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 lot has changed in the German country music scene and list of upcoming concerts. In general, internet forums and discussion groups feel to be much more active to me. The C2C in Berlin in March 2019 was like an initial spark for it. The much it was surprising that Germany gets that festival at all, the more it was that it will be played on three days in 2020, a weekend before the “big” C2C in London.

However, not just that festival is a factor. A lot of artists seem to take the detour to Germany, the Netherlands, sometimes even to Spain and France now, when they are doing some shows in the United Kingdom. On the German side, there are especially two promoters, Wizard Promotion and Semmel Concerts with their “Sound of Nashville” series, who seem to believe – and invest in this genre. I have seen quite some acts which will be visiting Germany and Central Europe the next months – here is my view on the country artists which make it to Germany the next months.

I will slowly start to update this concert page again on Flyctory.com as a post-Covid-19 hope. It is not complete yet, obviously. Order of concerts is chronologically (next first tour date first).

List of Future Concerts – Featured Artists

With the revamp of this posting due to Covid-19 crisis, I decided to do some additional promotion to my Featured Artists, i.e. country music acts, which I especially support. I first put my Featured Artists on top of this posting, followed by the other artists.

No featured artist tour added yet

List of Future Concerts – Other Acts

Here are tour dates of other country music artists:

Black River Delta – Tour Dates

The Swedish alternative country / rock / blues band tour with their great June 201 release Shakin’ through Germany in December 2021. Support is Dorian Sorriaux:

Fr 10.12.2021	Hamburg – Nochtspeicher
Su 12.12.2021	Cologne – Blue Shell
Mo 13.12.2021	Munich – Strom
Tu 14.12.2021	Vienna (Austria) – Chelsea
We 15.12.2021	Frankfurt – Nachtleben
Fr 17.12.2021	Dresden – Beatpol
Su 19.12.2021	Berlin – Privatclub

Blackberry Smoke – You Hear Georgia 2022

After they releases their great new album You Hear Georgia, Blackberry Smoke will be joined by The Steel Woods, who also released a great new album, All Your Stones, in May 2021:

Th 03.02.2022	Barcelona (SPA) – Razzmatazz
Fr 04.02.2022	Madrid (SPA) – Sala Riviera
Su 06.02.2022	Zurich (SUI) – Kaufleuten Festival
Mo 07.02.2022	Milan (ITA) – Alcatraz
Tu 08.02.2022	Munich – Backstage WErk
Th 10.02.2022	Cologne – Carlswerk Victoria
Fr 11.02.2022	Stuttgart – LKA Longhorn
Sa 12.02.2022	Vienna (AUT) – Flex
Mo 14.02.2022	Wiesbaden – Kulturzentrum Schlachthof
We 16.02.2022	Berlin – Huxleys Neue Welt
Fr 18.02.2022	Stockholm (SWE) – Münchenbryggeriet
Sa 19.02.2022	Oslo (NOR) – Rockefeller Music Hall
Su 20.02.2022	Copenhagen (DEN) – Amager Bio
Tu 22.02.2022	Utrecht (NED) – Tivoli Vredenburg
We 23.02.2022	Leuven (BEL) – Het Depot
Fr 25.02.2022	Paris (FRA) – Bataclan
Su 27.02.2022	Birmingham (UK) – O2 Academy
Mo 28.02.2022	Glasgow (UK) – O2 Academy
We 02.03.2022	Belfast (UK) – The Telegraph Building
Th 03.03.2022	Dublin (IRE) – Olympia Theatre
Fr 04.03.2022	Manchester (UK) – Academy
Su 06.03.2022	London (UK) – Roundhouse

Past Concerts / Tours – Covered by Flyctory.com

I removed the section of concerts I covered with Flyctory.com and therefore added the link of all my concert coverage below.

Flyctory.com Country Music Concert Coverage

Here is a list of all concerts I covered, limited to Country Music:

Jesse Daniel (16h July 2025, Cologne)

Back to the Freideck, two weeks later... After I had covered the Dasha show at the location in the North ...

Dasha (1st July 2025, Cologne)

I really loved Dasha at the C2C 2025 in Berlin. The US-American country-pop musician gave the German capital crowds an ...

