by it’s been quite a while since my last country music picks in late October 2018. While that time, I concentrated on new artists, I this time present a nice mixture of country music matadors and newcomers. Some of them might already be known to you from other postings. If you like this posting, you might also like to have a listen into my favorite 2019 Country 2 Country Festival songs.
Blake Shelton – God’s Country
There are a couple of interesting new country songs, which have been released the last weeks – but “The Voice” jury member Blake Shelton beats them all. I love his latest single. Powerful sound, great lyrics full of feelings.
Vic Allen – Talk
I have to admit that I simply love Vic Allen’s music. The music of the young Bristol-based artist regularly hits my country music picks. I was happy to meet Vic at the Country 2 Country in London – bad luck that she was there as a spectator only. She deserves more! Hope to see her on stage somewhere around the O2 in 2020.
Christina Taylor – Settin’ Myself on Fire
If you asked me which young US artists I would like to see live on stage, Christina Taylor would be one of my picks. Settin’ Myself on Fire is Christina’s latest single and another reason, which supports me in that thought. Excellent stuff. Hope to see her at the CMA Fest 2019 somehow.
Luke Bryan – Knockin’ Boots
Luke Bryan, another very big name in the business recently presented his new single. Very characteristic Luke Bryan stuff – which simply means that I love it!
Jana Kramer – Beautiful Lies
Honestly, the first song I heard from Jana Kramer was just because her name sounds German (in fact, she is even speaking some German) and I liked the album cover. After she gave birth to her son in late November 2018, the actor and singer seems to come back to the music business. So glad about this one, lovely song. I was gifted to see Jana Kramer at her CMA Fest Fan Event in June 2019.
The Reklaws – I do too
This Ontario-based duo is definitely just at their very first steps towards the major stages. Nevertheless, I love this single – don’t care that it just has some 650 views at the time of writing on YouTube.
George Strait – Codigo
George Strait is doing quite traditional country music. I would not rate that way to interpret the genre as my favorite one. Nevertheless, I picked that song for my country music picks. First of all, I feel it has a nice hookline. Secondly, Strait is just a legend. Great to see that he is still doing music which already had 450k views after five days on YouTube. Another great one of his new album Honky Tonk Time Machine is Sing one with Willie featuring Willie Nelson.
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Lucinda Williams' albums are not as frequently reviewed in here as the ones of Finland's metal monsters Lordi. However, the ...
Hannah Aldridge – Dream of America
Hannah Aldridge? You might not have heard too much of this artist, even though she has already released her third ...
Son Volt – Day of the Doug
After I have been pleased with their 2021 album Electro Melodier, Son Volt are back with a new album on 16th ...
Deer Tick – Emotional Contracts
Deer Tick from New England is having a very characteristic blend of genres. The US-Americans haven't released some new album ...
Kimberly Perry – Bloom EP
If your debut single release is named If I Die Young Pt. 2 and you have more than 100k followers on ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 02 June 2023)
Due to my recent illness, I have to reduce my travel activity in June significantly. Nonetheless, there will be ten Rock ...
Brittany Warthan – No Vacancy
When I scanned country music new releases as of 2nd June 2023, I stopped at the album No Vacancy. I hadn't ...
Tanya Tucker – Sweet Western Sound
While I'm Livin' by Tanya Tucker has been one of my rather first album reviews on Flyctory.com. The US-American female country ...
Everette & Austin Jenckes (23rd May 2023, Cologne)
On 23rd May 2023, the Sound of Nashville concert series had a very special even in Cologne's Helios37. Despite being ...
Brandy Clark – Brandy Clark
Brandy Clark's show in January 2020 at the Paradiso in Amsterdam has so far been one of very few occasions ...
Kip Moore (14th May 2023, Cologne)
Sound of Nashville time again. Right after I returned from a brief trip through the Nordics, Semmel Concerts and their ...
Daisy Briggs – Nice Knowing You EP
According to her homepage, Daisy Briggs grew up with 14 dogs, 14 cats, a pig, a goat, a pony, donkey, ...
Anna Demetriou – More To This
So far, most of you may know Anna Demetriou as a British actress only. However, the 29 year old is ...
Parker Millsap – Wilderness Within You
After far more than one thousand Media Reviews on Flyctory.com, more and more artists are recurring. I very often enjoy ...
Rodney Crowell – The Chicago Sessions
Double Grammy Awards winner, two times ACM Award winner and numerous other huge awards in music - Rodney Crowell is ...
Philip Bradatsch – Philip Bradatsch
I am always glad to present you German artists, who have a touch of international-style Americana and country music influences ...
Dave Hause – Drive It Like It’s Stolen
Provided by a music promoter, I ran into the album by US-American artist Dave Hause. On 28th April, he is ...
Esther Rose – Safe To Run
Country music might not be the key genre you think of when you think of New Orleans. However, the creative ...
Texas Hippie Coalition – The Name Lives On
Most people associate the abbreviation THC with Tetrahydrocannabinol, a psychoactive Cannabinoid. However, you can have a lot of fun with ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Jessica Lynn (March 2023)
I have been so excited about that news that she will be touring Europe soon: Jessica Lynn is such an ...
Brian Falduto – Gay Country
I continue struggling that Spotify has an own tag for Queer Country music. Is country music really different if it is sung ...
Mitchell Tenpenny & Morgan Evans (3rd March 2023, Hamburg)
Heading to Hamburg for a day just in the middle of Weird Al Yankovic tour-chasing for country music? February and ...
Drayton Farley- Twenty on High
Drayton Farley's third album - the US artist and songwriter released a set of eleven songs on 3rd March 2023 ...
Dierks Bentley – Gravel & Gold
No doubt: Dierks Bentley is one of the most famous artists in country music business. Thus, a new album release ...
Lucero – Should’ve Learned by Now
Another Lucero review: some one year ago, I fell in love with When You Found Me by the Memphis-origin band, which ...
Julian Taylor (15th February 2023, Cologne)
February and early March 2023 held a couple of concerts and shows for me. Thus, right after returning from the ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Julian Taylor (February 2023)
Julian Taylor is just about to make it to Germany and the Netherlands. Right before the Sound of Nashville shows ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 10 February 2023)
Ireland, the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands, USA, Canada - and of course Germany lay ahead of me for the ...
Cort Carpenter – All In
Even though Cort Carpenter has already released roughly fifty songs, the album All In is in fact his debut one. I ...
Chase Rice – I Hate Cowboys & All Dogs Go To Hell
After I presented you the EP The Album Part II in May 2020, this one is the first full album release by ...
Shania Twain – Queen of Me
Shania Twain is one of these artists, where I feel that writing an About The Artist section feels like an insult ...
Kane Brown (27th January 2023, Cologne)
27th January 2023, the first Flyctory.com concert coverage of the new year. I will feature a couple of really cool ...
Vic Allen – Some Place I’d Rather Be
Sometimes, I just have to say that I am proud of someone. Like I am proud of Vic Allen: the ...
Joe Henry – All The Eye Can See
"Dear friends, Greetings from the mid Coast of Maine, where the bracing autumn chill..." - these are the first words ...
Laura Cox – Head Above Water
Third album release by Laura Cox. On 20th January 2023, the instrumentalist and artist shares Head Above Water with us ...
Richard Lynch – Radio Friend
When I look back to my favorite albums and EPs of the Year 2022 posting, quite a lot of good ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Vic Allen (19th January 2023)
I follow the British country music artist Vic Allen since quite a while already. You also find some pictures of ...
Emily Lockett – What The Hell Have I Got Myself Into?
I met her at the British Country Music Festival in 2019, I listened to her singing - and I simply ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meet Zye Ca$h (January 2023)
My first Spotlight interview of the year 2023 is with US country artist Zye Ca$h. He is having a rap ...
Margo Price – Strays
The country music Christmas break is slowly coming to an end and the first new releases of 2023 are popping ...
Flyctory.com Best Ones 2022
The last posting of the year - Best Ones 2022 is introducing you to my best experience last years (as ...
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Albums / EPs 2022
While the music market is more and more focusing on singles and even writes weird stories like Taylor Swift's "Top ...
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Songs 2022
Since I started working with Flyctory.com, I present you a list of my favorite songs at the end of every ...
Adam Warner – What We’re Known For
According to a title of one of his recently released singles, Adam Warner is the Long Haired Country Boy. On 16th ...
Madeline Consoer – Little Miss EP
With Madeline Consoer, I ran into another artist I did not know before when I scanned the new releases as ...
Some 2022 new Christmas Song Releases – Good Ones and Weird Ones
Just some ten days left until Christmas. Instead of my typical album preview, I this time go for a preview ...
RCA Studio B Tour Nashville
Elvis Presley solelyrecorded more than 200 songs at this location - and the list of artists who also worked there ...
Poppy Fardell – Back On My Feet
I haven't featured too many country music releases from the United Kingdom during the last weeks and months. In general, ...
Melissa Carper – Ramblin’ Soul
Melissa Carper is blending classic country and bluegrass sounds with swing and jazz elements. On 18th November 2022, the US ...
Brett Young (19th November 2022, Cologne)
Quite a lot of interesting music on Flyctory.com in November: after the Alexander Ludwig and Nik Wallner show in Cologne, ...
Billy Strings – Me/And/Dad
A (recently) Grammy Award winning artist who is recording an album with his father - sounds like a story which ...
Live Forever: A Tribute To Billy Joe Shaver (Various Artists)
When country music big guns like Miranda Lambert or Willie Nelson gather for a tribute album, you know that you ...
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum (Nashville)
Is there is a place with feels more "mandatory" to be a Flyctory.com contents than the Country Music Hall of ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Nik Wallner (November 2022)
This is already the second time I met Nik Wallner for a Spotlight interview on Flyctory.com. While the first time we chatted ...
Stephanie Quayle – On The Edge
I enjoyed watching Stephanie Quayle at the 2019 CMA Fest and listening to songs like If I Was A Cowboy. The ...
Tiffany Johnson – Over Emotional EP
The EP Over Emotional by country artist Tiffany Johnson was definitely one of the 4th November 2022 I was looking forward ...
Emily Nenni – On The Ranch
After the 2018 album Hell of a Woman, Emily Nenni is releasing her sophomore album On The Ranch. Release date is 4th ...
Alexander Ludwig (2nd November 2022, Cologne)
Right after coming back from New York City, I headed to the Helios37 in Cologne the same evening. Sound of ...
Russell Dickerson – Russell Dickerson
New album by Russell Dickerson: on 4th November 2022, the US country artist releases his third album overall. I already ...
Trampled by Turtles – Alpenglow
I received the album Alpenglow by Trampled by Turtles a few weeks before the actual release. I just like the very special ...
Lainey Wilson – Bell Bottom Country
After her February 2021 album Sayin' What I'm Thinkin', Bell Bottom Country is a the second Lainey Wilson album I ...
Steel Guitar Santa is Back – The Flyctory.com Country Christmas Playlist 2022
After I rolled out the Country Christmas Playlist 2021 in late November that year, I am this time a bit ...
Kenny Foster – Somewhere in Middle America
A new album by Kenny Foster - sounds too good to be true. The charismatic and humorous US-American country music ...
Alex Williams – Waging Peace
A powerful, rocking country sound - when I received the album Waging Peace by Alex Williams, I definitely knew that this one ...
Logan Mize – Prairie Tapes, Vol. 1 EP
You might argue I just had to select Logan Mize's new EP for review, as it opens with a song ...
Callista Clark – Real To Me: The Way I Feel
After the EP Real To Me, Callista Clark is upgrading her discography with her debut album. On 14th October 2022, ...
Avery Anna – Mood Swings EP
Even though Avery Anna already even had some presence on European stages, the teenage artist is just about to release ...
Ashley McBryde – Lindeville
You just cannot deny that Ashley McBryde is one of the most characterful storytellers of the country music business. Songs ...
Richard Marx – Songwriter
Richard Marx's 2020 album Limitless definitely blew my mind. It did not only make it easily into the Top Pick! ratings, ...
Dr. John – Things Happen That Way
Dr. John has been a famous face of the New Orleans blues and jazz scene. The artist overall released thirty-one ...
Sunny Sweeney – Married Alone
Sunny Sweeney felt to be able to reach the top of country music some ten years ago. However, she did ...
Kelsea Ballerini – Subject To Change
Especially in the first years I got into country music, Kelsea Ballerini was a key artist for me. Since then, ...
Nikki Lane – Denim & Diamonds
A new release by Nikki Lane: more than five years after her recent release, the Americana singer-songwriter is back in ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Carly Pearce (September 2022)
What an amazing series of country music interviews on Flyctory.com in September 2022: after I finally managed to publish the ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Lindsay Ell (before her Cologne Show in Aug 2022)
I simply cannot deny that I have been a bit more nervous before this Spotlight interview. While most of the ...
Carly Pearce & Sarah Darling (12th September 2022, Hamburg)
What a lovely combination of two amazing female country artists: on 12th September 2022, Sound of Nashville presented Carly Pearce ...
Kane Brown – Different Man
Half a billion streams with a single song on YouTube only - songs like Heaven illustrate that Kane Brown is indeed a ...
Charley Crockett – The Man From Waco
The Man from Waco is already my fourth review of a Charley Crockett album. After the my previous review featured an ...
Jolina Carl – Hallo, ich bin Jolina Carl
Hallo, ich bin Jolina Carl - "Hello, I am Jolina Carl" rather sounds like a debut album than the release of ...
Jon Pardi – Mr. Saturday Night
2nd September 2022 features quite a bunch of interesting releases by interesting artists. One of these releases is definitely Mr. Saturday ...
Glen Campbell Museum
In my blog, I already took you to several Nashville museums, which are dedicated to famous artists of the genre ...
Ingrid Andress – Good Person
Ingrid Andress had an incredible first step into her career. Her debut single More Hearts Than Mine has been nominated for ...
Lindsay Ell (with Kyle Daniel & Shy Carter, 23rd August 2022, Cologne)
23rd August 2022 has been a very special day to me. Always great to be able to cover a Lindsay ...
Watkins Family Hour – Vol. 2
Sara and Sean Watkins are leading the collaborative Watkins Family Hour. The Californian bluegrass and folk project is active since ...
Sykamore – Pinto
After I loved the EP California King by Sykamore, I was really curious about the debut album by the Canadian country music ...
Kelsey Waldon – No Regular Dog
The fourth album by Kelsey Waldon already: I received No Regular Dog a few days before the female country artist released ...
