Some nice reviews, great gigs and pleasant encounters
November 2017
a 5 stars review
Since the release of the Another Clumsey Mile EP, this summer, we were really happy to see it receive a couple of nice reviews on sites and media in the Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium and the UK. (see Press). Recently it even got on the Belgian BillyBop music site a 5 star rating with some wonderful remarks on the five songs of the EP.
Lutje Root at the Walrus
Early November Dia del Mercado played at the Lutje Root festival in our hometown. Lutje Root is a local Americana festival the evening before the big yearly roots festival ‘Take Root’ at the Oosterpoort in Groningen. Playing after midnight at the Walrus, and meeting some old friends and fellow musicians made it a memorable night for us.
photo Harold Zijp
photo Obed Brinkman
photo Obed Brinkman
Plato instore
And last Sunday, November 19, Dia del Mercado, in a three-man line-up, did an instore gig at the Plato record store in Groningen. Playing upstairs on a lazy Sunday afternoon. surrounded by vinyl, looking down on the listeners, watching people browse through the records and seeing a well-known Breaking Bad actor walk into our gig was kind of surreal.
photo Louis Becherer
photo Henja Dijksterhuis
A new Dia del Mercado release
A new Dia del Mercado EP called ‘Another Clumsey Mile’ has been released on July 18th. It will be celebrated with a live show on Friday July 21st at Lola in Groningen.
The EP is available as a limited edition cassette and a CD. The CD comes with a handcrafted package in the shape of a small pizza box.
The EP is part one of the ‘One Man Band Tapes’, a series of solo home recordings by Ruud Slingerland made in between 2014 and 2016.
