For this 21st July 2019 edition of my Country Music Picks, I already had a couple of songs on my list for some weeks. I just felt like waiting for some new songs I might listen to during my Weird Al & Grass Court Tennis Trip in New England. Here are my latest country music recommendations.
The Highwomen – Redesigning Women
Never heard of the Highwomen? Nothing to blame you for – they are a new country music super-grounp consisting of Brandi Carlile. Amanda Shires. Natalie Hemby and Maren Morris (see my review of Maren’s concert in Amsterdam). The four girls will release an album in September 2019 – the single Redesigning Women is the appetizer to it. Of course, the line-up of that band gives quite some publicity.
Blanco Brown – The Git Up
Dancing at country music does not necessarily end up in line dancing. One trending musical proof for this theorem is currently storming the US charts and air plays: The Git Up by Blanco Brown. One boost for the popularity is the “Git Up Challenge”, which became quite viral on social media: the idea of the challenge is to present a dance fitting to the Blanco Brown Lyrics. Here is the original…
… and one of the versions I liked most when I browsed the internet – Amish style? You will find a lot more of them under the hashtags #TheGitUpChallenge or #TheGitUp.
Twinnie – Social Babies
Twinnie is one of my favorite artists – and also one of my favorite people in the business. Despite that personal admiration, I really like her new single Social Babies, which has recently been released. Now. Twinnie also released the corresponding music video. Hope you like her song – and the video – as much as I do.
Luke Combs – Beer Never Broke My Heart
If you are into country music, you likely know Luke Combs’ Beer never broke my heart. Combs might currently be the trending artist of the moment. He has five songs in parallel in the US Country Billboard charts. Furthermore, he recently was inducted as a new member to the Hall of Fame. This song is his most popular one currently. I like it – though I am not into beer at all.
Olivia Lane – So Good It Hurts
During the CMA Fest 2019, I had the opportunity to have a brief chat with charming Olivia Lane during a Meet & Greet Session. She is definitely a young and upcoming artists. Her EP The One will be released on 9th August 2019. So Good It Hurts is one of the songs on this disc – and I personally feel, it is a really good one.
LOCASH – One Big Country Song
Honestly, sometimes when I travel through the USA and listen to the country music stations, I am very often missing new bands. The rotations are short (i.e. popular songs are played more frequently than in Europe) and it feels to be very hard for young and aspiring artists to get some slots of airplay on stations like “The Highway” on SiriusXM satellite radio. Performing since 2004 and published four albums already, LOCASH are no new band, but One Big Country Song brings a very fresh teenager-happy life sound to the radio station. Nice song!
Emily Ann Robers – Easy On Me
Emily Ann Roberts became known in 2015, when he contested in the US version of The Voice and finally ended up as finalist. She just released an EP, Someday Dream, which already found some fans in the country music scene. An album is in production – this song, Easy on Me, is my favorite one of the EP – hope you like it.
Billy Ray Cyrus & Johny McGuire – Chevys and Fords
Sorry, Miley Cyrus’ Daddy – just coming back from my Weird Al Yankovic & Grass Court Tennis trip 2019, I just cannot stand to have these lyrics in mind:
Or play Vanilla Ice, hey, you can play him twice
And you can play the Bee Gees any day
But Mr. DJ, please, I’m beggin’ on my knees
I just can’t take no more of Billy Ray
Billy Ray “Achy Breaky Heart” Cyrus is still in business – and his Chevys and Fords song recorded together with Johnny McGuire (former member of the Walker McGuire band) is really not all bad.
Leo Moracchioli / Frog Leap Studios – Take Me Home, Country Roads
I follow the Frog Leap Studios for quite a while now. Leo Moracchioli is doing hard rock and metal covers of chart songs and classics. Take Me Home, Country Roads is not his very first cover version of a country song – nevertheless I like it and felt I should add it to my list of country music picks – might be a nice one if you are getting tired of John Denver and all the others who performed this classic. Moracchioli will be on tour in Europe in 2020, by the way.
Country Music Picks
In the Country Music Picks, I share new songs with you. Here are all postings:

Country Music Picks (New Songs) May 2025

Country Music Picks (New Songs) April 2025

Country Music Picks (New Songs) March 2025

Country Music Picks (New Songs) February 2025

Country Music Picks (New Songs) January 2025

Country Music Picks (New Songs) December 2024

Country Music Picks (New Songs) November 2024

Country Music Picks (New Songs) October 2024

Country Music Picks (New Songs) September 2024

Country Music Picks (New Songs) August 2024

Country Music Picks (New Songs) July 2024

Country Music Picks – The German Songs (26th October 2021)