Caylee Hammack (21st May 2025, Cologne)

On 21st May 2025, I headed to another Sound of Nashville show in Cologne. Caylee Hammack closed their short four ...

Alexandra Kay (12th May 2025, Cologne)

On 12th May 2025, it was time to cover another Sound of Nashville show. Alexandra Kay headed to Cologne's Club ...

Jackson Dean (3rd May 2025, Cologne)

The weekend after I covered the Swedish Floorball Finals, I was somehow back to Sweden again. Cologne had Swedish artist ...

Alina Sebastian (5th April 2025, Hamm)

Going to Hamm in the Northern German Ruhrgebiet on 5th April 2025 felt like closing a major gap on Flyctory.com ...

CMA Fest 2025 Lineup Announced – My Guide to the Festival

It calls itself The Ultimate Country Music Fan Experience and there is indeed likely no festival of that genre somewhere ...

C2C Country To Country Berlin 2025 – Splitter and Reprise

Country To Country 2025 in Berlin is in the books. Three days and the kick-off Bluebird Cafe session are over ...

C2C Country To Country Berlin 2025 – Day 3 (09.03.2025) – Evening Session

Country To Country 2025 in Germany came to an end. The Sunday Main Stage (and the Spotlight Stage) hosted the ...

C2C Country To Country Berlin 2025 – Day 3 (09.03.2025) – Day Sessions

Three days of country music (or even four, if you include the Bluebird Cafe session on Thursday) are tiring and ...

C2C Country To Country Berlin 2025 – Day 2 (08.03.2025) – Evening Session

The second day in Berlin was slowly coming to an end. Country To Country 2025 in Berlin hosted the second ...

C2C Country To Country Berlin 2025 – Day 2 (08.03.2025) – Day Sessions

Saturday in Berlin - the Country To Country festival went into its second day. 8th March 2025 again featured some ...

C2C Country To Country Berlin 2025 – Day 1 (07.03.2025) – Evening Session

Welcome to the main event! While I really enjoy the daytime stages with the variety of comparably less popular artists, ...

C2C Country To Country Berlin 2025 – Day 1 (07.03.2025) – Day Sessions

Ladys and Gentlemen, welcome to the Country To Country 2025 in Berlin! After the Passionskirche in Berlin already hosted the ...

C2C Country To Country Berlin 2025 – Opening Event (6th March 2025) – The Bluebird Cafe

6th March 2025 was time to kick off the Country To Country Festival 2025 in Berlin. While the main festival ...

Drake Milligan (25th February 2025, Cologne)

Another Sound of Nashville country concert right before I headed to Pittsburgh: on 25th February 2025, Drake Milligan had a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 – A Preview

I am not a Harley rider and I will travel to Pfullendorf by rental car. But I am really looking ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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" ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 with Tour Dates

Here are all Flyctory.com postings, which include tour dates:

Amy Macdonald – Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For?

Amy Macdonald is one of these artists you tend to identify with one song only. However, the British singer-songwriter has ...

Brett Young – 2.0

Brett Young has been featured quite frequently on Flyctory.com already. However, his last major appearance, my coverage of his November ...

Seiler und Speer – Hödn

Next month, Seiler und Speer are facing one of the highlights of their career. At their only show in Austria ...

Kupfergold – Fasan Alarm

Just seven years after the German band has been founded, Kupergold is already releasing their fourth studio album. Fasan Alarm is ...

Festivals and Open Airs – I Am Looking Forward to Summer 2025

Summer time is festival time. As there are more and more interesting shows coming up, I felt that it might ...

Luna Soul – First Move

First Move - that's the debut album of the Spanish-German duo Luna Soul. They mix funk, soul and pop music ...

Tobias Panwitz – Erinnerungen machen

Whenever music is flagged as country music on the promotion platform I majorly use, I of course go for a deeper ...

Drei Meter Feldweg – Gut Holz

I really like the German band Drei Meter Feldweg. I featured their album Durak in 2022 and also featured them a ...

Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Gareth (March 2025)

The 2025 Country To Country in Berlin did not only give me four days full of great country music of ...