Gipsy Kings & More Than Words (11th August 2022, Cologne)
Legendary Gipsy Kings and one of Germany's biggest potential drivers of country music, More Than Words - I felt really ...
Wade Bowen – Somewhere Between The Secret and The Truth
Wade Bowen becomes a rather frequently featured artist on Flyctory.com. After I was gifted to see his Cologne show in ...
Pete Wolf Band – Crosswalk To Nowhere EP
German schlager icon Wolfgang Petry is back with a new EP. After a "real" Wolfgang Petry album release, Auf das Leben, ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Hannah Strumner (August 2022)
Great to have a new country music interview in my Spotlight section right at the beginning of August 2022! The artist I ...
Brooke Eden – Choosing You EP
Six years ago, Brooke Eden released her second EP, Welcome to the Weekend. On 29th July 2022, she is back with ...
Willie Nelson and Friends Museum Nashville
Willie Nelson is simply unique to me. There is hardly any doubt that he is an absolute legend in country ...
Whiskey Myers – Tornillo
Tornillo is already the sixth studio album by Whiskey Myers. After their predecessor hit the top of the US Country Album ...
Kaylee Rose – Hot Minute EP
Kaylee Rose is an artist, which I more and more focused on during the last months. The more I was ...
The Local Honeys – The Local Honeys
There were some interesting releases in my virtual pile of (digital) albums released on 15th July 2022. One of them ...
More Than Words – Today (Make Today Be the Best Day of Your Life)
Also due to their rather well-known band members, More Than Words is one of the most promising country music acts ...
Kimberly Kelly – I’ll Tell You What’s Gonna Happen
Kimberly Kelly was a new country artist name to me. Just in the week in which she was releasing her ...
Jonny Houlihan – Coffee and Jesus
Even though Jonny Houlihan and his songs rather frequently pop up in my country playlists, I had quite some trouble ...
Kylie Morgan – P.S. EP
When Kylie Morgan released her debut EP Love, Kylie in June 2021, I have simply felt like being in country music ...
Chris Colter – Nice To Be Back To Be Back Nice
Even though Chris Colter seems to be quite active artist since decades, I could not find too many bio information ...
Luke Combs – Growin’ Up
When it comes to selecting songs for my playlists, Luke Combs is definitely among my favorite artists. The reason is ...
The Cumberland River Project – A Smell of Gravy
So good to have a new one from The Cumberland River Project: one of Germany's finest manufacturers of country music ...
Museum at Bethel Woods – The Original Site of the 1969 Woodstock Festival
flycOn the second day of my Weird Al Yankovic tour-chasing trip in April 2022, I was gifted to visit a ...
Rachel LaRen – Cowboys Don’t Change EP
A new artist with just some 400 followers on Facebook: scanning the new releases as of 17th of June, I ...
Brett Eldredge – Songs About You
You just cannot deny that Brett Eldredge is caring about and loving his European fans. He was one of the ...
Carrie Underwood – Denim & Rhinestones
No doubt - Carrie Underwood is one of the really big names in the international country music scene. On the ...
Kyle Daniel – Following the Rain
Happy times with Kyle Daniel: just after the country artist announced that he will be heading back to Germany supporting ...
Jillian Jacqueline – Honestly
Even though Jillian Jacqueline is on stage since 2000, it took her 22 more years to release her debut album ...
Christa Fartek – Nashville and Me
Schlager, pop and country - that's how Christa Fartek brands herself on her latest seven track album Nashville and Me. Indeed, ...
Patsy Cline Museum (Nashville)
Even though Patsy Cline died at the age of 30, she is still regarded to be one of the most ...
Johnny Cash Museum (Nashville)
Johnny Cash - do I really need to say anything about this living country music legend? Cash is having its ...
Harper Grae – Confessions of a Good Southern Lady EP
Confessions of a Good Southern Lady - doesn't the title already already tell you that this is country music? It ...
49 Winchester – Fortune Favors The Bold
Fortune Favors The Bold is already the fourth album by 49 Winchester. I received the recording before the release on ...
The VIP Circle Room Experience at the Grand Ole Opry
For country music lovers, a visit to Nashville just does not feel complete without watching a show at the legendary ...
Aaron Raitiere – Single Wide Dreamer
Aaron Raitiere might not be too well-known at first sight, but especially as a songwriter, the Kentucky-origin artist has gained ...
Ryan Sheridan – Americana
Some seven years after his last album release, Ryan Sheridan is back with a new album. Americana is a cover album featuring ...
Midland – The Last Resort: Greetings From
I had reviews of the Texas country band Midland a couple of times on Flyctory.com already. In April 2019, I ...
Tino Z – Highwayman
Some country music made in Germany: After the intense week traveling with Weird Al Yankovic to the first three shows ...
Charley Crockett – Lil’ G.L. Presents: Jukebox Charley
After the 2020 album Welcome To Hard Times and the 2021 Top Pick! review Music City USA, this is already my ...
Tenille Townes – Masquerades EP
New tunes by Tenille Townes. Some two years after the release of the The Lemonade Stand album, the Canadian country artist ...
Old Crow Medicine Show – Paint This Town
Most of you might think about Darius Rucker when it comes to the country classic Wagon Wheel. In fact, the chorus ...
Joshua Hedley – Neon Blue
Four years after his debut Mr. Jukebox, Joshua Hedley is back with his second album Neon Blue. I received the country music ...
Chayce Beckham – Doin’ It Right EP
From ABC to the world of country music: Chayce Beckham did big in a TV talent show and is now ...
Cole Swindell – Stereotype
Cole Swindell fans had to wait for four years for the fourth studio album of their idol: on 8th April ...
Mrs. Greenbird – Love You To The Bone
New songs from Mrs. Greenbird: Cologne's finest Americana pop pair released a new set of tracks on 9th April 2022 ...
Caitlyn Smith – High
Album or EP? Even though, for example, Wikipedia lists the eight track release High as EP, Caitlyn Smith's social media sells the ...
Paul Cauthen – Country Coming Down
The weekend of 1st April 2022 has been a really busy one for me. There have been a couple of ...
Ann Doka – House of Change
House of Change by Ann Doka has indeed bin one of the German artist albums I have been looking forward to ...
Ian Noe – River Fools & Mountain Saints
Ian Noe has already been touring with major country music acts like Jon Prine. On 25th March 2022, he is ...
Maren Morris – Humble Quest
After Maren Morris' last album GIRL, I was really curious in which direction her music will develop to. Humble Quest might be the ...
Grand Ole Opry Show (18th March 2022)
I did do the Opry Backstage Tour before, but ninth day of my Pittsburgh Penguins trip in March 2022 also ...
Tiffany Woys – All About Love EP
All About Love is the second EP by Californian female country artist Tiffany Woys. After a quite good start into her ...
Doug Adkins – A Cowboys’ Life
Doug Adkins new album A Cowboys' Life is already available for his fans via direct order as a physical copy. However, ...
Following The Pittsburgh Penguins in March 2022 (Day 5, 14th March 2022)
Music City, Baby! The final airborne transfer within the USA on this Monday. I was so excited to be back ...
The Shires – The 10 Year Plan
New songs by The Shires - some two years after their Good Years, the British state-of-the-art country artists are releasing a ...
Dolly Parton – Run, Rose, Run
I originally had planned to review Sabaton's The War to End All Wars this weekend - but somehow I did not ...
Jackie Bristow – Outsider
Country music with kiwi roots: Jackie Bristow grew up in New Zealand, but is now part of the Nashville music ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Angie Flare (22nd February 2022)
If you think about Dutch country music, you definitely think about Ilse DeLange. Of course, if you follow my blog, ...
Danny McMahon – Senses EP
Danny McMahon is one of the most talented and best reputed British country music artists. For example, I ran into ...
Jördis Tielsch – New Mornings
TV appearances, support act of famous musicians like Heinz Rudolf Kunze or Rea Garvey: Jördis Tielsch has indeed grown quite ...
Klaus Lage – Je wahrer die Liebe
70 years of Klaus Lage - the rock singer-songwriter is one of the most iconic artists of the German music ...
Sarah Shook & The Disarmers – Nightroamer
Sarah Shook is a indie-rock and country music singer-songweiter since 2005. On 18th February 2022, she is releasing her third ...
Priscilla Block – Welcome To The Block Party
You might struggle with her self-marketing with slogans like "Queen of Bots" or "I like my hair high - and ...
Dustin Lynch – Blue In The Sky
266 million streams on Spotify and a bout 150 million views on YouTube - Dustin Lynch definitely crushed the country ...
Jeffrey Mitchell Ross – Waited A Long Time
Jeffrey Mitchell Ross wrote music history as the lead guitarist of Lou Reed. That's quite a while ago and Ross ...
Erin Rae – Lighten Up
Erin Rae is releasing her third album Lighten Up on 4th February 2022. Her previous pop-country works have been very highly ...
Muscadine Bloodline – Dispatch to 16th Ave.
Muscadine Bloodline are going for their second album on 4th February 2022. In line with the front release, it is ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Jesse Slack (1st Feb 2022)
The Canadian country recording artist and songwriter Jesse is about to release a new single this week: On Friday (4th ...
Brent Cobb – And Now, Let’s Turn The Page
After a rather slow start, Brent Cobb is nowadays regular releasing solo music. And Now, Let's Turn The Page, which has ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Brittany Brodie (27th January 2022)
Ontario, Nashville, Scotland - Brittany Brodie is home somehow in many places in the world. I have been in contact ...
Katie Henry – On My Way
Running into Katie Henry's 2022 album On My Way was one of these tunes which made me feel from the very first ...
Lata Gouveia – Stay The Same
I always love to run into country music from countries other than the USA, Canada, Great Britain or Germany. This ...
Greensky Bluegrass – Stress Dreams
Greensky Bluegrass - or short: GSBG - is active since 2000. They do a mixture of Americana, bluegrass and rock ...
Kiefer Sutherland – Bloor Street
Kiefer Sutherland is a world-famous actor since many years, but since quite a while, he is also growing a fan ...
Conner Smith – Didn’t Go Too Far EP
Three of the six songs on his debut EP Didn't Go Too Far have already been published - and none of them ...
Noah Guthrie – Blue Wall
Without a doubt, Glee is one of the most well-known (and most important) TV music shows. The excellent vocalists covered so ...
Jamestown Revival – Young Man
Jamestown Revival are doing a characteristic blend of Americana genres. On 14th January 2022, they released their fourth studio album, Young ...
Jacob Bryant – Bar Stool Preacher
Bar Stool Preacher is one of the most interesting country music album releases of 2022. Despite Jacob Bryant is just ...
Ryan Montgomery – Chasing Sunsets EP
Chasing Sunsets is already the third EP by Ryan Montgomery. The country-rock artist released the five songs on 7th January ...
Rachel Bradshaw – Rachel Bradshaw EP
When I googled Rachel Bradshaw, the (German) first displayed "Daughter of Terry Bradshaw". Indeed, the 34-year old is quite linked ...
Matt Moeller – Where We Used To Be EP
The number of country music releases feel to slowly rise right after Christmas. Thus, I ran into a couple of ...
Rockmann – One Guitar Hit EP
Country pop from Nigeria? That really sounded interesting - and as the sound of the first snippets I listened to ...
Carolyn Miller – Thank You EP
I typically don't like to review three song EPs. But in some cases, I am just too curious - or ...
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Albums / EPs 2021
2021 definitely lifted Flyctory.com to another level. The community is steadily increasing - days with less than 2,000 page hits ...
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Songs 2021
Year-end is the time to look back to all the stuff what happened to you. Ideally you rather remind the ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 24 Dec 2021)
The week of Christmas is typically one of the weeks of the year with the lowest amount of new music ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 17 Dec 2021)
Every week, I am scanning hundreds of new releases, albums and singles, to pick the right (and sometimes: the wrong) ...
Ho Ho Ho – The Flyctory.com Country Christmas Playlist 2021
Okay, I give in. In the world of country music, Christmas starts in early September. That's when the first song ...
Nick Walker – It’s All South From Here EP
There are multiple ways how I get to listening new albums and EPs for my blog. Most of them are ...
Lucinda Williams – Have Yourself A Rockin’ Little Christmas (Lu’s Jukebox Vol. 5)
Lucinda Williams is back. Just not too long after I at a look into the second episode of her Lu's Jukebox, ...
Wade Bowen – Where Phones Don’t Work EP
After having a review of his Cologne concert in August 2019 and reviewing his collaboration with Randy Rogers, Hold My Beer, ...
Alena Neubert – A Life That’s Good
A German artist presenting modern country songs - even though A Life That's Good is a cover album, I felt ...
Armanda Shires – For Christmas
An alternative view on the holidays: as part of my series of Christmas album reviews, I look into For Christmas ...
Jason Aldean – Macon
Happiness under Jason Aldean fans: the US country star recently announced to release thirty tracks until mid-April 2022. The first ...
Billy Bragg – The Million Things That Never Happened
On 29th October 2021, Billy Bragg is already publishing his fourteenth album, The Million Things That Never Happped. With Bragg looking ...
Dennis Adamus – Right For You
On the promotion platform I use most frequently, I rarely run into songs or albums which are labeled as "Country ...
Country Music Picks – The German Songs (26th October 2021)
This is the third time I am looking into the country music scene of Germany and neighboring German-speaking countries. So ...
Brett Eldredge – Mr. Christmas
The last Brett Eldredge album I reviewed has been Sunday Drive in July 2020. Now, the country music big gun is ...
Tenille Arts – Girl To Girl
I definitely love Tenille Arts and her music. The more, I was looking forward to listening to her 2021 album Girl ...
SixForty1 – Started Right Here EP
SixForty1 here and there popped up in my playlists with country-pop songs with a signature, memorable style. Thus, their 22nd ...
Det Haggard – Teamwork 2.0
The German artist Det Haggard is a new name in the German lyrics country music scene. After he had some ...
Ryan Hurd – Pelago
On 15th October 2021, Ryan Hurd is indeed releasing his debut album. Even though he is releasing music since 2017, ...
Cassadee Pope – Thrive
Cassadee Pope is back! Just about a year after she released the amazing EP Rise and Shine, the former The Voice winner is ...
Toby Keith – Peso In My Pocket
It's six years ago since Toby Keith released his last studio solo album, 35 MPH Town. On 15th October 2021, ...
The Hits of the Trips – My Summer 2021 in Music
Summer feels to be over - Fall 2021 is coming. Finally, I had much more - and better - trips ...
