by Mashantucket Pequot Museum
20 USD
4.2
Flyctory.com Pros
- Very detailed exhibition about the Pequot tribe
- Some really amazing displays
- Nice watch tower
Flyctory.com Cons
- A bit too hidden on the casino grounds
On the third day of my Weird Al Yankovic & Grass Court Tennis trip in July 2019, I had time to explore the Foxwoods Resort Casino area in Mashantucket, CT. One part of this Native American Reservation ground is the museum which tells the story of the local Pequot tribe. Here is my overview of my time there.
Mashantucket Pequot Museum – Location & Admission
The museum is located South of the Casino area, close to civil defense buildings. From the Hilton Garden Inn I stayed in, it was a some 15 minutes drive (five to ten minutes from the casinos). There is a parking lot nearby, which is free during your visit of the museum. Likely, the most prominent place around, apart from the casino, is the touristic city Mystic (my view on the Olde Mistick Village shopping area in Mystic, CT).
Adult admission to the museum is 20 USD. The museum is open from Wednesday to Saturday, 9:00 to 17:00hrs. It is generally closed between December and March.
Mashantucket Pequot Museum – First Exhibitions
Before you enter the exhibition, the entry floor displays some traditional boats. Going downstairs to the lower floors, the first exhibits are about how the Pequot tribe lives today and how they are organized.
After that, your journey does not only go further downstairs but also back in time, to the Ice Age. Exhibits show the very beginnings of the Native American cutlure. Lovely designed displays also illustrate the former Pequot lifestyle. A major exhibit, for example, shows how the tribe did hunt. Going further in the exhibit, you also learn how they used material like skin or bones in their everyday life.
Mashantucket Pequot Museum – Pequot Village
The recreated Pequot Village on Level 1 is undoubtedly the highlight of your visit. You can walk around the model of the village. An audio guide
The place is amazing and gives really a wide range of Pequot life, from hunting to agriculture, but also medicine. There are more than 30 stations, where you can get additional information via the audio guide.
Mashantucket Pequot Museum – The Pequot War
After leaving the village, the museum explains the different stages of European settling in North America and how this lead to the Pequot War. In addition to numerous exhibits,, there is also a 30 minute movie about it, which is shown several times a day. Finally, only two families stayed in the Pequot Reservation and assured that in 1983, their original land was given back to the tribe. Nowadays, Foxwoods is one of the largest casinos in the world.
Mashantucket Pequot Museum – Services
Around the entrance, there is a souvenir store, which offers a lot of items. The cafe on top level has a lovely view.
Mashantucket Pequot Museum – Observation Tower
When you visit the museum, you should not miss to take the elevator up the Observation Tower (for free). You have a lovely view over the whole area – of course including the casino complex.
Mashantucket Pequot Museum – My View
Visiting the Pequot Museum was definitely very informative – and depressing. Especially the last part of your visit, which is illustrating the conflict between the European settlers and the Native American, is very illustrative and shows the respectless treatments the tribe had to face in the past. Thus, the museum is not only showing the history of the Pequot, but of the Native American tribes in general. Great visit!
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Quite an intense time is lying ahead. As you see in my preview post about it, I am already preparing ...
Mitch Ryder – With Love
It is 59 years ago since Mitch Ryder released his debut album. The US-American rock and blues rock artist is ...
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 ...
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (Kansas City)
The so-called Negro Leagues were an episode in US-American baseball. Based on the separate but equal principle, these leagues were for black ...
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 ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 14th February 2025)
I had a quite frustrating week. My accreditation requests for four photography events, three sports reports an one concert, have ...
Gary Louris – Dark Country
Gary Louris is a quite well-known artist in the alternative country and rock music scene. The US-American turned professional in ...
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 ...
Cab Ride at the Florida Railroad Museum (Parrish)
I am transportation nerd. Even though there is a certain touch of aviation in that regard on Flyctory.com, I do ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 7th February 2025)
The floorball week in Italy exhausted me more than I expected that. While I hoped to built up a backlog ...
Frances Darling – True-Blue Heroine EP
In my September 2024 Spotlight interview, I already introduced you to Frances Darling. On 7th February 2025, the German-US-American artist ...
Watching the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden
On my last Pittsburgh Penguins tour in April 2024, I also visited the away match at the New York Rangers ...
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 ...
Country Music Picks (New Songs) January 2025
There have been five Fridays in January 2025. Thus, my Country Music Picks presenting new songs of the month (which did ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 31st January 2025)
The World Floorball Championship Qualifications are in focus of my coverage this weekend. Nonetheless, I try to provide you with ...
Gus Englehorn – The Hornbook
You don't know Gus Englehorn? Maybe you know him as Gus Engle. The US-American musician has been pursuing a professional ...
Newport Car Museum
When I was in Newport, Rhode Island, in summer 2024, I unfortunately did not have too much time to visit ...
Flipturn – Burnout Days
Flipturn had great success with their releases so far. Songs like August, released in 2018, come with almost 60 million ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 24th January 2025)
I am on a trip through several European countries this weekend. Nonetheless, of course, it is time to have a ...
San Diego Japanese Friendship Garden (Pictured Story)
Balboa Park in San Diego has so many different museums and attractions in Stock. I already took you to the ...
Max McNown – Night Diving
Max McNown had very successful years 2023 and 2024. The title track of his debut EP A Lot More Free has ...
Hampton Inn Philadelphia / King of Prussia
Heading to a Jessica Lynn concert in nearby Phoenixville in December 2024, I was looking for a reasonable priced accommodation ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 17th January 2025)
I'm in Finland this week, featuring two floorball match. However, the Nordic country is not represented in my Songs of the ...
Jessica Lynn – All I Own
Jessica Lynn is not only a Featured Artist of Flyctory.com, but generally an artist I learned to admire during the ...
Mini Golf at KISS World Las Vegas
After I featured the museum at KISS World in Las Vegas already, it is time to also take you to ...
Early James – Medium Raw
Early James has attracted his German fans with a tour in late 2024. On 10th January 2025, they are finally ...
DoubleTree by Hilton Los Angeles – Norwalk
Long distances, a lot of traffic and some very pricey hotel options - I am not the biggest fans of ...
Ripley’s Aquarium of Myrtle Beach
The South Carolina beach town Myrtle Beach hosts numerous attractions driven by the Canadian Ripley Entertainment company. Maybe the largest ...
The Flyctory.com Country Music Playlists – My Favorite Artists
It all started in August 2019 - and it has become a key delivery of Flyctory.com since then. The Country ...
Food I Had Onboard XX (November 2024 – early January 2025)
While quite a lot of traveling is ahead of me during the next weeks, November and December 2024 was rather ...
Country Music Picks (New Songs) December 2024
Time to look back into songs released during December 2024, which did not make it to my Country Music Playlist ...
Flyctory.com Best Ones 2024
has come to an end - and my Best of posting is the one which is "traditionally" concluding the year. The ...
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Albums / EPs 2024
Time to look back to the Flyctory.com year of music, part 2. In my 30th December 2024 posting, I am ...
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Songs 2024
The first one of my Best of postings at the end of the year is always reserved for looking back to my ...
Museum of Sex (New York)
New York City is full of iconic and strange places. Undoubtedly, the Museum of Sex in Manhattan is one of ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 20th December 2024)
These weeks at the end of December always tend to make me a bit of nervous. Will there be sufficient ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 13th December 2024)
I am still struggling with the Christmas presents - I am really late with this thing this year. There are ...
Lufthansa Lounge Newark (EWR)
Being on some sort of Lufthansa farewell tour after I decided not to prolong my Senator status gave me an ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 6th December 2024)
My list of new song releases is really short this week again. There were not that few new releases, but ...
White Denim – 12
The album 12 by the band White Denim in fact contains twelve songs. However, that's not the rationale behind the title - ...
Country Music Picks (New Songs) November 2024
I had a quite turbulent and emotional November 2024. The more, I appreciated good music. Here is my overview of ...
San Diego Model Railroad Museum
Having an Balboa Explorer Pass during our visit to San Diego in December 2023 gave my wife and me the ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 29th November 2024)
Happy Thanksgiving (especially to my North American followers)! While the North American music market is currently rather concentrating on Black ...
The Innocence Mission – Midwinter Swimmers
In two years, the US-American alternative rock and indie folk band celebrate their fourteenth band anniversary. After their most recent ...
White House Visitor Center
Walking along the White House is one of these must-do things when you are in Washington. There are even tours ...
Palm Springs Air Museum
Apart from having an outstanding Douglas C-47 flight experience with them, I was also really curious about the Palm Springs ...
Niko Moon – These Are The Nights EP
So far, Niko Moon has been really successful in country music business. After releasing an album early this year, he ...
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, ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 22nd November 2024)
Ladies and gentlemen (and all the others of course as well), we got it: here is my first Songs of the ...
Deer Park Avenue – Crucible
Based in Germany, having roots in two continents and being influenced by French music - that sounds interesting! When I ...
Unlettered – Five Mile Point
I like looking at new bands and new projects. Thus, I was also very happy, when a promotion agency offered ...
Gwen Stefani – Bouquet
Gwen Stefani has become famous as a member and lead singer of the ska-punk band No Doubt (who reunited this ...
OUDi – Everybody Dies
The Sons of Daughters have been a Canadian country music duo, consisting of Jimmy Thow and Chrystal Leigh. Chrystal is ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 15th November 2024)
Are you already counting down the days to Christmas? You definitely feel an impact on the music industry of the ...
Ashley Anne – Call Me When You Land EP
Ashley Anne is releasing her second EP this year. After I already shared her debut EP, dear dolly, with you, she ...
Radio City Music Hall Tour
Radio City Music Hall - if you played a show as an artist in this iconic place in the heart ...
Dwight Yoakam – Brighter Days
Dwight Yoakam is a true country music legend, looking back to twenty already released studio album. After a hiatus of ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 8th November 2024)
The first full week of November definitely kicks off the album season of the year. I have been loaded with ...
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 ...
Neal Morse & The Resonance – No Hill For A Climber
No Hill For A Climber - the new Neal Morse album is a based on the Purlitzer Prize-winning novel Demon Copperhead by ...
Mt. Atlanticus Minotaur Golf
Myrtle Beach calls themselves being the capital of mini and adventure golf. At least if you look at the density ...
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 ...
Neon Nightmare – Faded Dream
Let's close the weekend with some goth metal. On 1st November 2024, the US-American project Neon Nightmare released their debut ...
Willie Nelson – Last Leaf On The Tree
Willie Nelson is unstoppable. The last time I featured an album on the country music legend was in 2021, when ...
Jenna Davis – Sike EP
Almost two million followers on Instagram, even five million on TikTok - Jenna Davis can definitely not complain about a ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 1st November 2024)
Halloween in North America and a public holiday in the rather catholic parts of Europe - the music industry has ...
Dead Icarus – Zealot
Zealot is the debut album of the band Dead Icarus. However, some band members have quite a history in the metal ...
Country Music Picks (New Songs) October 2024
My new way of presenting my Country Music Picks, i.e. having a focus on new songs, which I just did not ...
Best Western Providence Warwick Airport Inn
My July 2024 tennis trip to Newport, Rhode Island, featured quite a range of different hotels. I spent the first ...
Enforced – A Leap Into The Dark
Time for some thrash metal on Flyctory.com again: on 25th October 2024, Enforced has released their new EP A Leap ...
Kelsea Ballerini – Patterns
Kelsea Ballerini has been one of the first female country music artists I ran into in my journey into the ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 25th October 2024)
Just two months until Christmas. Times are getting colder (at least on the Northern hemisphere), people spend more time inside ...
Magic of Lights Coachella Valley
During Christmas time 2023, I have been invited to watch the Weihnachts-Wunderwelt at Schloss Benrath in Dusseldorf, Germany. Even though ...
Amythyst Kiah – Still + Bright
In 2021, I already ran into the music of Amytyst Kiah. The US-American artist had released her album Wary + Strange ...
Madison Cunningham & Andrew Bird – Cunningham Bird
I featured music by Andrew Bird on Flyctory.com twice already. The last review has been the album These 13, recorded ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 18th October 2024)
Hungary this weekend! After my trip to Indonesia, I am back in Hungary after such a long time of absence ...
National Museum of Mathematics (New York)
Even though I was traveling on a sightseeing pass, I also visited some additional attractions during my time in New ...
Riley Green – Don’t Mind If I Do
I have featured the country musician Riley Green twice already. However my most recent review is dated as of 2021 ...
The Venetian Resort Las Vegas with Gondola Ride
Recently, I fixed another trip to Las Vegas. Weird Al Yankovic will play multiple shows at the Venetian Theater in ...
Jelly Roll – Beautifully Broken
The Grammy Awards nominated him as Best New Artist, the People's Choice Awards chose him as The Male Country Artist of the ...
U.S. Department of the Interior Museum
My April 2024 Pittsburgh Penguins trip brought me back to Washington D.C.. I decided to add visit some places, which ...
The Offspring – Supercharged
The Offspring fans are excited about 11th October 2024. Three years after the 2021 release Let the Bad Times Roll, ...
Naked Giants – Shine Away
The band Naked Giants celebrate their tenth band anniversary this year. What would be a better way to share the ...
Tim Dugger – Stars Over Alabama
Even though Tim Dugger has quite some experience in the country music business already, Stars Over Alabama is his debut album. He ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 4th October 2024)
I am currently on my first trip ever to the Southern Hemisphere. As expected, the German music market on 4th ...
Sarah Darling – Canyon
4th October 2024 is a special day for Sarah Darling fans. Not only that this one is Sarah's 42ns birthday, ...
Sea Life New Jersey Aquarium
I already took you to the American Dream in New Jersey twice. The iconic and very modern shopping mall features ...
Justin Webb & The Noise – Stupid Young
Most of the Nashville bands I feature on Flyctory.com are doing country music. In my block of 4th October 2024 ...
Country Music Picks (New Songs) September 2024
The country music September 2024 is in the books. At least in regards of my Country Music Picks, which feature ...
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 ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Frances Darling (September 2024)
Last week, Frances Darling had a big day in her young career. With the song Flight Risk, the US-American-German artist released ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 27th September 2024)
I had a very tough business trip to Paris this week. Nonetheless, I somehow managed to compile this list of ...
Luke Bryan – Mind of a Country Boy
Luke Bryan is definitely one of the country music artists who influenced me the most. His Play It Again has been ...
Roosevelt Island Tramway
There is a sheer countless list of reasons why one might want to visit New York City. The spirit of ...
Dylan Schneider – Puzzled
Six EPs already, but no album - Dylan Schneider finally felt to change this weird statistics. On 27th September 2024, ...
Rock of Ages – 2025 International Dates of the Musical
Another year, another time for Rock of Ages. Similar to the previous years, I disclose some of the international dates I ...
Hampton Inn Fall River/Westport
With five nights, my longest stay during the Tennis Hall of Fame Open 2024 in Newport, Rhode Island, was the ...
Seether – The Surface Seems So Far
I rarely run into music from South Africa. Even though Seether is nowadays based in the United States, I was ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 20th September 2024)
My Songs of the Week fascinate me not too rarely by myself. I collect potential candidates for the playlist and release ...
Keith Urban – High
Keith Urban is back! On 20th September 2024, the country musician released his new album High. Of course, expectations are high ...
Daytona International Speedway Tour
The Daytona International Speedway is definitely one of the most prestigious and traditional race tracks. Thus, when I had some ...
Willie Watson – Willie Watson
Willie Watson became famous as one of the founding members of Old Crow Medicine Show. However, he left the band ...
Brantley Gilbert – Tattoos
1.7 million people are following Brantley Gilbert on Instagram already. Will there soon be a bunch more? At least, a ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 13th September 2024)
Damn, I miss the Faroe Islands. I had a lovely weekend there last week. In the meantime, the weather and ...
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 ...
Wheels of Yesteryear (Myrtle Beach)
The excellent reviews of Wheels of Yesteryear made me put this place on my bucket list for Myrtle Beach. I ...
Hilton Grand Vacations Club on the Las Vegas Strip
Also due to the high hotel prices over New Year's Eve, my wife and I did some hotel-hopping in Las ...
Danielle Bradbery – Danielle
Danielle Bradbery has been one of the first artists I ran into when I started following country music more intensively ...
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, ...
Finish Ticket – Echo Afternoon
Despite Finish Ticket are looking back to 15 years of band history, Echo Afternoon is just their sophomore album. The US-American ...
Jackson Dean – On The Back Of My Dreams
About a year ago, I saw Jackson Dean live on stage for the first time. The US-American artist attended the Heart ...
Bodysnatcher – Vile Conduct
In my Wednesday's album posts, I typically preview albums which are about to released the following Friday. However, this time ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Tyler Sjöström (September 2024)
Tyler Sjöström played acoustic sets between the main stage acts during the first and second day of the Sound of ...
Country Music Picks (New Songs) August 2024
I recently revamped the Country Music Picks featuring new releases of July 2024, this is the second time, I look ...
“Goldenes Oval” Opening Meeting – Track Events (Dresden, 30th August 2024)
Dresden is back on the list of major venues for athletics events. On 30th August 2024, the capital of Saxony ...
San Diego Automotive Museum
Balboa Park in San Diego hosts numerous attractions. The most famous one is likely the San Diego Zoo, which I ...
Hampton Inn Seekonk
A key issue about organizing my trip to Newport for the Infosys Tennis Hall of Fame Open 2024 were hotels ...
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 ...