Gotthard – Stereo Crush

Will Gotthard top the Swiss charts again? Based on an impressing streak by the Swiss hard rockers, this just feels ...

Albert af Ekenstam – Ghost in Us

It is quite a while ago since there have been major releases by Swedish artist Albert af Ekenstam. His last ...

Leony – Oldschool Love

In March 2023, I already shared Leony's debut album Somewhere in Between with you. Some two years later, the German artist is ...

Kendall Lujan – Lucky Penny

Kendall Lujan's music is an interesting blend of different genres. She is mixing folk, country, pop and jazz in her ...

Jenn Bostic – Love You Right EP

Right before Jenn Bostic is having a couple of shows in the United Kingdom, the US-American singer-songwriter is releasing new ...

Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Luna Morgenstern (February 2025)

It late January 2025, I introduced you to the third EP by the German artist Luna Morgenstern, Heartbreak Hotel. Luna and ...

Loi – Left In Your Love

In October 2023, I saw the German artist LOI on her debut headline tour in Cologne. Finally, the pop musician ...

Michael Moravek with The Electric Traveling Show – Night Songs

Michael Moravek already made it into my Songs of the Week thrice. The last time has been as of 10th January 2025 ...

Paleface Swiss – Cursed

My Flyctory.com album review year 2025 starts with deathcore from Switzerland. The band Paleface Swiss releases their third studio album Cursed ...

Subway To Sally – Post Mortem

There are not too many bands who dare to release albums a few days before Christmas. The more I was ...

The O’Reillys and the Paddyhats – Coming Home

There are just a few bands, which use Christmas time for album releases. The O'Reillys and the Paddyhats are a ...

BAP (13th December 2024, Cologne)

The most famous Cologne band in the most important (and famous) venue of the city - how could there be ...

Mense – Spanish Night

German artist Mense traveled through Spain for half a year. It was only himself, his wife and his dog Angus, ...

Jessica Lynn – A Very Merry Classic Christmas (Live) EP

It's less than two weeks until I see Jessica Lynn live on stage again. Towards the end of the year, ...

The Sheepdogs – Hell Together EP

The Sheepdogs indeed have a busy year 2024. In August, they released the EP Paradise Alone and recently returned from their ...

The Virginmarys – The House Beyond The Fires

It's already six years ago since The Virginmarys released an album. There has been the EP Devil Keeps Coming in 2022, but ...

We Mavericks – Heart of Silver

We Mavericks is a country-folk duo from Oceania. On 18th October 2024, they are releasing their sophomore album Heart of Silver ...

Bell Book & Candle – L.O.V.E.

I loved Bell Book & Candle in the late 1990's. The German band from Berlin especially stroke with their debut ...

Sebastian Krumbiegel – Aufstehen – Weitermachen!

"Stand Up! Keep going!" is the (translated) title of the new album by Sebastian Krumbiegel. The featured singles of the ...

Sophie Chassee – Attachment Theory

I does not happen too often that I set up a new edition for my Songs of the Week and decide ...

Jordan Rudess – Permission To Fly

Jordan Rudess is looking back to an amazing musical career (so far). The US-American artist, originally from New York City, ...

Stanovsky – Grünlich

Stanovsky is "greenish" - at least if you base that statement on the title his new album Grünlich. On 30th ...

Warren Zeiders – Relapse

European country music fans already look forward to the beginning of 2025, when Warren Zeiders will be touring the continent ...

Megan Moroney – Am I Okay?

Her breakthrough single has more than 240 million streams on Spotify only - Megan Moroney is arguably one of the ...

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – South of Here

28th June 2024 features a new release by Nathaniel Rateliff. The singer-songwriter is sharing a new album with the Night ...

Lindsey Stirling – Duality

I have to give in - as a music blogger, I should have known Lindsey Stirling way before 17th May ...

Sea Girls – Midnight Butterflies

On 22nd March 2024, the British indie-pop band Sea Girls topped my Songs of the Week edition of that week ...

Wanda – Ende nie

As part of my 7th June 2024 album reviews, I have a look to Austria. Rather briefly after they have ...