Josh Turner – King Size Manger
Merry Christmas everyone... Ooops, it is just the beginning of October... However, after I already reviewed the album Weihnachtszeit by ...
Crystal Leigh – Trading Skylines EP
The EP Trading Skylines, which is the second by country music artist Crystal Leigh, just happened by scanning the new ...
Jesse Cole – SAND (Some Are Never Done)
Country from Germany with an important background. In his 2021 release, Jesse Cole deals with the impacts of being a ...
Miko Marks & The Resurrectors – Race Records EP
Already during the preparation of my reviews on 1st October 2021, I ran into Race Records. The six track EP, ...
Brandi Carlile – In These Silent Days
New songs by Brandi Carlile: In These Silent Days is her most recent album, which she released on 1st October ...
Logan Mize – Welcome To Prairieville
Praising home and your home town in is not that uncommon in the country music genre. In his second 2021 ...
Billy Strings – Renewal
Billy Strings is releasing his third solo album on 24th September 2021. As the predecessor lead to a Grammy Award, ...
Mickey Guyton – Remember Her Name
Especially in the curse of the Black Lives Matter protests, Mickey Guyton felt to be very present in media. She ...
Taylor McCall – Black Powder Soul
Another emerging artist with his debut album: I received Black Powder Soul by Taylor McCall from a promotion company. I ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Presley Aronson (23rd September 2021)
Lori Rayne, Stephanie Ryann and now Presley Aronson - after I had quite a break from my Flyctory.com Spotlight interviews, ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Stephanie Ryann (20th September 2021)
Even though Stephanie Ryann is already in her mid-30's, the New England artist is not a stranger to North American ...
Charley Crockett – Music City USA
Since Charley Crockett started releasing music in 2015, he is very active in the music market. On 17th September 2021, ...
Peter Maffay – So Weit
Without a doubt, Peter Maffay is nowadays one of the most well-known rock artists singing in German. As a result ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Lori Rayne (14th September 2021)
It's been quite a while since I published my last Spotlight interview. The more, I feel flattered to have a ...
Mitchell Tenpenny – Midtown Diaries EP
A real Nashville release: Mitchell Tenpenny is a Music City native - and since Drunk Me latest, also a rather ...
Riddy Arman – Riddy Arman
Debut album by Riddy Arman: the young female country music artists gets into the virtual record stores with a nine ...
Ashland Craft – Travelin’ Kind
Debut album by Ashland craft: after the female country singer grew quite a fan base by a strong TV talent ...
King Calaway – Midnight EP
Some new songs by King Calaway: More than two years after I had a listen to their album Rivers, the international ...
Ashley Cooke – Already Drank That Beer Side A
I am always glad to have a listen into debut long-plays by country artists. Ashley Cooke is releasing Already Drank ...
Kalie Shorr – I Got Here By Accident EP
When I saw the press release about the new EP by Kalie Shorr, I just had to smile: doesn't I ...
Jayne Denham – Wanted
Fifth album release by Jayne Denham: the Australian country artist is Wanted according to her 13th August 2021 release. I just ran ...
Dan + Shay – Good Things
No doubt - not only after their massive success 10,000 Hours alongside Justin Bieber or their big hit Tequila, Dan + Shay ...
Clare Dunn – In This Kind Of Light EP
Clare Dunn is quite a well known act (and very popular show opener) in the Nashville music scene. On 13th ...
Emily Rose – Wings EP
Some more traditional country music tunes to finish my review weekend: Emily Rose released her new EP Wings on 6th ...
Chris Young – Famous Friends
It is over two years ago since Chris Young released the first single for his new album. Now, on 6th ...
Laci Kaye Booth – Laci Kaye Booth
One album out of the 6th August 2021 releases I was looking forward listening to especially was the self-titled one ...
Leah Blevins – First Time Feeling
Leah Blevins is doing country music with a touch of folk. On 6th August 2021, the Kentucky-origin artist is releasing ...
Jim Lauderdale – Hope
About a year ago, I praised Jim Lauderdale for his 33rd studio album, When Carolina Comes Home Again. You can't name ...
Son Volt – Electro Melodier
Tenth album by Son Volt: the US band started their album career already in 1995, when they released Trace. On 30th ...
Ryan Kinder – Room To Dream
New music by Ryan Kinder: I have really been curious about Room To Dream, the new long-play release by the ...
Clay Walker – Texas To Tennessee
Clay Walker definitely knows how the country music business is working. The 51 year-old Texas origin artist is active since ...
Los Lobos – Native Sons
Honestly, when I received the 2021 album Native Sons of a band called Los Lobos, I thought about a funny ...
Jolina Carl – Mexican Overdrive
Some country from Germany: just in the week I did the second edition of my German Songs Country Music Picks, ...
Rodney Crowell – Triage
This posting is about a two-time Grammy winner and a five time US Country chart topper: Rodney Crowell, who started ...
Country Music Picks – The German Songs (20th July 2021)
I received quite a lot of feedback on my initial (late April 2021) version of the The German Songs edition of ...
Charlie Worsham – Sugarcane EP
New music by Charlie Worsham: four years after his last album, the US country artist is releasing six songs on ...
Alee – Feels Like This
Third studio album by Alee: I recently ran into the music of the Canadian country artist and was really looking ...
Midland – The Last Resort EP
Midland seem to be really active during 2021. Just some four months after their great and unique soundtrack album The Sonic ...
Lucinda Williams – Lu’s Jukebox Vol. 2 – Southern Soul: From Memphis To Muscle Shoals
About a year ago, in April 2020, I already featured an album by Lucinda Williams. While Good Souls, Better Angels ...
Callie Twisselman – Closure EP
One of these things I really still don't get: checking the new releases of the week, I ran into Callie ...
Tigirlily – Tigirlily EP
I did not know Tigirlily (who want to pronounced as Tie-Girl-Lilly) before I ran into their music for this review ...
The Flatlanders – Treasure Of Love
Next year, The Flatlanders will already have their fiftieth band anniversary. There were a couple of breaks in between, as ...
Lauren Jenkins – Miles On Me, Part 1 EP
I have been that excited that when Lauren Jenkins announced that there will be the first part of her new ...
The Wallflowers – Exit Wounds
During the last weeks, I had a couple of bands and acts who released a new album after some decade ...
Songs Of My Life: Lauren Jenkins – Running Out Of Road
When I looked into the Songs Of My Life postings so far, there are just very few rather recent songs covered ...
LANCO – Honky-Tonk Hippies EP
Some very special experience: while US country artists typically make me struggle by releasing (almost) all tracks of an EP ...
Riley Green – Behind The Bar EP
I really enjoyed Riley Green's 2019 album Different 'Round Here, while I reviewed it in September 2019. The more I ...
Brent Moyer – Song Rider
Brent Moyer is an artist, which is based in the USA, but has quite a fan base in Europe as ...
The Heels – I Am
I had the female country music trio The Heels in my playlists a couple of times. I really loved their ...
Vincent Neil Emerson – Vincent Neil Emerson
New music by Vincent Neil Emerson. After his debut album was quite popular already, he releases his second album on ...
Gary Allan – Ruthless
I am tempted to say that Ruthless is just the tenth studio album by Gary Allan. The legendary country music ...
Meghan Patrick – Heart On My Glass
Quite a while since Meghan Patrick was part of my Flyctory.com coverage. In September 2019, I reviewed her EP debut Wild ...
My Country Music Picks (22nd June 2021)
After quite a hiatus - the last regular Country Music Picks edition is as of November 2020, I felt it ...
Amythyst Kiah – Wary + Strange
A blend of country and blues. Amythyst Kiah is releasing her new album Wary + Strange, which is released on 18th ...
pez – All Lowercase EP
Modern country from Bavaria? No, this is not about Nik Wallner, but about pez, who is singing in English and ...
Music Publications – Does Nowadays The Length Still Matter?
I studied maths. This almost certainly means that I am weird. Or, at least, that I tend to have weird ...
Richie Necker – New Songs and Untold Stories
Some cool music from Germany: the album New Songs And Untold Stories was soloely flagged as pop music in a promotion ...
Kylie Morgan – Love, Kylie EP
I enjoyed Kylie Morgan's single I Only Date Cowboys that much that I added it to the Country Music Playlists on ...
Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real – A Few Stars Apart
The Nelson family is definitely one of the most creative - and productive - families in the country genre. Despite ...
Walker Hayes – Country Stuff EP
Even though I have seen Walker Hayes live on stage a few times, his 2021 EP Country Stuff is in fact ...
Brett Young – Weekends Look A Little Different These Days
Ticket to L.A. was one of the first albums I reviewed on Flyctory.com. Some three years later, Brett Young is back ...
Andrew Jannakos – Gone Too Soon EP
I love the specific kind of country romance in press kits and country music artist promotion texts. About Andrew Jannakos, ...
Black River Delta – Shakin’
The Swedish band Black River Delta is doing a very interesting mix of genres between rock and blues. They already ...
Brynn Cartelli – Based On A True Story EP
A very interesting release with a talent show background: Brynn Cartelli won The Voice in 2018 - now she released her ...
Southerland – Boot Up EP
A debut release on 28th May 2021: the country duo gathered seven songs and released their debut EP Boot Up ...
Lori Rayne – 1926 EP
I unfortunately do not know too much about Lori Rayne, but due to some country release listings, I ran into ...
Blackberry Smoke – You Hear Georgia
Blackberry Smoke do a mixture of country music and Southern rock. They gained quite some popularity in the USA, but ...
John Hiatt With The Jerry Douglas Band – Leftover Feelings
If you are a nine-time Grammy nominee, you are truly successful in the music business. John Hiatt can look back ...
Alexander Ludwig – Alexander Ludwig EP
A Viking doing modern country? Sounds like a weird Scandinavian story - but in fact the artist is a Canadian actor, ...
Jordan Davis – Buy Dirt EP
Second appearance in the Flyctory.com Media Reviews: while I reviewed Jordan Davis' self-titled EP about a year before, he is ...
Blake Shelton – Body Laguage
Nine-time Grammy nominee, being in the jury at the US-American The Voice TV talent show since the beginning and winning eight ...
Oliver Wood – Always Smilin’
If you are a Harry Potter fan, I unfortunately have to refer you to my Hogwarts Express posting - Always ...
Spotlight – Sylvia Aimee about her new single, “Identity” (19th May 2020)
A debut on Flyctory.com: this week, I am featuring a very special interview in my Spotlight interview category. While I ...
Jesse Keith Whitley – Breakin’ Ground
Country to The Core with Rock'n'Roll's rebellious reputation or Jesse Keith Whitley is a modern day outlaw. The first words ...
Dillon Carmichael – Hot Beer EP
After two successful singles, which both had several million streams on Spotify only, Dillon Carmichael is back his first ever ...
Alan Jackson – Where Have You Gone
When I prepared for this review of Where Have You Gone, I again recognized how big Alan Jackson has been ...
The Steel Woods – All Of Your Stones
I am not a musician, but I guess releasing a new album is one of these big moment in a ...
Emma Moore – the table EP
Emma Moore is indeed a really remarkable British artist. I really enjoy how she is blending country music with her ...
Travis Tritt – Set In Stone
Fourteen years after the huge country artist Travis Tritt released his last album The Storm, he is back in the ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Kristen Foreman (5th May 2021)
After my recent Spotlight interview episode with Christina Taylor, I feel really gifted to chat with another very interesting Nashville ...
Matt Castillo – How The River Flows EP
I just happened to run into the EP How The River Flows by Matt Castillo when I was scanning for ...
Thomas Rhett – Country Again: Side A
New songs by Thomas Rhett - some two years after his Center Point Road, the Georgia artist is back with ...
Priscilla Block – Priscilla Block EP
Priscilla Block is an artist, which grew on social media. Within a remarkably short time, TikTok made her record a ...
Ronnie Milsap – A Better Word For Love
A real legendary release at the end of April 2021: Ronnie Milsap is indeed a country music big one. Currently ...
Country Music Picks – The German Songs (28th April 2021)
It's been just too long since I did the last episode of my Country Music Picks. At the end of ...
Todd Snider – First Agnostic Church of Hope And Wonder
Todd Snider is a quite buzy artist. The Memphis resident, who is having is very own style, is already releasing ...
Elvie Shane – County Roads EP
A new artist with a quite powerful touch of country music - Elvie Shane with his EP County Roads made ...
Adam Douglas – Better Angels
Adam Douglas feels to be rather a Norwegian than a US artist nowadays. He is living in Hadeland North of ...
Justin Moore – Straight Outta The Country
Justin Moore is indeed a big name in the country music industry. With Straight Outta The Country, he is releasing ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Christina Taylor (22nd April 2021)
It's been quite a while that I released my last Spotlight interview. The more I am happy that I have ...
Carver Louis – Take Off EP
After having reasonable success with his debut album in 2018, Carver Louis was not too active regarding his country song ...
Eric Church – Soul
The final straight of Eric Church's April 2021 album trio. After Heart and & (or: and), the third and final album will be ...
Eric Church – &
The second part of Eric Church's Heart & Soul trilogy was likely the most fascinating one to me before I started listening ...
Eric Church – Heart
One week - three albums: Just two weaks after the Easter bunny gave us a bunch of lovely Easter eggs ...
Brett Kissel – What Is Life?
Some fifteen months after his previous album, Now or Never, Brett Kissel is back on Flyctory.com with an album. On ...
Charlotte Young – Coffee and Conversations EP
I read about Charlotte Young that she is "the female Luke Combs". I would not go as far as the ...
Fancy Hagood – Southern Curiosity
Touring with Meghan Patrick and Ariana Grande and even recording with them sounds like an established artists. Despite success and ...
Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band – Dance Songs For The Hard Times
Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band is in fact neither too big (it is a trio) nor too damn. The band ...
Jon Randall – Neon Texas EP
Jon Randall was already a country music legend while I have still been at school. For his performance with Emilylou ...
Canaan Smith – High Country Sound
Canaan Smith felt to become quite a big name in the country music business when he was on top of ...
Leslie Jordan – Company’s Comin’
You debut album at the age of 65? The story behind Company's Comin', the album released on 2nd April 2021, ...
Truck Stop – Liebe, Lust und Laster
Even though we are currently struggling in Germany to build a (modern) country music scene, there has always been some ...
Tyler Braden – What Do They Know EP
If you released two songs, which exceed ten million Spotify streams each, you are definitely in the music business. Not ...