Warren Zeiders – Relapse
European country music fans already look forward to the beginning of 2025, when Warren Zeiders will be touring the continent ...
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 ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 23rd August 2024)
Time for another episode of my Songs of the Week. This time, there is a fine mix of different genres again, ...
Lainey Wilson – Whirlwind
The week of 23th August 2024 indeed comes with some (potentially) great releases on the country music side. After I ...
Audrain Automobile Museum (Newport RI)
Unfortunately, I had very limited opportunity to explore the sights in and around Newport, Rhode Island, during my visit in ...
Thomas Rhett – About A Woman
Thomas Rhett is back with a new album. About A Woman is already the third long-play I share with you in ...
Grand Central Terminal New York (Pictured Story)
Even though the Grand Central Terminal (or: Grand Central Station) in New York City is a popular touristic attraction, it ...
Cole Phillips – No Town, Oklahoma
In January 2022, country artist Cole Phillips released his debut single Drinking Alone. The song was a huge success with some ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 16th August 2024)
This week is in focus of Jessica Lynn. I saw her show near Cologne on Monday and visited another concert ...
Morgan Wade – Obsessed
After the 2021 album Reckless and the 2023 Psychopath, this review of Obsessed is already the third album I cover from Morgan Wade. The US-American ...
Atomic Museum Las Vegas
A musieum about nuclear power and atomic bombs? Sounds like a place which is either a great scientific one - ...
American Airlines Admirals Club Boston Logan (BOS) Terminal B
On my recent trip to the Tennis Hall of Fame Open 2024 in Newport, I had British Airways and American ...
Ray LaMontagne – Long Way Home
Ray LaMontagne released his solo debut album at the age of 31. In the meantime, the folk and folk-rock musician ...
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 ...
The Flyctory.com-Style Medal Count of the 2024 Paris Olympics
I did this kind of posting for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games as well as for the 2020/21 Tokyo Summer ...
Sugarland – There Goes The Neighborhood EP
Sugarland is back! The country music duo released a four track EP on 9th August 2024, with all new songs ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 9th August 2024)
This edition of my Songs of the Week feels like a ballad edition. There are a lot of gentle and emotional song ...
Amos Lee – Transmissions
In 2022, I already shared an album by Amos Lee with you. The album Dreamland received a Top Pick! rating. On 9th ...
Van Winkle & the Spirits – Southern Song EP
August 2024 seems to by a Kyle Daniel month for European country music fans. Not only that the charismatic US-American ...
Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena
The last of three ice hockey matches with the Pittsburgh Penguins I saw in April 2024 was in Washington D.C ...
Brigitte Calls Me Baby – The Future Is Our Way Out
Brigitte Calls Me Baby could be a name of a German band. However, this alternative rock act is coming from ...
Joe Ely – Driven To Drive
Americana songs with a rocking touch - that's the music by Joe Ely. The Southern USA artist released his new ...
49 Winchester – Leavin’ This Holler
Country rock at its finest - 49 Winchester are definitely an act in this genre who also left a strong ...
Country Music Picks (New Songs) July 2024
My Country Music Picks are back! I just felt that there is so much more music I want to cover ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 26th July 2024)
What a week - I returned from my tennis coverage in Newport, now I am at the Olympic Games in ...
Food I Had Onboard XVII (mid-May to mid-July 2024)
Oh, I traveled too much the last weeks again. Time for another Food I Had Onboard posting - this time also featuring ...
American Aquarium – The Fear Of Standing Still
The US-American band American Aquarium is looking back to almost twenty years of band history. On 26th July 2024, they ...
Infosys Hall of Fame Open 2024 – Some Impressions
Apart from being ill, the week at the Infosys Hall of Fame Open 2024 in Newport, Rhode Island, has truly ...
Hall of Fame Open 2024 – Men’s Singles Final: A. Michelsen (USA) – M. Giron (USA) 7-6(4) 3-6 5-7
The men's singles final, held on 21st July 2024 at the Infosys Hall of Fame Open in Newport, was a ...
Hall of Fame Open 2024 – Men’s Doubles Final: R. Cash / James Tracy (USA) – A. Goransson (SWE) / S. Verbeek (NED) 3-6 4-6
The first match on the last day of the Infosys Hall of Fame Open has been the doubles final. At ...
International Tennis Hall of Fame – Class of 2024 Induction
The highlight of my trip to the Infosys Hall of Fame Open 2024 was of course the Saturday evening ceremony ...
Hall of Fame Open 2024 – MS SF R. Opelka (USA) – A. Michelsen (USA) 2-6 0-6
After I had to skip the whole Friday at the Infosys Hall of Fame Open due to sickness, I was ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 19th July 2024)
I am loaded with tennis work this week. The time in Newport, Rhode Island, featuring Indian tennis and the induction ...
Hall of Fame Open 2024 – MS R2 M. Giron (USA) – B. Paire (FRA) 4-6 7-5 6-4
After the Indians Chandrasekar and Kadhe advanced to the doubles' semifinals, I headed straight to Center Court of the Infosys ...
Hall of Fame Open 2024 – MD QF A. Chandrasekar / A. Kadhe (IND) – C. Harrison / V. Kirkov (USA) 6-4 1-6 1-x [10-7}
After their promising first round victory, the Indian doubles pairing Ariundh Chandrasekar and Arjun Kadhe had to play their quarterfinal ...
International Tennis Hall of Fame – 2024 Inductees Press Conference
The big moment is coming closer. On Thursday, 18th July 2024, the three inductees into the International Tennis Hall of ...
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Hall of Fame Open 2024 – MD R1: A. Goransson (SWE) / S. Verbeek (NED) – J. Paris (GBR) / R. Ramanathan (IND) 6-3 4-6 1-x [10-8]
The last Indian player to kick off duties at Newport was Ramkumar Ramathan. Getting into the men's doubles main draw ...
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Hall of Fame Open 2024 – MD R1: Lemmins / Withrow (USA) – Chandrasekar / Kadhe (IND) 3-6 6-3 x-1[7-10]
After Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli and Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha had already bowed out of the Infosys Hall of Fame Open 2024 ...
Hall of Fame Open 2024 – MS R1 Eliot Spizzirri (USA) – Li Tu (AUS) 6-1 7:6(4)
For the last Infosys Hall of Fame Open match I featured on Tuesday 16th July 2024, I went back to ...
Hall of Fame Open 2024 – MD R1: A. Mannarino / H. Mayot (FRA) – J. Cash (GBR) / R. Galloway (USA) 3-6 4-6
Tuesday, 16th July 2024, also kicked of the men's doubles competition at the Infosys Hall of Fame Open 2024. The ...
Hall of Fame Open 2024 – MD R1: R.C. Bollipalli / N. Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND) – L. Saville / A. Vukic (AUS) 1-6 4-6
Around 100 degrees Fahrenheid and high humidity - the Indian team Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli and Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha could not ...
Kyle Daniel – Kentucky Gold
I follow and love Kyle Daniel since a couple of years. Especially his concerts in Germany and his great way ...
Hall of Fame Open 2024 – MSQ R2: Alex Bolt (AUS) – Mitchell Krueger (USA) 6-3 7-6(6)
After having had a look into the men's singles main draw match of Mayot and Kovacevic, I went back to ...
Hall of Fame Open 2024 – MS R1: Harold Mayot (FRA) – Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA) (1)6-7 4-6
First day of the main draw - Monday, 15th July 2024, did not only feature the first matches of the ...
Hall of Fame Open 2024 – Singles Qualification Day 1
On 14th July 2024, I finally reached the holy grounds of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. The Infosys Hall ...
Hall of Fame Open 2024 – MSQ R1: A. Ganesan (USA) – M. Polmans (AUS) 2-6 2-6
The first day at the Infosys Hall of Fame Open also featured one match which was interesting from an Indian ...
Color Green – Fool’s Parade
I ran into the album Fool's Parade by the band Color Green on a promotion platform. It is the sophomore long-play ...
Bones Owens – Love Out Of Lemons
Guitar rock made from Nashville - doesn't sound too bad, does it? It is the second time I feature an ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 12th July 2024)
My bags and cameras are packed, I am ready to head to Newport for the Infosys Tennis Hall of Fame ...
Desert Rose Resort Las Vegas
When my wife and I visited Las Vegas in December 2023, this was exactly ten years after our wedding there ...
Infosys Hall of Fame Open 2024 – A Week of Tennis, Indian Celebrations, and a Farewell
A very special week lies ahead of me. On Saturday, I will fly over to Boston and drive on to ...
Cigarettes After Sex – X’s
Sold-out shows in the largest venues all across the world - the dream-pop band Cigarettes After Sex grew a massive ...
Watching the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center
I had three matches with the Pittsburgh Penguins in April 2024. While the first match at Madison Square Garden was ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 5th July 2024)
This week, my Songs of the Week are full of pop tracks. There is a lot of sports coverage on Flyctory.com ...
NHL Schedule 2024-25 – My Suggested Trips
The same procedure as every year. The day when the NHL is releasing their match schedule for the upcoming season ...
Walking Through Caesars Palace Las Vegas (Pictured Story)
Almost 4,000 hotel rooms, located right at the Strip - the Caesars Palace is undoubtedly one of the most famous ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 28th June 2024)
I feature athletics events three weeks in a row before I head to Newport in Rhode Island for tennis coverage ...
Imagine Dragons – Loom
The Imagine Dragons have been one of the key US American acts of the 2010's. Thus, I was really curious ...
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Pittsburgh West – Green Tree
I more and more tend to have hotels in the outer boroughs of Pittsburgh when I visit the city. 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 ...
Myrtle Beach Airport (MYR)
Myrtle Beach in South Carolina is definitely a special place to me. The city on the Atlantic coast is full ...
The Mourning – Hush
It happens very rarely that I share an album preview with you on a Saturday. My athletics coverage this week ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 21st June 2024)
Somehow, I can never now if the upcoming week is a "good one" or "bad one" regarding new releases. While ...
The Mercury Riots – In Solstice
The US-American rock band The Mercury Riots has released their debut album In Solstice on 21st June 2024. I had the ...
Hampton Inn Manhattan – Madison Square Garden Area
Hotel pricing in New York is weird. It is very hard to spot a reasonable place for 250 USD per ...
Lindsey Stirling – Duality
I have to give in - as a music blogger, I should have known Lindsey Stirling way before 17th May ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 14th June 2024)
Quality over quantity: I indeed had quite a bunch of candidates for this week's Songs of the Week. However, there are ...
Luke Combs – Fathers & Sons
It was one of the big news at CMA Fest: just a week before the in-fact release of this album, ...
German American Heritage Museum (Washington D.C.)
As I am traveling to the United States rather frequently and also love to follow Feli from Germany (formerly German Girl in ...
Atlantis Drive – Atlantis Drive
Atlantis Drive is a brand new hard rock band. The roots are from Germany, but the band features international band ...
Tampa Bay Automobile Museum
I still have quite a backlog of reviews of attractions I visited during my recent trips to Florida. Time to ...
HunterGirl – Tennessee Girl EP
As part of my 7th June 2024 release reviews, I have a look to an upcoming artist from Tennessee. HunterGirl ...
Sara Evans – Unbroke
Even though my review of Copy That was rather average, I was rather thrilled about this new release by Sara Evans ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 7th June 2024)
Publishing my Songs of the Week right between two Rock of Ages tour legs would suggest that the song is full of energetic ...
Carly Pearce – Hummingbird
Carly Pearce will always be a very special artist for me. As she opened a festival in Lexington, Kentucky, a ...
Homewood Suites Myrtle Beach Coastal Grand Mall
When I received my rental car from Avis at Myrtle Beach Airport (MYR), the representative there surprised me. Homewood Suites? ...
Rock of Ages – Which song is better? Original or Musical Version?
I recently completed the 100th show of the musical Rock of Ages, while traveling to Munich for that reason. The musical ...
The Ride NYC
The Ride NYC is a very fancy combination of exploring New York City - at least regarding their marketing. They ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 31st May 2024)
This week, I am in Munich, watching a couple of Rock of Ages shows. The week is more busy and demanding ...
Kameron Marlowe – Keepin’ The Lights On
Keepin' The Lights On is the sophomore album of Kameron Marlowe. The musician has released a lot of singles and ...
Fremont Street Experience Las Vegas (Pictured Story)
I feel that the more the Strip or Las Vegas Boulevard area is growing as a massive, but also expansive entertainment temple, ...
Songs Of My Life: Damn Yankees – High Enough
With my post about Don't stop believin', I already introduced you to a song which is linked to the musical ...
#TrueAthletes Classics Leverkusen 2024 – Field Events
After the 2023 edition of the #TrueAthletes Classics took place at the end of July, TSV Bayer Leverkusen hosted their ...
Lenny Kravitz – Blue Electric Light
He is a four time Grammy Awards winner and wrote global hits like Fly Away, Again, American Woman or Are You Gonna Go ...
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 ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 17th May 2024)
Returning from the World Floorball Championships in Finland, heading directly to a business trip to Paris - this week was ...
Chancy DeAnne – Chancy DeAnne EP
When I scanned the new releases as of 17th May 2024, I ran into the self-titled debut EP by Chancy DeAnne ...
The Macks – The Macks Are A Knife
The Macks are sharing their fifth studio album on 17th May 2024. The US-American rock band add The Macks Are A ...
The Avett Brothers – The Avett Brothers
With their eleventh studio album, The Avett Brothers do a self-titled one. The Avett Brothers has been released on 17th May ...
WFC 3×3 Floorball 2024 – Day 2 Men’s Finals (12th May 2024)
On the men's finals side, I concentrated on two matches of the final 3x3 World Floorball Championships match day. From ...
The Mavericks – Moon & Stars
The Mavericks are looking back to a really long band history already. This is also illustrated by the fact that Moon ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 10th May 2024)
Despite the World Floorball Championships coverage, I of course want to keep my Songs of the Week updated. Due to the ...
Scotty McCreery – Rise & Fall
When I prepared the review of the album Rise & Fall by Scotty McCreery, I was quite amazed that it ...
Wade Bowen – Flyin’
Due to the Under 19 Girls World Floorball Championships, I will not cover any album releases during the weekend of ...
The NY Sightseeing Pass or the New York Pass by Go City – Which One is better?
The still rather cheap flight prices from Europe to New York City are tempting. However, if you book too early, ...
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 ...
Money Museum (Kansas City)
While I already took you to some key attractions of Kansas City, the local Money Museum is likely not on ...
LIC Hotel (New York / Queens)
Hotel prices in the USA are getting more and more ridiculous and this require to go for some strategy and ...
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 ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 26th April 2024)
Snow in April! After I had some snowfall after the Swiss Floorball Superfinals (my coverage of the women's match / ...
Six by Six – Beyond Shadowland
Beyond Shadowland is the second album by the trio Six by Six. Their very prominent line-up gave quite some focus ...
Charley Crockett – $10 Cowboy
$10 Cowboy is already the fifth album I review by Charley Crockett. Either under his normal solo artist name or ...
Museum at Eldridge Street (New York)
There are several signs of Jewish culture in New York City, indeed. One of the most prominent ones is indeed ...
Folterkammer – Weibermacht
If you read the band name Folterkammer, which is German and translates to "Torture Chamber", you rather think that this ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 19th April 2024)
Taylor Swift, Pearl Jam and many more - this weekend is packed with great new album releases. Nonetheless, the week ...
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 ...
Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department
19th April 2024 is some sort of holiday for millions of people. I for example think about a Malaysian friend, ...
Rhyolite Ghost Town (Nevada) and Goldwell Open Air Museum
Going back from Las Vegas to Los Angeles after the New Year's Eve celebrations, my wife and I opted to ...
PNC Diamond Club at Nationals Park (Washington Nationals)
I just cannot state that I am a huge baseball fan. As I watched a few matches of the New ...
Necrot – Lifeless Birth
Necrot is a metal band from the San Francisco Bay region. On 12th April 2024, the US-American trio is releasing ...
Diane Birch – Flying On Abraham
It is more than ten years ago since singer-songwriter Diane Birch released her latest album. On 12th April 2024, she ...
Maggie Rogers – Don’t Forget Me
I featured Maggie Roggers twice so far, in the Songs of the Week editions as of 3rd June 2022 and as ...
Motto by Hilton Washington DC City Center
Is this already a hotel? Or is it something like an upgraded hostel? I was really curious when I had ...
Comic-Con Museum San Diego
The Comic-Con is one of the signature events of the year in San Diego. Once a year, the world of ...
Food I Had Onboard XV (March 2024 – early April 2024)
In my fifteenth edition of my Food I Had Onboard posting series, I have a quhttps://flyctory.com/tag/deutschebahn/ite nice range of flight and ...
Lo Moon – I Wish You Way More Than Luck
After I already shared the album Modern Life with you in 2022, 5rh April 2024 features a new release by ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 5th April 2024)
This week, I am returning from a really cool Pittsburgh Penguins ice hockey trip along the East Coast. Maybe that's ...
Phosphorescent – Revelator
As part of my 5th April 2024 album and EP reviews, I am glad to feature another Americana artist for ...
White Dog – Double Dog Dare
Double Dog Dare is the sophomore album by the band White Dog. The Americana band has grown steadily since their founding ...
Museum of Broadway
The Broadway is one of the key global centers for theatrical entertainment. With all the tourist attractions New York City ...
Songs Of My Life: Jenn Bostic – Jealous of the Angels
Jenn Bostic's show in London in February 2024 was an outstanding experience for me. During the show, I decided that ...