Carly Pearce – Hummingbird

Carly Pearce will always be a very special artist for me. As she opened a festival in Lexington, Kentucky, a ...

Nestor – Teenage Rebel

After their first steps did not really work out, the hard rock band Nestor boosted their career in very recent ...

Ilse DeLange – Tainted

For many years, Ilse de Lange was the most important female country artist of the Netherlands. However, her popularity outside ...

Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Carrie Welling (April 2024)

A really nice way to see that Flyctory.com has established and has a certain history is that some artist happen ...

Dool – The Shape of Fluidity

I rarely run into rock bands from the Netherlands. The more, I was happy to receive the promo of the ...

Kacey Musgraves – Deeper Well

Spacey Kacey is back! After the European fans are delighted to have the US-American artist back on their home stages ...

Uli Sailor – Für immer jung EP

Which genre are you thinking about when the arrangement solely consists of a piano, a cello and a vocalist? If ...

Would – Be Okay To Not Be Okay

With Be Okay To Not Be Okay, I present you another debut album from Germany. While you might not know the ...

Vanessa Peters – Flying On Instruments

Vanessa Peters is releasing music since more than two decades. After her 2021 album Modern Age, she is back in the ...

Blackberry Smoke – Be Right Here

After the lovely 2021 album, You Hear Georgia, I am sharing my thoughts about a Blackberry Smoke album for the ...

The Dead South – Chains & Stakes

Is this really the first time I am sharing my thoughts about a The Dead South release with you? I ...

Skuppin – Reliquen

Quite early before the release of Reliquien, I receved the first press information about the debut album by German artist ...

Bright & Black – The Album

A Symphony Orchestra Composers from the World of Metal A Wild Conductor A truly unique Solist Attitude and Talent This ...

Charles Esten – Love Ain’t Pretty

When I recently reviewed This Girl by Hannah Ellis, I just could not believe that this record is in fact her ...

Andreas Dorau – Im Gebüsch

There is hardly any more controversial topic between my wife and I than music by Andreas Dorau: while I feel ...

Hannah Ellis – That Girl

Is it really a debut album? I love the music by Hannah Ellis since several years and just could not ...

Pippo Pollina – Nell’attimo

I really love Italy - and I love Italian music. I already some Italian songs songs in my Songs of ...

Sprints – Letter To Self

After I closed the 2023 album review coverage with The Green Machine by Fiddler's Green, Irish folk rock from Germany, Irish ...

Fiddler’s Green – The Green Machine

Irish folk rock made in Franconia, Germany? Fiddler's Green proof that this can be quite a success. With The Green ...

Ticket To Happiness – Aufbruch EP

Aufbruch is a very interesting EP release from Germany as of 15th December 2023. The band recording it, Ticket To Happiness ...

Zara Larsson – Honor The Light EP

New week - new releases. It's already December 2023 and I just shared one Christmas release with you so far, ...

Untamed – Untamed

I am typically glad to run into new bands and interesting acts. A few weeks before the release, I received ...

Maelfoy – Failures, Fears and Forgiveness

After their debut album Hollow Throne has already been successful, the German melodic post hardcore band Maelfoy is releasing their sophomore album ...

Christian Kjellvander – Hold Your Love Still

Every week, I receive several hundred music releases (albums, EPs and singles together) through various platforms. I can't really explain ...

Doro – Conqueress – Forever Strong and Proud

40 years of Doro Pesch on stage - I really feel a bit of bad that I am not in ...

The Gaslight Anthem – History Books

It is quite a while (and two breakups) ago, since we had the opportunity to listen to a new album ...

Bo Milli – Making Friends

Especially for emerging artists, I still feel it is good to break the typical Friday release cycle so far and ...

Holly Humberstone – Paint My Bedroom Black

Holly Humberstone is a BRIT Rising Star Award winner (in 2022) and the BBC Sound 2021 runner-up. That already illustrates that the rather ...

Rick Astley – Are We There Yet?

There are these artists in your life you immediately have a song in your mind when you think of them ...

Darius Rucker – Carolyn’s Boy

Not only that Darius Rucker is releasing a new album on 6th October 2023, he also recently announced a European ...