Carrie Underwood – My Savior
My Savior is already the second Carrie Underwood album I review with Flyctory.com. However, also this one is not a ...
Esther Rose – How Many Times
Quite a lot of stuff happened to Esther Rose within a time span of two years. She broke up in ...
Sara Watkins – Under The Pepper Tree
I honestly rarely really use a lot of information I receive in press kits to future albums. About Sara Watkin's ...
Timo Scharf – Everything Ever Always Is All Forgotten EP
The promotion material to Timo Scharf's new EP Everything Ever Always Is All Forgotten contains a magical sentence. He is writing ...
Kora Naughton – Nineteen
The Australian country music scene might be comparably small (majorly due to the low number of citizens in Down Under) ...
Midland – The Sonic Ranch
I typically don't like albums with too much historic aka previously released material. The songs on The Sonic Ranch are ...
Loretta Lynn – Still Woman Enough
Loretta Lynn is one of these artists, where I already know that I will fail writing her bio before even ...
Morgan Wade – Reckless
I always enjoy to listen into the music of new artists. One debut album I received out of the 19th ...
Joey Hendricks – Between The Clouds EP
Joey Hendricks came from the West Coast to Nashville to become a songwriter - but already his first song as ...
Alyssa Trahan – Baby Blues & Stilettos
To be straight, I have been quite disappointed when I scanned the new album and EP releases as of 5th ...
Christina Taylor – Covers Vol. 1 EP
Since I ran into the music of Christina Taylor some two years ago, I am a huge fan of her ...
Jimbo Mathus & Andrew Bird – These 13
Playing in a band in the 1990's, releasing three albums together - and now recently being back in the recording ...
Songs Of My Life: Catherine McGrath – Lost In The Middle
When I introduced the Songs Of My Life category, I did not want to keep a certain order. The more, I ...
Track 45 – Big Dreams EP
When I was scanning new releases as of 26th February 2021, I ran into the EP Big Dreams by Track 45 ...
Adam Warner – Big Storm
I really had loads of interesting new releases on and around 26th February 2021. While I had to skip a ...
Kaylee Bell – The Red EP (EP)
I really loved listening to Kaylee Bell's music, when I ran into her performances at the 2019 Country to Country ...
Hayden Joseph – Different
Spotify is a bit of a strange thing sometimes. The scanner I use every Friday to check out for new ...
Willie Nelson – That’s Life
Album #71 now: less than nine month after Willie Nelson released his last studio album, First Rose of Spring, the country ...
Adam Hambrick – The Flipsides EP
Adam Hambrick is indeed an impressive songwriter: The Flipsides is already his fourth EP release - within five months. I just ...
Jess Moskaluke – The Demos
New songs by Jess Moskaluke: one of the big names of the Canadian female country music scene is adding The Demos ...
Carly Pearce – 29 EP
Carly Pearce is one of my absolute favorite country music artists. No doubt that the Kentucky lady was on the ...
Jack McBannon – True Stories
Jack McBannon does a quite interesting and versatile fusion of different Americana music styles. Being on stage for twenty years ...
Lainey Wilson – Sayin’ What I’m Thinkin’
Her powerful songs - and maybe also her strong Southern accent as a signature element - boosted Lainey Wilson's music ...
Callista Clark – Real To Me EP
I already felt that I had closed my Flyctory.com media review work and all the playlist stuff on 12th February ...
Haley Mae Campbell – Growing Up EP
Using tennis language, Haley Mae Campbell was some sort of lucky looser of my review selections on 12th February 2021 ...
Tobacco Rd Band – Worth Fighting For
The Tobacco Rd Band are known for their powerful country rock sound and inspiring love songs. On 12th February 2021, ...
Florida Georgia Line – Life Rolls On
Florida Georgia Line is back in the record store - some eight months after they released the 6-Pack EP, their 2021 ...
Dustin Bird – Unscripted
A brief debut album from Ontario: Canadian Dustin Bird is releasing Unscripted on 5th February 2021. The eight track debut ...
Colton Chapman – Can’t Hide The Truth EP
When I scanned the country music new releases as of 5th February 2021, I got stuck at the music of ...
Alex Hall – Six Strings EP
Tenille Townes, John Osborne, Vince Gill and Brad Paisley on one record? Oh, and I forgot Kassi Ashton and Brad ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Emma Stevens (4th February 2021)
Emma Stevens is not only one of the big names of the British country / folk music scene, she is ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Ann Doka (1st February 2021)
I am always happy to chat with German artists on my blog in the Spotlight interview category. Ann Doka is ...
(Over) 400 Media Reviews on Flyctory.com – your most popular ones
It started on 27th July 2018 with Talk of This Town by Catherine McGrath. Last weekend, I reached another milestone: with Immortal ...
Ben Ransom – Brave New World
During the last months, I got more and more in Australian country music as well. When I scanned the new ...
Daniel Holmes – Dead End Town
Another new country album I ran into on 29th January 2021 was Dead End Town by Daniel Holmes. The album felt ...
Lucero – When You Found Me
The Memphis-origin project Lucero is a really interesting act. They created their own music and earned a lot of reputation, ...
Jake Hoot – Love Out Of Time EP
While many talent show candidates rather have a tough time in the "real world" in Germany, the US show winners ...
Langhorne Slim – Strawberry Mansion
After being seriously ill, Langhorne Slim feels to be back on track. After he has been publishing music regularly, fans ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Brian John Harwood (25th January 2021)
Brian John Harwood is indeed an interesting artist. Not just only as one part of Kansas Stone, Harwood is a ...
Logan Mize – Still That Kid
Still That Kid - the fourth album by Logan Mize was definitely a release I have been looking forward to ...
Matt Wynn – Matt Wynn EP
Another debut EP on Flyctory.com: while I was checking the new releases as at 22nd January 2021, I ran into ...
Tebey – The Good Ones
Third studio album or third EP? Especially due to the fact that Tebey's social media was not overwhelmingly active regarding ...
Jimmy Weber – Black & Blue Heart
Black & Blue Heart by Jimmy Weber is another country music album release I just ran into while I scanned ...
Willie Jones – Right Now
It is almost nine years ago, since Willie Jones stood in front of the The X Factor jury to persuade them ...
Chelsea Berman – Can You Just Not EP
Chelsea Berman is an Australian artist I ran into during 2020. I really enjoyed listening to her singles that year ...
Kerri Watt – Neptune’s Daughter
Even though Scottish Kerri Watt is a quite established act in the British Americana and country music scene, her 2021 ...
Petric – Flashbacks
Just a week before Petric released their album Flashbacks on 15th January 2021, I ran into their single Kids and really ...
Devin Dawson – The Pink Slip EP
Devin Dawson rocketed into the country music scene with his debut single All on Me in 2017. However, it felt that ...
Whitney Duncan – Heartbreaker EP
Whitney Duncan has been an artist on the rise about ten years ago. I did not read too much about ...
Morgan Wallen – Dangerous – The Double Album
Morgan Wallen has grown during the last years and established as a well-reputed country music artist. He also feels to ...
Colby Keeling – Catch Me If You Can EP
Even though the music market was still kind of slow after the holiday season on 8th January 2021, you saw ...
Aaron Watson – American Soul
Aaron Watson feels like the protagonist of a tobacco advertising campaign, like a dressman for American cowboy fashion - or ...
Barry Gibb & Friends – Greenfields – The Gibb Brothers’ Songbook Vol. 1
Writing about the album Greenfields makes me feel very wistful. Robin Gibb is one of my favorite artists - I ...
Tanner Sparks – Living A Nightmare
Old Fashioned Country Music - that's how Tanner Sparks declares his style of music on his website. On the very ...
Flyctory.com Best Ones 2020
After praising my favorite songs of 2020 and the favorite albums and EPs in 2020, the final posting to do ...
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Albums / EPs 2020
292 Media Review postings - looking into new music (and a few other) releases was definitely some sort of core ...
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Songs 2020
2020 is about to come to an end - and the last three posting of the years re about to ...
Steve Earle & The Dukes – J.T.
Steve Earle is indeed a productive musical artist: just some eight months after his amazing concept album Ghosts of West Virginia, ...
Bret Mullins – Kiss The Girl
I have been a couple of days late for Kiss The Girl, when I checked the new releases as of ...
Halle Kearns – Finally EP
Happy Birthday, Halle Kearns - what could be a better way to celebrate your anniversary for a Nashville resident than ...
Lexie Hayden – You Heard Right EP
If you are a rising artist, having two recent singles which made more than 100k streams at Spotify is not ...
Cody Weaver – Southern Noise EP
The number of new releases, especially in regards of EPs and albums, is definitely decreasing in December. There are still ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Carrie Welling (3rd December 2020)
Carrie Welling is a very interesting folk / Americana artist, who is nowadays living in Nashville. She was born in ...
Russell Dickerson – Southern Symphony
With his debut album Yours and the corresponding single, Russell Dickerson won the hearts of country music fans worldwide. The more, ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com Meets Tristan Cole (30th November 2020)
Right at the beginning of the 2020 holiday season, I had a very interesting chat with Tristan Cole. The North ...
My Country Music Picks – Christmas Songs 2020 (29th November 2020)
Doing things once is an innovation, doing it the second time makes it turn into a tradition: after I did ...
Brian Callihan – Brian Callihan
Brian Callihan's bio reads like a blueprint for country music artist: growing up on the countryside, doing some hunting, falling ...
The Highway Women – The Highway EP
Four ladies doing country music with a touch of rock - this definitely sounds like an interesting piece of music ...
Granger Smith – Country Things, Vol. 2
Here we go again - after Granger Smith released the first part of his Country Things album in September 2020, the ...
Songs Of My Life: Luke Bryan – Play It Again
The third edition of my Songs Of My Life is finally about the music genre which is - by far - ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com Meets Nikita Skogen (23rd November 2020)
Nikita Skogen just released her debut single, Break Your Heart. Nonetheless, the Norwegian country music artist already has gained comparably quite ...
Garth Brooks – Fun
20th November 2020 is indeed a date many country music fans have been longing for: the genre's legend Garth Brooks ...
Clayton Smalley – Dirt Road Therapy EP
After I had to alter my music review planning for the 20th November 2020, I quite quickly began scanning new ...
Ward Davis – Black Cats and Crows
Ward Davis is a great name in the Nashville songwriting scene. Since five years, he is regularly publishing solo music ...
Lee Brice – Hey World
Lee Brice is amazing in songwriting, but also a top name in the country music scene as an artist. On ...
My Country Music Picks (16th November 2020)
I typically aimed to publish my Country Music Picks every six to eight weeks roughly - but after my last edition ...
Roman Alexander – Between You & Me
Roman Alexander is one of those amazing young Nashville talents, who illustrate the extreme density of musical quality at the ...
Shenandoah – Every Road
Shenandoah are truly legends of the country music history. For their 2020 album Every Road they gathered a bunch of legendary ...
Kameron Marlowe – EP
Kameron Marlowe indeed made best use of the publicity he gained by participating in The Voice: his debut single, Giving You Up ...
Chris Stapleton – Starting Over
It is hard to believe that Chris Stapleton's 13th November 2020 release Starting Over is indeed his fourth studio album ...
Easton Corbin – Didn’t Miss A Beat EP
Easton Corbin won the musical hearts of Nashville comparably quick after he moved to the city from Florida in 2006 ...
Caitlyn Shadbolt – Stages
Caitlyn Shadbolt is a very interesting Australian artist. The 25-year old Queensland country singer gained quite some fans competing at X-Factor, ...
Eric Ethridge – Good With Me
Debut album after two EP releases, made in Canada - when I scanned the new country music releases as of ...
Emily Rose: The Heart EP
I love to present artists on Flyctory.com which are not in the front row of the country music market (and ...
Charlotte Ave – Women of Country
When I scanned the new releases as of 23rd October 2020, I ran into the debut album by Charlotte Ave, Women ...
The Cadillac Three – Tabasco and Sweet Tea
It's been quite a short-term: just three days before the release of their fifth studio album Tabasco and Sweet Tea, ...
DanaMaria – Desert Diamond
Just ten days before she is releasing her debut album Desert Diamond, I introduced you to the promising German country music ...
Runaway June – When I Think About Christmas
Runaway June's debut album Blue Roses has been much more successful than I expected when I reviewed it in June ...
Matt Stell – Better Than That EP
Matt Stell seemed to had many options to pursue a professional career, but finally went for country music. Better Than That ...
Mira Goto – Nobody Warned Me EP
I like the way Mira Goto describes her business on her Facebook page: I write songs, and then I sing them ...
Trace Adkins – Ain’t That Kind Of Cowboy EP
If you had your first number one hit 23 years ago and are still regularly producing, you definitely proofed to ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets DanaMaria (13th October 2020)
When you look at European country music, you very often purely focus on British artists. However, the German country music ...
Austin Michael – Austin Michael
Late entry: after I had already closed my list of album and EP reviews for the 9th October 2020 releases ...
Melinda Schneider – Be Gentle On Yourself EP
When I ran into Be Gentle On Yourself, the new EP by Australian Melinda Schneider, I did not know too much ...
Ward Thomas – Invitation
Ward Thomas are one of the most successful British country music acts. On 9th October, one week after they originally ...
Brothers Osborne – Skeletons
Playing a major role in the country music scene since a hand-full of years, the Brothers Osborne are likely one ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Ryan Laird (7th October 2020)
This week, I am gifted to have very interesting interviews again in my Flyctory.com Spotlight section. Just a few days ...
The Country Music Week turns Digital
During the last years, October has been one of the big months for European country music fans: being already "traditional" ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Tori Martin (5th October 2020)
When I reviewed her album Lucky in mid September 2020, I felt that the bio information about the country artist ...
Drew Haley – Wildflower EP
Drew Haley is quite an interesting artist. She even had TV appearance in the past and got a quite solid ...
Jordan Brooker – The Young Troubadour’s Almanac
There is no doubt that Nashville is full of amazing talent - I would even say it is likely the ...
Jason Nix – Money on You EP
Running into Money on You, the debut EP by Jason Nix, was the story which happens about every Friday to me: ...
Bon Jovi – Bon Jovi 2020
If you already released fourteen albums before and are about to do the fifteenth one, you might run out of ...
Dolly Parton – A Holly Dolly Christmas
It's Christmas time... and while the classic Do They Know it's Christmas? continues with and there's no need to be ...
