by Brett Kissel - Now or Never
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3.75
Flyctory.com Pros
- Very solid recording, nice songs
- Second duet with Christina Taylor
- First major country album of the year
Flyctory.com Cons
- Very short
The likely first major country music album release of the year 2020 is by Brett Kissel. The Canadian published his eighth album Now or Never right on New Year’s Day of 2020, because of which I completely missed it in my review planning and during my vacation in Abu Dhabi. Here is the – belated – review.
Brett Kissel – About The Artist
Brett Kissel was born in 1990 in Flat Lake, Alberta, Canada, where his parents operate a cattle ranch. He received his first guitar at the age of six. He recorded his first album at the amazing age of twelve years already. The album also contained two Johnny Cash covers. In 2013, he signed with Warner Music Canada and released his debut single, Started With A Song, in June 2013, when it became the most added Canadian country radio song in its first week. The album released later that year had the same title and peaked 22th in the Canadian country charts. The second Warner album, the 2015 Pick Me Up, was the most successful album and even made it to seventh place in his country. It included Airwaves, the most successful single by Kissel so far, which topped the Canadian charts. He had regular chart placements in the Canadian country charts thereafter.
Brett Kissel – Now or Never – Track by Track
With 26 minutes, the album is comparably short. It contains eight tracks.
1. Drink About Me
The album starts with Drink About Me, which has been released as the first single of the album. A very nice song with a lot of good mood potential.
2. A Few Good Stories
A lot of country, a tiny bit of rocking and a lot of swinging – Brett Kissel is telling us one of his A Few Good Stories with that one. Two good starters of the eight course meal.
3. That’s Country Music
The ballad-alike That’s Country Music is a lovely praise to the genre. One of the best tracks of the album, definitely. By the way, it is the longest one as well.
4. Young Enough
Young Enough is one of the most powerful recordings on the album to me.
Let’s take a shot of something, feels reckless
‘Cause we still got a wild heart beatin’ out of our chest
Oh, while we still got fire racin’ through our blood
Let’s love the life we live, live the life we love
Really nice to listen to.
5. She Drives Me Crazy
Luckily, no Prince cover 🙂 A very catchy and straight-forward recording, which is especially nice to listen due to the long pronunciation of cra-a-a-a-a-a-…-zy 🙂 Nice one.
6. Hummingbird
Brett Kissel shows a softer side on Hummingbird. A lovely ballad with a lot of classic country sound.
7. I’m Not Him, I’m Not Her (feat. Christina Taylor)
I love Christina Taylor, I loved their her first collaboration with Kissel in As good as you look – and I just love this song. Great second duet between the two artists.
8. Coffee With Her
A very soft, minimalistic song, which I feel is a really lovely way to finish this selection of eight songs. Lovely country music ballad.
Brett Kissel – Now or Never – Spotify
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Brett Kissel – Now or Never – My View
If that is a hint how the country music year 2020 may be alike – I feel we might have a really good time together. Brett Kissel’s 2020 album might not be on the route to an all-time classic, but it is a very solid and good recording, which is fun to listen to. I absolutely like it – definitely not just because of the collaboration with Christina Taylor.
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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 ...
Kane Brown – Different Man
Half a billion streams with a single song on YouTube only - songs like Heaven illustrate that Kane Brown is indeed a ...
Charley Crockett – The Man From Waco
The Man from Waco is already my fourth review of a Charley Crockett album. After the my previous review featured an ...
Jolina Carl – Hallo, ich bin Jolina Carl
Hallo, ich bin Jolina Carl - "Hello, I am Jolina Carl" rather sounds like a debut album than the release of ...
Jon Pardi – Mr. Saturday Night
2nd September 2022 features quite a bunch of interesting releases by interesting artists. One of these releases is definitely Mr. Saturday ...
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 ...
Watkins Family Hour – Vol. 2
Sara and Sean Watkins are leading the collaborative Watkins Family Hour. The Californian bluegrass and folk project is active since ...
Sykamore – Pinto
After I loved the EP California King by Sykamore, I was really curious about the debut album by the Canadian country music ...
Kelsey Waldon – No Regular Dog
The fourth album by Kelsey Waldon already: I received No Regular Dog a few days before the female country artist released ...
Wade Bowen – Somewhere Between The Secret and The Truth
Wade Bowen becomes a rather frequently featured artist on Flyctory.com. After I was gifted to see his Cologne show in ...
Pete Wolf Band – Crosswalk To Nowhere EP
German schlager icon Wolfgang Petry is back with a new EP. After a "real" Wolfgang Petry album release, Auf das Leben, ...
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 ...
Whiskey Myers – Tornillo
Tornillo is already the sixth studio album by Whiskey Myers. After their predecessor hit the top of the US Country Album ...
Kaylee Rose – Hot Minute EP
Kaylee Rose is an artist, which I more and more focused on during the last months. The more I was ...
The Local Honeys – The Local Honeys
There were some interesting releases in my virtual pile of (digital) albums released on 15th July 2022. One of them ...
More Than Words – Today (Make Today Be the Best Day of Your Life)
Also due to their rather well-known band members, More Than Words is one of the most promising country music acts ...
Kimberly Kelly – I’ll Tell You What’s Gonna Happen
Kimberly Kelly was a new country artist name to me. Just in the week in which she was releasing her ...
Jonny Houlihan – Coffee and Jesus
Even though Jonny Houlihan and his songs rather frequently pop up in my country playlists, I had quite some trouble ...
Kylie Morgan – P.S. EP
When Kylie Morgan released her debut EP Love, Kylie in June 2021, I have simply felt like being in country music ...
Chris Colter – Nice To Be Back To Be Back Nice
Even though Chris Colter seems to be quite active artist since decades, I could not find too many bio information ...
