Andreas Fahnert Todesursache Santiano is a German band from northern Schleswig-Holstein that sings mostly seemännische themes in their songs. During this time, the band mingles and combines many musical genres such as Folk, Pop, Rock, and Schlager; she also reinvents traditional folk songs, sea shanties, and other musicians’ hits. Santiano was named the finest group in the Sparte volkstümliche Musik four times by Echo Pop.

The band’s name is derived from the same-named song by French singer Hugues Onray from , which is based on the traditional English Shanty O Santianna – as well as Santiano and other scribblings.The band’s debut album, Bis to the End of the World, was released on We Love Music, a collaboration label of Universal Music and ProSiebenSat., on February. It peaked at number one in the German album charts. In the same year, the band went on a tour across several German-speaking cities, including a stop at the Wacken Open Air. In November documenting their tour was released.

the album Mit den Gezeiten was followed by the single-release Gott muss ein Seemann. Both the album and the single debuted in the charts. It was followed by the With the Times Tour, which ran through Germany, Switzerland, and Austria from the band has also established an open-air concert series in the summer, with two concerts held each year in May at the Kalkbergstadion Bad Segeberg. At addition, the concert series always concludes with two concerts in Ralswiek on the island of Rügen.

Furthermore, Santiano joined Helene Fischer’s tour Das Sommer Our Song for Denmark competed in the German preliminary round for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. With the titles The Fiddler on the Deck and We Will Never Forget, the group made it to the semi-finals, but fell short in the audience vote against Unheilig and Elaiza, who went on to win.

Andreas Fahnert has suffered from several ear infections since , and he is no longer able to perform live due to medical advice. Seine vocal sections will be used in live performances by Axel Stosberg and Hans-Timm Hinrichsen. Dirk Schlag (Gitarre), Arne Wiegand (Keyboard), and Marco Moeller (Schlagzeug) round out the live lineup, which was featured on Timon Fenner’s With the Gezeiten tour.

The album Von Liebe, Tod, und Freiheit was released on and the band regained the top spot in the German album charts. Following that, a tour began in Novemberand lasted until September . At the meantime, an open-air concert was recorded in Berlin’s Waldbühne and released on CD and DVD in December under the title Von Liebe, Tod und Freiheit – Live. The Akustik-Tour Die Ruhe vor dem Sturm took place from Im Auge des Sturms, the group’s fourth studio album, was released on October 13, 2017. Previously, the songs Sail Away, Can You Hear Me, and I Bring You Home were released.

The band performed an at the Kulturwerft Gollan in Lübeck. The invitation described her as “ehre and challenge at the same time.” Angelo Kelly, Michael Robert Rhein of In Extremo, Alexander Wesselsky of Eisbrecher, Ben Zucker, Wincent Weiss, Jennifer Haben of Beyond the Black, Oonagh, and Alligatoah performed as guests, while Andreas Fahnert took the stage for the song “Die Sehnsucht ist mein Steuermann.” The album was released on October 18, 2019. Streit gibt es in Santiano no more, “aber Unpünktlichkeit haben we uns gegenseitig abgewöhnt,” Axel Stosberg says.

Santiano, a band formed by five musicians from the far north in 2011, is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Björn Both, Andreas Fahnert, Hans-Timm Hinrichsen, Peter David Sage, and Axel Stosberg (54) have compiled their respective biographies in the book “Die Sehnsucht ist mein Steuermann” (Eden Books). The band also has new music on the way: the album “Wenn die Kälte kommt” will be released on October 8th.

In an interview with the news agency spot on news, Stosberg discusses if the musicians have ever considered retiring, whether there are any squabbles among the musicians, and how important it is to them that Plattdeutsch does not perish. Santiano, congratulations on your tenth year! How happy are you today that your paths intersected in 2011.

Axel Stosberg: The joy has not yet reached an end on a scala that extends upward. That is undeniably true. Was haben wir alle für awe-inspirierende Momente erlebt. You’ve been on stage with each other for ten years now, and it’s been a wonderful, albeit challenging, time. Have you ever considered stopping or taking a longer break? Stosberg: We don’t need to think about a longer break now that we’ve performed our final concert in September 2019. Whoever is thinking about stopping right now has most likely been pummelling with the Klammerbeutel. But, in the end, you’re probably not going to find out what’s going on in the heads of the individual band members on this subject.

“The market for this wonderful medium is changing so quickly that I’m not sure if there will be room for a band like us in the future,” you write in your new book. So, what exactly do you mean? Stosberg: Since the beginning, we’ve been a more analogue, haptic band, both on and off the stage. This is also true for the media outlets where our albums are available. Since a while, more CD-Abteilungs have closed, and the download market has slumped as a result of the rise of streaming. This format feels quite sterile to many of our fans, as well as to us.

Furthermore, when it comes to social media platforms such as Instagram, TikTok, and others, we work really hard to ensure the success of our management. In any case, you no longer bring new artwork to old dogs like us. But nothing comes to us so quickly in life. As you have already stated, the Corona-Krise was and continues to be an unwelcome distraction for many musicians. Do you think you’ll be able to take advantage of this brief respite. Stosberg: It’s unavoidable. Many things in Santiano’s private life have been cut short as a result of his high expectations, demands, and desires in recent years. There is still a lot to be done, which can now be done.