Hans Söllner

Bavarian sing-songwriter Hans Söllner is notorious for his political rebelliousness and well-known for his reggae-inflected folk music style. His popularity is arguably greater in Austria than in his native Germany, where his public image is tarnished in the eyes of the government. Söllner's wide-ranging and sometimes heavy-handed political criticism, not to mention his public embrace of marijuana, made him the subject of increasingly costly fines, to such a degree that he views himself as the victim of state-sponsored repression.

Musically, Söllner is first and foremost a live performer -- many of his albums are in fact live recordings -- and this is a major aspect of his appeal, for he prefers to tour and perform live in-person rather than work with a major label and communicate with his audience via studio-recorded albums. In later years, he toured frequently with the Austrian reggae band Bayaman'Sissdem.




He has recently given an interview wich you can read here.