The Secret Sisters – Mind, Man, Medicine
In March 2020, I shared the album Saturn Return by The Secret Sisters with you. Now, the siblings are back ...
Sheryl Crow – Evolution
A new album by Sheryl Crow is always a good reason for musical excitement. On 29th March 2024, the US-American ...
Runaway Bay Miniature Golf (Myrtle Beach)
During my trip to Myrtle Beach in October 2023, I just had to check out couple of mini golf and ...
Sam Evian – Plunge
I spend so much time trying to get perfect shots for everyone else - this is how Sam Evian describes ...
Sierra Ferrell – Trail of Flowers
Some more Americana music released on 22nd March 2024: In this review, I feature the album Trail of Flowers by Sierra ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 22nd March 2024)
After I shared my Bochum Rock of Ages thoughts with you already, I am just about to have eight show streak ...
Count’s Kustoms Showroom Las Vegas
Honestly, when my wife and I visited the Count's Kustoms Showroom in Las Vegas, we just had very little knowledge ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 15th March 2024)
A lot of traveling is ahead of me. I just returned from a trip to Bochum, watching my first two ...
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 ...
Brother Dege – Aurora
From Louisiana to the world - the current tour dates by Brother Dege feature more upcoming dates by the artist ...
KISS World Las Vegas
There is a lot of stuff to see and experience in Las Vegas. The temple for hard rock fans in ...
Luke Grimes – Luke Grimes
From the screen to the music streaming platforms. Yellowstone actor Luke Grimes is also a very talented musician. Two of his songs, ...
Norah Jones – Visions
From jazz to folk and country tunes - the range of music by nine time Grammy Award winner Norah Jones ...
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, ...
Skeletal Remains – Fragments of the Ageless
On 8th March 2024, the death metal band Skeletal Remains are releasing a new album. After the US-American band has ...
BrhyM – Deep Sea Vents
Three times Grammy Award winner Bruce Hornsby meets the chamber ensemble yMusic. What started as a five concert series in ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 1st March 2024)
I struggled a bit compiling the Songs of the Week this time. The partial flight miles for my current trip ...
Madame Tussauds Las Vegas
Las Vegas is one of the entertainment mega-cities of the world. How could a place like this exist without a ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 23rd February 2024)
February 2024 is quite an intense month for me. Even though the trips I have planned and done are comparably ...
Ace Frehley – 10,000 Volts
With 10,000 Volts, Ace Freshley feels to present a rather energetic album release. On 23rd February 2024, the former KISS ...
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 ...
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 ...
Henderson Silver Knights at Dollar Loan Center
While the franchise has some roots back to the early 1970's, the Henderson Silver Knights became an AHL team with ...
Hampton Inn & Suites Cathedral City
After spending three days in San Diego, my wife and I headed on to Coachella Valley in late December 2023 ...
Chase Matthew – We All Grow Up EP
If you judge on the cover of the EP We All Grow Up, Chase Matthew seems to have done music from ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 16th February 2024)
Coming back from the United Arab Emirates and about to head to Malaysia soon - thus, some really interesting experiences ...
Drake Milligan – Jukebox Songs EP
Just when I was in the peak phase to plan my music reviews as of 16th February 2024, I received ...
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 ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 9th February 2024)
Carnvial in Cologne - and I am in he United Arab Emirates this weekend. It is rather party season, no ...
The Castellows – A Little Goes A Long Way EP
It feels like the all-female neotraditional country music trio The Castellows are skyrocketing the music scene of their genre. The ...
Kansas City Union Station (Pictured Story)
According to Wikipedia, twelve different railroad lines overall operated from and through Kansas City overall. However, the golden age of ...
Tyler Ramsey – New Lost Ages
Tyler Ramsey is indeed really established in the music business. The earliest album release I found of him is a ...
Christmas at SeaWorld San Diego
How can you go there? They are shit! was one of the rather modest reactions of friends and followers when ...
Taylor McCall – Mellow War
If Robert Plant selects you as a support act, you just have definitely made it into the world of music ...
Razorwire Halo – All The Terrible Things
When two good things lead to a nice fit: due to scheduled live events on that weekend, I had a ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 2nd February 2024)
January 2024 has already passed and we are running into the first February 2024 edition of my weekly release radar ...
San Diego Gulls at Pechanga Arena
Doing the December 2023 and January 2024 trip to the US West Coast with my wife and a very similar ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 26th January 2024)
In the relations of my home town Cologne, we are celebrating a big Songs of the Week anniversary with this edition. My ...
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 ...
Sarah Jarosz – Polaroid Lovers
With Polaroid Lovers, I feature a rather exciting album which is released on 26th January 2024. Sarah Jarosz is a ...
Randall King – Into The Neon
I really enjoyed the Randall King show in Cologne in September 2023. Now, Randall King is back on Flyctory.com, being ...
Car Rental Review – Hertz Los Angeles Airport (LAX) – Nissan Rogue
For the eleven day travel around San Diego, Palm Springs and Las Vegas, starting in Los Angeles, my wife and ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 19th January 2024)
This week, I published how I feel to concentrate on one Country Music Playlist - at least until I found ...
Lizzie No – Halfsies
The online magazine NPR named Lizzie No A magnetic performer and a rising star in the folk world. With Halfsies, ...
Best Western Plus Casino Royale – Center Strip (Las Vegas)
There were a couple of different options and changes in the itinerary of our recent Las Vegas trip in December ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 12th January 2024)
This time, my Songs Of The Week consist of 14 new releases as of this week. The Christmas break is definitely ...
Escuela Grind – DDEEAATTHHMMEETTAALL EP
If you don't find a title for your EP, you're in trouble... Just take the genre and make the letters ...
Hannah Ellis – That Girl
Is it really a debut album? I love the music by Hannah Ellis since several years and just could not ...
Flying the Douglas C-47 Skytrain at Palm Springs Air Museum
I love historic planes and explore the feeling of flying in a historic manner. For example, I am really happy ...
The Sphere Experience (Las Vegas)
I guess it is hard to argue against when one is stating that the Sphere in Las Vegas is currently ...
Food I Had Onboard XIII (End November 2023 – early January 2024)
Happy New Onbaord-Food Year! At least, there is one flight experience from 2024 in this posting already, a Lufthansa Business ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 5th January 2024)
While I still had a rather short list of album releases, there was already quite a lot of stuff for ...
Wagging – My Own Private Radio
While I am packed with new releases as of next week and later, the album and single releases as of ...
Las Vegas New Year’s Fireworks 2024 near MGM Grand
In New Year's Eve in 2013, my wife and I married in Las Vegas. We wanted the New Year's fireworks ...
Homewood Suites by Hilton San Diego Airport – Liberty Station
Reviving somewhat the same route we took ten years ago, when my wife and I married in Las Vegas - ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 29th December 2023)
The Christmas weeks are typically the ones with the lowest number of releases. Unfortunately, quite the majority of the songs ...
Flyctory.com Best Ones 2023
Is it really New Year's Eve already again? The last day of the year? I am posting this one in ...
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Albums / EPs 2023
Yeah, I am still more of an album person. I feel that a long-play is still able to tell stories ...
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Songs 2023
It's time to look back to . After I shared my new format My Year in Travel with you the first time, ...
Kruger Street Toy and Train Museum (Wheeling, WV)
For the last review in 2023, I opted for the Kruger Street Toy and Train Museum. I happened to run ...
Miami Wynwood Graffiti Golf Cart Tour with Wynwood Art Walk
Even though I am typically not an arts person, I really loved visiting the borough of Wynwood in Miami in ...
Car Rental Review – Avis Myrtle Beach Airport (MYR) – Toyota Corolla
During my October 2023 trip to Myrtle Beach, I wanted to explore the city and surroundings and thus went for ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 15th December 2023)
The Christmas countdown is steadily running to zero - which more and more means that new releases get sparse. I ...
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 ...
Santa’s Soundtrack 2023? Some Christmas Releases This Season
Unfortunately, I could not complete the Country Christmas Playlist this year due to technical issues. However, since the days become ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 8th December 2023)
I am a bit of angry as the tool I loved to use to scan for new country releases does ...
Uncle Lucius – Like It’s The Last One Left
The press kit to Like It's The Last One Left starts with the words Second chances are rare in rock 'n' roll ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 1st December 2023)
After my previous Songs of the Week editions were rather pop-alike, I was rather surprised that my release radar this time is ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 24th November 2023)
London, Faroe Islands, another trip tp England, Sweden, USA - the last weeks of 2023 involve quite a bit of ...
Treaty Oak Revival – Have a Nice Day
Especially during the last weeks, I ran into a lot of album and EP releases, which in fact just contained ...
Michael Lane – Memories
After his 2019 album Traveling Son and the 2022 Take it Slow, Memories is already the third Michael Lane album I cover ...
Hampton Inn & Suites Pittsburgh Downtown
Arriving from New York City by the Amtrak Pennsylvanian Train in the evening, I needed a hotel with good connections ...
Ripley’s Crazy Golf (Myrtle Beach)
Myrtle Beach in South Carolina names itself the Mini Golf Capital of the World - and, indeed, there are quite ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 17th November 2023)
Oh, Christmas is approaching quickly now. A huge number of songs I scanned for my Songs of the Week this time ...
Presidents Hall of Fame
The Presidents Hall of Fame is having quite some fame, even though it is not located very close to the ...
Dennis Durant – Fragile
How could I ignore am album starting with a (for me) very special song released on a (for me) very ...
Food I Had Onboard XII (Late October 2023 – Mid-November 2023)
After my eleventh Food I Had Onboard posting majorly concentrated on two Lufthansa First Class legs between Frankfurt (FRA) and ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 10th November 2023)
I had a short trip to Hamburg this weekend, watching my last Nacht der Gitarren show (see my Reutlingen show report) ...
Todd Snider – Crank It, We’re Doomed
The press kit of this album, Crank It, We're Doomed by Todd Snider compares the artist with Prince and Neil Young ...
Chris Stapleton – Higher
When I reviewed Chris Stapleton's studio album Starting Over in 2020, I already mentioned that I was really surprised that it ...
Motel 6 Pittsburgh – Crafton
My second night in Pittsburgh in October 2023 was the perfect opportunity to try out something very new. I typically ...
Myrtle Beach Colored School Museum
Typically, people associate Myrtle Beach in South Carolina with fun and leisure activities. Enjoying the sun at the beach, hanging ...
D’Virgilio, Morse & Jennings – Sophomore
What could be a better name for your second album than simply naming it Sophomore? That's what Nick D'Virgilio, Neal Morse ...
Riding the Pennsylvanian Train (Business Class) from New York to Pittsburgh
If you solely take the ease of traveling as a criteria, I definitely took the wrong choice in regards of ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 3rd November 2023)
I had a quite intensive week, exploring several interesting rail trips as well as being back in Pittsburgh and in ...
The Joni Project – Shades of Blue
Roberta John Joni Mitchell is a Canadian-US-American singer-songwriter, who majorly did folk and pop music in her career. She has won ...
Asiatic Hotel Flushing (New York City)
Nowadays, you should definitely do one thing before you head to New York City as a tourist and explore the ...
Acrisure Stadium (Pittsburgh) Highlight Tour
Somehow, it is still the Heinz Field for the locals... The Pittsburgh Steelers and the Panthers share Acrisure Stadium for ...
Robert Finley – Black Bayou
Robert Finley has a quite remarkable career. Born in 1954, he spend most of his life as a semi-professional artist, ...
Wayfarer – American Gothic
American Gothic is already the fifth studio album by the US-American band Wayfarer. I had the opportunity to listen to their ...
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 ...
Mini Golf at Gator Golf Adventure Park Orlando
Orlando is a place to hang, enjoy yourself - and spend quite some money. Thus, it is not too surprising ...
The Shindellas – Shindo
I read about the band featured in this review, The Shindellas, the following: The Shindellas are a band formed under ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 20th October 2023)
Just two months until Christmas. You feel that in my this week's edition of the Songs of the Week definitely. First ...
Chris Shiflett – Lost At Sea
The Foo Fighters' guitarist is doing solo music again: on 20th October 2023, Chris Shiflett is releasing Lost At Sea ...
Israel Nash – Ozarker
Ozarker is already the seventh studio album of the US-American musician Israel Nash. I already liked the predecessor Topaz, so ...
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza
Since quite a few years, I try to see a few matches of the Pittsburgh Penguins per season. My March ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 13th October 2023)
I spent almost the entire week at work in Dublin at one of our offices. Quite an intense time, which ...
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 ...
Beartooth – The Surface
With the mid-September 2023 single release The Better Me featuring country rocker HARDY, I felt that The Surface by Beartooth could definitely ...
Fun Spot America Kissimmee
After I introduced you to Fun Spot America Orlando, I of course also need to share my thoughts about the ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 6th October 2023)
Maybe, due to the national holiday in Germany, the list of new songs was rather short on the platform I ...
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 ...
Wynwood Walls (Miami)
I regularly have to admit that I am not an arts person. Nonetheless, when I visited Miami in October 2022, ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 29 September 2023)
Unfortunately, I had to kick out quite a lot of songs from my list, which I really liked. They just ...
Dustin Lynch – Killed The Cowboy
In February 2022, I presented the previous album by Dustin Lynch, Blue In The Sky. On 29th September 2023, the Tennessee-origin ...
Fun Spot America Orlando
Orlando is one of the biggest entertainment cities in the United States. You likely think of Disney, Universal Studios or ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 22 September 2023)
There is somehow always some sort of "topic" behind each and every Songs of the Week episode. If I would pick one ...
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 ...
Soccer Mommy – Karaoke Night EP
Soccer Mommy is a somehow memorable artist name, ain't it? I don't know if she has kids and if they ...
Brent Cobb – Southern Star
Welcome back, Brent Cobb! After his 2020 album Keep 'Em On They Toes and last year's And Now, Let's Turn The Page, ...
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 ...
The Privilege of the Loo – On Bathroom Distribution in Airplanes
When Swiss International Air Line recently released the seat map of their new Airbus A350 fleet, a real advantage of ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 15 September 2023)
The Songs Of The Week is one of my favorite categories of posts on my blog. Even I don't know how the ...
Thirty Seconds To Mars – It’s The End Of The World But It’s A Beautiful Day
Despite they are looking back to a quarter of a century of band history, Thirty Seconds To Mars are just ...
Dan + Shay – Bigger Houses
Love them or not - finally, you just have to admit that the duo Dan + Shay lifted country pop ...
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 ...
Arabia Steamboat Museum
The Arabia steamboat is something like what the Vasa is for European ship history (just dated a few centuries later...). The side ...
Low Cut Connie – Art Dealers
In October 2020, I reviewed the album Private Lives by the US-American artist Low Cut Connie. Almost three years later, the project ...
Durry – Suburban Legend
You did not know the band Durry? Me neither, before I ran into their debut full length album, Suburban Legend. The ...
Quality Inn Arena (Wilkes-Barre)
During my March 2023 ice hockey trip of Pittsburgh Penguins matches, I had the opportunity to visit the Pens' farm ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 01 September 2023)
September 2023 will be a quite busy monh. If I finally receive all press passes I envisage to get, there ...
Coffey Anderson – Tailgates and Heartbreaks
In 2016, Coffey Anderson released the album Boots and Jeans. It also contained the song Mr Red White and Blue, which has ...
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 ...
Andretti Thrill Park
During my tour-chase of Weird Al Yakovic in Florida in October 2022, the schedule made me visit a couple of ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 25 August 2023)
I have quite intense weeks at work, not too many thrills on the Flyctory.com side. The next weeks will have ...
Alice Cooper – Road
Including his 1970's band releases, Road is already the 29th studio album by rock legend Alice Cooper. However, this "solo" release is ...
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 ...
Turnpike Troubadours – A Cat In The Rain
Welcome back, Turnpike Troubadours: some two years after the band decided to re-join forces and go back on stage, they ...
Tim McGraw – Standing Room Only
New songs from Tim McGraw: after I reviewed his Here on Earth in 2020, the US-American country music giant is back with ...
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
Especially as a German aviation enthusiast, being on board of an aircraft carrier is just a cool experience again and ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 18 August 2023)
This weekend, I have been traveling through England, doing some musical-chasing. As mixed as the stuff I have been doing ...
Bobby Rush – All My Love For You
If you are a two time Grammy Award Winner and have published over 30 albums during your career, it 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 ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 11 August 2023)
I am still relaxing from all the trips I had during the last weeks. Nonetheless, things are just busy and ...
William Fitzsimmons – Covers Vol. II
I am typically rather shy about sharing tribute and cover albums with you.. If I do so, they have to ...
Daniel Seavey – Dancing In The Dark EP
Most of you know David Seavey for being part of the US-American boy band Why Don't We (or WDW). The ...
Ryan Bingham – Watch Out For The Wolf EP
The song The Weary Kind has been a huge success for Ryan Bingham. In 2010, he won the Academy Awards (aka as ...
Home is where the heart is – My Twelve Favorite Cities of the World
Home is where the heart is - I had the idea to this posting about my favorite cities of the ...
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum (Boston)
Not only due to his 1963 speech in Berlin, John F. Kennedy is definitely one of the most popular US-American ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 04 August 2023)
After some rather intense week of traveling, I feel rather happy to spend the next two weekends in and around ...
Mammoth WVH – Mammoth II
You might not know the the rock / hard rock project Mammoth WVH yet. However, once you know that WVH ...
Kool & the Gang – People Just Wanna Have Fun
Kool & the Gang have already been founded in 1964. Almost sixty years later, they still release music - and ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 28 July 2023)
I never know what is really happening when I compose a new episode of my Songs of the Week. Until Friday, ...
