Popular German Folk Singers, etc.

Reinhard Mey
Klaus Hoffmann
Hannes Wader
Konstantin Wecker
Wolf Biermann
Herman van Veen (Netherlands)
Wolfgang Steinitz
Thomas Felder
Charlie and His Orchestra
Gitte Haenning
Rex Gildo
Heino
Katja Ebstein
Wolfgang Petry
Guildo Horn
Ronald Kaiser
Helene Fischer
Cf. Wikipedia Music of Germany

The British band Mumford & Sons is doing interesting work with depth and quite a transcendent tone: "Awake My Soul"

"After the Storm"