Country Music Picks – The German Songs (20th July 2021)

My Country Music Picks (22nd June 2021)

Country Music Picks – The German Songs (28th April 2021)

My Country Music Picks – Christmas Songs 2020 (29th November 2020)

My Country Music Picks (16th November 2020)

My Country Music Picks (17th June 2020)

My Country Music Picks (13th May 2020)

My Country Music Picks (4th April 2020)

My Latest Country Music Picks (28th January 2020)

My Country Music Picks – Christmas Songs 2019 (8th December 2019)

My Latest Country Music Picks (9th October 2019)

My Latest Country Music Picks (19th August 2019)

Flyctory.com’s Latest Country Picks (06 April 2019)

Flyctory.com’s Latest Country Picks (30th October 2018)

Flyctory.com’s Latest Country Picks (26th August 2018)

Flyctory.com’s Latest Country Picks (17th June 2018)

Flyctory.com’s Latest Country Music Picks (22nd April 2018)
Postings about Concerts
All postings about concerts I visited:

Caylee Hammack (21st May 2025, Cologne)

Rock of Ages (Duisburg, 18th May 2025)

Alexandra Kay (12th May 2025, Cologne)

Jackson Dean (3rd May 2025, Cologne)

Anne Haigis (30th April 2025, Erftstadt)

T.G. Copperfield (12th April 2025, Hagen aTW)

Alina Sebastian (5th April 2025, Hamm)

CMA Fest 2025 Lineup Announced – My Guide to the Festival

Dirkschneider (Frankfurt, 17th March 2025)

C2C Country To Country Berlin 2025 – Splitter and Reprise

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nathan Evans (5th March 2025, Berlin)

Drake Milligan (25th February 2025, Cologne)

My Country To Country Berlin 2025 Preview

Carly Pearce (17th February 2025, Cologne)

Jenn Bostic (16th February 2025, London)

Warren Zeiders (3rd February 2025, Cologne)

BAP (13th December 2024, Cologne)

Kameron Marlowe (10th December 2024, Cologne)

The Kolors (30th November 2024, Mons / Belgium, Pict. Story)

Laura Evans (20th November 2024, Hagen)

Koe Wetzel (7th November 2024, Cologne)

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

Blackberry Smoke (29th September 2024, Cologne)

Visions of Atlantis (28th September 2024, Essen)

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

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

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

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

Giovanni Zarrella (6th August 2024, Cologne)

Andreas Dorau (25th May 2024, Essen)

Sasha (24th May 2024, Düsseldorf)

49 Winchester (21st May 2024, Cologne)

Kacey Musgraves (5th May 2024, Cologne)

Charles Esten (3rd May 2024, Hamburg)

Carrie Welling & Kasey Williams (2nd May 2024, Hengelo)

Darius Rucker (19th April 2024, Cologne)

Restless Road, Redferrin & Carter Faith (6th March 2024, Frankfurt)

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

Jenn Bostic (20th February 2024, London)

Alex Diehl (2nd February 2024, Cologne)

Eric Paslay (13th December 2023, Cologne)

Gregor McEwan (6th December 2023, Cologne)

Loi (19th October 2023, Cologne)

Nacht der Gitarren (14th October 2023, Reutlingen)

Kelvin Jones (8th October 2023, Frankfurt)

Ron Pope (23rd September 2023, Cologne)

Home Free (20th September 2023, Hamburg)

Randall King (15th September 2023, Cologne)

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

Ben Zucker (28th July 2023, Monheim)

Seepark Biker Days Pfullendorf 2023 – Day 3 Concerts (2nd July)

Seepark Biker Days Pfullendorf 2023 – Day 2 Concerts (1st July)

Seepark Biker Days Pfullendorf 2023 – Day 1 Concerts (30th June)

Seepark Biker Days Pfullendorf 2023 – A Preview

Rock of Ages UK Tour – A Personal Farewell and Thanks

Rock of Ages (9th June 2023, Solingen)

The Deslondes (6th June 2023, Cologne)

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

Kip Moore (14th May 2023, Cologne)

The Longest Johns (21st April 2023, Cologne)

Rock of Ages Opening Night – Red Carpet Impressions

Rock of Ages (German Tour Opening Night in Munich, 5th April 2023)