The Steel Woods – On Your Time

The Steel Woods are back! Some two years after their lovely album All Of Your Stories, they release a new ...

Alex Diehl – Das ist keine Übung

In 2021, I introduced you to Alex Diehl the first time. That year, he released the amazing EP Die Songs, die ...

Manntra – War of the Heathens

Monster Mind Consuming in 2021, Kreatura in 2022 - and now War of the Heathens. The 2023 album release is already the third one ...

Arstidir – Blik

Indie-folk, classic sound or pop music? It is hard to categorize any mind of music into categories. Without a doubt, ...

Rock of Ages – 2024 International Dates of the Musical

It is just mid-year 2023 and I already start working on my 2024 Rock of Ages International Tour list. I am sure ...

Danko Jones – Electric Sounds

The Ontario hard rock band Danko Jones is almost looking back to three decades of stage appearance already. With Electric Sounds, ...

Melanie Wiegmann & Carl Carlton – Glory of Love

In March 2020, just at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, Melanie Wiegmann went to the Maltese island of Gozo ...

Morgan Wade – Psychopath

Finally, Morgan Wade and her album Psychopath was the reason which made me break my typical release cycle of five album reviews ...

Dadi Freyr – I Made An Album

Sometimes, I Made An Album is named the English language debut album of Dadi Freyr (who is correctly spelled Daði Freyr) ...

Madsen – Hollywood

Madsen is indeed a German family rock band. Three of the six band members are brothers, the band name is ...

Atreyu – The Moment You Find Your Flame EP

It's four songs on an EP, but also a teaser towards more material. The metalcore band Atreyu releases The Moment ...

Heart to Heart – Semmel Concerts Introduces the Songwriters Round to Germany

I am surprised that it has never been there before, stated Jackson Dean, one of the four artists, who will ...

Skindred – Smile

What about some reggae summer vibes on 4th August 2023? Okay, there are also elements of rock, dub, punk and ...

Jim “Kimo” West – Of Wood and Spirit (American Guitar Stories)

A new album by Jim "Kimo" West is always a very special moment for me. The Grammy-winning artist is a ...

Lucinda Williams – Stories From A Rock N Roll Heart

Lucinda Williams' albums are not as frequently reviewed in here as the ones of Finland's metal monsters Lordi. However, the ...

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 ...

Ron Pope – Inside Voices

If my sources and counting are right, Inside Voices is already the 17th studio album by Americana-pop/rock artist Ron Pope. This ...

Storm Seeker – Nautic Force

Just at the end of the week in which I covered the concert of the Wellerman band The Longest Johns, I ran ...

Kati von Schwerin – Welcome Back Home

Reading sessions, artsexhibitions... and concerts - if you look at the tour dates of Kati von Schwerin, you already see ...

North West – Hamburg

Despite the album name Hamburg, the German indie-pop band North West is in fact from the very North West of Germany, ...

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 ...

Sophia – Niemals Allein

Technically, I had already closed the list of potential reviews as of 24th March 2023. But then came Sophia and ...

John Diva & The Rockets of Love – The Big Easy

They recorded songs like Bling Bling Marilyn or Drip Drip Baby - and I simply love them. I ran into John Diva & ...

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 ...

Ane Brun – Portrayals

Ane Brun is on stage for just over 20 years now. Due to her stage anniversary, she releases the album Portayals ...

Jim “Kimo” West is playing the very first German Weird Al Show tonight – he is back with “Nacht der Gitarren” in Fall

Today is a very special day to me: Weird Al Yankovic is playing is first-ever concert in Germany tonight, at ...

Robert Forster – The Candle and the Flame

The story of the album The Candle and the Flame is really dramatic and touching. Australian artist Robert Forster recorded the nine ...

Pristine – The Lines We Cross

Despite Tromso is just having some 40,000 inhabitants, the city is quite well known as a touristic hotspot in Northern ...

Mono Inc. – Ravenblack

Despite the band is "just" existing since 2000, Ravenblack is already the twelfth studio album by the German dark rock band Mono ...

