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Cardinal Sessions From Home

From now on, we want to upload a new session every day, coming from some living room or garden all over the world.


Cardinal Sessions Festival 11

Cardinal Sessions Festival 11, 28.11.2020 Stadtgarten Köln ABGESAGT!

Das Cardinal Sessions Festival findet am 16.01.2020 zum zehnten Mal statt - diesmal in der wunderschönen Kulturkirche in Köln!


Cardinal Sessions Festival 10

Das Cardinal Sessions Festival findet am 16.01.2020 zum zehnten Mal statt - diesmal in der wunderschönen Kulturkirche in Köln!


Anton Newcombe The Brian Jonestown Massacre

The Brian Jonestown Massacre Live in London

Full live recording of The Brian Jonestown Massacre concert in London, October of 2018, including hits like "Anemone" and "Nevertheless".


Cardinal Sessions Festival 9

Das Cardinal Sessions Festival geht am 18. Mai bereits in seine neunte Runde. Nachdem die letzten Ausgaben in Köln restlos ausverkauft…


Gregory Alan Isakov for Cardinal Sessions

Gregory Alan Isakov live session in a church

Colorado singer-songwriter Gregory Alan Isakov returns to Cardinal Sessions to perform "Chemicals" live in a church in Cologne, Germany.


Peter Doherty live for Cardinal Sessions

Peter Doherty live acoustic session

Peter Doherty has a new record coming out, with his band, the Puta Madres. It's amazing proof that he's still one of the top songwriters…


Sharon van Etten for Cardinal Sessions

Sharon van Etten Live Piano Session

Sharon van Etten, one of the best singer-songwriters around, performs a beautiful version of "I Told You Everything" solo on the grand…


Better Oblivion Community Center Phoebe Bridgers Conor Oberst Debut Record

Better Oblivion Community Center

Both Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers have been hinting at a thing called "Better Oblivion Community Center". Rumours are, it's a…


Fil Bo Riva Cardinal Sessions

Fil Bo Riva theatre session – „Go Rilla“ & „L’over“

Lewis Capaldi is a british singer-songwriter with an amazing voice. He's one of those new talents everybody talks about right now, and we…


Lewis Capaldi singing acoustic session of Grace

Lewis Capaldi Live Acoustic Session

Lewis Capaldi is a british singer-songwriter with an amazing voice. He's one of those new talents everybody talks about right now, and we…


Hollow Coves

Hollow Coves at Cardinal Sessions Festival

Hollow Coves from Australia are an indie-folk duo that played Cardinal Sessions Festival in October of 2018 in a church. Before they opened…


snail mail lush

THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2018

We present the 25 best albums of 2018, as picked by Cardinal Sessions, including records by Kurt Vile, Jack White, John Prine and Snail…


L’aupaire at Cardinal Sessions Festival

L'aupaire at Cardinal Sessions Festival.


the tallest men on earth

The Tallest Man On Earth at Konzerthaus Dortmund

The Tallest Man On Earth is one of those Indie-Folk icons we've been listening to forever. We had the opportunity to record a song with him…


shakey graves

Exploring church reverb with Shakey Graves

Shakey Graves is the man - here he is, performing a song called "Cops and Robbers" in a church in Cologne before his show. His…


snail mail

A walk through the park with Snail Mail

Snail Mail is one of those rare-to-find musicians - she writes incredible songs and we're very happy to have met her during her stay in…


With an open heart – female singer-songwriters take over the world

Folk singer-songwriters have always been the ones to be the most personal, the most fragile lyricists. And women of course have always been…


Stella Donnelly is an australian singer-songwriter who has just released her first EP called

Stella Donnelly Live Acoustic Session

Stella Donnelly is an australian singer-songwriter who has just released her first EP called "Thrush Metal" on Secretly Canadian. We've met…


Cardinal Sessions Festival 8

Das Cardinal Sessions Festival geht am 5. Mai bereits in seine siebte Runde. Nachdem die letzten Ausgaben in Köln restlos ausverkauft…


Suzan Köcher Cardinal Sessions

Young Talent Stage

Sipgate presents the Open Source Festival - Young Talent Stage studio recordings. A Cardinal Sessions Showcase. Recorded at the Sipgate…


Shame live on stage

30 under 30

The world of music is full of great talents and brillant artists, and a lot of them are under the age of 30. We'd like to share our…


Jonathan Wilson singing songs for Cardinal Sessions

Jonathan Wilson Live Acoustic Session

Jonathan Wilson is an american singer-songwriter and producer. He worked with lots and lots of our favourites, like Dawes, Conor Oberst,…


The Yawpers at Down By The River Festival in Venlo

Down By The River Festival Special

We've been to Venlo's Down By The River Festival to record live acoustic sessions with Andrew Combs, The Deep Dark Woods and The Yawpers.


