German political folk singer Hannes Wader was born in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia in 1942. Wader's repertoire consists of traditional German folk songs (volksmusik), provocative social commentaries (Wader was a member of the German Communist Party from 1997-1991), blue-collar ballads, and songs based around the works of poets and classical composers. He tours regularly in Germany. ~ James Christopher Monger