American Jazz Museum (Kansas City)
I haven't taken you to Kansas City for quite a while. That's rather unfortunate, as my backlog still features some ...
Justine Blazer – Joy!
Do you feel Santa coming soon already? During the last years, typically in early to mid-September, Nashville started to release ...
Pinball Perfection (Pittsburgh)
I do have to admit that I typically travel to Pittsburgh to visit my beloved Pittsburgh Penguins. However, there are ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 21 July 2023)
While I had quite an intense week in regards of scanning country music new releases, the German and international music ...
Joe Lasher – Vol. 1 EP
Reviewing the EP Vol. 1 by Joe Lasher is a typical Flyctory.com review in the "last wave" of my reviews. I did ...
Somnuri – Desiderium
Learning by reviewing: I have to admit that I haven't been aware of the heavy metal subgenre of sludge metal, ...
Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway – City of Gold
One rationale why there hasn't been contents about Molly Tuttle for quite a while is that I missed to review ...
Lori McKenna – 1988
Even though her 2020 album The Balladeer has not been Lori McKenna's biggest commercial success so far, the critics loved her ...
Southern Florida Regional Train Rides with Tri-Rail
After I introduced you to the amazing Florida high speed rail service Brightline already, this post is about about rail ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 14 July 2023)
Newcomers and established artists, rock and schlager, party songs and deep messages - I feel that this edition of my ...
Michael Bolton – Spark of Light
Michael Bolton is one of the most successful US-American musicians of the early 1990's. However, he is regularly releasing music ...
Homewood Suites by Hilton Orlando Theme Parks
My last stay during my October 2022 trip to Florida was in Orlando. Even though I visited a Weird Al ...
The New Bedford (MA) Whaling District (Pictured Story)
I recently took you to Husavik, somehow Iceland's capital of whale watching nowadays and whaling in previous ages. New Bedford ...
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real – Sticks and Stones
Lukas Nelson and his band Promise of the Real (or short: POTR) are back. The famous son of Willie Nelson ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 07 July 2023)
Some surprise in this week's posting: I selected a very special instrumental track to lead my Songs of the Week ...
Sean Patrick McGraw – Hillbilly Hippie
When I said McGraw and Country Music, I am sure that the vast majority of you shout back Tim!. However, there ...
1476 – In Exile
It took the duo 1476 six years to release a new album. The US-American project publishes In Exile on 7th July ...
A Stadium Tour through Busch Stadium (St. Louis)
It's already more than a year ago since I visited St. Louis on my Pittsburgh Penguins trip in March 2022 ...
NHL Schedule 2023-24 released – Here are my suggested Trips
Last week, the NHL released their schedule for the 2023-24 season. This typically means a bunch of work to me, ...
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 ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 30 June 2023)
Motorbikes and good music - I am having a really good time in Pfullendorf at the Lake Constance region in ...
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 ...
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 ...
Lane Motor Museum (Nashville)
When you think about Nashville, you think about country music, partying and music-related attractions like the Country Music Hall of ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 23 June 2023)
Traveling out of nowehere: I compiled this set of songs in Swansea in Whales, watching the very last Rock of ...
American Space Museum (Titusville)
During my trip following the Weird Al Yankovic 2022 Tour in Florida, I also passed the East Coast of the ...
Ayron Jones – Chronicles Of The Kid
Chronicles Of The Kid is a typical Flyctory.com album review. I scanned new releases in a promotion platform and stopped by ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 16 June 2023)
I typically rather focus presenting new and emerging act in my Song of the Week, but this time, the list of ...
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 ...
Steve Lukather – Bridges
One of the most memorable moments of 2023 so far to me has been being at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto ...
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 ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 09 June 2023)
I received so many great albums this week - no chance to process a fair fraction of them. However, the ...
Extreme – Six
In 1991, there was a band from Boston who stormed the international charts with a song: More Than Words. Extreme released ...
Ray Alder – II
Ray Alder has been working as a vocalist and percussionist for several bands. In 2019, he released his first solo ...
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 ...
Hampton Inn Daytona Speedway-Airport
During my October 2022 trip tour-chasing Weird Al Yankovic in Florida, I also had a night in Daytona. As I ...
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 ...
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – What If I EP
Nathaniel Rateliff has become quite popular in recent years. Some of his tracks have been very successful sales and streams ...
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 ...
Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum Nashville
Nashville is Music City - and what would music be without the musicians? The band members, which create the right ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 26 May 2023)
I have struggled quite much with health issues this week - which also prevented me to travel to some British Rock ...
Lost Caverns Adventure Golf Orlando
There are so many mini golf, black light golf and adventure golf places in and around Orlando - you could ...
Oryad – Sacred & Profane
Sacred & Profane is the debut album by the two person-driven US band Oryad. I received it quite a while before ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 19 May 2023)
A public holiday in (parts of) Germany gave me the opportunity to collect some status Tier Points for my British ...
Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton – Death Wish Blues
While both artists, Samantha Fish and Jesse Dayton, have quite a long and successful discography, Death Wish Blues is in ...
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 ...
Florida Citrus Tower
Florida Citrus Tower is somehow an iconic structure in Greater Orlando. On top of that is located right next to ...
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 ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 12 May 2023)
After the volume of songs in the last two weeks has been rather thin, this week's Songs of the Week comes with ...
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, ...
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 ...
Belinda Carlisle – Kismet EP
Circle in the Sand or Heaven is a Place on Earth - Belinda Carlisle wrote songs, which have closely accompanied in my younger ...
Museum of Jewish Heritage
The Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City also calls itself A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. Even though I ...
Rodney Crowell – The Chicago Sessions
Double Grammy Awards winner, two times ACM Award winner and numerous other huge awards in music - Rodney Crowell is ...
Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Honor Museum
Yeah, I am a Penguins fan and that's the thing which makes me travel to Pittsburgh regularly. Nonetheless, I also ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 28 April 2023)
As I told you in previous postings, I initially gather candidates for my Songs of the Week, before I narrow the ...
Enforced – War Remains
War Remains is the third album of the US band Enforced. The press kit promises 32 minutes of aggressive, no frills ...
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 ...
Flying Contour Airlines Embraer E135
I am really curious about Alternate Essential Air Service (AEAS) flights within the USA. They typically connect "less developed" areas ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 21 April 2023)
As I am having some quite intense travels ahead of me, I currently try to prepare as much contents for ...
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 ...
Nickelodeon Universe American Dream (East Rutherford NJ)
When my wife and I headed to American Dream Mall in East Rutherford, we just aimed to enjoy the view ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 14 April 2023)
After some rather intense traveling, I am glad that there is just a short trip this week. I concentrated on ...
Dirty Heads – Midnight Control Sessions: Night 2 EP
Founded in 2006, the Dirty Heads are really a constant part of the US music scene. They just have released ...
The Wood Brothers – Heart is the Hero
The Wood Brothers have learned to trust their hearts. For the better part of two decades, they've cemented their reputation ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 07 April 2023)
Not too many releases due to the Easter week. The week was dominated by my Rock of Ages coverage. First of all, ...
Jennifer K. Austin – Cards EP
In 2020, I introduced you to the US-American - New Zealand artist Jennifer K. Austin, who released her album Journey at ...
Welshly Arms – Wasted Words & Bad Decisions
Due to Good Friday on the 7th April 2023, quite some bands shift their releases in that week by one ...
Overcoats – Winner
Through a German promotion agency, I ran into the US-American indie-pop duo Overcoats. The songs of the two female artists ...
Hampton Inn St. Louis / Fairview Heights
Having quite a lot of things on my list, including a five hour drive from Nashville and my very first ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 31 March 2023)
Pop, rock, schlager and much more - I feel that this week's Songs of the Week is a really nice mix of ...
The Hold Steady – The Price of Progress
The Hold Steady is celebrating their twentieth anniversary this year. Wouldn't there be a better way of celebrating than releasing ...
Food I Had Onboard VII (mid-February 2023 til March 2023)
The last legs of the 2023 Weird Al Yankovic European Tour, Rock of Ages shows, the Pittsburgh Penguins and many ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 24 March 2023)
I have to give in: the song leading this week's Songs of the Week might also be a candidate for the ...
Sophie B. Hawkins – Free Myself
If I could wish to see an artist live on stage for the first time, Sophie B. Hawkins would definitely ...
Watching Kansas City from Liberty Memorial Tower
I already introduced you to the very interesting National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City. Especially on ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 17 March 2023)
I am always impressed where the Songs of the Week each weekend finally end of. This time, for example, i have been ...
Night Demon – Outsider
The press kit to their new album Outsider calls Night Demon an "institution". At least the Californian heavy metal band grew a ...
Stephen Jay – understatement
Suprise, but no surprise? Stephen Jay already stated that his new album understatement is almost ready around the Dusseldorf show ...
Timesbold – Not Still Here
Timesbold is not really a band, but rather an on-and-off project by a folk musician from Brooklyn, who is nowadays ...
Big Mac Museum (North Huntingdon PA, Pictured Story)
When you pass North Huntingdon Southeast of Pittsburgh on the US-30, it feels like a very typical American city at ...
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 ...
GEODIS Park Stadium Tour (Nashville)
Even though American Football and ice hockey are the key sports in Music City: Nashville does love soccer. And Nashville ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 10 March 2023)
Sometimes, it is easy to select the leading track of my Songs of the Week: I had two hot candidates, but ...
Ripe – Bright Blues
Bright Blues by the US band Ripe was one of these albums I received without knowing anything about the artists - ...
The Nude Party – Rides On
The third album by The Nude Party: on 10th March 2023, the US-American band releases Ride On. I already had ...
Manchester Orchestra – The Valley of Vision EP
Manchester Orchestra are soon about to celebrate their 20th band anniversary. The indie-rock band has quite a large number of ...
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 ...
DoubleTree by Hilton Pittsburgh Downtown
What would be a better posting while being on a trip to Pittsburgh than posting about... Pittsburgh. In fact, I ...
Suicide Silence – Remember… You Must Die
Suicide Silence are definitely one of the most successful deathcore bands in the world. The quintet of the Californian band ...
Gateway Arch St. Louis
No doubt, this visit has been one of the touristic highlights of my Pittsburgh Penguins chasing trip in March 2022 ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 03 March 2023)
After my most recent edition of my Songs of the Week majorly featured German artists and a lot of pop, my song ...
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 ...
Embassy Suites by Hilton Tampa Downtown Convention Center
Arriving from Germany on my October 2022 trip to the Florida Weird Al Yankovic shows, I needed a hotel close ...
Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum (Pittsburgh)
I recently introduced you to the Senator John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh. The museum is also hosting a very ...
Steel Panther – On The Prowl
Their last album was simply called Heavy Metal Rules - now Steel Panther is back with a new album. On 24th February ...
Five Years of Flyctory.com – My 20 Most Popular Travel Posts (so far…)
Damn, it is already four years... And it is more than 2,750 postings since then. On 25th February 2018, I ...
Dierks Bentley – Gravel & Gold
No doubt: Dierks Bentley is one of the most famous artists in country music business. Thus, a new album release ...
Hilton Garden Inn New York/Central Park South – Midtown West
After staying at the Conrad New York Midtown for two nights, my wife and I went for a more economic ...
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 ...
Songs Of My Life: Weird Al Yankovic – Skipper Dan
In one of my latest Songs Of My Life editions, I introduced you to Amish Paradise by Weird Al Yankovic. Just ...
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 ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 17 February 2023)
Damn - just when I had a massive travel volume, the number of new releases of all genres went up ...
Jaimee Harris – Boomerang Town
Not sure if that is pure self-marketing, but Jaimee Harris names herself "The Next Queen of Americana-Folk". While her career ...
P!nk – Trustfall
It is almost four years ago, since I had the last P!nk review on Flyctory.com. In 2019, I had mixed ...
Dream Wheel NJ
Manhattan offers a lot of skyscraper platforms to enjoy the view of New York City. Some of them are or ...
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 ...
Tennis – Pollen
Let's talk about Tennis! Not the racket sports, but a band, which is named exactly the same way. Quite an ...
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 ...
Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge at Disney’s Hollywood Studios (Orlando, Pictured Story)
Shall I do a review or a Pictured Story out of this place? I finally opted for the latter option ...
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 ...
National Blues Museum (St. Louis)
The music genre of the blues is becoming more and more present on Flyctory.com. Thus, opting for the National Blues ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 03 February 2023)
I am kicking off the most stressful part of the year, quite likely. This week, I headed off to Peterborough ...
Ian Fisher – Burnt Tongue
Ian Fisher is truly a musician who is somewhere between both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. He grew up on ...
Hampton Inn & Suites Albany Downtown
The last hotel I feature from my Weird Al Yankovic Tour Kick-Off trip in April 2022 is the Hampton Inn ...
ISTAF Indoor Duesseldorf (29th January 2023)
The ISTAF Indoor in Dusseldorf was truly an sports event I was looking forward to very much. First of all, ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 27 January 2023)
This weekend was really difficult for me to plan ahead. With the ISTAF Indoor in Dusseldorf, I had a fixed ...
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 ...
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 ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Michael Nova of X: THC (January 2023)
When I thought about the concept of Flyctory.com, I wanted to bring people together. I wanted to teach travelers about ...
Watching the Boston Bruins at TD Garden
As the season was practically over after I visited Boston in April 2022 as part of my Weird Al Yankovic ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 20 January 2023)
Oh wow, I really have to limit myself this week. There is so much good music being released this week ...
Richard Lynch – Radio Friend
When I look back to my favorite albums and EPs of the Year 2022 posting, quite a lot of good ...
Black Star Riders – Wrong Side of Paradise
Wrong Side of Paradise is actually the second Black Star Riders album I share with you on Flyctory.com In September 2019, ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 13 January 2023)
Wow, that's massive! After I had a quite thin list of new releases since mid-December 2022, Christmas break is officially ...
Riding the TECO Line Streetcar in Tampa
Even though people typically think that I am an aviation nerd "only", I am in general very interested in any ...
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 ...
National World War I Museum (Kansas City)
Its own website states The National World War I Museum and Memorial to be the The World's Most Comprehensive WWI ...
Car Rental Review – Hertz Kansas City Airport (MCI) – Ford Explorer
Especially as I wanted to go to Paola in Kansas due to Rock of Ages musical motivation, I needed a ...
Iggy Pop – Every Loser
New tunes by Iggy Pop: the punk legend released a new album on 6th January 2022. I have definitely been ...
Anti-Flag – Lies They Tell Our Children
How could the music year 2023 start better than with with music from my beloved hockey hometown Pittsburgh? Anti-Flag are ...
Singapore Airlines A380 Premium Economy
Even though one of my early Flyctory.com posts was about my B777 Singapore Airlines First Class experience, it took me ...
Brightline Premium Lounge West Palm Beach
In previous postings, I already introduced you to my excellent travel experience with the Southern Florida high-speed rail provider Brightline ...
Angry Birds Mini Golf (American Dream, East Rutherford NJ)
When did Finnish game designer Jaakko Iisalo and Roivo Entertainment have a first feeling that their Angry Birds will become ...
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 ...
Hampton Inn Pittsburgh Airport
On the fourth day of my Pittsburgh Penguins trip in March 2022, right before I headed on to Nashville, I ...
Madame Tussauds New York
While Madame Tussauds London is the heart of the wax museum empire, their outlet in Manhattan is likely not less ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 23 December 2022)
Christmas weekend - Marry Christmas to everybody who is celebrating. I guess that this week and the following one will ...
Gabbie Hanna – This Time Next Year
2.8 million followers on Instagram only - Wikipedia names Gabrielle Jeannette Hanna - or simply Gabbie Hanna an internet personality. Apart ...
Top of the Rock Observation Deck
Rockefeller Center is an iconic place in New York City - not only before Christmas, when they put up the ...
Museum of Graffiti (Miami)
When I took the Brightline high-speed rail trains from Fort Lauderdale to Miami in October 2022, my main destination in ...
Senator John Heinz History Center Pittsburgh
No matter if you like his characteristic tomato sauce or not, Senator John Heinz (yeah, the ketchup guy...) is one ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 16 December 2022)
I was quite surprised that finally 15 songs made it into my Songs of the Week as of 16th November 2022 ...
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 ...
Hampton Inn @Aviation Plaza Linden (New Jersey)
Even though it nominally was the lowest standard hotel of my short trip, I was really looking forward to the ...
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 ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 09 December 2022)
I was quite amazed that there were quite a lot of interesting single releases this week. At least artists from ...
Upsahl – Sagittarius EP
After I introduced you to the US musician Upsahl in a Spotlight interview in April 2022, I am happy to ...
Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame (Nashville)
Nashville is Music City (not only for country music...). However, with the Predators, the Titans and nowadays also Nashville SC, ...
Carlo’s Bakery Hoboken NJ – The Heart of a Cake Empire (Pictured Story)
Once upon a time there was an above-average bakery in Hoboken, New Jersey, right on the opposite site of the ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 02 December 2022)
A lot of Christmas songs, a lot of covers and best of albums are the new releases in the - ...
Myle – Sad Boy Summer EP
Myle has definitely been a raising artist in Germany during the last to years. He played the important SWR3 New ...
Edge NYC Observation Deck
Manhattan is somehow the ultimate and maybe best known skyline in the world. Not too surprisingly that all around New ...
