Dirk Darmstaedter - In The Rye (Troubadour Sessions)

During rehearsals for my solo release concert for The Sound My Mind Makes in February 2026, I started playing the album songs acoustically. Stripping them down to their bare essentials felt liberating — and some songs suddenly seemed to want to go in completely different directions to their album versions. Exciting stuff. After the concert, more and more people asked about these versions and wondered if I might record them and put them on Bandcamp. I aim to please… ;-) So here you go: all the songs from The Sound My Mind Makes, recorded in my little attic studio — now available as a new album. I call it Troubadour Sessions #1 - The Sound My Mind Makes. I'm on Sylt right now (May 2026). Lola and I were at the beach yesterday evening, and the light was just so crazy beautiful I had to film a bit. And as the album is out digitally on May 29th, I thought it'd be nice to put a little video together. Not that the footage and the song were necessarily meant to be pieced together — but somehow, somehow, I think it quite fits. So there. Enjoy. Dirk, May 2026 👉 Join my Substack crew: https://dirkdarmstaedter.substack.com/ 👉 My Website: https://www.dirkdarmstaedter.com/ 👉 Shop: https://meandcassity.bandcamp.com/ Perfect At Being Imperfect Other Links: 📸 Instagram: / dirkdarmstaedter 🎵 Facebook: / dirk.darmstaedter