David Lübke

Wo der Mond die Erde küsst

The wind in your hair. A tugging in your chest. And an open ending. David Lübke sings songs that celebrate new beginnings. That explore the mysterious. And that lie down beside us at night, offering comfort. Completely raw, unfiltered. The singer-songwriter isn’t looking for coolness, but for connection. That’s why he travels across the country with his guitar, going straight to the people, and tells his stories. Wild and tender. Timeless and unifying. He knocks on doors and opens hearts. A modern vagabond who views our times with empathy and a critical eye. In a world overwhelmed by sensory stimuli, he lets himself be guided by longing and a spirit of adventure. And in doing so, he satisfies a deep-seated need to truly and genuinely feel something in this amazing, strange life.

On his third album, *i* “Where the Moon Kisses the Earth” , David Lübke reaches everyone. The lovers and the politically steadfast, the restless and the hopeful. His music rolls in, beautiful and simple. Songs that know no age. That everyone understands. That gently rebel against injustice. And above all, that repeatedly ignite within us that spark to set out boldly and headstrong. Just as David himself did. In 2021, he spent six months on a singer-songwriter tour. On the road from the Baltic Sea to the mountains, he played at front doors and under apple trees, in cafés and in front of fry-up stands, in shared-apartment kitchens and construction trailers. “I write songs on beer coasters / I cry into my glass / the fools sit on the throne / the stars are on the streets,” David sings about this in his song “On the Way to Vienna.”

He had his moment of revelation at age 16 when he first heard all his idols: Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Joni Mitchell, Cat Stevens. “That really moved me. I went out and bought a guitar right away and started writing my first songs.’ Ultimately, he’s a romantic—just the kind we desperately need these days. In the title track of his album “Wo der Mond die Erde küsst,” David sings in a gentle voice about the delicate magic between day and night, between everyday life and daydreaming. A song that’s an instant campfire classic. Are there vibes of Hannes Wader and Reinhard Mey in there? Sure, why not. Because it’s about the simple, the sublime—about universal feelings.

What matters is perception—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 strikes up a kind of “We Shall Overcome” with “Mein eignes Glück,” a song that’s perfect for collective singing at concerts. An inner warmth spreads through the audience. Many people he’s met on his singer-songwriter journey also come to his shows. And David keeps on wandering. With his guitar, which he plays, plucks, and strums. “That sound already carries a sense of being on the move. And then I think: Okay, someone’s about to start telling a really good story.”

An event presented by Konzertbüro Schöneberg.