Brent Cobb – Keep ’em on They Toes
Brent Cobb's very own music is rather traditional: while the Georgian origin had some great success as a songwriter and ...
Terri Clark – It’s Christmas … Cheers!
Don't you feel the urge as well to talk about trees, angels, presents and Santa Clause? While I had four ...
Carrie Underwood – My Gift
Dolly Parton is the legend and "mother" of all female country music stars out there - no doubt. But during ...
Diana DeMuth – Misadventure
I ran into the music of Diana DeMuth some weeks before her debut album release, when I was scanning for ...
Granger Smith – Country Things, Vol. 1
Six albums - no chart placement: when you think about Granger Smith today, you may majorly focus on his last ...
Yonder Boys – Acid Folk
The Yonder Boys are definitely an interesting, but also kind of weird and funny combo, which is based in Germany, ...
Tommy Atkins – Kiss Me, Cowboy EP
After I had a very intense and interesting chat in my Spotlight interview section in May 2020 with him, I ...
Smith & Wesley – Greetings From The Land of Y’All
A few weeks ago, I happened to run into the song Land of Y'all. Even though the artists, Smith & Wesley, ...
Tori Martin – Lucky
The eight track album Lucky by Tori Martin is a classic random find on Flyctory.com. Scanning for new releases as of ...
Keith Urban – The Speed of Now Part I
For many country music fans, the 18th September 2020 was some sort of day to look out for: The Speed of ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Emily Lockett (16th September 2020)
Emily Lockett is am impressive young British artist, just at the end of her teen-ages. After I saw her live ...
Elizabeth Cook – Aftermath
Every Friday, I do a second wave of Flyctory.com preparation and scan new releases of various genres which I have ...
Mickey Guyton – Bridges EP
While listening to the Living Instead podcast series by Olivia Lane, Mickey Guyton was one of the most interesting people ...
Van de Forst – Unconditional
Undoubtedly, Van de Forst is one of the most interesting German acts in the country music scene. Her country / ...
Hardy – A Rock
Hardy is quite well-known in the country music scene as a songwriter. Florida Georgia Line, Chris Lane or Morgan Wallen ...
Lauren Alaina – Getting Over Him EP
Already the second EP of the year - while Lauren Alaina gave us her Getting Good in March 2020, she is ...
Tennessee Jet – The Country
Tennesse Jet is a quite amazing act in the country music scene. He is producing very rocking, powerful, but also ...
The Tuten Brothers – Radio Plays EP
I ran into the music of the Tuten Brothers this year as they released quite many new songs. On 28th ...
Ryan Griffin – Name On It EP
On 28th August 2020, I had quite a huge list of releases (so that I had to skip big names ...
Tiffany Johnson – Tiffany Johnson EP
Tiffany Johnson impressed me recently in the Spotlight interview published on 12th August 2020. After a couple of singles, the ...
Molly Tuttle – … but I’d rather be with you
Her personal greatest hits - for her 2020 album ... but I'd rather be with you Molly Tuttle is taking a ...
Ruston Kelly – Shape & Destroy
Writing for Tim McGraw, being married with Kacey Musgraves - even though you might not have actively run into Ruston ...
One Year of Flyctory.com Country Music Playlists
Starting Flyctory.com as a travel and sports blog some 30 months ago, I wouldn't have imagined at its beginning how ...
Courtney Cole – Earthquake EP
Music marketing made in the US: Courtney Cole had released three songs in the previous times already - at the ...
Tucker Beathard – King
When Tucker Beathard supported Dierks Bentley during his UK tour in 2016, I ran into the young artist for the ...
Kree Harrison – Chosen Family Tree
Surprise! While Kree Harrison's Chosen Family Tree had to be moved multiple times dues to Covid-19, the US country artist ...
Josh Turner – Country State of Mind
Josh Turner is very successful on the country music side as well as an artist for Christian music. Country State ...
Tim McGraw – Here on Earth
Here On Earth is the sixteenth studio album by country music legend Tim McGraw. After so many great hits, he ...
Caylee Hammack – If It Wasn’t For You
Cayllee Hammack fascinated the German fans with her 2020 C2C appearances in Berlin. On 14th August 2020, she released her ...
Mo Pitney – Ain’t Lookin’ Back
Four years after his last album release - but Mo Pitney Ain't Lookin' Back - at least this is the title of ...
Eric Paslay – Nice Guy
A perfect illustration how the Nashville country music cash machine nowadays is working: just six weeks after Eric Paslay released ...
RaeLynn – Baytown EP
I definitely like the powerful RaeLynn. After one EP and one album, the Texan girl is presented her new EP Baytown ...
Lindsay Ell – Heart Theory
Lindsay Ell is definitely one of the finest Canadian artists in the country music scene. After releasing some of the ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Tiffany Johnson (12th August 2020)
I am really gifted to chat with some interesting artists in August 2020 in my Spotlight interview section. Right after I ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meet Sandra North (10th August 2020)
In my Spotlight category, I am dealing with another interesting artist. Sandra North is originally from Trosa South of Stockholm ...
Mary Chapin Carpenter – The Dirt and The Stars
I ran into a preview of Mary Chapin Carpenter's 2020 album The Dirt and The Stars just early in the week ...
Cory Marks – Who I Am
After a couple of single releases, Cory Marks is going for the next step: the Canadian released his first album ...
Cassadee Pope – Rise and Shine
Not only after I met her at her Nashville fan party at during CMA Fest 2019, I love Cassadee Pope ...
Luke Bryan – Born Here, Live Here, Die Here
If you would ask me to name artists which made me listen (modern) country music, Luke Bryan would be definitely ...
Charley Crockett – Welcome To Hard Times
Eight albums since May 2015 - Charley Crockett is definitely not a singer-songwriter who is tired of publishing music. The ...
Chris Tomlin – Chris Tomlin & Friends
If you need any proof how close the country music scene in Nashville is bound to (Christian) religious attitudes, Chris ...
Rascal Flatts – How They Remember You EP
The Rascal Flatts have been hard by Covid-19. Right when they wanted to celebrate their final year as a band, ...
Nashville, Let the Girls Play – Some Thoughts on Women Country Music
I was originally working on a posting about key challenges that Nashville and the country music industry will face in ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Roderick August (28th July 2020)
It's quite a while since I published my latest Spotlight interview episode with Carolyn Miller in mid-June 2020. The more ...
Lori McKenna – The Balladeer
Lori McKenna is regarded to be one of the best female songwriters in the country music scene. On 24th July, ...
Canaan Cox – Stilettos EP
Honestly, you read these phrases quite often in country music PR packages, but Canaan Cox has been characterized very often ...
Emilia Quinn – Firecracker EP
One of the really interesting releases of 24th July 2020 was Firecracker by Emilia Quinn. The young artist has received quite ...
The Reklaws – Where I’m From (Deluxe) EP
Not just because of some songs The Reklaws already placed in my Country Music Playlist, I really enjoy the straight ...
Dixie Chicks / The Chicks – Gaslighter
Strange times in Nashville: when the Gaslighter album was originally planned to be released, the three legendary country music ladies combo was ...
Olivia Lane – “Living Instead” Podcast about Artists’ Life and More
I absolutely loved to follow Olivia Lane on social media and listen to her music after I happened to run ...
Lakeview – She Drove Me To The Bar EP
When I scanned all new country albums and EPs on 10th July 2020, I just got stuck at She Drove Me ...
Jimmie Allen – Bettie James EP
The German fans loved Jimmie Allen at his Berlin C2C 2020 performances. The more, I looked forward to his second ...
Brett Eldredge – Sunday Drive
There were quite a lot of new songs by Brett Eldredge during the last weeks. This feels to be a ...
Jonny Houlihan – Hey Girl EP
Scanning the list of new country music releases, I ran into Hey Girl by Jonny Houlihan. In fact, the EP has ...
Jody Direen – Smokin’ Ashes
I did not have too many new releases for 3rd July 2020 on my list. The more I felt interested ...
Willie Nelson – First Rose of Spring
Willie Nelson is an amazing artist. On 24th April 2020, just some ten months ago since he released his previous ...
Eric Paslay – Heartbeat Higher EP
Eric Paslay is one of the biggest secret stars of the country music genre to me. A fantastic songwriter, who ...
Kyle Nix – Lightning On The Mountain & Other Little Stories
When you ask for promising new country acts, you very often run into the name of Kyle Nix. However, Nix ...
Tenille Townes – The Lemonade Stand
Call it an appetizer, a preview or whatever you like - Tenille Townes released her EP Road To The Lemonade ...
John Gurney – Remind You EP
One of these new emerging Nashville artists you don't know too much about, but somehow like the music: when I ...
Gabby Barrett – Goldmine
Gabby Barrett made it well in American Idol and even better with I Hope. The fans were waiting for her debut album, ...
My Country Music Picks (17th June 2020)
It's already about a month since my last Country Music Picks in May 2020. Covid-19 has been the dominating topic ...
“Lady Antebellum” becomes “Lady A” – My Thoughts
Country music rarely makes it to German media - especially the major US acts, which are typically rather unknown in ...
Gone West – Canyons
You were not that wrong if you call Gone West a "country music superband". All artist have quite some experience individually ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Carolyn Miller (10th June 2020)
Meeting Carolyn Miller and seeing her playing live on stage at the BB King was one of the hightlights during ...
Hannah White and The Nordic Connections (Album)
I ran into Hannah White and her band project, The Nordic Connections, for the first time during the British Country Music ...
Matt Lang – More
I unfortunately did not make it to follow one of the Matt Lang shows during the Country to Country in ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Kimi Most (6th June 2020)
When I was scanning songs for my New Country Hits Playlist, I ran into Lightning by the Colorado artist Kimi Most ...
Tyler Farr – Only Truck in Town EP
Five years after the release of his last album, Tyler Farr is back on the virtual and physical CD trays ...
Kip Moore – Wild World
Kip Moore released quite a series of songs during the last months. This was a strong indicator for... a new ...
Jaime Wyatt – Neon Cross
Drug abuse, being jailed for robbery - Jaime Wyatt already had quite some negative experience arriving in Nashville as a ...
Chris Bandi – Chris Bandi EP
During my preparations for the music reviews as at 29th May 2020, I ran into the self-titled debut EP by ...
Craig Morgan – God, Family, Country
Craig Morgan is a decently big name in the Nashville country music scene. Even though he rarely hit the top ...
High Valley – Grew Up On That EP
After six studio albums and two EPs, the Canadian country music duo High Valley is back with another EP. Their Grew Up ...
Florida Georgia Line – 6-Pack EP
5 cans, obviously of different kinds of beer (and the six song titles on it), are on the cover of ...
Steve Earle & The Dukes – Ghosts of West Virginia
Steve Earle is definitely one of the big names in music in general. The country and folk artist had very ...
Jordan Davis – Jordan Davis EP
After one album release in 2018, Jordan Davis is back in the (virtual and physical) record stores with his very ...
Chase Rice – The Album Part II EP
The Album Part II by Chase Rice is maybe the perfect illustration for the situation in the North American music ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Tommy Atkins (18th May 2020)
I am really glad that my Spotlight interview section is growing and also having some increasing popularity. In this interview, I met ...
Ilse DeLange – Changes
It feels a bit like Ilse deLange wants to push towards the German music market nowadays: the Dutch country and ...
Mrs. Greenbird: Strong Crowdfunding Start for New Album
Covid-19 has a huge impact on the music industry. My home town Cologne's local country music heroes, Mrs. Greenbird, were ...
Travis Denning – Beer’s Better Cold EP
Despite having some big songs with multi-million streams already, Beer's Better Cold is really of Travis Denning. The Georgia-origin artist released the ...
Sara Evans – Copy That
Sara Evans is back with a new album - and the title Copy That can be interpreted quite literally: her tenth ...
My Country Music Picks (13th May 2020)
Even though Covid-19 is taking quite much of our time, we should really enjoy the good things - and at ...
Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen – Hold My Beer, Vol. 2
While I ran into similar issues the last weekends already, Friday 8th May 2020 was even special in regards of ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Sylvia Aimee (5th May 2020)
I ran into the music of Sylvia Aimee, a Dutch country music artist, some one year ago. The quality of ...
Jack Curley – Tomorrow EP
For 1st May 2020, I originally had a list of eight albums and EPs, which I prepared for review. The ...
CJ Solar – Coming My Way EP
There are still so many talented and high quality music acts in Nashville, which I haven't been aware of so ...
Kenny Chesney – Here and Now
While quite some major country music artists moved their release dates to (hopefully) better times in the future, Kenny Chesney ...
Hot Country Knights – The K Is Silent
If you already know five out of ten tracks of an album and just feel to deeply miss the other ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Frank Renfordt / The Cumberland River Project (30th April 2020)
Already the first single Back On The Road felt very promising - and at least when The Cumberland River Project released their ...
Tim Dugger – Signs Of A Good Time EP
Though he regularly released some songs, the last major recording by Tim Dugger has already been already five years ago ...
Drake White – Stars EP
There are various reasons why I select music for review. I did not have Drake White's EP Stars on my list, ...
Upchurch – Everlasting Country
Ryan Upchurch is called Upchurch or also Upchurch The Redneck. He is has touched quite a couple of genres through his career. Despite ...
The Washboard Union – Everbound
The Canadian West Coast trio The Washboard Union is quite established in the country music scene of their home country. Though ...
Lena Stone – Princess EP
Lena Stone is already quite well-known to insiders of the Nashville country music scene. After a good debut EP in ...
Lucinda Williams – Good Souls Better Angels
Lucinda Williams is quite a big name in the US music business. The 67-year-old, who made it big in folk ...
Bob Fitzgerald – Another Highway EP
I recently saw a feature about British country music, when I ran into the Welsh artist Bob Fitzgerald. I did ...
Kenny Foster – His Stories behind “Deep Cuts”
Kenny Foster, one of the Featured Artists of Flyctory.com and one of the most friendly people I met in the ...
Bree Doster – Bree Doster EP
Bree Doster draw some attention her her during the last year already, when she released her Chasing Ghosts. Now, on 17th ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Lauren Jenkins (19th April 2020)
Buy her incredible debut album No Saint during the C2C in Berlin in 2019 was maybe one of the events ...
Adam Doleac – Famous EP
Famous was a great hit for Adam Doleac, which draw quite a lot of attention on the US country artist. On ...
Twinnie – Hollywood Gypsy
Twinnie's debut album Hollywood Gypsy, which has been released on 17th April 2020, was some sort of highlight of the day ...