Joesef – Permanent Damage

Especially when you take in my that Scottish artist Joesef is just fully active since 2019, it is really amazing ...

Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Milky Chance (17th November 2022)

They started in school years in Kassel, Germany and are now a global musical success. The song Stolen Dance catapulted the German ...

Sarah Connor – Not So Silent Night

There are so many Christmas music albums each and every year - I typically try to filter out interesting ones ...

Weird Al Yankovic is touring Europe 2023 – Tour Dates and Travel Hints

The 7th November 2022 is one of these days I will hardly forget so quickly. In a Weird Al fan ...

The Backseat Lovers – Waiting To Spill

When I received Waiting To Spill by he US indie rock band The Backseat Lovers, I felt this is a very ...

Rock of Ages – International Dates of the Musical in 2023

After I gave you an overview of 2022 European appearances of my favorite musical Rock of Ages, I felt to ...

U96 – 20,000 Meilen unter dem Meer

Especially in the early 1990's, the German project U96 was very present in the European electronic music scene. Some thirty ...

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 ...

Manntra – Kreatura

I unfortunately don't feature music from Croatia too frequently on Flyctory.com. The more I was happy to run into the ...

Will Linley – Kill All My Feelings EP

No preview this Wednesday, but an in fact release: about a week before Will Linley was about to release his ...

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 ...

NHL Schedule 2022-23 released – Some suggested Icehopping Itineraries

Every year, some time in June or July, I am spending hours and hours looking into flight schedules, checking out ...

Blind Channel – Lifestyles of the Sick & Dangerous

Interesting post-hardcore / nu metal from Scandinavia: while Blind Channel was rather successful on national level so far, their new ...

Clara Louise – Enough Is Enough

Clara Louise is indeed a very multi-talented German artist. With Enough Is Enough, she is already releasing her sixth studio album ...

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 ...

Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Upsahl (25th April 2022)

Upsahl is a pop-rock singer-songweiter from Phoenix, Arizona. Just before she is setting foot on German soil during her 2022 ...

DeVicious – Black Heart

The different genres of metal are becoming a significant part of my Flyctory.com music coverage. This posting is about the ...

Herman Rarebell & The Hurricane Orchestra – Scorpion’s Songs Symphonic

The Scorpions are definitely one of Germany's finest international rock music acts. Herman Rarebell has been part of the band ...

Rock of Ages – Central European Shows of my Favorite Musical in 2022

Last week only, I had to cancel or rebook four trip due to Covid-19 related reasons. Three of them included ...

Matthias Reim – MATTHIAS

Matthias Reim is one of the big names in the German schlager-rock scene. After some rather difficult times, he came ...

Incredible Pack – Time For Decisions

"Blues rock with a Texan touch" - that's how the press kit to their second album Time For Decisions is describing ...

Skinny Lister – A Matter of Life and Love

If you ran into a band which released the songs Damn The Amsterdam and Bavaria Area, what would you do? ...

Santiano – Wenn die Kälte Kommt

Santiano became a huge player in the German music scene. They mix rock with shanty and sailor music style sounds ...

Black River Delta – Shakin’

The Swedish band Black River Delta is doing a very interesting mix of genres between rock and blues. They already ...

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 ...

Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert Vol. 8

Sing meinen Song ("Sing My Song") is definitely one of my favorite German TV music shows. A group of music artist ...

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 ...

Ashley McBryde – Never Will

Ashley McBryde is not just one of the steadily growing brands in the country music industry, she is also having ...

Gotthard – #13 (Album Review)

The Swiss band Gotthard is something like their nation's national monument in the Hard Rock genre. They publish music since the ...

Böhse Onkelz – Böhse Onkelz (2020 Album)

Time for some discussions in the German music scene - the Böhse Onkelz released their 17th studio album on 28th ...

Heinz Rudolf Kunze – Der Wahrheit die Ehre

Heinz Rudolf Kunze is one of the biggest songwriters and rock musicians in Germany. Already in the 1980s, he had ...

Ozzy Osbourne – Ordinary Man

Likely, being an Ordinary Man is one of the attributes you would least assign to Ozzy Ozbourne spontaneously. Nevertheless, the former Black Sabbath ...