The way Heinz Ratz tells beautiful, sad, provocative and amusing stories in his songs fascinates his fans. Time and again, he manages to bring to light all those things from the abysses of our society that we are normally reluctant to look at in a more penetrating way without pointing a finger. He has now released 15 CDs with his band ‘Strom & Wasser’, for which he has already been awarded the German Record Critics' Award three times. He has published 12 books. For his commitment, he received the Integration Medal of the German Federal Government in 2012 and many other awards.