Two new Flyctory.com-managed Playlists on Amazon Music and Spotify
My Country Music Playlists on Amazon Music and Spotify are one of the most popular elements of the Flyctory.com music ...
Liv Austen – popsicle EP
Though Liv Austen is originally from Norway, she is an established artist of the British country music scene. On 10th ...
Julia Cole – Honey Child EP
I ran into the music of Julia Cole especially when I listened to Honey Child, which is also the title track ...
Maddie & Tae – The Way It Feels
Despite The Way It Feels is only their second album, Maddie & Tae are already very established artists in the country ...
Spotlight – Interview with Jake Aldridge (9th April 2020)
In this edition of my Spotlight interviews, I ran into a very interesting - and nice - artists in the British ...
Sykamore – California King EP
Rhett Akins once said about Sykamore "I read her name, I was curious...I saw her face, I was intrigued...I heard ...
My Country Music Picks (4th April 2020)
The Corona crisis keeps me buzy - and thus, it again took me quite a while to have a new ...
Ruthie Collins – Cold Comfort
Ruthie Collins' musical career is one which is so similar at many Nashville artists: she decided to go to Nashville ...
Sam Hunt – Southside
Hard to imagine - but Sam Hunt's album Southside, which has been released on 3rd April 2020, is just his second ...
Ashley McBryde – Never Will
Ashley McBryde is not just one of the steadily growing brands in the country music industry, she is also having ...
Brett James – I am Now EP
Reading the list of songs written by Brett James is like a Who is Who of the country music business ...
Jim Lauderdale – When Carolina Comes Home Again
33 studio album just states that you had a massive career so far. Even though Jim Lauderdale was likely more ...
Ingrid Andress – Lady Like
After More Hearts Than Mine boosted Ingrid Andress country music career to a major level, the US country artist released her ...
My Favorite C2C: Country To Country 2020 Songs
Due to the late cancellation of the C2C festivals in London, Dublin and Glasgow and all the organizational trouble caused ...
Dan Smalley – If I’m being honest EP
I ran into Dan Smalley as I ran into many young and upcoming artists: after the CD reviews I wanted ...
Delta Rae – The Light
After Delta Rae has been quite successful in the beginning of the 2010's, the band has not been too present ...
Kelsea Ballerini – Kelsea
Kelsea Ballerini was one of the first country music artist I feld some sort of fandom for. On 20th March ...
The Shires – Good Years
On 13th March 2020, there was some sort of national holiday for the British country music community: not only that ...
Rachel Reinert – Into The Blue
After her career with Gloriana, Rachel Reinert decided in 2017 to leave the successful project and go solo. On 13th March 2020, ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Nik Wallner (12th March 2020)
Many people in the German country music business see a lot of potential in Southern German artist Nik Wallner. At ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 3 (08.03.2020) – The Main Stage
The last four big acts of the C2C Country To Country in Berlin 2020 - the three days have been ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 3 (08.03.2020) – Splitter
My third and final issue of stories around the C2C in Berlin - time to finish the days of country ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 3 (08.03.2020) – The Side Stages
Sunday, 8th March 2020, the third day in Berlin. Already that typical mixture of feelings: looking forward to the last ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 2 (07.03.2020) – The Main Stage
After a good start on Main Stage on Day 1 with Luke Combs, Jimmie Allen and Darius Rucker headlined the ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 2 (07.03.2020) – The Side Stages
After the the first side stage acts on Day 1 of the C2C Country To Country 2020 in Berlin, Day ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 2 (07.03.2020) – Splitter
Saturday in Berlin is over. A lot of good music has been played on several stages - but some stories ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 1 (06.03.2020) – The Main Stage
Time for the big party - after the side stage artists of Day 1 have cheered up the audience, it ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 1 (06.03.2020) – The Side Stages
C2C Country To Country in Berlin 2020 - time to start the second edition of the festival on 6th March ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 1 (06.03.2020) – Splitter
The German Country Music Scene is having their highest holidays - The C2C in Berlin started on 6th March 2020 ...
Brandy Clark – Your Life is a Record
After I enjoyed a great show by Brandy Clark in Amsterdam in January 2020, I was really looking forward to ...
Lauren Alaina – Getting Good EP
Lauren Alaina is one of the countless acts, who made it into the music business by one of the big ...
The Secret Sisters – Saturn Return
The Secret Sisters siblings had quite quick success after they formed in 2009. Last Friday, on 28th February 2020, they released ...
The Cumberland River Project – The Cumberland River Project (Album Review)
Country music made in Germany? There are more and more projects which feel to be very promising. In my point ...
Hailey Whitters – The Dream
"Just" being very talented in producing good music is not sufficient - you just need the piece of luck, meeting ...
Country 2 Country 2020 in Berlin – A Preview
A lot has happened since the Country 2 Country 2020 headliners for all five venues have been published in October 2019 ...
Henriette – Henriette EP
Country music made in Germany? Especially in the last few months, there have been a couple of acts, which feel ...
Carly Pearce – Carly Pearce
In summer 2017, I visited a lovely country festival in Lexington, Kentucky called Red, White & Boom, which had an ...
William Prince – Reliever
Some five years after his solo debut album, William Prince is back in the list of country music album releases. Reliever has ...
Olivia Lane (8th February 2020, Hassocks / Brighton)
Going to Hassocks, a village North of Brighton, was a very special moment to me on Saturday, 8th February 2020 ...
John Moreland – LP 5
When an artist turns from metalcore to country and folk music - he just has to be an interesting guy ...
The Cadillac Three – Country Fuzz
The Cadillac Three are quite popular in Europe as well as in the USA. Not too surprising, the Nashville trio ...
Richard Marx – Limitless
It was 1989 when Richard Marx was Right Here Waiting For You and gave a musical promise of love which touched ...
Tenille Townes – Road To The Lemonade Stand EP
Not just because Tenille Townes will be part of the European Country 2 Country festivals in March 2020, she is ...
Celeste Kellogg – Keep It On Repeat EP
Being part of a Radio Disney band at the age of 12 already - Celeste Kellogg definitely had early footsteps ...
Redeye Caravan – Nostrum Remedium
I typically do not present reviews of albums, which have been released more than two weeks ago. I just had ...
Brett Eldregde / Lauren Jenkins (29th January 2020, Amsterdam)
Five days after I saw Brett Eldredge and Lauren Jenkins at the Carlswerk Victoria show in Cologne, Germany, I traveled ...
Brandy Clark (29th January 2020, Amsterdam)
Right after the show of Brett Eldredge and Lauren Jenkins in the large venue of the Paradiso, the Dutch Sound ...
My Latest Country Music Picks (28th January 2020)
It's been quite a while since my latest country music picks - especially as the last issue was just concentrating ...
Brett Eldredge / Lauren Jenkins (24th January 2020, Cologne)
The first Sound of Nashville show of the year - it felt really good to be back close to the ...
Karen McDawn – To The Moon And Back
Country music from Austria? Seems to be as special as the release date of the solo debut album of Austrian ...
Steve Moakler – Blue Jeans
After I finished reviewing the albums by Dustin Lynch and Little Big Town, I ran into several interesting new country ...
Cody Hibbard – Memory and A Dirt Road
I got quite a lot into the international - and especially the US - country music scene the last years, ...
Little Big Town – Nightfall
When it comes to the best country music vocalists, Little Big Town is always a hot candidate for the title ...
Dustin Lynch – Tullahoma
Two and a half year after Current Mood and the amazing single Seein' Red, Dustin Lynch tried to boost himself back into ...
Tenille Arts – Love, Heartbreak, & Everything in Between
Her first album release under a record deal - I was very curious about Tenille Arts's second album Love, Heartbreak, & ...
Brett Kissel – Now or Never
The likely first major country music album release of the year 2020 is by Brett Kissel. The Canadian published his ...
Flyctory.com Best Ones 2019
While I so far made an semi-annual look back in time, the "Very Important Postings", I decided something with my ...
My Favorite Music Albums 2019
I decided to split the "Best music" postings of 2019 into two parts: while I already published my personal Best ...
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Songs 2019
2019 has come to an end - and music has been one of the key topics of Flyctory.com in 2019 ...
Noah Guthrie (9th December 2019, Cologne)
Right after I returned from Pittsburgh, Sound of Nashville and the German country music scene came back on my schedule ...
My Country Music Picks – Christmas Songs 2019 (8th December 2019)
December - Christmas time! Especially after I had so many postings about Christmas markets in here, I felt to add ...
Pete Wolf Band – 2084 (Album Review)
Though the Pete Wolf Band just released their second album on 6th December 2019, they are big names in the ...
Cassadee Pope – Stages (with Track by Track Commentary)
Especially in the winter season, when people are looking for Christmas presents, it is not too unusual that among Greatest Hits ...
Björn Heuser – Kopp voll Dräum (Nashville Recordings)
I was quite stunned when I ran into an Instagram advertisement: Björn Heuser, a Cologne singer- songwriter just recently released ...
Jason Aldean – 9 (Album Review)
Despite it is rather the season for Christmas album and greatest hits, there were some really interesting studio album releases ...
James Barker Band (20th November 2019, Zurich)
After I visited a couple of Sound of Nashville shows in Cologne and surroundings, I felt lucky to do my ...
Lady Antebellum – Ocean
There were a couple of key songs which made me more and more get into country music. One them was ...
Luke Combs – What You See Is What You Get (Review)
Just in the week when Luke Combs left his top position in the album charts with This One's For You and ...
Mrs. Greenbird (Frankfurt, 7th November 2019)
One of the few German country/folk acts, which gained some international reputation in the past is Cologne-based Mrs. Greenbird. Before ...
Luke Combs – This One’s For You – The Record-Breaking Album
Usually, I am reviewing albums at the time of release. Luke Combs This One's For You has been released on 2nd ...
Ben Zucker & Van De Forst (6th November 2019, Cologne)
I have to admit that I had been very nervous before that concert. The LANXESS arena, Germany's largest multiplex arena ...
The Flyctory.com Country Music Playlists – The First Ten Weeks
Some ten weeks weeks ago, I added another feature to Flyctory.com: the Country Music Playlists on Amazon and Spotify allows ...
Miranda Lambert – Wildcard
Miranda Lambert is one of the big names in the female country music. Thus, it is an event in focus ...
Hootie & The Blowfish – Imperfect Circle
Fans of the legendary band Hootie & The Blowfish had to wait for fourteen years, until the quartet around Darius ...
Willie Jones & Tyler Rich (29th October 2019, Cologne)
An eventful debut of the first German Country Music Week presented by Sound of Nashville ended in Cologne with the ...
Jon Langston – Now You Know EP
Typically, after I finished the album reviews I planned to do on a Friday, I scan the new releases if ...
Logan Mize (26th October 2019, Cologne)
While the Sound of Nashville October started big with the the concert of Old Dominion. One day after the big ...
Old Dominion (Album Review)
Just a few weeks after Old Dominion toured Germany and the rest of Europe, they released a new album. I ...
Scotty McCreery (24th October 2019, Cologne)
I had a quite unfortunate timing with the debut of the German Country Music week. I missed some shows due ...
Sylvia Aimee – Superhero EP
While there is a boom in local modern country music in the United Kingdom, there is still quite some development ...
Country 2 Country 2020 Lineup – My View
During the London Country Music Week, Country 2 Country traditionally presented the lineup for the festival. Every year, fans pray ...
Maddie & Tae – Everywhere I’m going EP
Maddie & Tae released another EP on 18th October 2018. After their career started with a blast, Everywhere I'm Going should ...
Vic Allen – Enough EP
British independent country music artist Vic Allen is not just a lovely person and friend of mine, but also a ...
Chris Janson – Real Friends
The superb live entertainer Chris Janson is back - though he feels like quite a young artist to me, he ...
Sarah Darling, Kenny Foster, Robert Counts (13th October 2019, Frankfurt)
Right after I returned from a vacation trip to Tenerife, I headed from Frankfurt Airport to Das Bett (literally: The Bed), a Frankfurt ...
Chris Knight – Almost Daylight
Seven years after his last album, Chris Knight released his new album Almost Daylight. Being successful as a songwriter in parallel, I ...
Blanco Brown – Honeysuckle & Lightning Bugs
Blanco Brown gave us The Git Up, which even made it to the German charts. After that fun and party hit ...
My Latest Country Music Picks (9th October 2019)
In addition to the Country Music Playlists, I still want to focus on certain songs in the Country Music Picks ...
King Calaway – Rivers
You may easily agree that there are more beautiful and less beautiful musicians in the worldl of country music. Nevertheless, ...
Brantley Gilbert – Fire & Brimstone
Will Brantley Gilbert do the Billboard-Hattrick after his last two albums topped the US Billboard Charts? I was really looking ...
Sturgill Simpson – Sound & Fury
If you won a Grammy Award for the Best Country Album of the Year, you are big in the country ...
Emma White – The Actress EP
Typically, I plan the albums and EPs I am going to review some one to two weeks ahead and also ...
Zac Brown Band – The Owl
Two years after their last release, the Georgia Zac Brown Band is back in the record stores with their new ...
Riley Green – Different ‘Round here
At the very latest when I decided to select two songs in parallel for my current edition of the latest ...
Lauren Jenkins & Austin Jenckes (16th September 2019, Amsterdam)
Just one week after I had seen Lauren Jenkins together with Jilian Jacqueline and Gary Quinn at the YUCA in ...
British Country Music Festival – Day 3 (15th Sep 2019)
The final day of the British Country Music Festival differed significantly from the two days before: the program started slightly ...
British Country Music Festival – Day 2 (14th Sep 2019)
After Sarah Darling's amazing performance on Day 1, Saturday evening had a massive Ballroom line-up, featuring Twinnie, The Adelaides, Honey ...
British Country Music Festival – Day 1 (13th Sep 2019)
Friday, the 13th - not the most luck-calling date for the first day of the debut of this new country ...
Sound of Nashville Press Event & Logan Mize Concert (11th Sep 2019, Cologne)
Quite surprisingly, there seems to be a quite sudden competition about the promotion and management of country music concerts in ...
Jillian Jacqueline & Lauren Jenkins (9th September 2019, Cologne)
The Sound of Nashville series of concerts more and more established in the German country music scene. While I visited one ...
Thompson Square (5th September 2019, Cologne)
September 2019 is a country music concert months full of highlights. Just one day after I returned from my Aschaffenburg ...
