Another music discovery this summer.
The playful busker with the deep, warm voice goes on stage.
Just three years ago, the band of five was busking in downtown Hamburg, Germany, in front of small audiences. Today, they pull five thousand very easily and are regular guests on radio and TV.
Traveling bards have had a long tradition, and Felix Meyer and his co-musicians fit right in. They started playing in earnest when they wanted to travel Europe but didn't have the money - hence busking their way across the mini continent was how they did it.
They picked up musical styles along the way, and to truly appreciate this you'd need to see them play live rollicking dance tunes.
At a bigger live event, if you are lucky, you may get to see them mingled with the crowd listening to another band and get a glimpse of the jesters they still are. Or, as the K-Landnews resident cynic says, "aren't bands cute when they are just getting to be famous"?
The name Felix Meyer is, funny enough, an indication of not being pretentious, of not aiming for the top spot on a search engine results page, and - hopefully for a long time to come - "Felix" will live up to the meaning of his first name.
They are a cool band in those days of manufactured music and air-brushed lives, so search on YouTube and, if you are in Germany, don't get too upset with the fact that many clips are blocked for German viewers because of the copyright nitwits of GEMA.
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