Buchkonzert mit Klaus Adamaschek – „Dein Schatten lässt dich niemals allein“

In the organizer's words:

After 20 years as managing director of the Licherode Environmental Education Center and another twenty years as singer/songwriter Shiregreen, Klaus Adamaschek has ventured into a completely different profession. Last summer, the 68-year-old singer-songwriter published his first book, which he will present in a "book concert" at the Sandershaus in Kassel on Friday, May 15, 2026, at 8 p.m., supported by guitarist Johannes Gunkel.

"Dein Schatten lässt dich niemals allein", the title of the 220-page book, is a mixture of biographical memories and time-critical thoughts. Entertaining and moving reviews of his childhood and youth in the Ruhr region, his student days in Aachen, life in the countryside in northern Hesse and musical tours through the USA and Scotland, among other places, alternate with personal reflections on formative historical events such as the Chernobyl reactor accident or the fall of the Berlin Wall.

"The initial impetus for my book was the idea of showing my own children and grandchildren how we became what we are today - even with all our dark sides and inner contradictions," says Adamaschek, describing his motivation for writing. The soul of the book are 80 songs from Adamaschek's own pen, embedded in the biographical and historical context, which turn his "LebensLiederBuch" into a captivating musical and literary journey through time. Readers can also turn the book into an audio book via a free playlist on Soundcloud.

At the premiere of the book concert in Rotenburg an der Fulda in November 2025, the audience was enthusiastic and moved, and the "official" critics reacted similarly positively to Adamaschek's book of songs of life. Michael Haifl writes in the online magazine Saitenkult: "Dein Schatten lässt dich niemals allein is a road movie in book form - full of laughter, amazement, doubt and attitude. You travel with it, you smell the gasoline, hear the songs and think: this is what it must feel like to live in your own soundtrack." And Susanne Kanngieser writes for the Hessisch-Niedersächsische Allgemeine HNA: "Klaus Adamaschek achieves a wonderful balancing act with his debut work, combining melancholy and humor, lightness, sadness and thoughtfulness in a relaxed and relaxed manner."

Of course, Adamaschek will also bring his beloved red guitar to the book concert and combine the texts from his book with suitable songs, sensitively accompanied by the experienced Shiregreen guitarist Johannes Gunkel. Free admission, a hat fee is requested.
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The event takes place in the Sandershaus bar.

Admission from 19:30
Start at 8 pm
Free admission, a hat fee is requested

Photo by Klaus Adamaschek