Editing Singer-songwriter (section)

=== ''Liedermacher'', the German tradition ===
[[File:Reinhard-Mey-Jahrhunderthalle-Frankfurt-02.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Reinhard Mey]], 2014]]

Rooted in the European Bänkelsang ("bench-singing") and Moritat traditions while also taking immediate inspiration from the French chanson scene and the [[American folk music revival]], the 1960s and 1970s saw the emergence of a whole generation of German-language singer-songwriters called Liedermacher ("songmakers"), among them [[Hannes Wader]], [[Franz Josef Degenhardt]], [[Reinhard Mey]], and [[Konstantin Wecker]] from West Germany, [[Wolf Biermann]] from East Germany as well as [[Ludwig Hirsch]] and [[Georg Danzer]] from Austria. With regards to content and style, the Liedermacher spectrum ranges from political balladeering to rather observational storytelling and love songs. The lyrics often deal with topics such as [[social injustice]], [[militarism]], [[consumerism]], [[environmental issue]]s or the repercussions of the [[Nazism|German Nazi past]], often expressing technoskepticism and [[anti-establishment]] views.<ref>Huff, Hartmut: ''Liedermacher'', (1980), Munich: Heyne; Henke, Matthias: ''Die großen Chansonniers und Liedermacher'' (1987), Düsseldorf: Econ.</ref>