Illgen-Nur, stripped down just with her guitar, performing for Cardinal Sessions.

Ilgen-Nur Live Acoustic Session

We've met german singer-songwriter Illgen-Nur in a Café in Cologne, Germany while the band was on tour supporting Tocotronic - we recorded…


Lissie performing songs while sitting in a tree

Lissie Acoustic Session

We've met US-singer-songwriter Lissie in Cologne, Germany to record two songs acoustically. She sat down in a tree in a park next to the…


Cardinal Sessions Festival 7

Das Cardinal Sessions Festival geht am 5. Mai bereits in seine siebte Runde. Nachdem die letzten Ausgaben in Köln restlos ausverkauft…


AnnenMayKantereit performing in Los Angeles

AnnenMayKantereit in Los Angeles

In October of 2017, we were invited alongside photographer Jean Raclet to join the german band AnnenMayKantereit on a trip to Los Angeles.


Noah Gundersen in a church singing songs.

Noah Gundersen Live Acoustic Session in a Church

Singer-Songwriter Noah Gundersen returns to Cardinal Sessions to perform three wonderful songs in a church in Cologne, including a cover of…


Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats acoustic session

Cardinal Classics: Nathaniel Rateliff

We've collected all the acoustic sessions that Nathaniel Rateliff did for Cardinal Sessions, including songs with his band The Night Sweats…


Solo piano session with SYML

SYML Live Acoustic Session

Brian Fennell has a solo record out and performed "Wildfire" exclusively on a piano for Cardinal Sessions in Cologne, Germany.


Iron & Wine, singer-songwriter, performs songs off

Iron & Wine Live Acoustic Session

Ever since his version of The Postal Service's "Such Great Hights" played on the radio for the first time, we're huge fans of Iron & Wine.…


DMA's from Australia premiering new songs in Berlin

DMA’S exclusive acoustic session with new single „In The Air“

One of the best bands around, DMA's, performed for Cardinal Sessions in Berlin.


Musikschutzgebiet Festival

Musikschutzgebiet August 30th – September 2nd 2018

Cardinal Sessions is presenting Musikschutzgebiet Festival from August 30th till September 2nd 2018. They've also just announced the first…


Bonaparte acoustic performance

Bonaparte Live Acoustic Session

Swiss band Bonaparte headlined 2017's At The B-Sites Festival and recorded two songs exclusively for Cardinal Sessions backstage.


Ori Album release tour germany

Tour presentation: ORI „1986“ Album Release Tour

Cardinal Sessions are presenting the ORI "1986" Album Release Tour through Germany and Switzerland.


Natalie Imbruglia's

10 Songs you didn’t know were a cover

Listen to ten songs most of you might only know from other artists - here are the originals!


Frère spielen ihren Song

Frère Live Acoustic Session

German indie band Frère perform a song on a cliff in Essen, Germany, live for Cardinal Sessions. The song is called "Portugal".


Cardinal Sessions on how to record an acoustic session.

How to record an acoustic session

Learn how to record an acoustic session and what gear to use - Cardinal Sessions


Damien Rice singing an intimate concert

Damien Rice performed in a living room in Paris

The french acoustic-session website La Blogothèque recorded one of their famous concerts in a series called Soirée de Poche with one of our…


Milky Chance live acoustic session

Milky Chance Live Acoustic Session

German band Milky Chance performed "Firebird" from their new record "Blossom" in a live acoustic session for Cardinal Sessions in Cologne,…


Laura Marling's take on

Laura Marling covering Bob Dylan for „Peaky Blinders“

Laura Marling, one of our favourite singer-songwriters, decided to cover a Bob Dylan song for a new episode from "Peaky Blinders".


Cover of the War on Drugs' A Deeper Understanding

THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2017

After a very busy 2017 in every possible way, let's take the time to look back. We love music. We love more than 30 records. But we can't…


Käptn Peng und die Tentakel von Delphi performing an acoustic session.

Käptn Peng returns – Session at Haldern Pop Festival

Käptn Peng & die Tentakel von Delphi performing "Tier" at 2017's Haldern Pop Festival, acoustic in the woods, with a guitar and a double…


Alexi Murdoch announces new album Cardinal Sessions

Alexi Murdoch announces new album

We met Alexi Murdoch three years ago at the Haldern Pop Festival to record two hauntingly beautiful new and unreleased songs called "Golden…


Mighty Oaks acoustic session at Kolbhallen Cologne.

