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

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

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

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

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

Colorado singer-songwriter Gregory Alan Isakov returns to Cardinal Sessions to perform "Chemicals" live in a church in…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

L'aupaire at Cardinal Sessions Festival.

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

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

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

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

Stella Donnelly is an australian singer-songwriter who has just released her first EP called "Thrush Metal" on Secretly…

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

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

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

We met with british rock-pop band Amber Run in a run-down house in Cologne to record two of their songs called "I…

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

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

Hayden Calnin is an australian singer-songwriter with an amazing voice - we've met him at New Fall Festival in…

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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

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

The Amazons from the UK are one of the most important new rock bands the UK has to offer right now. They were included…

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

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

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

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

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