Matthias Reim (24th March 2023, Oberhausen)

Weird Al Yankovic tours Europe 2023 – My Reprise

Mitchell Tenpenny & Morgan Evans (3rd March 2023, Hamburg)

Weird Al Yankovic (19th February 2023, Tilburg)

Julian Taylor (15th February 2023, Cologne)

Kane Brown (27th January 2023, Cologne)

Brett Young (19th November 2022, Cologne)

Milky Chance (18th November 2022, Cologne)

Alexander Ludwig (2nd November 2022, Cologne)

Five Weird Al Yankovic Shows in Florida – Some Concert Pictures

Carly Pearce & Sarah Darling (12th September 2022, Hamburg)

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

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

Johnossi (12th June 2022, Cologne)

Kicking Off The Weird Al Yankovic Tour 2022 (Day 5, 29.4.2022)

Kicking Off The Weird Al Yankovic Tour 2022 (Day 3, 27.4.2022)

Grand Ole Opry Show (18th March 2022)

The Country Music Week turns Digital

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

The Bourbon Room / Rock of Ages Hollywood

C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 3 (08.03.2020) – The Main Stage

C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 3 (08.03.2020) – Splitter

C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 3 (08.03.2020) – The Side Stages

C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 2 (07.03.2020) – The Main Stage

C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 2 (07.03.2020) – The Side Stages

C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 2 (07.03.2020) – Splitter

C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 1 (06.03.2020) – The Main Stage

C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 1 (06.03.2020) – The Side Stages

C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 1 (06.03.2020) – Splitter

Country 2 Country 2020 in Berlin – A Preview

Olivia Lane (8th February 2020, Hassocks / Brighton)

Brett Eldregde / Lauren Jenkins (29th January 2020, Amsterdam)

Brandy Clark (29th January 2020, Amsterdam)

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

Noah Guthrie (9th December 2019, Cologne)

James Barker Band (20th November 2019, Zurich)

Mrs. Greenbird (Frankfurt, 7th November 2019)

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

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

Logan Mize (26th October 2019, Cologne)

Scotty McCreery (24th October 2019, Cologne)

Country 2 Country 2020 Lineup – My View

Andy Clark (19th October 2019, Dusseldorf)

Sarah Darling, Kenny Foster, Robert Counts (13th October 2019, Frankfurt)

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

Lauren Jenkins & Austin Jenckes (16th September 2019, Amsterdam)

British Country Music Festival – Day 3 (15th Sep 2019)

British Country Music Festival – Day 2 (14th Sep 2019)

British Country Music Festival – Day 1 (13th Sep 2019)

Sound of Nashville Press Event & Logan Mize Concert (11th Sep 2019, Cologne)

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

Thompson Square (5th September 2019, Cologne)

Eric Paslay (3rd Sep 2019, Aschaffenburg)

Weird Al Yankovic – “Strings Attached”, Indianapolis (29th August 2019)

The British Country Music Festival (Blackpool) – A Preview

Wade Bowen (6th August 2019, Cologne)

Weird Al Yankovic, Strings Attached Tour (Bank of NH Pavilion, Gilford, 18th July 2019)

CMA Fest 2019 – My Meet & Greets

Visiting CMA Fest 2019

Write Like A Girl (London, 13th June 2019)

Christina Taylor & Carolyn Miller – Two Upcoming Country Artists

CMA Fest 2019 – Fan Events with Cassadee Pope and Jana Kramer

Kenny Foster & Friends at the Listening Room (Nashville, 6th June 2019)

Maren Morris & RaeLynn GIRL Tour 2019 in Amsterdam (22nd May 2019)

CMT Next Women of Country, Liverpool (10th May 2019)

My Favorite Country 2 Country Songs 2019

Country 2 Country in London 2019

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

Country 2 Country 2019 in Berlin

Danielle Hope at “The Crazy Coqs” (London, 17th Feb 2019)

Rock of Ages – My favourite Musical

Catherine McGrath at Arts Club Loft Liverpool

LINA @ Kunst!Rasen Bonn

Trip Report: On Tour with Weird Al Yankovic (Day 4)

Trip Report: On Tour with Weird Al Yankovic (Day 3)

Trip Report: On Tour with Weird Al Yankovic (Day 2)

My favourite Country 2 Country 2018 songs

A Day at the Country 2 Country 2018
Teaser Picture: Olivia Lane – So Good it Hurts (single cover, artist material)