Die Randfichten's Dynamic Folk Sound

Die Randfichten have spawned
a fiercely loyal cult following

Combining lighthearted humor with traditional folk forms, Die Randfichten has emerged as one of the leading lights of the volksmuzik scene.

Their very name "The Spruce Tree" evokes a pastoral image just as the North German trio musically captures the mood and feeling of traditional Germanic folk life.

In 1992 Thomas "Rups" Unger and Michl Rusty began performing together, forming the core of the group that would be rounded out with the addition of Thomas Lauterbach in 1997.

The trio hit the road together as Die Randfichten, maintaining a heavy concert regimen of up to 150 performances a year, mostly near their home turf of Saxony and Thuringia.

Signed to a recording contract in recognition of their growing grassroots popularity, they hit paydirt in 2004 with Lebt denn der alte Holzmichl noch?  That hit #4 on the German charts and stayed there for 56 weeks, establishing Die Randfichten as a powerful presence in the volksmuzik realm.

Since then they've been a regular presence on German and Austrian TV and have amassed a parcel of music awards including an Echo (the equivalent of our Grammy award), the "Goldene Stimmgabel", and the "Krone der Volksmusik."

Here is a video of their lively hit from last summer, Rups am Grill (Rups at the Grill)



Here is a medley of Die Randfichten's hits as performed on the 2008 Starparade der Volksmuzik broadcast:



Here is their big hit Lebt denn der alte Holzmichl noch?“, which propelled them to stardom and stayed on the charts for 56 weeks:



And here is the soft, sentimental side of Die Randfichten, the very pretty, 's is mei Haamit


Running the gamut from lighthearted humor to soft sentimentality it's little wonder that Die Randfichten has developed a fiercely loyal, almost cult-like fan following of volksmuzik aficionados throughout the German speaking world.