Food I Had Onboard V (September 2022 til November 2022)
Time for another episode of Food I had onboard. Between September and November 2022, I had some really interesting experiences, ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 25 November 2022)
"Little Christmas" - as there is Thanksgiving in the United States, the volume of new releases is significantly reduced, just ...
Conrad New York Midtown
Starting a short trip to New York in style: Majorly due to the great location next to Carnegie Hall, my ...
TWA Museum Kansas City
TWA - or: Trans World Airlines - is something like an icon of (US-)American aviation. Even though the St. Louis-based ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 18 November 2022)
Very interesting weekend this time: with the shows of Milky Chance and Brett Young, both in Cologne, I had quite ...
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 ...
Hampton Inn Kansas City-Airport
Before in fact exploring Kansas City itself in July, I had a night at an airport hotel close to Kansas ...
Congo River (Adventure) Golf Clearwater
After I did a review of Mini Golf at Walt Disney World in Orlando in late 2018, I received quite ...
L.S. Dunes – Past Lives
You haven't heard of L.S. Dunes? Not that surprisingly. Their 11th November 2022 album Past Lives is their debut. Furthermore, the abdn ...
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 ...
Hampton Inn & Suites Poughkeepsie
Weird Al Yankovic made me travel to a couple of weird US places in my life. Like Poughkeepsie, a place ...
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 ...
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 ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 04 November 2022)
After two intercontinental trips in October 2022, I am somehow glad that I am scheduled to stay in Europe until ...
Seth Avett – Seth Avett Sings Greg Brown
Gregory Dane Brown is a folk musician from Iowa, who started his active career as a musician in 1967. Another ...
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 ...
The Moon City Masters – The Famous Moon City Masters
Classic rock meets funk - that's about the concept behind the Moon City Masters. On 4th November 2022, they are ...
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 ...
Sleep Inn & Suites Tampa South
I am typically a Hilton Hotels guy - this is also the reason why most of the hotels I visited ...
Russell Dickerson – Russell Dickerson
New album by Russell Dickerson: on 4th November 2022, the US country artist releases his third album overall. I already ...
High-Speed Train Rides in Florida with Brightline
Car Free. Carefree - that's the slogan of one of the latest additions to the US public transport network: The company ...
Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience (New York City)
Being in a room full of projections of pictures painted by Monet of Van Gogh became a global attraction. It ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 28 October 2022)
Just two months until Christmas - but I still refused to have an according song in my Songs of the Week ...
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 ...
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 ...
Brightline Premium Lounge Miami
In between of tour-chasing Weird Al Yankovic in Florida in October 2022 (see my picture posting), I also had the ...
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 ...
Debbie Gibson – Winterlicious
In 1987, Debbie Gibson became the youngest artist who wrote, produced and performed a song, which finally made to the ...
Taylor Swift – Midnights
If you are Taylor Swift, you can do different things: this time, we at least knew that a new album ...
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 ...
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 ...
Songs Of My Life: Weird Al Yankovic – Amish Paradise
Last week, have been traveling through Florida. Four cities, five concerts, one artist: Weird Al Yankovic. The US-American comedy musician ...
Hampton Inn Melbourne (Florida)
The first show of my five concert trip with Weird Al Yankovic to Florida in October 2022 was in Melbourne ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 14 October 2022)
Freddie! Who would have thought that Mr Mercury is part of my Songs Of The Week one day. Not sure if Bryan ...
Alter Bridge – Pawns And Kings
Pawns & Kings is already the seventh album by the rock band Alter Bridge. Songs like Isolation (2010) paved the band's path to ...
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, ...
Flying Cape Air from Marion (MWA) to St. Louis (STL)
Traveling through the United States, having the opportunity to try out Essential Air Service connections is also a nice add-on ...
Backstreet Boys – A Very Backstreet Christmas
The Backstreet Boys sing for Santa - on 14th October 2022, the massively successful male combo releases their very first ...
Madame Tussauds Nashville
How could a city like Nashville, which is so full of music celebrities, not give people the chance to meet ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 7 October 2022)
I had an amazing week in Cyprus and am just about to prepare for my second trip to the Weird ...
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 ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Jon “Bermuda” Schwartz (6th October 2022)
I am already flattered to head to the United States. I am going to Florida next week to see five ...
Nashville Mural Art in the Broadway District (Pictured Story)
I guess there is a lot of things you think about when you think about Nashville. Country music, partying, honky-tonks, ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 30 September 2022)
The last three months of the year are about to start. Traditionally, the focus is rather on well-known artists, their ...
Slipknot – The End, So Far
The metal guys with the mask... No, I am not talking about my beloved monsters Lordi, but about Slipknot. The ...
Ashley McBryde – Lindeville
You just cannot deny that Ashley McBryde is one of the most characterful storytellers of the country music business. Songs ...
A St. Louis Blues Match at Enterprise Center
The last match of my Pittsburgh Penguins trip in March 2022 - being at the St. Louis Blues in their ...
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, ...
Gallery of Iconic Guitars at Belmont (Nashville)
A gallery of music instruments which became part of music history - where could that place be better located than ...
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 ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 23 September 2022)
Even though there are quite a bunch of German (language) songs and German artists in the set of new releases ...
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 ...
Food I Had Onboard IV (May 2022 til August 2022)
Already the fourth edition of my Food I Had Onboard category. Even though my Covid-19 infection changed quite a lot of ...
Riding the Kansas City Streetcar
While I visited Kansas City in summer 2022, I have been quite amazed that the US-American city drives its own ...
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 ...
Starcrawler – She Said
Scanning for albums which have been released on 16th September 2022, I ran into the album She Said by the US-American rock ...
LeAnn Rimes – God’s Work
Songs like How Do I Live and Can't Fight the Moonlight made LeAnn Rimes a globally famous artist. On 16th September 2022, she is ...
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 ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 09 September 2022)
This week, my Songs of the Week features a wide range of sounds. Quite a focus on Austrian and German artists ...
The Afghan Whigs – How Do You Burn?
Even though the roots of The Afghan Whigs have already been set in the mid-1980's, How Do You Burn? is just ...
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 ...
I Am – Eternal Steel
The US-American death metal band I Am already releases their third album. I received Eternal Steel rather early, well before ...
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 ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 02 September 2022)
Intense weeks lay ahead of me. My very last shows of my favorite musical Rock of Ages this year are ...
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 ...
Megadeth – The Sick, The Dying… and The Dead!
I guess it is hard to argue against when somebody calls Megadeth a legendary heavy metal band. The US-American act ...
Glen Campbell Museum
In my blog, I already took you to several Nashville museums, which are dedicated to famous artists of the genre ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 26 August 2022)
I typically just select the song, which is leading my Songs of the Week. This week, my favorites of the week ...
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 ...
Bandaid Brigade – Sex is Terrifying
Sex is Terrifying - even though the album does not come with a track named like the album title, I just ...
Car Rental Review – Alamo Nashville Airport (BNA) – Toyota Camry
After I had a car rental with Avis at Nashville Airport (BNA) in March 2022, I went for a rental ...
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 ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 19 August 2022)
Honestly, I had a lot of 1970's and 1980's songs in mind the last days - so exclude me in ...
David Paich – Forgotten Toys
Being active since the 1970's, a six time Grammy Award winner and inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame - ...
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 ...
Tupelo Airport (TUP)
Tupelo, birth town of Elvis Presley. I felt very flattered that I would make it back to the city during ...
Red Roof Plus+ Nashville Airport
Second stay on the "hunt" for some budget nights around Nashville: after I had two nights at the Hampton Inn ...
3,337 Waffle Houses Away – A Walk through Paola, Kansas
3,337 Waffle Houses Away in the little town of Paola, Kansas - I have heard these words so often. They ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 12 August 2022)
Rock and harder rock styles have been a bit of under-represented in here the last weeks. The more I am ...
Jeremy Black – Part of Me EP
Sometimes, I just need to dare doing something new on Flyctory.com. Like this review. Jeremy Black is doing experimental electronic ...
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 ...
Hampton Inn & Suites Lebanon (TN)
Especially during major events like the CMA Fest, having a central accommodation in Nashville comes with one huge issue: the ...
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 ...
Riding the WeGo Star – Nashville’s only Mass Transit
I guess that most Nashville tourists don't even get to know that Music City in fact has a mass public ...
Hampton Inn & Suites Kansas City Downtown/Crossroads
In order to explore downtown and the central sights of Kansas City, I opted for the Hampton Inn & Suites ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 05 August 2022)
My 5th August 2022 update of the Songs of the Week this time features 15 songs. Again, there is a wide ...
Lauv – All 4 Nothing
All 4 Nothing is likely not true any more when you look at the career of Lauv: even though the album ...
Paola Inn and Suites (Paola, KS)
In July 2022, I went to Paola in Kansas in order to explore the home town of the (fictive) female ...
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 ...
New Bedford Whaling Museum
The most picturesque tour stop while following the first three concerts of the Weird Al Yankovic Tour 2022 in April ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 29 July 2022)
Weird times: my list of candidates for my Songs of the Week this time was much longer, but a lot of ...
Amanda Shires – Take It Like A Man
Take It Like A Man - that's the title of the new Amanda Shires album. After I had a really enjoyable ...
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 ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 22 July 2022)
Typically, I first collect tracks for my Songs Of The Week and, once the set is complete, pick my favorite and ...
She & Him – Melt Away: A Tribute To Brian Wilson
After six years, the duo She & Him are about to release a new studio album. However, Melt Away is a ...
Dawes – Misadventures Of Doomscroller
Misadventures Of Doomscroller is already the eighth album by the band Dawes. As their last six album all made it to ...
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 ...
Car Rental Review – Avis Nashville Airport (BNA) – GMC Acadia
The last section of my Pittsburgh Penguins trip in March 2022 took me to Nashville and St. Louis. In order ...
Tennessee State Capitol (Nashville)
One of the most unique experiences I did during the last months was definitely visiting the Tennessee State Capitol. On ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 15 July 2022)
The list of songs as of 15th July 2022 is rather compact. I open with a very interesting British pop ...
Confirmation – Survive EP
Survive is the debut EP by a Berlin-based project, Confirmation. I got in touch with their music and felt to share ...
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 ...
Exploring the City Center of Woodstock, NY (Pictured Story)
After I recently took you to Bethel Woods, the grounds of the legendary Woodstock Music Festival, in fact taking you ...
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 ...
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 ...
Journey – Freedom
The more I fell in love with my favorite musical Rock of Ages, the more I got into Journey. Not ...
The Super Museum – A Place Dedicated to Superman
You can hardly deny that Superman is truly a US-American hero. While the comic figure and superhero has first been ...
Car Rental Review – Enterprise Pittsburgh Airport (PIT) – Nissan Rogue
One of facts that underline that my March 2022 trip supporting the Pittsburgh Penguins had some organizational challenges is that ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 01 July 2022)
This week, I had at least an easy time determining the leading track of my Songs of the Week. I listened ...
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 ...
Grey Daze – The Phoenix
If you think about Grey Daze, you automatically think about Chester Bennington. The charismatic lead singer, who committed suicide just ...
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 ...
Ryman Auditorium Self-Guided Tour
Even though there is the new Grand Ole Opry building (which I, for example, visited on 18 March 2022), the ...
American Airlines Admirals Club New York LaGuardia (LGA)
New York LaGuardia Airport (LGA) is not regarded to be the nicest way of air traveling in and around the ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 24 June 2022)
Whenever I start working for my Songs of the Week, I typically scan the candidates I archived for that reason and ...
G. Love & Special Sauce – Philadelphia Mississippi
From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Philadelphia Mississippi: G. Love & Special Sauce release their ninth album as a band. I became curious ...
Luke Combs – Growin’ Up
When it comes to selecting songs for my playlists, Luke Combs is definitely among my favorite artists. The reason is ...
UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex (Pictured Story)
Going to Pittsburgh is always very special to me. Typically, this means that there is a home match of my ...
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 ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 17 June 2022)
I am looking back to a really interesting week of music. For me personally, I have been so happy to ...
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 ...
Hank Williams Jr. – Rich White Honky Blues
It is hard to argue against that Hank Williams is a true legend of country music. His son Hank Williams ...
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 ...
World Chess Hall of Fame & Museum (St. Louis)
At least for North American, St. Louis is some sort of unofficial capital for a very special sports: chess. The ...
Comfort Inn Nashville – Opryland Area
While I typically prefer Hilton Hotels, I had the last night of my March 2022 trip with the Pittsburgh Penguins ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 10 June 2022)
I had a long list of songs for my Songs of the Week... and after I composed a nice order of ...
Motionless In White – Scoring The End Of The World
Just one week after I featured Motionless In White in my weekly edition of Songs of the Week, the band is ...
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 ...
Hampton Inn New Bedford / Fairhaven
The last show of my Weird Al Yankovic tour-chasing in April 2022 took place in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Thus, after ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 3 June 2022)
I am still in the process of recovering from illness - not sure if that had any influence on my ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 27 May 2022)
Due to illness, I unfortunately cannot provide you the full coverage on the music side of Flyctory.com - and it ...
Patsy Cline Museum (Nashville)
Even though Patsy Cline died at the age of 30, she is still regarded to be one of the most ...
Microtel Inn by Wyndham Long Island City
For the very first night of my Weird Al Yankovic trip in April 2022, I needed to have a reasonably ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 20 May 2022)
I had a quite long list of songs for my Songs of the Week this time. The 20th May 2022 list is ...
Craig Finn – A Legacy Of Rentals
A Legacy Of Rentals is already the fifth album release by the US indie rock singer-songwriter Craig Finn. It has been ...
Avi Kaplan – Floating On A Dream
The signature element of Avi Kaplan's music is definitely is powerful basso profondo vocal range. After three EP releases, he ...
mxmtoon – rising
Since I ran into the EP dusk by mxmtoon in 2020, I really love to follow the artist and her music. On ...
DoubleTree by Hilton Boston Bayside
Right before I had the third and last Weird Al Yankovic concert during my April 2022 trip through New England, ...
Johnny Cash Museum (Nashville)
Johnny Cash - do I really need to say anything about this living country music legend? Cash is having its ...
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 ...
Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois in Marion (MWA)
The seventh day of my Pittsburgh Penguins trip in March 2022 lead me to Marion, Southern Illinois. The local Veterans ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 6 May 2022)
Wow... This edition of my Songs of the Week was a huge bit of work. I simply had so many candidates for ...
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 ...
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 ...
OYO Hotel St. Louis Downtown City Center
A hotel right across Enterprise Center for a reasonable price? The OYO Hotel St. Louis Downtown City Center just felt ...
Food I Had Onboard III (Mar 2022 til April 2022)
After my second posting about Food I Had Onboard in mid March 2022, I had a couple of interesting flight experiences ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 29 April 2022)
A week full of music: my Weird Al Yankovic Tour Trip was of course the key event of my last ...
Kicking Off The Weird Al Yankovic Tour 2022 (Day 6/7, 30.4./1.5.2022)
The last entry of my (multi-day) trip reports is typically a bit of boring. Getting to the airport, flying back ...
Dana Fuchs – Borrowed Time
The press kit for the album Borrowed Time names Dana Fuchs to be one of the biggest voices in blues rock. What ...
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 4, 28.4.2022)
No concert... But this trip is just not complete without a venue. On Day 4 of my trip following the ...
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 ...
Stephen Jay – Vita Beata
Which album would suit better this week to be the preview on Flyctory.com than Stephen Jay's Vita Beata? Just in ...
Kicking Off The Weird Al Yankovic Tour 2022 (Day 2, 26.4.2022)
Pough... Pough... Keepsie? Poughkeepsie! I do love my Pittsburgh Penguins trips - like the last one in March 2022. But ...
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 ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 22 April 2022)
The week after the 2022 Easter Bunny features some really interesting music. The heading song comes with a touch of ...
Kicking Off The Weird Al Yankovic Tour 2022 (Preview)
Sharing my travel experience following Weird Al Yankovic on tour in North America is somehow traditional on Flyctory.com. Even though ...
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 ...
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 ...
A Nashville Predators Match at the Bridgestone Arena
Apart from visiting Pittsburgh itself, seeing a match at the Bridgestone Arena was likely the highlight of my Pittsburgh Penguins ...
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 ...
Adria Hotel & Conference Center (Queens, NY)
The very first night of my Pittsburgh Penguins trip in March 2022 lead me to New York City. Finally, my ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 15 April 2022)
I was quite amazed that not only Christmas, but also Easter feels to have an impact on the volume of ...
Sophia Bel – Anxious Avoidant
A debut album on Easter weekend: I simply enjoyed the voice and the very special sound of Sophia Bel, when ...
Currently my favorite animal: Leon The Lobster
He was ready to make a few people happy. For one evening. Ready to be the star of a luxurious ...
Cooter’s Place Nashville
Even though the TV series The Dukes of Hazzard just has been aired in the United States between 1979 and 1985, ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 08 April 2022)
Oh, I feel that the Songs Of The Week are really a tradition on Flyctory.com now. More than three months since I ...
Cole Swindell – Stereotype
Cole Swindell fans had to wait for four years for the fourth studio album of their idol: on 8th April ...
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 ...
Papa Roach – Ego Trip
Papa Roach are on the final straight to complete their (first?) thirty years of band history in 2023. On 8th ...
Tennessee Judiciary Museum Nashville
A museum about Law and Justice sounds not really like the most thrilling place out there. However, during the sixth ...
Joe Satriani – The Elephants of Mars
Some two years after I reviewed his album Shapeshifting, Joe Satriani is back with a new album, Elephants of Mars. I was ...
