Wind in your hair. A pull in your chest. And the ending open. David Lübke sings songs that celebrate new beginnings. That explore the mysterious. And that lie comfortingly by our side at night. Pure and unfiltered. The singer-songwriter isn't looking for coolness, but for connection. That's why he travels the country with his guitar, going straight to the people, and tells his stories. Wild and tender. Timeless and connecting. He knocks on doors and opens hearts. A modern-day vagabond, who looks at our times with empathy and a critical eye. In a world oversaturated with stimuli, he lets himself be guided by longing and a thirst for adventure. And in doing so, he satisfies a deep-seated need to truly and genuinely feel something in this wonderful, strange life.

On his third album, "Where the Moon Kisses the Earth," David Lübke reaches everyone: the lovers and the politically stable, the restless and the hopeful. His music rolls in beautifully and simply. Songs that transcend age, that everyone understands, that gently rebel against injustice, and above all, that repeatedly ignite within us that spark to bravely and defiantly break free. Just as David himself did. In 2021, he spent six months on the road as a singer-songwriter. Traveling from the Baltic Sea to the mountains, he played at front doors and under apple trees, in cafés and in front of chip shops, in shared kitchens and construction trailers. "I write songs on beer mats / I cry into my glass / the fools sit on the throne / the stars are on the streets," David sings in his song "On the Way to Vienna."

His epiphany came when, at 16, he first heard all his icons: Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Joni Mitchell, Cat Stevens. "That really touched me. I immediately bought a guitar and started writing my first songs." Ultimately, he's a romantic, the kind we desperately need these days. In the title track of his album, "Wo der Mond die Erde küsst" (Where the Moon Kisses the Earth), David sings in a gentle voice about the delicate magic between day and night, between everyday life and dreams. A song like an instant campfire classic. Are there vibes of Hannes Wader and Reinhard Mey in there? Sure, why not. Because it's about simplicity, the sublime, about universal feelings.

Perception is key. In the personal as well as the political. For example, when David tells the story of the Scholl siblings in "Hans and Sophie." Or when he launches into a kind of "We Shall Overcome" with "My Own Happiness," which lends itself perfectly to collective singing at concerts. An inner warmth is transmitted to the audience. Many of those he met on his singer-songwriter tour also come to his performances. And David continues his journey. With his guitar, which he plays, picks, and plucks. "This sound already carries within it a sense of being on the move. And then I think: Okay, someone's about to start telling a really good story."