Mighty Oaks session in an artists community

Mighty Oaks teamed up with Cardinal Sessions again to record two songs off their new record live and acoustic in an artist community.


Langhorne Slim & Casey Jane, filmed by Joel Sadler

Langhorne Slim Session in New Orleans

Langhorne Slim returns to Cardinal Sessions with a wonderful video for his new song "Lost This Time" - Casey Jane is singing with him in…


top 20 songs of 2017

Top 20 Tracks of 2017

Cardinal Sessions 20 Top Tracks of 2017 - The list is featuring bands like Courtney Barnett, The War on Drugs, Future Islands, Baxter Dury…


U2 by Anton Corbijn at Joshua Tree. U2 playing Berlin Subway

U2 Session – performing in a Berlin Subway Station

U2 have released a new record earlier this month and they went on the Berlin Subway to promote it. The record entitled "Songs of…


mac demarco for cardinal sessions

Mac DeMarco is back for a session

In the beginning of 2017, we met Mac DeMarco in Berlin - he was on tour all year, until he stopped by in Cologne to play a sold-out show at…


Amber Run live for Cardinal Sessions

Get lost in acoustics with Amber Run

We met with british rock-pop band Amber Run in a run-down house in Cologne to record two of their songs called "I Found" and "No Answer".


Giant Rooks live and acoustic for Cardinal Sessions

Giant Rooks Live Acoustic Session

Giant Rooks are a young, exciting new band from Hamm, Germany. We've invited them to play our Cardinal Sessions Festival in january 2017…


CARDINAL SESSIONS FESTIVAL 6 – A LOOK BACK

Our very own Cardinal Sessions Festival has seen it's sixth installment this October - we started with six bands in Cologne, took five of…


Hayden Calnin Cardinal Sessions

Hayden Calnin session with breathtaking acoustics

Hayden Calnin is an australian singer-songwriter with an amazing voice - we've met him at New Fall Festival in Düsseldorf, Germany. In a…


Seasick Steve playing a live acoustic session for Cardinal Sessions

Seasick Steve plays a rare live acoustic session

Cardinal Sessions met Seasick Steve for a live acoustic sessions in Cologne a while back. He has come a very long way in 10 years. Since…


Nahko Live Acoustic Session

We met Nahko and Medicine for the People almost two years ago to record a session with Nahko and his trumpet player on a cold day in…


Matthew And The Atlas

Matthew And The Atlas Live Acoustic Session

It was a foggy morning in Haldern, Germany, where we met Matthew and the Atlas. The whole atmosphere was very fitting to his music and it…


New Neufundland Video For ‚Alles Was Bleibt‘

We made a music video for emerging german band Neufundland for their song 'Alles Was Bleibt'.


Die Höchste Eisenbahn Live Acoustic Session

Die Höchste Eisenbahn is a german band formed in 2011 consisting of four brillant and experienced musicians. They have released two LP's…


Isaac Gracie Live Acoustic Session

If you close your eyes, you might think it's Jeff Buckley singing to you, while really it's one of UK's best new singer-songwriters called…


Voodoo Jürgens Live Acoustic Session

Voodoo Jürgens from Vienna with his morbid sense of humor is one of Austrias most exciting artists right now. He played a wonderful tune…


Bear’s Den Live Acoustic Session

In 2015 we've met Bear's Den for the first time. They played a great show in Cologne after our session, Alex Vargas opened for them and we…


Swans – The Seer LP

Lets make this text as short as possible cause this album takes time. 1h 59min and supposedly longer. Get your headphones, power on your…


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Taylor Hollingsworth Live Acoustic Session

Taylor Hollingsworth from Birmingham, Alabama, is a singer-songwriter and guitarist who has a couple of bands and played guitar in Conor…


The Amazons Live Acoustic Session

The Amazons from the UK are one of the most important new rock bands the UK has to offer right now. They were included in the BBC's "Sound…


CLASSICS – The Jesus and Mary Chain

The Jesus and Mary Chain from Scotland have always been one of the Greats in not giving a fuck - it's even more surprising that they…


Artists To Watch: Phoebe Bridgers

Phoebe Bridgers is an artist from Los Angeles who really stands out for us when it comes to singer-songwriters. Every word she sings feels…


Peter Doherty Live Acoustic Session

"Is it cruel or kind not to speak my mind, and to lie to you, rather than hurt you?"


John Smith Live Acoustic Session

English folk-guitarist and singer-songwriter John Smith first got our attention some years ago when we filmed a session with the wonderful…


Sion Hill Live Acoustic Session

Early 2017, we managed to film Peter Doherty in Cologne, shot the session and went to his show afterwards. This irish guy called Sion Hill…