Back to the Kantine in Cologne: just less than a month after I saw Kip Moore in their major and main venue in the North of the Rhineland city, I was back as a photographer to the Yard Club, their smaller venue located in the same building. The act of the evening were The Desclondes, who mix several Americana genres into a very own style of music. I was really curious about their tour stage in Cologne.
This posting comes with 342 major size pictures as part of the concert gallery.
Yard Club – About The Venue
As said, the Yard Club is the minor venue of Die Kantine (“The Canteen”), venue in the very North of Cologne. Located right opposite to the main hall, it has a capacity of 250 people. The parking in that area is a bit of limited, especially in occasions, when both venues are used in parallel. However, you can reach the venue by tram (lines 12 and 15, Wilhelm-Sollmann-Str. stop) or bus (line 122, Bremerhavener Str.) quite well and also until rather later hours.
The Deslondes – About The Artists
The Deslondes is a music group from New Orleans, Louisiana. The members are Dan Cutler (vocals, stand-up bass), Sam Doores (vocals, guitar), Cameron Snyder (vocals, percussion) and John James Tourville (fiddle, pedal steel). The band has been founded in 2013. However, one year ago, Doores and Downing already released the album Holy Cross Blues as Sam Doores + Riley Downing & The Tumbleweeds. The Deslondes’ debut album has been published in 2015 and is self-titled. Two years later, the band addded Hurry Home to their discography. For the Cologne show in June 2023, they toured with their 2022 album, Ways & Means.
The Deslondes – The Show
The band stepped on stage at about 20:20. Before that, they hang out in the outside area of the Die Kantine and enjoyed themselves. Songs like Good to Go, the opener of their 2022 album, and it title track Ways & Means stood at the beginning of their set list and introduced the Cologne fans to their latest album. Towards the middle of the set, there were some more classic songs, like The Real Deal or their two most popular ones on Spotify, Heavenly Home and Less Honkin’ More Tonkin’. Unfortunately, the Yard Club just had some 30 visitors this evening – the band definitely deserved more.
The show had a lovely atmosphere, not only due to the intimate setting, but also due to the anecdotes the band were telling. They are stated that they enjoy that summer days in Europe are having daylight for so long. Here and there, the interaction did not work as well as the band wanted, maybe also due to a certain Southern accent you just cannot deny when they are speaking. The range of song presented was really nice, from very groovy and blues-ish songs to tracks with a strong country-style touch – but also some rather quiet moments. After some 70 minutes, the band closed their set with Wild Eden and stepped off stage for a short moment. There was still time for an encore before this Cologne show was finished.
The Deslondes – The Gallery
Here are 342 major size pictures of the show. They are located in the concert gallery:
The Deslondes – My View
The Deslondes played a beautiful set in a great atmosphere North of Cologne. The setting was lovely and relaxed and I hope you enjoyed the light on the pictures as much as I did. The set was a nice range of songs, which finally offered some highlights for any kind of Americana listener. Thus, it was an overall really nice evening in June in Cologne.
Concerts (All Around Cologne)
Here are all my Concerts postings related to the Greater Cologne area:

Jackson Dean (3rd May 2025, Cologne)

Anne Haigis (30th April 2025, Erftstadt)

Dirkschneider (Frankfurt, 17th March 2025)

Drake Milligan (25th February 2025, Cologne)

Carly Pearce (17th February 2025, Cologne)

Warren Zeiders (3rd February 2025, Cologne)

BAP (13th December 2024, Cologne)

Kameron Marlowe (10th December 2024, Cologne)

Koe Wetzel (7th November 2024, Cologne)

Stephen Wilson Jr. (4th November 2024, Cologne)

Blackberry Smoke (29th September 2024, Cologne)

Percival (Song of My Life Show, Erftstadt, 12th September 2024)

Sound of Nashville Open Air 2024 (25th August 2024, Day 2, Cologne)

Sound of Nashville Open Air 2024 (23rd August 2024, Day 1, Cologne)

Jessica Lynn (Song of My Life Show, Erftstadt, 12th August 2024)

Giovanni Zarrella (6th August 2024, Cologne)

Sasha (24th May 2024, Düsseldorf)

49 Winchester (21st May 2024, Cologne)

Kacey Musgraves (5th May 2024, Cologne)

Darius Rucker (19th April 2024, Cologne)

Alexandra Kay, Hannah Ellis, Lakeview (5th March 2024, Cologne)

Eric Paslay (13th December 2023, Cologne)

Gregor McEwan (6th December 2023, Cologne)

Loi (19th October 2023, Cologne)

Ron Pope (23rd September 2023, Cologne)

Randall King (15th September 2023, Cologne)

Heart To Heart Event (29th August 2023, Düsseldorf)

Ben Zucker (28th July 2023, Monheim)

Rock of Ages (9th June 2023, Solingen)

Everette & Austin Jenckes (23rd May 2023, Cologne)

Kip Moore (14th May 2023, Cologne)

The Longest Johns (21st April 2023, Cologne)

Weird Al Yankovic tours Europe 2023 – My Reprise

Julian Taylor (15th February 2023, Cologne)

Kane Brown (27th January 2023, Cologne)

Brett Young (19th November 2022, Cologne)

Milky Chance (18th November 2022, Cologne)

Alexander Ludwig (2nd November 2022, Cologne)

Lindsay Ell (with Kyle Daniel & Shy Carter, 23rd August 2022, Cologne)

Gipsy Kings & More Than Words (11th August 2022, Cologne)

Johnossi (12th June 2022, Cologne)

Björn Heuser (28th May 2020, Drive-In Show, Bonn)

Brett Eldredge / Lauren Jenkins (24th January 2020, Cologne)

Noah Guthrie (9th December 2019, Cologne)

Mrs. Greenbird (Frankfurt, 7th November 2019)

Ben Zucker & Van De Forst (6th November 2019, Cologne)

Willie Jones & Tyler Rich (29th October 2019, Cologne)

Logan Mize (26th October 2019, Cologne)

Scotty McCreery (24th October 2019, Cologne)

Andy Clark (19th October 2019, Dusseldorf)

Rock of Ages (Zons / Germany, 28th Sep 2019)

Jillian Jacqueline & Lauren Jenkins (9th September 2019, Cologne)

Wade Bowen (6th August 2019, Cologne)

“Sound of Nashville” in Cologne (6th March 2019)

LINA @ Kunst!Rasen Bonn
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Food I Had Onboard XX (November 2024 – early January 2025)

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Food I Had Onboard XIX (October 2024)

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Food I Had Onboard X (July 2023 til early September 2023)

Praise The Underdogs – I Look Back to the European Soccer Competition Qualifications

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Rock of Ages – International Dates of the Musical in 2023

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