Meghan Patrick – Wild As Me EP
When my appetite for country music intensified some three years ago, I also ran into the music of Meghan Patrick, ...
Eric Paslay (3rd Sep 2019, Aschaffenburg)
Eric Paslay and his song Friday Night was one of the first songs, which really made me get in touch with ...
Trisha Yearwood – Every Girl
Trisha Yearwood - definitely one of the very big names in country music business. Nowadays the wife of Garth Brooks, ...
Sheryl Crow – Threads
Time to say good bye? Strong rumors stated that Threads might be Sheryl Crow's farewell album. Crow has done so much for ...
Flyctory.com on Spotify and Amazon Music Unlimited
I try to improve Flyctory.com steadily and enlarge your visitor's experience. I felt that there is so much music on ...
The British Country Music Festival (Blackpool) – A Preview
After taking the first steps into country music and country music concerts in the early Flyctory.com days, the website is ...
Taylor Swift – Lover
Taylor Swift is back! On 23rd August 2019, the music superstar with country roots released her seventh album, Lover. As she ...
Tanya Tucker – While I’m Livin’
While Tanya Tucker was a country music hit machine in the 1970s and 1980s, she significantly decreased the frequency of ...
Midland – Let It Roll
Can Midland top their rock-like rise to the line of fine country music acts? After a massive success of their ...
My Latest Country Music Picks (19th August 2019)
After having this category of postings since quite some time, I decided to have more regular country music picks in ...
Tracy Lawrence – Made in America
If someone is publishing his/her 16th studio album, you must already be quite a constant in the music business. Country ...
Olivia Lane – The One EP
During my visit at the 2019 CMA Fest, I was just overwhelmed of the sheer mass of young talented musicians ...
Wade Bowen (6th August 2019, Cologne)
The second half of 2019 features a massive lineup of country music stars in Germany. As you can see in ...
Tyler Childers – Country Squire
Not just on stage in Germany, but also due to a significant number of studio releases, the upcoming months from ...
My Latest Country Music Picks (25th July 2019)
For this 21st July 2019 edition of my Country Music Picks, I already had a couple of songs on my ...
The Luck – Ready To Run
I was very happy when I received a message in June 2019, whether I would like to review the album ...
A Preview to Country Music Concerts (European Tours)
After my posting in April, which was already speculating about a country music boom in Germany and Central Europe, a ...
Elvis Presley’s Graceland – The Exhibitions
After I dealt with visiting the Graceland Mansion in a separate posting, the second part of my review of Graceland ...
Jade Jackson: Wilderness (Album Review)
The sheer number of talents in US country music is massive. Some even make it to Europe quite early in ...
Elvis Presley’s Graceland – The Mansion
Even if Elvis was born in Tupelo and there are so many other great musicians (which you can for example ...
CMA Fest 2019 – My Meet & Greets
During the CMA Fest 2019 in Nashville, I did quite a lot of Meet & Greets. I just felt it ...
Runaway June – Blue Roses
Runaway June are a US country music trio. I saw them for the first time at the Country 2 Country ...
Willie Nelson – Ride Me Back Home
June 2019 is Nelson family time: just one week after his son Lukas published the album Turn Off The New ...
Visiting CMA Fest 2019
The beginning of June was a very flattering moment to me. After I got more and more into country music ...
My Favorite CMA Fest Songs 2019
CMA Fest 2019 was just massive to me. So many artists, so many new people - I was just overwhelmed! ...
Bruce Springsteen – Western Stars
While I posted my review about Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real's new album on 14th June 2019, most ...
Write Like A Girl (London, 13th June 2019)
Just two days after I touched German soil back from CMA Fest 2019, I flew to London for another country ...
Christina Taylor & Carolyn Miller – Two Upcoming Country Artists
Facebook, Instagram and all other kinds of internet sources nowadays allow you to (sometimes by chance) find, follow and support ...
Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real – Turn Off The News (Build A Garden)
Lukas Nelson & Promise of The Real are back - while Nelson is regarded as a great songwriter, his band ...
CMA Fest 2019 – Fan Events with Cassadee Pope and Jana Kramer
The closer CMA Fest 2019 came, the more I became aware of all the side events, which are not happening ...
Kenny Foster & Friends at the Listening Room (Nashville, 6th June 2019)
Getting more and more into country music, I more and more love songwriters rounds. Several singers or songwriters are on ...
Sarah Darling – Wonderland (Album Review)
Wonderland is the fifth studio album of US country singer and songwriter Sarah Darling. Sarah released it on 7th June ...
Thomas Rhett – Center Point Road (Review)
Thomas Rhett, who has become one of Nashville finest artists the last years, released his fourth album Center Point Road on ...
James Barker Bank – Singles Only
The Ontario-based James Barker Band was one of the crowd's favorite at the 2019 Country 2 Country festivals in London ...
Maren Morris & RaeLynn GIRL Tour 2019 in Amsterdam (22nd May 2019)
While country music feels to have a first boom in Germany, the Netherlands are slightly ahead and have a quite ...
CMT Next Women of Country, Liverpool (10th May 2019)
On Friday, 10th May 2019, the Arts Club in Liverpool hosted the 2019 stage of the CMT Next Women of ...
Country Music Concert Summer 2019 in Germany – a small Boom?
Country music in Germany has a hard standing. It is still not played in most radio stations - or declared ...
Mrs. Greenbird – Dark Waters (Review)
Mrs. Greenbird was the only Germany-based band who were playing at the C2C debut in Berlin 2019. This definitely illustrates ...
Shallow-ism – One Song in countless Versions
I have to admit that Germany is likely the largest music market, in which the amazing duet "Shallow" of Lady ...
Lauren Jenkins – Running Out of Road (Short Movie)
Running out of Road is not only a song of Lauren Jenkin's first album No Saint, it is also a short ...
Maren Morris – GIRL (Album Review)
On 8th March 2019, just when the Country 2 Country festival in London was about to start, Maren Morris released ...
My Favorite Country 2 Country Songs 2019
The beginning of March 2019 was a country music powerhouse to me. The Country 2 Country (C2C) debut in Berlin, ...
Country 2 Country in London 2019
After my 2018 debut at the London Country 2 Country and the first-time German event in Berlin the weekend before, ...
“Sound of Nashville” in Cologne (6th March 2019)
How to spent the time best between Country 2 Country 2019 in Berlin and Amsterdam and the "main events" in ...
Lauren Jenkins – No Saint (Album Review)
Lauren Jenkins was one of three artists, who opened the 2019 Country 2 Country debut in Berlin with a traditional ...
Country 2 Country 2019 in Berlin
I visited Europe's biggest country music festival, Country 2 Country (C2C), for the first time in 2018 in London. I immediately ...
Florida Georgia Line – Can’t say I ain’t Country (Review)
While I posted album reviews from time to time so far, there were two albums on 15th February 2019 I ...
Cassadee Pope – Stages (Album Review)
In parallel to the Floorball World Cup Qualifications in Trencin, Slovakia, there was also some special moment for my country ...
My Favorite Songs 2018
As blogging on music became a quite frequent category at Flyctory.com, I felt to look back to 2018 and introduce ...
Brett Young – Ticket to L.A.
Brett Young's 2017 debut album Brett Young was a lovely piece of country music. I especially loved his successful single "In ...
Flyctory.com’s Latest Country Picks (30th October 2018)
It is already some two months ago since I posted the last country picks. After I made up with UK-based ...
Catherine McGrath at Arts Club Loft Liverpool
As part of her "Talk of this Town" tour, Catherine McGrath presented her equivalently named album. I visited the tour ...
Flyctory.com’s Latest Country Picks (26th August 2018)
After posting a list of current country music favourites in June, here is another update on some recent music or ...
Catherine McGrath – Talk of This Town (Album Review)
After having seen Catherine McGrath twice at the 2018 Country 2 Country in London, I have become an admiring follower ...
Flyctory.com’s Latest Country Picks (17th June 2018)
It is some two months since I posted my latest top country songs - thus, I felt to update you ...
Flyctory.com’s Latest Country Music Picks (22nd April 2018)
During my Weird Al Yankovic Tour trip through Georgia and Tennessee, I again listened to the country channels. Here is ...
My favourite Country 2 Country 2018 songs
As you might have seen in the other blog entries, I have been attending Europe's major country music festival, the ...
A Day at the Country 2 Country 2018
Country 2 Country, short: C2C, has established to be the largest country music festival in Europe. In fact, it is ...
Postings about Concerts
All postings about concerts I visited:
My Country To Country Berlin 2025 Preview
In exactly two weeks, on 6th March 2025, Country To Country (C2C) Berlin is kicking off with the The Bluebird ...
Carly Pearce (17th February 2025, Cologne)
Carly Pearce has been back to Germany. On 17th February, the last of her Sound of Nashville shows brought her ...
Jenn Bostic (16th February 2025, London)
Even though it was quite a lot of traveling for a single concert, I was really looking forward to traveling ...
Warren Zeiders (3rd February 2025, Cologne)
After I had quite a lot of sports reporting at the beginning of 2025, January of that month did not ...
BAP (13th December 2024, Cologne)
The most famous Cologne band in the most important (and famous) venue of the city - how could there be ...
Kameron Marlowe (10th December 2024, Cologne)
After I missed two early December 2024 country music concerts in Cologne due to trips to Switzerland and the United ...
The Kolors (30th November 2024, Mons / Belgium, Pict. Story)
On a road trip through Italy in 2021, I ran into a song, which made me fall in love with ...
Laura Evans (20th November 2024, Hagen)
On 20th November 2024, I was able to report from an artist I had on my "bucket list" for quite ...
Koe Wetzel (7th November 2024, Cologne)
Club Volta again - just three days after I featured the Stephen Wilson Jr. concert there, I was back at ...
Stephen Wilson Jr. (4th November 2024, Cologne)
Time for some country music concert coverage again: On 4th November 2024, I headed to Club Volta in Cologne. Sound ...
Blackberry Smoke (29th September 2024, Cologne)
Just the evening after the Visions of Atlantis show in Essen, I headed to the E-Werk in Cologne. On 29th ...
Visions of Atlantis (28th September 2024, Essen)
Finally, I made it - after featuring so many concerts of different genres, I headed to Essen in the German ...
Percival (Song of My Life Show, Erftstadt, 12th September 2024)
I absolutely loved the intimate, personal, but also very professional atmosphere of the Jessica Lynn show at the Muxx.tv grounds ...
Sound of Nashville Open Air 2024 (25th August 2024, Day 2, Cologne)
After a one day break, the Sound of Nashville Open Air2024 was back in Cologne. Sunday, 25th August 2024, featured ...
Sound of Nashville Open Air 2024 (23rd August 2024, Day 1, Cologne)
Not only due to the high effort of Sound of Nashville, there seems to be quite a bit of development ...
Jessica Lynn (Song of My Life Show, Erftstadt, 12th August 2024)
After featuring the Giovanni Zarrella concert the week before, another very special show was on my list on 12th August ...
Giovanni Zarrella (6th August 2024, Cologne)
After I had quite an intense series of concerts in May 2024, there has been quite a break in my ...
Andreas Dorau (25th May 2024, Essen)
I follow Andreas Dorau and his music since the mid-1990's. The more I was happy to be able to cover ...
Sasha (24th May 2024, Düsseldorf)
I so far featured the German pop artist Sasha only once, with his children album Toto und der Mann im Mond ...
49 Winchester (21st May 2024, Cologne)
Right after I returned from a weekend trip to Norway, my home town Cologne hosted another really interesting country music ...
Kacey Musgraves (5th May 2024, Cologne)
End of April and beginning of May 2024 featured a couple of very interesting country music gigs in Germany. For ...
Charles Esten (3rd May 2024, Hamburg)
End of April and beginning of May 2024 came with quite some photographic dates for me. Right after the Carrie ...
Carrie Welling & Kasey Williams (2nd May 2024, Hengelo)
After I recently chatted with Carrie Welling about her tour through Germany and the Netherlands, I was happy to be ...
Darius Rucker (19th April 2024, Cologne)
What an honor - Darius Rucker kicked off his Starting Fires Tour World Tour in my home tome Cologne. The Live Music ...
Restless Road, Redferrin & Carter Faith (6th March 2024, Frankfurt)
Right the day after the Sound of Nashville show in Cologne on 5th March 2024, I headed to Frankfurt. Again, ...
Alexandra Kay, Hannah Ellis, Lakeview (5th March 2024, Cologne)
Especially as I could not make it to one of the Country To Country shows the weekend before, I was ...
Jenn Bostic (20th February 2024, London)
There are not too many artists, which make me travel on a day trip to London. Jenn Bostic did so ...
Alex Diehl (2nd February 2024, Cologne)
Especially after I reviewed the amazing album Das ist keine Übung in October 2023, I was really looking forward to see Alex ...
Eric Paslay (13th December 2023, Cologne)
His show in Aschaffenburg 2019, the main stage appearance at the C2C Berlin 2020 and now Cologne 2023: Eric Paslay ...
Gregor McEwan (6th December 2023, Cologne)
Afrer his very interesting album release Going Solo, I was really curious about how Gergor McEwan would be alike live on ...
Loi (19th October 2023, Cologne)
Just about a month after I saw Randall King at the Cologne Club Volta, I was back there again on ...
Nacht der Gitarren (14th October 2023, Reutlingen)
Finally, he is in Germany! I was so excited to see Jim Kimo West at the Nacht der Gitarren ("Night of the ...
Kelvin Jones (8th October 2023, Frankfurt)
After I had the opportunity to see Kelvin Jones at the Heart To Heart show in Dusseldorf and the preparing ...
Ron Pope (23rd September 2023, Cologne)
Busy times: just three days after I saw Home Free in Hamburg and eight days after the Randall King show ...
Home Free (20th September 2023, Hamburg)
Home Free - the a capella country band has built a fan base all over the world nowadays. I was ...
Randall King (15th September 2023, Cologne)
It's been quite a while since I covered the last Sound of Nashville show. On 15th September 2023, the Semmel Concerts country ...
Heart To Heart Event (29th August 2023, Düsseldorf)
One evening with six different artists? The opening night of the Heart To Heart concert series definitely came with high ...
Ben Zucker (28th July 2023, Monheim)
The Monheimer Sommer is a small series of open air concerts, driven by the city in the Rheinland region. Apart from ...