Hilton Nashville Downtown
As central as it gets: not only during the CMA Fest week, the Hilton Nashville Downtown offers a perfect location ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 01 April 2022)
Not really sure why the release calendars are so seasonal (apart from major holidays like Christmas) - but I generally ...
Jon Spencer & The HITmakers – Spencer Gets It Lit
Jon Spencer is definitely not regarded as an introvert artist. He is doing songs somewhere between blues, punk, garage and ...
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 ...
Watching the New York Islanders at UBS Arena
Already right on the very first day of my Pittsburgh Penguins trip in March 2022, I visited the new home ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 25 March 2022)
While the last week's edition solely covered a few songs, my 25th March 2022 version of the Songs Of The Week ...
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 ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 18 March 2022)
My trip through the United States following the Pittsburgh Penguins in eleven days was definitely the highlight of my week ...
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 ...
Following The Pittsburgh Penguins in March 2022 (Day 10/11, 19th/20th March 2022)
After Day 9 featured the last real travel highlights including the Opry show, the last entry of any multi-day trip ...
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 ...
Following The Pittsburgh Penguins in March 2022 (Day 9, 18th March 2022)
Back to Nashville and a fantastic way to finish off the trip on a Friday night - even though another ...
Following The Pittsburgh Penguins in March 2022 (Day 8, 17th March 2022)
Visiting the Gateway Arch and having the last NHL ice hockey match of the trip: the eighth day of my ...
Following The Pittsburgh Penguins in March 2022 (Day 7, 16th March 2022)
The longest road trip part of my Penguins March 2022 travel lay ahead of me on the seventh day. Off ...
Following The Pittsburgh Penguins in March 2022 (Day 6, 15th March 2022)
No flight this day, but therefor, the match I was likely looking forward to most on this Pittsburgh Penguins March ...
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 ...
Following The Pittsburgh Penguins in March 2022 (Day 4, 13th March 2022)
A very interesting direct return flight and the second Pittsburgh Penguins match - Sunday in Pennsylvania felt to be a ...
Following The Pittsburgh Penguins in March 2022 (Day 3, 12th March 2022)
The first day of the trip without any flight - I finally decided to have a bit more of a ...
Following The Pittsburgh Penguins in March 2022 (Day 2, 11th March 2022)
Day 2 was just so exciting to me: the first time being back in Pittsburgh since two and a half ...
Sunrunner – Sacred Arts of Navigation
Sunrunner call their music "heavy prog-rock". Thus, this review of their 2022 album Sacred Arts of Navigation feels to be a ...
Following The Pittsburgh Penguins in March 2022 (Preview)
Two years without visiting the United States are about to come to an end: in March 2022, I had planned ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 04 March 2022)
I feel that this week, there is really a nice range of songs in my Songs Of My Life. There is ...
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 ...
Mike Campbell & the Dirty Knobs – External Combustion
With being part of the legendary Heartbreakers, Mike Campbell wrote music history alongside Tom Petty. Doing solo music with his ...
Crowbar – Zero and Below
About a year ago, I reviewed Dream in Motion by Crowbar's singer Kirk Windstein. On 4th March 2022, it has been ...
The Dip – Sticking With It
Sticking With It is the third album by the Seattle band The Dip. I received the album as a promotion ...
Lo Moon – Modern Life
Lo Moon, the second: the indie-rock band released their sophomore album A Modern Life on 25th February 2022. I received ...
Bernard Allison – Highs & Lows
Bernard Alison is a Chicago-origin artist, but is nowadays based in Paris, France. He has been a significant contributor to ...
Corey Taylor – CMFB… Sides EP
Corey Taylor does not really feel to be sufficiently busy. Being the lead singer of two major bands in the ...
Curtis Stigers – This Life
In January 2022, I ran into a jazz version of the soft rock classic You're All That Matters To Me ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 18 Feb 2022)
One thing I really love about this new category Songs Of The Week is that it surprises me again and again ...
Shovels & Rope – Manticore
Shovels & Rope are an Amercana / folk duo. With Manticore, they already present their ninth studio album. Here is my ...
Matt Pike – Pike vs the Automaton
The promotion package I received for Matt Pike's album Pike vs. the Automaton states "Matt Pike wrote new rules for the ...
Michael Lane – Take It Slow
When I listened to Michael Lane's album Traveling Son in October 2019, I absolutely enjoyed the sound of the US-German artist, who ...
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 ...
Goodbye June – See Where The Night Goes
Nashville is Music City - not Country Music City. Even though there is a dominating genre, the city attracts many ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 11 Feb 2022)
A new week, a new edition of the Songs Of The Week. This time, I ran into a lot of rocking ...
Urge Overkill – Oui
New riffs by Urge Overkill: ten years after their previous one, Rock & Roll Submarine, the US rockers release a ...
Once Human – Scar Weaver
Time for the hard guitar sounds: Once Human is releasing their third album Scar Weaver on 11th Feburary 2022. Five years after ...
Boulevards – Electric Cowboy: Born in Carolina Mud
Boulevards has become quite an established act in the US funk music scene. On 11th February 2022, he is already ...
Amos Lee – Dreamland
Amos Lee's melodic sounding songs have lead to a wide national and international fan support already. With Dreamland, the US East ...
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 ...
Slash feat. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators – 4
SMKC is a magical abbreviation in rock music business. It merges guitar giant slash, legendary Myles Kennedy and band member ...
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 ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Rickie Lee Kroell (8th February 2022)
Rickie Lee Kroell, the second time: I just introduced you to the pop artist and her new EP Hauptsache was mit ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 04 Feb 2022)
The last two editions of the Songs Of The Week had a really nice load of positive feedback. Thus, I am really ...
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 ...
Marissa Nadler – The Wrath Of The Clouds EP
Marissa Nadler is already an active performing artist since over 20 years. Thus, the US-American has become a quite well-known ...
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 ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 28 Jan 2022)
After I have already been struggling with the idea of the Songs of the Week, the feedback on my previous edition ...
North Mississippi Allstars – Set Sail
A quarter of a century of Southern rock and blues rock, four Grammy nominations - the North Mississippi Allstars are ...
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 ...
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 ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 21 Jan 2022)
I am still evaluating whether the Songs Of The Week are an interesting format for you. While the first postings got ...
Greensky Bluegrass – Stress Dreams
Greensky Bluegrass - or short: GSBG - is active since 2000. They do a mixture of Americana, bluegrass and rock ...
Keb’ Mo’ – Good To Be …
If a promotion agency sends you a new album by a five time Grammy award winner, you know that this ...
Great American Ghost – Torture World EP
According to the press kit, the metal magazine Metal Injection named Great American Ghost and their music "Always hateful, always ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 14 Jan 2022)
This week I again present you a nice range of songs again. From Australian pop / R&B artists, who do ...
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 ...
Skillet – Dominion
Hard rock from Tennessee: the band Skillet is releasing their eleventh studio album on 14th January 2022. Here is my ...
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 ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 31 Dec 2021)
The international music scene is slowly coming back from Christmas break. I listened to a couple of really remarkable releases ...
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 ...
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 ...
Some Non-Country Christmas Songs 2021
Christmas is approaching really quick now. While I traditionally do a festive edition of my Country Music Picks, I also ...
Tom Morello – The Atlas Underground Flood
The Altas Underground series continues: just some six weeks after Tom Morello released The Atlas Underground Fire, which was full of amazing ...
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 ...
X: THC – Fall Down Seven Times, Rise Up Eight
Synthpop? Post-Punk? New Wave? It is really hard to describe the genre created by the duo X: THC. They reached ...
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, ...
Expo 2020 Dubai – The Al Forsan Pavilions
Al Forsan is one of the two smaller districts of the Expo 2020 ground. Apart from the 360 degrees Opera, ...
Armanda Shires – For Christmas
An alternative view on the holidays: as part of my series of Christmas album reviews, I look into For Christmas ...
Gov’t Mule – Heavy Load Blues
A very interesting band with a very interesting blues album: on 12th November 2021, Gov't Mule releases their new studio ...
Michael Patrick Kelly – B.O.A.T.S
New stuff from Michael Patrick Kelly - family member of the legendary Kellys is back in the virtual and physical ...
Jason Aldean – Macon
Happiness under Jason Aldean fans: the US country star recently announced to release thirty tracks until mid-April 2022. The first ...
Steve Perry – The Season
Heading Journey lead Steve Perry straight into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (and also to one episode of ...
Houndmouth – Good For You
Alternative bliues and folk sounds from Indiana: Houndmouth are releasing their fourth studio album Good For You on 5th November 2021 ...
Emily Scott Robinson – American Siren
She traveled a quarter million miles for her musical career - you just cannot argue that Emily Scott Robinson did ...
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 ...
Dave Hause – Blood Harmony
With Flyctory.com growing in all three pillars, I also have access to more music before it is in fact released ...
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 ...
Alcatrazz – V
Alcatrazz had a couple of break-ups and hiatuses during their song history. Since their founding in 1983, they were active ...
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 ...
Tom Morello – The Atlas Underground Fire
Bruce Springsteen, Bring Me The Horizon or Chris Stapleton - already the list of guest musicians of Tom Morello's 2021 ...
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, ...
Noah Gundersen – A Pillar of Salt
Some indie folk from the US West Coast: Noah Gundersen is releasing a new album, A Pillar of Salt. I ...
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 ...
Creeping Death – The Edge of Existence EP
"We just want to be heavy and create fun" - that's how Creeping Death describe themselves in the press information ...
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 ...
The Record Company – Play Loud
Play Loud is the third album of a Californian band, which is simply naming themselves The Record Company. Thereby, the ...
Strand Of Oaks – In Heaven
In Heaven is already the seventh album by the US rock project Strand of Oaks. I received the album from ...
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 ...
Angels & Airwaves – Lifeforms
When I told my wife that I got a new Angels & Airwaves album through a promotion platform, her initial ...
Billy Strings – Renewal
Billy Strings is releasing his third solo album on 24th September 2021. As the predecessor lead to a Grammy Award, ...
Nox Holloway – If Only The World Didn’t Spin So Much EP
When I started to write the review of the debut EP If Only The World Didn't Spin So Much by ...
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, ...
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 ...
Heartless Bastards – A Beautiful Life
After a six year break, the Heartless Bastards are back with another release. Restless Ones has been their most recent recording ...
Kacey Musgraves – Star-Crossed
Will he rather head towards pop music or still keep a bit of her country music heart? There was definitely ...
Samantha Fish – Faster
Despite her young age of 32 years, Samantha Fish is already loaded with awards and good receptions by the critics, ...
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 ...
Liz Cooper – Hot Sass
Nashville is Music City, but there is much more than country music there: Liz Cooper is one example - her ...
Ashland Craft – Travelin’ Kind
Debut album by Ashland craft: after the female country singer grew quite a fan base by a strong TV talent ...
David Hasselhoff – Party Your Hasselhoff
His Looking For Freedom is still thought to have been a key factor to give Germany the biggest party of ...
Echo Bloom – Wake
Echo Bloom is a very interesting band project. They released three albums so far, each dedicated to an individual genre ...
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 ...
The Bronx – Bronx VI
The Bronx - sounds like a New York City band? In fact, this is an US act, but the punk ...
All Good Things – A Hope In Hell
A new album from All Good Things after some four years of absence in the record store with a very ...
Shannon And The Clams – Year Of The Spider
Garage punk rock from Calfornia: on 20th August 2021, Shannon and the Clams release their sixth album. It is called ...
Martha Wainwright – Love Will Be Reborn
Almost five years after her previous album Goodnight City, Martha Wainwright is back in the record stores. On 20th August ...
Kool & The Gang – Perfect Union
They formed new sounds and were one of the very big names in funk music - the best about Kool ...
James McMurtry – The Horses And The Hounds
Even though James McMurtry is a 1960's born music artist, he had his first Top 10 placements in 2008. His ...
Watchhouse – Watchhouse
Having released six albums together, but still releasing a debut album - in case you are unable to solve the ...
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 ...
The Killers – Pressure Machine
I am sorry, I am just unable to review an album by The Killers without using the song name / ...
Paul Thorn – Never Too Late To Call
Americana and blues rock from a guy who felt the spirit of Elvis Presley in his young years (at least, ...
Willy Mason – Already Dead
Eight or nine years (depending on how you define it) after his previous studio album, Willy Mason is back in ...
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 ...
Torres – Thirstier
Fifth album by indie-rock artist Torres: I ran into the new release of the Florida born singer-songwriter album through a ...
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 ...
Grizfolk – Grizfolk
Some music from California: Grizfolk in fact has Scandinavian roots, but are now based on the US West Coast. On ...
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 ...
Prince – Welcome 2 America
Five years after his death and more than a decade after he in fact recorded (but never released) the album, ...
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 ...
Some weird sports I discovered during Covid-19
Are you currently also fascinated (or disgusted) by the Olympic Games? This posting is about cool sports - even though ...
The Twelve Best Flights Of My Life (… so far)
During the later phases of the Covid-19 lock-downs in Germany, I had the idea to that posting. Maybe just because ...
Joshua Radin – The Ghost and The Wall
Joshua Radin is a very interesting artist. A couple of his songs have more than thirty million Spotify streams each ...
Molly Burch – Romantic Images
During the last weeks, I also tried to touch some new genres on Flyctory.com. This week, I present you Molly ...
Rodney Crowell – Triage
This posting is about a two-time Grammy winner and a five time US Country chart topper: Rodney Crowell, who started ...
Charlie Worsham – Sugarcane EP
New music by Charlie Worsham: four years after his last album, the US country artist is releasing six songs on ...
Charli Adams – Bullseye
There are very different things which fascinate me about an artist. I definitely enjoyed listening to the very first tunes ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
William Fitzsimmons – Ready The Astronaut
William Fitzsimmons is a folk singer-songwriter, who is an active musician since 2005. On 25th June 2021, he released his ...
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 ...
Toto – With A Little Help From My Friends
After I recently reviewed Joe Bonamassa's live album Now Serving: Royal Tea From The Ryman, reflecting a 2020 live stream event, ...
Buckcherry – Hellbound
Cool hard rock with Californian roots: via promotion agencies, I ran into Hellbound by the band Buckcherry. The band is ...
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 ...
Maroon 5 – Jordi
Many of you may remember Maroon 5 from their big hits at the beginning of their career. Others might even ...
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 ...
Joe Bonamassa – Now Serving: Royal Tea Live From The Ryman
I am typically not too much into live album and Greatest Hits compilations. I love to listen to them - ...
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 ...
Gary Louris – Jump For Joy
Gary Louris is quite successful as a musician and even worked on Grammy Award-winning albums by Tedeschi Trucks Band and ...
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, ...
Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Hollywood
Hard to imagine for US people, I guess, but I had to wait more than 41 years of my life ...
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 ...
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 ...
Pop Evil – Versatile
Pop Evil are definitely in the top spheres of the US hard rock scene. Their album regularly hit upper rankings ...
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 ...
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 ...
Myles Kennedy – The Ides of March
Even though Myles Kennedy is a really successful music artist as part of bands and other collaborations, The Ides of March ...
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 ...
Levara – Levara
A new release on 14th May 2021 - the California project Levara debut with their self-titled album. I got in ...
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 ...
Marconi Automotive Museum & Foundation
A museum with an amazing collection of luxury and top-class racing cars, driven for the cause of charity. This is ...
Weezer – Van Weezer
The US rockers Weezer praise van Halen - or something like that: their latest studio album is dedicated by design ...
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 ...
Alaska Airlines A320 Domestic First Flight Experience
When people discuss about good airlines for US domestic travel, Alaska Airlines is very frequently mentioned. Thus, I was really ...
Mighty Oaks – Mexico
The fourth album by the multi-national project Mighty Oaks on 7th May 2021: boosted by lead singer Ian Hopper in ...
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 ...
Stef – A Glitch in our Virtual Reality EP
A young pop artist from Nashville - I got into the music from Stef by a Tweet of Christina Taylor, ...
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 ...
Ashley Monroe – Rosegold
Two Grammy nominations and part of some Number One albums - Ashley Monroe is undoubtedly one of the big names ...
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 ...
Vanessa Peters – Modern Age
Even though the name sounds quite German at first sight, this review of Modern Age, the new album by Vanessa ...
A San Jose Sharks Match at SAP Center
The last match with the Pittsburgh Penguins on my 2020 trip along the West Coast was at the San Jose ...
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 ...
The Offspring – Let The Bad Times Roll
Without a doubt, The Offspring are one of the most famous US punk rock bands. The last album release from ...
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 ...
Smooth McGroove – A Very Special Kind of Gaming Music
I got introduced to Smooth McGroove by a friend some half a year ago. At that time, the YouTube music ...
Fancy Hagood – Southern Curiosity
Touring with Meghan Patrick and Ariana Grande and even recording with them sounds like an established artists. Despite success and ...
Skullcrusher – Storm in Summer EP
The EP Storm in Summer by Skullcrusher to me was one of these records you receive over promotion platforms you ...
Parker Millsap – Be Here Instead
Parker Millsap is a very interesting US artist, who is blending different genres to his very signature sound. On 9th ...
Cheap Trick – In Another World
I feel it is always amazing to listen to music from acts who started to write musical history quite long ...
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 ...
Lyon Air Museum Santa Ana
In February 2020, I visited a lovely aviation museum in Santa Ana, Greater Los Angeles: the Lyon Air Museum is ...
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, ...
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 ...
Adrian Smith & Richie Kotzen – Smith / Kotzen
Mr. Big meets Iron Maiden - or at least one member each of their former lineups. On 26th March 2021, ...
