Wilfried, Hannes is touring constantly, and as far as I know his concerts are almost always packed. He certainly doesn't have the same mass appeal as Reinhard Mey, whose songs - though I like may of them - and style I'd class as folk pop (or pop folk?).

As Manfred says, Wader has tried many things in his time - mostly self-penned songs, but also traditional songs, straight agitprop songs, Schubert lieder. He also does very good German versions of foreign songs - Alex Campbell's 'Been on the road so long', Eric Bogle's 'No Man's Land' and Allan Taylor's 'Good to see you', for instance. I wouldn't know what to call him if not 'left'. He may not be as ideological as Süverkrüp, but he is unashamedly left. One of his more recent songs (well, more a talking blues) lasts about seven minutes and tells his family's story over three generations of socialist creed and working class solidarity. Think it's on his latest album.

And yes, I have to agree with Edmund: I just love his voice.

Besides 2001, which has a wider range of products, there is a mail order service specialising in folk, Old Songs New Songs. They'll probably have all his available albums.