Markus Rüeger, 25.1.1956, is a swiss singer/songwriter with his roots in the Rockmusic of the 60-ties, and in the folk-scene of the 70-ties. He‘s been a constant member of the swiss folk sceen for the past 30 years and been moving around solo and with the bands in Switzerland and Europe for more than 20 years. Markus is a great singer and guitar-player in the first place, but he plays all kind of other folkinstruments on his CD aswell. He‘s got a strong connection to Ireland having lived there for some times and 1980 he did his long march with an irish donkey and his guitar all the way through Ireland, Belgium and France to Switzerland. Since 2006 hes working on a one-man-musical show called >mission earth< wich he is translating into english the irish and further island audiences in his mind. Markus is a member of the swiss singer/songwriter-society"Lieder-Lobby".Spazzacamina is one of his first hits sung in swiss-german in the nineteen-eighties.