Seepark Biker Days Pfullendorf 2023 – Day 3 Concerts (2nd July)
Closing day in Pfulllendorf - after Saturday came with a long line-up and a lot of acts, the musical side ...
Seepark Biker Days Pfullendorf 2023 – Day 2 Concerts (1st July)
After the great musical warm-up on the first day of the Seepark Biker Days 2023 in Pfullendorf, Saturday was something ...
Seepark Biker Days Pfullendorf 2023 – Day 1 Concerts (30th June)
My first full festival coverage with Flyctory.com - I was really nervous while sitting on the train to Stuttgart and ...
Seepark Biker Days Pfullendorf 2023 – A Preview
I am not a Harley rider and I will travel to Pfullendorf by rental car. But I am really looking ...
Rock of Ages UK Tour – A Personal Farewell and Thanks
This weekend will be a tough one, a very emotional one for me. After 52 shows with the British production ...
Rock of Ages (9th June 2023, Solingen)
After there was some confusion about my coverage of the German debut of the Rock of Ages musical in Munich, I was ...
The Deslondes (6th June 2023, Cologne)
Back to the Kantine in Cologne: just less than a month after I saw Kip Moore in their major and ...
Everette & Austin Jenckes (23rd May 2023, Cologne)
On 23rd May 2023, the Sound of Nashville concert series had a very special even in Cologne's Helios37. Despite being ...
Kip Moore (14th May 2023, Cologne)
Sound of Nashville time again. Right after I returned from a brief trip through the Nordics, Semmel Concerts and their ...
The Longest Johns (21st April 2023, Cologne)
In 2018, four Bristol guys recorded an old New Zealand shanty, which was about 150 years old at that time ...
Rock of Ages Opening Night – Red Carpet Impressions
I have to give in: the red carpet is not my favorite location. Nonetheless, I felt very thankful that after ...
Rock of Ages (German Tour Opening Night in Munich, 5th April 2023)
I had seen the musical Rock of Ages 73 times before this show - but show #74 made me kind of extra-nervous ...
Matthias Reim (24th March 2023, Oberhausen)
After a lot of tour-chasing Weird Al Yankovic and watching the Pittsburgh Penguins, the first weekend home after quite a ...
Weird Al Yankovic tours Europe 2023 – My Reprise
Ten shows within three weeks - I was just so flattered to welcome Weird Al Yankovic and his lovely band ...
Mitchell Tenpenny & Morgan Evans (3rd March 2023, Hamburg)
Heading to Hamburg for a day just in the middle of Weird Al Yankovic tour-chasing for country music? February and ...
Weird Al Yankovic (19th February 2023, Tilburg)
That day in Tilburg, Netherlands, was some sort of highlight of my Flyctory.com history so far. Almost five years after ...
Julian Taylor (15th February 2023, Cologne)
February and early March 2023 held a couple of concerts and shows for me. Thus, right after returning from the ...
Kane Brown (27th January 2023, Cologne)
27th January 2023, the first Flyctory.com concert coverage of the new year. I will feature a couple of really cool ...
Brett Young (19th November 2022, Cologne)
Quite a lot of interesting music on Flyctory.com in November: after the Alexander Ludwig and Nik Wallner show in Cologne, ...
Milky Chance (18th November 2022, Cologne)
I love country music - but I always feel very gifted when I am able to present you some other ...
Alexander Ludwig (2nd November 2022, Cologne)
Right after coming back from New York City, I headed to the Helios37 in Cologne the same evening. Sound of ...
Five Weird Al Yankovic Shows in Florida – Some Concert Pictures
During the second week of October 2022, I have been tour-chasing Weird Al Yankovic on five stages of his The ...
Carly Pearce & Sarah Darling (12th September 2022, Hamburg)
What a lovely combination of two amazing female country artists: on 12th September 2022, Sound of Nashville presented Carly Pearce ...
Lindsay Ell (with Kyle Daniel & Shy Carter, 23rd August 2022, Cologne)
23rd August 2022 has been a very special day to me. Always great to be able to cover a Lindsay ...
Gipsy Kings & More Than Words (11th August 2022, Cologne)
Legendary Gipsy Kings and one of Germany's biggest potential drivers of country music, More Than Words - I felt really ...
Johnossi (12th June 2022, Cologne)
Home town Cologne instead of Nashville: after my trip to CMA Fest in Nashville had to be cancelled due to ...
Kicking Off The Weird Al Yankovic Tour 2022 (Day 5, 29.4.2022)
Somehow, a sad moment. The last show of Weird Al Yankovic on this trip. Day 5 would take me from ...
Kicking Off The Weird Al Yankovic Tour 2022 (Day 3, 27.4.2022)
Day 3 of my Weird Al Yankovic trip in April 2022 likely had the most relaxed schedule of all. No ...
Grand Ole Opry Show (18th March 2022)
I did do the Opry Backstage Tour before, but ninth day of my Pittsburgh Penguins trip in March 2022 also ...
The Country Music Week turns Digital
During the last years, October has been one of the big months for European country music fans: being already "traditional" ...
Björn Heuser (28th May 2020, Drive-In Show, Bonn)
During the Covid-19 crisis, I visited quite a couple of drive-in movies, which became a very popular kind of entertainment ...
The Bourbon Room / Rock of Ages Hollywood
Not just in regards of the third day of my time in California, but also for the whole trip following ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 3 (08.03.2020) – The Main Stage
The last four big acts of the C2C Country To Country in Berlin 2020 - the three days have been ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 3 (08.03.2020) – Splitter
My third and final issue of stories around the C2C in Berlin - time to finish the days of country ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 3 (08.03.2020) – The Side Stages
Sunday, 8th March 2020, the third day in Berlin. Already that typical mixture of feelings: looking forward to the last ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 2 (07.03.2020) – The Main Stage
After a good start on Main Stage on Day 1 with Luke Combs, Jimmie Allen and Darius Rucker headlined the ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 2 (07.03.2020) – The Side Stages
After the the first side stage acts on Day 1 of the C2C Country To Country 2020 in Berlin, Day ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 2 (07.03.2020) – Splitter
Saturday in Berlin is over. A lot of good music has been played on several stages - but some stories ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 1 (06.03.2020) – The Main Stage
Time for the big party - after the side stage artists of Day 1 have cheered up the audience, it ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 1 (06.03.2020) – The Side Stages
C2C Country To Country in Berlin 2020 - time to start the second edition of the festival on 6th March ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 1 (06.03.2020) – Splitter
The German Country Music Scene is having their highest holidays - The C2C in Berlin started on 6th March 2020 ...
Country 2 Country 2020 in Berlin – A Preview
A lot has happened since the Country 2 Country 2020 headliners for all five venues have been published in October 2019 ...
Olivia Lane (8th February 2020, Hassocks / Brighton)
Going to Hassocks, a village North of Brighton, was a very special moment to me on Saturday, 8th February 2020 ...
Brett Eldregde / Lauren Jenkins (29th January 2020, Amsterdam)
Five days after I saw Brett Eldredge and Lauren Jenkins at the Carlswerk Victoria show in Cologne, Germany, I traveled ...
Brandy Clark (29th January 2020, Amsterdam)
Right after the show of Brett Eldredge and Lauren Jenkins in the large venue of the Paradiso, the Dutch Sound ...
Brett Eldredge / Lauren Jenkins (24th January 2020, Cologne)
The first Sound of Nashville show of the year - it felt really good to be back close to the ...
Noah Guthrie (9th December 2019, Cologne)
Right after I returned from Pittsburgh, Sound of Nashville and the German country music scene came back on my schedule ...
James Barker Band (20th November 2019, Zurich)
After I visited a couple of Sound of Nashville shows in Cologne and surroundings, I felt lucky to do my ...
Mrs. Greenbird (Frankfurt, 7th November 2019)
One of the few German country/folk acts, which gained some international reputation in the past is Cologne-based Mrs. Greenbird. Before ...
Ben Zucker & Van De Forst (6th November 2019, Cologne)
I have to admit that I had been very nervous before that concert. The LANXESS arena, Germany's largest multiplex arena ...
Willie Jones & Tyler Rich (29th October 2019, Cologne)
An eventful debut of the first German Country Music Week presented by Sound of Nashville ended in Cologne with the ...
Logan Mize (26th October 2019, Cologne)
While the Sound of Nashville October started big with the the concert of Old Dominion. One day after the big ...
Scotty McCreery (24th October 2019, Cologne)
I had a quite unfortunate timing with the debut of the German Country Music week. I missed some shows due ...
Country 2 Country 2020 Lineup – My View
During the London Country Music Week, Country 2 Country traditionally presented the lineup for the festival. Every year, fans pray ...
Andy Clark (19th October 2019, Dusseldorf)
As I really enjoyed to listen to Andy Clark's new album I Love Joyce Morris, I was really hoping to manage ...
Sarah Darling, Kenny Foster, Robert Counts (13th October 2019, Frankfurt)
Right after I returned from a vacation trip to Tenerife, I headed from Frankfurt Airport to Das Bett (literally: The Bed), a Frankfurt ...
Rock of Ages (Zons / Germany, 28th Sep 2019)
Rock of Ages is my favorite musical. At the time of writing, I saw it 30 times, in four countries ...
Lauren Jenkins & Austin Jenckes (16th September 2019, Amsterdam)
Just one week after I had seen Lauren Jenkins together with Jilian Jacqueline and Gary Quinn at the YUCA in ...
British Country Music Festival – Day 3 (15th Sep 2019)
The final day of the British Country Music Festival differed significantly from the two days before: the program started slightly ...
British Country Music Festival – Day 2 (14th Sep 2019)
After Sarah Darling's amazing performance on Day 1, Saturday evening had a massive Ballroom line-up, featuring Twinnie, The Adelaides, Honey ...
British Country Music Festival – Day 1 (13th Sep 2019)
Friday, the 13th - not the most luck-calling date for the first day of the debut of this new country ...
Sound of Nashville Press Event & Logan Mize Concert (11th Sep 2019, Cologne)
Quite surprisingly, there seems to be a quite sudden competition about the promotion and management of country music concerts in ...
Jillian Jacqueline & Lauren Jenkins (9th September 2019, Cologne)
The Sound of Nashville series of concerts more and more established in the German country music scene. While I visited one ...
Thompson Square (5th September 2019, Cologne)
September 2019 is a country music concert months full of highlights. Just one day after I returned from my Aschaffenburg ...
Eric Paslay (3rd Sep 2019, Aschaffenburg)
Eric Paslay and his song Friday Night was one of the first songs, which really made me get in touch with ...
Weird Al Yankovic – “Strings Attached”, Indianapolis (29th August 2019)
As part of my Weird Al and Grass Court Tennis 2019 trip, I already visited two concerts of Weird Al ...
The British Country Music Festival (Blackpool) – A Preview
After taking the first steps into country music and country music concerts in the early Flyctory.com days, the website is ...
Wade Bowen (6th August 2019, Cologne)
The second half of 2019 features a massive lineup of country music stars in Germany. As you can see in ...
Weird Al Yankovic, Strings Attached Tour (Bank of NH Pavilion, Gilford, 18th July 2019)
String Attached - the 2019 tour of Weird Al Yankovic is backed up by (local) symphonic orchestras. I traveled into Gilford, ...
CMA Fest 2019 – My Meet & Greets
During the CMA Fest 2019 in Nashville, I did quite a lot of Meet & Greets. I just felt it ...
Visiting CMA Fest 2019
The beginning of June was a very flattering moment to me. After I got more and more into country music ...
Write Like A Girl (London, 13th June 2019)
Just two days after I touched German soil back from CMA Fest 2019, I flew to London for another country ...
Christina Taylor & Carolyn Miller – Two Upcoming Country Artists
Facebook, Instagram and all other kinds of internet sources nowadays allow you to (sometimes by chance) find, follow and support ...
CMA Fest 2019 – Fan Events with Cassadee Pope and Jana Kramer
The closer CMA Fest 2019 came, the more I became aware of all the side events, which are not happening ...
Kenny Foster & Friends at the Listening Room (Nashville, 6th June 2019)
Getting more and more into country music, I more and more love songwriters rounds. Several singers or songwriters are on ...
Maren Morris & RaeLynn GIRL Tour 2019 in Amsterdam (22nd May 2019)
While country music feels to have a first boom in Germany, the Netherlands are slightly ahead and have a quite ...
CMT Next Women of Country, Liverpool (10th May 2019)
On Friday, 10th May 2019, the Arts Club in Liverpool hosted the 2019 stage of the CMT Next Women of ...
My Favorite Country 2 Country Songs 2019
The beginning of March 2019 was a country music powerhouse to me. The Country 2 Country (C2C) debut in Berlin, ...
Country 2 Country in London 2019
After my 2018 debut at the London Country 2 Country and the first-time German event in Berlin the weekend before, ...
“Sound of Nashville” in Cologne (6th March 2019)
How to spent the time best between Country 2 Country 2019 in Berlin and Amsterdam and the "main events" in ...
Country 2 Country 2019 in Berlin
I visited Europe's biggest country music festival, Country 2 Country (C2C), for the first time in 2018 in London. I immediately ...
Danielle Hope at “The Crazy Coqs” (London, 17th Feb 2019)
The first time I saw Danielle Hope on stage was in the female lead character Sherrie in my favorite musical ...
Rock of Ages – My favourite Musical
I love musicals in general - but two ones massively influenced my life. The first one was We will rock ...
Catherine McGrath at Arts Club Loft Liverpool
As part of her "Talk of this Town" tour, Catherine McGrath presented her equivalently named album. I visited the tour ...
LINA @ Kunst!Rasen Bonn
The former German capital Bonn has a vast tradition of open air concerts. Their current premier open air location is ...
Trip Report: On Tour with Weird Al Yankovic (Day 4)
Day 4, back to Atlanta, heading to where the trip started... and to my final concert of this trip. The ...
Trip Report: On Tour with Weird Al Yankovic (Day 3)
Saturday, 14th April, has not been regarded as the most thrilling day of this trip anyway. Travelling from the very ...
Trip Report: On Tour with Weird Al Yankovic (Day 2)
So long awaited... Time for the first concert of my trip to the Weird Al Tour 2018! Tried to start ...
My favourite Country 2 Country 2018 songs
As you might have seen in the other blog entries, I have been attending Europe's major country music festival, the ...
A Day at the Country 2 Country 2018
Country 2 Country, short: C2C, has established to be the largest country music festival in Europe. In fact, it is ...
Title picture: Jana Kramer support material
