Nikolaus Wolf

Even if Reeperbahnfestival announces him as "Weird Guy From Bavaria", this guy does not sound Bavarian at all. Michi Rieder lives out his soft spot for Sixties Rock, Neo Folk & Brit Pop to the fullest under the name of his great-grandpas "Nikolaus Wolf". Accordingly, the Süddeutsche Zeitung calls him a "chameleon of pop music of the second half of the 20th century. Century“. Well, a certain sympathy for Liam Gallagher or John Lennon cannot be ignored.

With his first EP "Roekki Zimt" (2017), Nikolaus Wolf has already caused some stir, since he "unites the spirit of the British 1960s with contemporary folk interpretations" (intro). He composes music for film and plays over 100 shows with his band in half of Europe, while the song "Human Lights" runs up and down in a commercial in the EU & USA.

It has taken a period of five years for Nikolaus Wolf to finally be in the starting blocks with new material. He has experienced a lot and also has a lot to tell - after all, he has become father for the second time and recently survived a tumor. And there was still this terrible fire in the winter of 2021, which gave birth to his
comeback single "Easy Riders". It's a departure into darker, more serious corners. While the debut EP was rooted in cheerful indie singer-songwriter folk, the new work is a lot rougher and angular, the journey embraces the Sixties Rock'n'Roll between London, New York & the California desert - as if it were at a wild class reunion of Rolling Stones, the Kinks & Velvet Underground.