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 ...
Evanescence – The Bitter Truth
It has been quite amazing for me to read that The Bitter Truth is only the fifth studio album by the ...
The L.A. Maybe – Dirty Damn Tricks
As frequent readers of Flyctory.com might now, I do keep a certain mental distance to press releases and press kits ...
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 ...
Visiting the Los Angeles Kings at Staples Center
The match between my Pittsburgh Penguins and the Los Angeles Kings was the first one on my West Coast hockey ...
Henry B. Plant Museum Tampa
In 1891, Henry B. Plant founded the Tampa Bay Hotel. Nowadays, the National Historic Landmark in central Tampa is no ...
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 ...
Maite Kelly – Hello!
Recently, Maite Kelly had a lot of presence in German TV as part of the Deutschland Sucht Den Superstar (German ...
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 ...
Frances Luke Accord – Sunnyside EP
Frances Luke Accord was one of my first Spotlight interviews in 2021. Among many other topics, we chatted about their ...
Blackmore’s Night – Nature’s Light
Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night - the two masterminds behind the US folk-rock band Blackmore's Night, are indeed big names ...
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 ...
Israel Nash – Topaz
Another interesting artist on Flyctory.com: Israel Nash is doing rock with an Americana touch. He grew his fanbase over the ...
The Paper Kites – Roses
More Australian music on Flyctory.com. Down under became more and more popular (and frequent) in my media review section. On ...
Chicago River & Lake Michigan with Mercury Cruises
When Germans think about vacation in the USA, they typically think about destinations in the Northeast like New York City ...
A Day To Remember – You’re Welcome
Some new tunes by A Day To Remember: the US rockers released You're Welcome, their latest album, on 5th March ...
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 ...
Ron Gallo – Peacemeal
The album Peacemeal is a mixture of several genres from 90's hip-hop to jazz and punk - that's at least ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Alice Cooper – Detroit Stories
Alice Cooper is truly a rock music legend. On 26th February 2021, he released his 21st album Detroit Stories. I have ...
Bones Owens – Bones Owens
Bones Owens already worked with really big names of the business and has released two EPs so far. Nonetheless, seven ...
Ally Venable – Heart Of Fire
I love to scan music and run into interesting artist. Ally Venable definitely fits into this category. At the age ...
Dave & Buster’s – Sports, Eating & a Video Game Arcade
One of my favorite franchises when being in the United States is undoubtedly Dave & Busters. It has been part ...
Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center Anaheim
When I came back from my West Coast Tour with the Pittsburgh Penguins in early 2020, I hoped that the ...
Ben Rice – Future Pretend
When I ran into the debut album by Ben Rice, Future Pretend, I initially thought he is a blues musician ...
Cassadra Jenkins – An Overview On Phenomenal Nature EP
An Overview On Phaenomenal Nature - when I read about Cassandra Jenkins 2021 EP, I just felt this could be ...
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 ...
Damon Johnson & The Get Ready – Battle Lessons
Alice Cooper, Thin Lizzy, Black Star Riders - Damon Johnson has indeed worked with some of the really big names ...
Carly Pearce – 29 EP
Carly Pearce is one of my absolute favorite country music artists. No doubt that the Kentucky lady was on the ...
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – Hunter And The Dog Star
If you are not a living music lexicon, most of you might not associate too much with the band Edie ...
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 ...
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 ...
Pentatonix – The Lucky Ones
The Pentatonix are truly a synonym for top class a capella music. On 12th February 2021, they are already releasing ...
Songs Of My Life: Joshua Kadison – Picture Postcards from L.A.
In my Songs Of My Life section, I try to introduce you with very different songs, which influenced me during my ...
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 ...
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!
It is very hard to categorize the music of Aaron Lee Tasjan. I even found his 2021 album Tasjan! Tasjan! ...
(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 ...
Accept – Too Mean To Die
Covid-19 has some weird impacts: as a major German pressing plant had to reduce operation due to the pandemic, a ...
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 ...
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 ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com Meets Frances Luke Accord (21st January 2021)
Frances Luke Accord is a US-American folk music duo, which has been founded during their common time at high school ...
Long Beach Airport (LGB)
On the fifth day of my Pittsburgh Penguins West Coast trip in February 2020, I had my first flight from ...
John Diva & The Rockets Of Love – American Amadeus
Hair Metal - the fusion of pop and metal is a genre for some quite strange - but successful - ...
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 ...
Understanding Train Station – A Podcast on Living Abroad and Cultural Differences
I already introduced you to Feli, the German Girl in America, now Feli from Germany, in my Flyctory.com posting about her ...
Computer History Museum (Mountain View CA)
What would a visit to the Silicon Valley be without at least visiting one computer museum? Duing my February 2020 ...
Bella Lambert – Memories EP
Business women at the age of 14, debut EP ten years later: the life of Bella Lambert feels to be ...
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 – 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, ...
USS Requin – A Submarine in Pittsburgh
I already presented you my review of Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh. As its key attraction is that special, I ...
Songs Of My Life (Christmas) – Bless Us All (Tiny Tim / Muppets Christmas Carol)
After having released four editions of the Songs Of My Life already, I felt like having a special one just a ...
My Ten Favorite Weird Al Yankovic Songs
Weird Al Yankovic is not only one of my most favorite artists, who I follow for some twenty years now ...
Carnegie Science Center Pittsburgh
The Carnegie Science Center is one of the best rated attractions in Pittsburgh. Of course, I have visited the nicely ...
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 ...
Taylor Swift – evermore
Taylor Swift feels to have a really creative boost during pandemic times: just five months after the amazing folklore, she ...
Songs Of my Life: Don’t Stop Believin’ (Musical Version / Journey)
In my first episode of the Songs of My Life, I talked about Hymn by Ultravox, which became a Song of My ...
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 ...
Gone Is Gone – If Everything Happens For A Reason… Then Nothing Really Matters At All
If Everything Happens For A Reason.... Then Nothing Really Matters At All - this is definitely the longest album title ...
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, ...
Jennifer K. Austin – Journey
Flyctory.com is receiving more and more requests for album reviews, interviews etc. - so I really need to keep a ...
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 ...
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 ...
Miley Cyrus – Plastic Hearts
Miley Cyrus is simply a music superstar and talented in multiple genres. Thus, new Miley Cyrus albums are always exciting ...
Clutch – Weathermaker Vault Series Vol. I
Clutch are an East Coast rock band, who steadily grew since their band founding in 1991. With the Weathermaker Vault Series ...
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 - ...
Seven Things I look forward to do in the United States again
In addition to the very personal new Songs of My Life category, I feel like having a bit more blogging contents on ...
PNC Park – Home of the Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh is my hockey home town - I try to see my Pittsburgh Penguins live at least a few times ...
Garth Brooks – Fun
20th November 2020 is indeed a date many country music fans have been longing for: the genre's legend Garth Brooks ...
Larkin Poe – Kindred Spirits
The Lovell sisters and their band Larkin Poe have been become a well reputed name in the US music business ...
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 ...
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 ...
Guinness World Records Museum Hollywood
If you are tired of seeing all the stars at the Walk of Fame in Hollywood (which I do quite ...
Jojo – December Baby
Even though I have not be overwhelming fond of her recent album good to know, I generally love JoJo and her ...
Meghan Trainor – A Very Trainor Christmas
After I struggled with her third album Treat Myself, which has been released at the beginning of the year, I was ...
Joe Bonamassa – Royal Tea
Joe Bonamassa meets Abbey Road studios? This definitely sounds like an interesting co-production of two legendary parts of music history! ...
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, ...
bett1HULKS Championship 2020: Sharan (IND) / Sandgren (USA) – Marach (AUT) / Pavic (CRO) 4-6 2-6
Unfortunately, my work schedule on the Championship week Wednesday was a bit busy, so that I had to rush from ...
The Boxmasters – Light Rays
Rock'n'Roll is dead? Not at all if you ask the fans of The Boxmasters. The California band does the good ...
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 ...
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 ...
Low Cut Connie – Private Lives
Low Cut Connie became quite a darling of the critics during the last decade. Their re-intertpretation of Rock'n'Roll attracted quite ...
bett1HULKS Indoors 2020: Sharan (IND) / Withrow (USA) – Herbert / Mahut (FRA) 3-6 3-6
Due to all the Covid-19 regulations and local restrictions the male tennis ATP Tour set up some new tournaments in ...
Patty Smyth – It’s About Time
It has been a bit tricky to search for Patty Smyth's 2020 album It's about time. Smyth has been a 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 ...
Brothers Osborne – Skeletons
Playing a major role in the country music scene since a hand-full of years, the Brothers Osborne are likely one ...
Darlingside – Fish Pond Fish
I am a huge critics of the fact that music, especially radio airplay, becomes more and more streamlined. The more ...
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 ...
mxmtoon – dusk EP
In fact, mxmtoon released her EP dusk already on 1st October 2020. I ran into her music while scanning the 2nd ...
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 ...
Dawes – Good Luck With Whatever
All five albums of the 2010's of the US folk rock band Dawes made it to the US overall album ...
The Nude Party – Midnight Manor
A band which has been named based on their nudist colony background feels to be a promising basis for a ...
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 ...
The Grammy Museum Los Angeles
Right before I watched the match of my Pittsburgh Penguins at Staples Center vs. the Los Angeles Kings, I strolled ...
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 ...
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, ...
Ava Max – Heaven and Hell
After she has been so successful and present with a couple of her singles, it was hard to believe for ...
Joan Osborne – Trouble and Strife
One of Us - what an amazing song! It is hard to believe that you are not too wrong to call ...
Ace Frehley – Origins Vol. 2
When a Rock'n'Rock Hall of Famer (which he was inducted to in 2014 as original KISS member) is releasing a ...
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 ...
Delta Spirit – What is There
Delta Spirit do Indie Rock with an Americana touch. Six years after their last album, they are releasing their fifth ...
Hollywood Wax Museum
One of the most classic attractions on the Hollywood Boulevard is the Hollywood Wax Museum, which has already opened its ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com Meets Riley Whittaker (6th September 2020)
Riley Whittaker contacted me just some one or two weeks ago. She is a young artist from Sedona, Arizona, who ...
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 ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Jackie Therrien (3rd September 2020)
In the recent past, my Spotlight interview section hosted some very interesting young artists as well. For example, I chatted with ...
Katy Perry – Smile
Happy days for Katy Perry: just a few days after she and actor Orlando bloom announced the birth of their ...
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 ...
The Big Three of Tennis Men Singles – Unique Dominance?
After Novak Djokovic won the Australian Open 2020, charts like the one by below by the German Data Journalist Felix ...
Courtney Cole – Earthquake EP
Music marketing made in the US: Courtney Cole had released three songs in the previous times already - at the ...
The Killers – Imploding The Mirage
Due to the current situation, The Killers had to wait some extra months to present their complete 2020 album: Imploding The Mirage, ...
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 ...
German Girl in America – YouTube Videos about US-German Differences
2020 is just halfway done - but if I was to choose a German person of the year, regardless whether ...
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 ...
Jim “Kimo” West – More Guitar Stories
After his 2015 album Guitar Stories: Slack Key & Beyond, Jim "Kimo" West is back in the virtual record stores with ...
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 ...
Carly and Martina – Are You Listening?
A good friend of mine is a close friend of the US pop Duo Carly and Martina, so that I ...
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, ...
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 ...
Canaan Cox – Stilettos EP
Honestly, you read these phrases quite often in country music PR packages, but Canaan Cox has been characterized very often ...
Taylor Swift – folklore
The news nearly exploded in social media on 23rd July 2020: there will be a new Taylor Swift album. Release ...
Pinball Hall of Fame (Las Vegas)
Las Vegas offers entertainment for everybody. One of the places which I love most in the city is definitely the Pinball ...
Kansas – The Absence of Presence
Whenever big names of the music business release new music, there are two scenarios: they either still do great music ...
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 ...
Madame Tussauds Hollywood
What are you doing if you are in Los Angeles and want to meet some stars? You could head to ...
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 ...
Donna Missal – Lighter
While scanning the album releases as of 10th July 2020, I ran into Lighter by Donna Missal. I have to admit ...
Brett Eldredge – Sunday Drive
There were quite a lot of new songs by Brett Eldredge during the last weeks. This feels to be a ...
Smithsonian’s National Zoo (Washington)
The Smithsonian's are just a tourist's (and likely also a resident's) best friend when visiting Washington DC. The US capital ...
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 ...
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 ...
Haim – Women in Music Pt. III
Haim is a band which became popular in the early 2010 years. Already with their first publications, the three Californian ...
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 ...
McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum
Out of my archived postings, it is sometimes very hard to find the right option to publish next on Flyctory.com ...
John Legend – Bigger Love
Quite some big names were on my list of album released for 19th June 2020. One of them is John ...
Bob Dylan – Rough and Rowdy Ways
Not just due to being the only popular music artist who ever received the Nobel Prize in Literature, Bob Dylan ...
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 ...
Visiting T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas (Vegas Golden Knights)
The final ice hockey match on my February 2020 trip following the Pittsburgh Penguins to their West Coast matches was ...
“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 ...
DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Anaheim – Convention Center
During my 2020 tour following the Pittsburgh Penguins on their West Coast away matches, the only hotel I had multiple ...
Dion – Blues With Friends
Dion is one of the best singers in the world of music. The Rock'n'Roll Hall of Famer released a very ...
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 ...
Nelson, Nevada – A Ghost Town
I am not too much of a casino person. However, I love being in Las Vegas as it is also ...
Nicole Atkins – Italian Ice
Nicoel Atkins stands for a unique combination of Psychedelic, Americana and Soul. On 29th May 2020, Atkins released her latest ...
Lady Gaga – Chromatica
Lady Gaga is one of the very, very big names in music industry. You just do not have to introduce ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Lucy LaForge / Lucy & La Mer (31st May 2020)
Lucy LaForge is the head and lead singer behind Lucy & La Mer. Based in Los Angeles, the singer / ...
Kip Moore – Wild World
Kip Moore released quite a series of songs during the last months. This was a strong indicator for... a new ...
Phavors – Petals EP
Some weeks before the release of their debut EP Petals, the Indie Folk band Phavors contacted me whether I'd like to review ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Sarah Darling – You’re Still the One [The Campfire Sessions] EP
Sarah Darling's Campfire Sessions, which cover acoustic cover songs which are recorded like in that intimate atmosphere, gained quite some popularity ...
Hailee Steinfeld – Half Written Story EP
Already being nominated for the Academy Awards at the age does not sound to be an introduction for a musical ...
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 ...
Star Alliance Lounge Los Angeles Airport (LAX)
Though they really seem to put in quite some effort to improve the situation, I am not too much a ...
Visiting Indianapolis Motor Speedway
You are free to mention the Colts (see my review of the Lucas Oil Stadium Tour), but finally, if you ...
Dramarama – Color TV
If you are running out of albums to be reviewed as so many releases are postponed due to Covid-19, this ...
JoJo – good to know
Ten million downloads for one song (Too Little, Too Late), Radio Disney Music Awards and being nominated for the MTV ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
OYO Hotel & Casino Las Vegas
On the last full day in America on my trip following the Pittsburgh Penguins on their 2019/20 West Coast away ...
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 ...
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 ...
Joe Satriani – Shapeshifting
It is really tough to select the right achievement to describe Joe Satriani's career in one fact. Over ten million ...
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 ...
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 ...
Planespotting at In-N-Out Burger Los Angeles Airport
The Californian In-N-Out Burger chain is generally quite well known under West Coast tourists. Aviation nerds especially praise the restaurant ...
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 ...
Vanessa Carlton – Love is an Art
After her world hit debut A Thousand Miles, Vanessa Carlton could not keep up with that success. Her sixth album Love ...
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 ...
Adam Lambert – Velvet
If you replace Freddie Mercury and tour with Queen, you are likely not that bad as an artist. While Lambert ...
Andy Warhol Museum Pittsburgh
Famous sons of Pittsburgh? I have to admit that my first thought is about Mario Lemieux - but that is ...
Conan Gray – Kid Krow
If you have roughly 1.7 million subscribers in your Youtube channel before you even released your debut record, this sounds ...
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 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 ...
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, ...
Mandy Moore – Silver Landings
Eleven years after her last album release, Mandy Moore decided to release another album: SIlver Landings is the seventh and ...
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) – 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 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 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 ...
California With The Pittsburgh Penguins 2020 (Days 7/8, 2nd/3rd Mar 2020)
Four ice hockey matches, Rock of Ages #32 in Hollywood, two new airlines and many more impressions - this trip ...
California With The Pittsburgh Penguins 2020 (Day 6, 1st Mar 2020)
Last stage: Las Vegas! My duties supporting my Pittsburgh Penguins were done, time to enjoy... some more hockey. This stage ...
California With The Pittsburgh Penguins 2020 (Day 5, 29th Feb 2020)
After four nights in Greater Los Angeles, it was time to follow my team and fly to San Jose with ...
California With The Pittsburgh Penguins 2020 (Day 4, 28th Feb 2020)
Let's play hockey - again! The fourth day of my trip through California (with a detour to Nevada) had the ...
Hailey Whitters – The Dream
"Just" being very talented in producing good music is not sufficient - you just need the piece of luck, meeting ...
California With The Pittsburgh Penguins 2020 (Day 3, 27th Feb 2020)
No hockey on Day 3 of my California trip 2020 - the day after the first match of the Pittsburgh ...
