Hannes Wader
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Hannes Wader (born Hans Eckard Wader in 1942 in Bethel, near Bielefeld, Germany)
is a German singer-songwriter. In 1973, he moved to Struckum, in Nordfriesland,
where he published some of his later albums.
In 1998, he and his family moved to the Steinburg district of Schleswig-Holstein,
and in 2008 to Kassel. Since 2021, he lives in his hometown Bielefeld.
His works are mostly based on German Folk songs.
He also performed translated works from Carl Michael Bellman
and songs by Franz Schubert.
In the 1970s, Hannes Wader became one of the stars of the political left
through his provocative songs.
He was a member of the German Communist Party
(
KPD) from 1977 to 1991.
His last concert was on 30 November 2017, in Berlin.