&B and dance musical group from Kinshasa, DRCongo based in the Netherlands. Made up of 6 siblings and a non-family member. Sing in Lingala, English, French, Dutch and German. Here is their song “Evolution”
Music from Italy – Mo-Do
Mo-Do(the pseudonym for Fabio Frittelli), born in 1964, is an Italian Eurodance band. Here’s their great song “Eins, Zwei, Polizei“:
World Music - the Music Journey 