Lisa Loeb – A Simple Trick To Happiness
Lisa Loeb is an artist who gave me an amazing song of my youth: Stay (I Missed You) was a huge ...
California With The Pittsburgh Penguins 2020 (Day 2, 26th Feb 2020)
Waking up in Anaheim, cheering fpr the Penguins in Staples center - that was roughly the plan for Day 2 ...
California With The Pittsburgh Penguins 2020 (Preview)
California, here I come. The first trip report of 2020 will bring me to California, where my ice hockey team, ...
Rhythm! Discovery Center Indianapolis
A museum about drums and percussion? Sounds like a perfect visit for a travel(, sports) and music website! Before I ...
Huey Lewis & the News – Weather
Stuck WIth You or Hip To Be Square turned him to a musical legend. Ten years after the last album of ...
Seven Spires – Emerald Seas
I happened to run into the front lady of the Seven Spires, Adrienne Cowan, when Tobias Sammet chose her as ...
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 ...
Carly Pearce – Carly Pearce
In summer 2017, I visited a lovely country festival in Lexington, Kentucky called Red, White & Boom, which had an ...
Skydeck at Willis Tower by Night (Chicago)
While I recently published about my (daytime) experience at 360 Chicago on top of the John Hancock Center, I also ...
Hofbräuhaus Pittsburgh
The Hofbräuhaus is one of the maybe most well-known and iconic places in Munich, Germany. Even if you don't care about ...
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 ...
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 ...
Flying PSA Airlines from Washington Reagan to Chattanooga
In order to transfer from East Coast to Tennessee on my trip to CMA Fest 2019, I flew from Washington ...
Richie Kotzen – 50 for 50
What does a musician give himself best as a birthday present? Richie Kotzen went for a new album on 3rd ...
Kesha – High Road
Kesha is back! She is a music superstar in the US, while in other markets, she could not connect to ...
Natalie Madigan – What It’s Like To Be Known
When you think of Nashville, you think of country music. But, of course, the immense concentration of musical talent is ...
Meghan Trainor – Treat Myself
Meghan Trainor - you just link this name to a world-wide success story, All About That Bass. Just on YouTube, ...
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 ...
Visiting PPG Paints Arena (Pittsburgh)
Visiting Pittsburgh and especially my hockey team, the Pittsburgh Penguins, is always something very special to me. Even though Pittsburgh ...
DoubleTree by Hilton Pittsburgh – Green Tree
After one night in Homestead, I had three additional nights at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Green Tree during my ...
Kirk Windstein – Dream In Motion
24th January 2020 felt to be the "Metal Heroes do solo album" day of the year. Shortly after I had ...
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 ...
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 ...
Tarpon Springs (Florida) – The Sponge City
While the key reason of my trip to Tarpon Springs, Florida, was the amazing Replay Amusement Museum, the village is ...
Selena Gomez – Rare
While there were not too many releases in the pre-Christmas period, the list of potential Flyctory.com reviews on 10th January ...
Echosmith – Lonely Generation
The have been the Cool Kids in 2013 and had worldwide success - since this hit, Echosmith did not leave too ...
Hampton Inn & Suites Pittsburgh/Waterfront – West Homestead
On my December 2019 trip to Pittsburgh, I had to book an additional night as I had to reschedule my ...
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 ...
Pittsburgh Light Rail – It’s (partially) for free!
The climate discussions during the last months again boosted discussions whether local traffic could not be for free to reduce ...
Christmas Songs – Why not Hawaiian Style?
Due to my passion for Weird Al Yankovic, I know Jim "Kimo" West for a couple of years now. Kimo ...
360 Chicago and TILT!
Apart from the Skydeck at Willis Tower, Chicago also hosts another viewing point from a higher skyscraper level: From the ...
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 ...
American Airlines Admirals Club Pittsburgh
In contrast to the significantly more fancy Flagship Lounges (here is my review of the JFK one), the American Airlines ...
Pittsburgh Christmas Market and Ice Rink
Even during my December 2019 stay in Pittsburgh, I frequently did get in touch with Christmas. There were not just ...
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 ...
Mount Washington and the Pittsburgh Inclines
Pittsburgh is not only the city of the three rivers and countless bridges - on the southern bank of Monongahela ...
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 ...
Hampton Inn & Suites Schererville
During my trip to Chicago and Indianapolis, I spent the first night as a transfer in Schererville in Northwest Indiana, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Jenn Bostic: Take My Heart (Part 1)
If you ask people in the country music business about Jenn Bostic, I almost guarantee that you get a very ...
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 ...
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 ...
Michael Lane – Traveling Son
In many countries, a good placement at The Voice almost feels like a guarantee to have some steps on the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Fairfield Inn & Suites Indianapolis Downtown
While I am typically more of a Hilton Hotels person, I chose a Marriott Group hotel for my stay in ...
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 ...
American Airlines Boeing 777 Flagship Business Class
After I tested their A330 Premium Economy Class on a flight to Philadelphia before, I was really flattered to check ...
David Hasselhoff – Open Your Eyes
Whether somebody believes that David Hasselhoff had any impact on the Fall of the Berlin Wall, I honestly don't care. Knight ...
Sturgill Simpson – Sound & Fury
If you won a Grammy Award for the Best Country Album of the Year, you are big in the country ...
Steel Panther – Heavy Metal Rules
If you record songs like Death to All But Metal or Bukkake Tears and you do it good, you may make it big ...
Mascot Hall of Fame (Whiting, IN)
Halls of Fame are very popular in the United States. Finally, there are likely Halls of Fame for almost every ...
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 ...
Palmer House Chicago – A Hilton Hotel
It does not happen too often that I sleep in a hotel which has a detailed Wikipedia entry. This did ...
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 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 ...
Lucas Oil Stadium Tour (Indianapolis)
Spontaneously after I visited the Indianapolis Motor Speedway & Museum, I went to Lucas Oil Stadium to do a stadium ...
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 ...
Black Star Riders – Another State of Grace
I saw the Black Star Rides some years ago as a support act of Def Leppard and Whitesnake on their ...
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 ...
Replay Amusement Museum (Tarpon Springs – Florida)
The city of Tarpon Springs on the Nothern edge of the Tampa Bay area is famous for sponge fishing. Gamers ...
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 ...
American Airlines Flagship Lounge New York JFK (now: Greenwich Lounge)
I have to admit that American Airlines Admiral Club Lounges are not really my favorite place. Some are functional, some ...
Lana Del Rey – Norman Fucking Rockwell
30th August had quite a couple of album releases. While I published my view on Sheryl Crow's Threads and Tarja's In The Raw ...
Hilton Garden Inn Orlando At Sea World
I originally booked a Home 2 Suites close to one of the Premium Outlets, but a very competitive rate made ...
National Postal Museum (Washington)
One amazing feature of Washington D.C. is the massive number of museums driven by the Smithsonian Institution: they are typically ...
Trisha Yearwood – Every Girl
Trisha Yearwood - definitely one of the very big names in country music business. Nowadays the wife of Garth Brooks, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Taylor Swift – Lover
Taylor Swift is back! On 23rd August 2019, the music superstar with country roots released her seventh album, Lover. As she ...
Olde Mistick Village – Alternative Shopping in Mystic CT
The harbor city of Mystic, Connecticut, is well know as a tourist destination. Especially the Mystic Aquarium and the Seaport ...
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 ...
Hampton Inn & Suites Providence/Warwick-Airport
Right after visiting the Tennis Hall of Fame Open, I spent the fourth night of my Weird Al Yankovic & ...
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 ...
Holy Land Experience
Holy Land Experience is a theme park in Orlando, which you typically find quite quickly when you google for something ...
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 ...
Sun Studio – The Birthplace of Rock’n’Roll
The Memphis Recording Service, Sun Studio or Sun Records (however you like to call it) is one of the most ...
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 ...
Hilton Garden Inn Preston Casino Area
As staying at the Foxwood Casinos in Mashantucket, Conneticut, was more on the pricey side, I I chose a hotel ...
Tyler Childers – Country Squire
Not just on stage in Germany, but also due to a significant number of studio releases, the upcoming months from ...
Tina Turner Museum (West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center)
On my very final stage on the road to the 2019 CMA Fest in Nashville, visiting the West Tennessee Heritage ...
Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum
Memphis and the surrounding area is so full of music history - it is not that surprising that there are ...
International Tennis Hall of Fame & Hall of Fame Open 2019
On the fourth day of my Weird Al & Grass Court Tennis trip in July 2019, I visited the Tennis ...
Weird Al & Grass Court Tennis 2019 (Day 5/6 – 21st/22nd July 2019)
After two days of Weird Al Yankovic concerts and a memorable Day 4 with my sports idol Leander Paes and ...
Weird Al & Grass Court Tennis 2019 (Day 4 – 20th July 2019)
After having two Weird Al Yankovic concerts on the second and third day of my trip, tennis was in focus ...
Weird Al & Grass Court Tennis 2019 (Day 3 – 19th July 2019)
After the transfer Day 1 was haunted by terrible weather and Day 2 the expected long road trip to New ...
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, ...
Weird Al & Grass Court Tennis 2019 (Day 2 – 18th July 2019)
After transferring to Connecticut on the first day, the second day of my "Weird Al & Grass Court Tennis" trip ...
Weird Al & Grass Court Tennis 2019 (Day 1 – 17th July 2019)
The first entry of a trip report is typically full of stories about airports, airlines and flying. My trip to ...
Weird Al & Grass Court Tennis 2019 (Preview)
After I did my very first trip report on Flyctory.com about following Weird Al Yankovic on his "Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised ...
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 ...
International Towing & Recovery Museum (Chattanooga TN)
When I select the places I want to visit in a city for flyctory.com, there are typically two kinds sights: ...
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 ...
DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) Museum
The capital area of Washington D.C. is full of federal agencies and services. Thus, there are also some very specific ...
Lookout Mountain Incline Railway (Chattanooga, TN)
Just after I left Chattanooga Airport on Day 3 of my CMA Fest Trip, I went to the Lookout Mountain ...
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)
Though I finally did not manage to touch down there, flying from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) was definitely ...
Memphis Music Hall of Fame
Nashville is the dominating super-city of music in Tennessee, despite there is so much musical history in Memphis as well ...
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 ...
Hampton Inn & Suites Nashville-Airport
After I made my trip to Nashville, my stay during the CMA Fest 2019 was the Hampton Inn Nashville-Airport. I ...
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! ...
Elvis Presley Birthplace (Tupelo MS)
Even more than 80 years after Elvis Presley's birth, Tupelo in Mississippi is still dominated by memories of its most ...
Holiday Inn Express Memphis Airport Elvis Presley Blvd
In order to be able to visit Graceland and many other attractions in Memphis on my trip to CMA Fest ...
Bruce Springsteen – Western Stars
While I posted my review about Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real's new album on 14th June 2019, most ...
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 ...
Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (CHA)
After my first Chattanooga experience was already part of my trip following the Weird Al Yankovic Tour 2018, I made ...
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 ...
Hilton Garden Inn Tupelo
After flying from Washington (DCA) to Chattanooga (CHA), my first night on my trip to Nashville in 2019 was in ...
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 ...
Gateway To The Blues (Tunica, MS)
If you drive the US-61 between Tunica, Mississippi, and Memphis, you just cannot miss the iconic wooden building called Gateway To ...
The View of DC – The Observation Deck at CEB Tower Arlington
If you want to see Singapore from above, you likely take the Singapore Flyer. London Eye has been an icon ...
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 ...
A Musical Trip to CMA Fest 2019 (Day 6 – 5th June 2019)
The final day of my trip report to Nashville. The tour is coming to an end, the next days, I ...
A Musical Trip to CMA Fest 2019 (Day 5 – 4th June 2019)
After driving quite a bunch of miles the two days before, 4th June was planned to be a sightseeing day ...
A Musical Trip to CMA Fest 2019 (Day 4 – 3rd June 2019)
3rd June 2019 on my trip to Nashville was "Elvis Presley Day". Waking up less than a mile away from ...
DoubleTree Washington Crystal City
The first stage of my trip to Nashville in 2019 brought me to Washington. As I had a flight connection ...
A Musical Trip to CMA Fest 2019 (Day 3 – 2nd June 2019)
While most of the trip to Nashville was accompanied by magical places of music history, the first highlights of the ...
Science History Institute Philadelphia
Just around all the National Historic sites in Philadelphia, there is a load of additional museums, which are more or ...
A Musical Trip to CMA Fest 2019 (Day 2 – 1st June 2019)
The second day on my trip to Nashville was a comparably easy one: waking up in Washington D.C., sleeping in ...
A Musical Trip to CMA Fest 2019 (Day 1 – 31st May 2019)
Naturally, Day 1 of my trip to Nashville lead me to the airport. The first stage of my trip was ...
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 ...
A Musical Trip to CMA Fest 2019 (Trip Report Preview)
Already months ahead, I was looking forward to visiting the CMA Fest in Nashville. Not just that I fell in ...
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 ...
Benjamin Franklin Museum (Philadelphia)
Founding Father of the United States, printer, author, inventor, scientist, many more... It is likely much easier to list the ...
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 ...
Hampton Inn Philadelphia Airport
During my February 2019 visit to Philadelphia featuring the NHL Stadium Series match and my round trip with Southern Airways ...
P!nk – Hurts 2B Human (Album Review)
P!nk is one of the music megastars of our current generation. Many people looked forward to th 26th April, when the ...
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, ...
American Airlines A330 Premium Economy
Flying Southern Airways Express was not my only debut aviation experience on route to Philadelphia for the NHL Stadium Series ...
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 ...
Homewood Suites Lake Buena Vista Orlando (Review)
Cooking facilities are much more popular in North American hotels than in European ones. Even quite lousy motel rooms typically ...
Flying with Southern Airways Express
Travelling to the NHL Stadium Series match of the Pittsburgh Penguins at the Philadelphia Flyers in late February 2019, I ...
A Visit at the NHL Stadium Series 2019
The Pittsburgh Penguins versus the Philadelphia Flyers - the Keystone State Rivalry was taken to its second stage in February ...
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 ...
Sea Life Orlando
Florida is full of amazing water attractions and aquariums. Installing a Sea Life in the limited space of the ICON ...
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 ...
ICON Park Orlando – A new Entertainment District
Just some three years after the complex opened in 2015, the former "I-Drive 360" district next to Orlando International Drive ...
Riding the The Wheel at ICON Park Orlando
In 2018, the former Coca Cola Orlando Eye ferris wheel rebranded to ICON Orlando as part of the rebranding of ...
Madame Tussauds Orlando
I have to admit, I am not the biggest fan of wax museums. I stick with Lonely Planet's comment on ...
Orlando – A very different McDonald’s Experience
Flyctory.com is neither a food-blog nor an advertisement platform for fast food. However, visiting the McDonald's at International Drive, Orlando, ...
ZooTampa at Lowry Park
The Tampa Bay area is full of top attractions for animal lovers. After we visited Busch Gardens, we decided to ...
Hampton Inn Busch Gardens Area Tampa (Review)
As we were aiming to visit Busch Gardens on our December 2018 trip, my wife and I chose the Hampton ...
A Visit to Busch Gardens (Tampa, Florida)
You want to spent a day with family or friends and cannot decide whether you want to go for the ...
Very Important Postings – July to December 2018
Another six months have passed - the first full half year of Flyctory.com's existance. After I did the Very Important ...
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 ...
Mini Golf at Walt Disney World
Visiting Orlando, I have to admit that I prefer Universal Studios parks in Florida much more to Disney ones. One ...
Christmas at SeaWorld Orlando
When you think about a great Christmas time in one of the Orlando theme parks, you likely first think about ...
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 ...
Gulliver’s Gate – a Miniature World at Times Square
Can you imagine what the highest-rated attraction in Germany, according to Tripadvisor, is? Cologne Cathedral? Wrong! Neuschwanstein Castle! No! And ...
John Hotel (Flushing, New York City)
After I had to book another hotel right across the street for the first night to get a low airfare, ...
Visiting the US Open 2018
Many of you might watch the Tennis US Open at Flushing Meadows on TV. Some take-outs like interviews on the ...
US Open (Tennis) – 1st September 2018
I was looking forward to my second day of visit at the US Open. Divij Sharan's match was of course ...
US Open (Tennis) – My Day – 31st August 2018
My fifth visit at the tennis US Open is the shortest one - arriving on Thursday afternoon by British Airways ...
BA 1 – British Airways’ Most Exclusive Intercontinental Experience
British Airways flight BA 1 has always been on my bucket list. The very special connection between London and New ...
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 ...
Georgia Aquarium – Not only about Fish
It is Atlanta's finest attraction, regarding Tripadvisor. Just across the park from "World of Coca Cola", Georgia Aquarium is home ...
World of Coca Cola
On my Weird Al Yankovic Tour trip, I also visited some of the major Atlanta sights. The "World of Coca ...
Atlanta 1996 – 22 Years later
There have been so many discussions about Rio 2016. Not just about whether the country itself is able to stand ...
Trip Report: On Tour with Weird Al Yankovic (Day 5&6)
16th April, time to leave Atlanta again. At least, there has been plenty of time before to do some sightseeing ...
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 ...
Trip Report: On Tour with Weird Al Yankovic (Day 1)
Day 1 of the trip to Weird Al Yankovic. It has been already some 14 years since I saw this ...
Trip Report: On Tour with Weird Al Yankovic (Preview)
My first flyctory.com Trip Report leads me to Georgia and Tennessee. Starting from Cologne airport, my key aim of that ...