Luke Combs – Growin’ Up
When it comes to selecting songs for my playlists, Luke Combs is definitely among my favorite artists. The reason is ...
The Cumberland River Project – A Smell of Gravy
So good to have a new one from The Cumberland River Project: one of Germany's finest manufacturers of country music ...
Rachel LaRen – Cowboys Don’t Change EP
A new artist with just some 400 followers on Facebook: scanning the new releases as of 17th of June, I ...
Brett Eldredge – Songs About You
You just cannot deny that Brett Eldredge is caring about and loving his European fans. He was one of the ...
Carrie Underwood – Denim & Rhinestones
No doubt - Carrie Underwood is one of the really big names in the international country music scene. On the ...
Kyle Daniel – Following the Rain
Happy times with Kyle Daniel: just after the country artist announced that he will be heading back to Germany supporting ...
Jillian Jacqueline – Honestly
Even though Jillian Jacqueline is on stage since 2000, it took her 22 more years to release her debut album ...
Christa Fartek – Nashville and Me
Schlager, pop and country - that's how Christa Fartek brands herself on her latest seven track album Nashville and Me. Indeed, ...
Harper Grae – Confessions of a Good Southern Lady EP
Confessions of a Good Southern Lady - doesn't the title already already tell you that this is country music? It ...
49 Winchester – Fortune Favors The Bold
Fortune Favors The Bold is already the fourth album by 49 Winchester. I received the recording before the release on ...
Aaron Raitiere – Single Wide Dreamer
Aaron Raitiere might not be too well-known at first sight, but especially as a songwriter, the Kentucky-origin artist has gained ...
Ryan Sheridan – Americana
Some seven years after his last album release, Ryan Sheridan is back with a new album. Americana is a cover album featuring ...
Midland – The Last Resort: Greetings From
I had reviews of the Texas country band Midland a couple of times on Flyctory.com already. In April 2019, I ...
Tino Z – Highwayman
Some country music made in Germany: After the intense week traveling with Weird Al Yankovic to the first three shows ...
Charley Crockett – Lil’ G.L. Presents: Jukebox Charley
After the 2020 album Welcome To Hard Times and the 2021 Top Pick! review Music City USA, this is already my ...
Tenille Townes – Masquerades EP
New tunes by Tenille Townes. Some two years after the release of the The Lemonade Stand album, the Canadian country artist ...
Old Crow Medicine Show – Paint This Town
Most of you might think about Darius Rucker when it comes to the country classic Wagon Wheel. In fact, the chorus ...
Joshua Hedley – Neon Blue
Four years after his debut Mr. Jukebox, Joshua Hedley is back with his second album Neon Blue. I received the country music ...
Chayce Beckham – Doin’ It Right EP
From ABC to the world of country music: Chayce Beckham did big in a TV talent show and is now ...
Cole Swindell – Stereotype
Cole Swindell fans had to wait for four years for the fourth studio album of their idol: on 8th April ...
Mrs. Greenbird – Love You To The Bone
New songs from Mrs. Greenbird: Cologne's finest Americana pop pair released a new set of tracks on 9th April 2022 ...
Caitlyn Smith – High
Album or EP? Even though, for example, Wikipedia lists the eight track release High as EP, Caitlyn Smith's social media sells the ...
Paul Cauthen – Country Coming Down
The weekend of 1st April 2022 has been a really busy one for me. There have been a couple of ...
Ann Doka – House of Change
House of Change by Ann Doka has indeed bin one of the German artist albums I have been looking forward to ...
Ian Noe – River Fools & Mountain Saints
Ian Noe has already been touring with major country music acts like Jon Prine. On 25th March 2022, he is ...
Maren Morris – Humble Quest
After Maren Morris' last album GIRL, I was really curious in which direction her music will develop to. Humble Quest might be the ...
Tiffany Woys – All About Love EP
All About Love is the second EP by Californian female country artist Tiffany Woys. After a quite good start into her ...
Doug Adkins – A Cowboys’ Life
Doug Adkins new album A Cowboys' Life is already available for his fans via direct order as a physical copy. However, ...
The Shires – The 10 Year Plan
New songs by The Shires - some two years after their Good Years, the British state-of-the-art country artists are releasing a ...
Dolly Parton – Run, Rose, Run
I originally had planned to review Sabaton's The War to End All Wars this weekend - but somehow I did not ...
Jackie Bristow – Outsider
Country music with kiwi roots: Jackie Bristow grew up in New Zealand, but is now part of the Nashville music ...
Danny McMahon – Senses EP
Danny McMahon is one of the most talented and best reputed British country music artists. For example, I ran into ...
Jördis Tielsch – New Mornings
TV appearances, support act of famous musicians like Heinz Rudolf Kunze or Rea Garvey: Jördis Tielsch has indeed grown quite ...
Klaus Lage – Je wahrer die Liebe
70 years of Klaus Lage - the rock singer-songwriter is one of the most iconic artists of the German music ...
Sarah Shook & The Disarmers – Nightroamer
Sarah Shook is a indie-rock and country music singer-songweiter since 2005. On 18th February 2022, she is releasing her third ...
Priscilla Block – Welcome To The Block Party
You might struggle with her self-marketing with slogans like "Queen of Bots" or "I like my hair high - and ...
Dustin Lynch – Blue In The Sky
266 million streams on Spotify and a bout 150 million views on YouTube - Dustin Lynch definitely crushed the country ...
Jeffrey Mitchell Ross – Waited A Long Time
Jeffrey Mitchell Ross wrote music history as the lead guitarist of Lou Reed. That's quite a while ago and Ross ...
Erin Rae – Lighten Up
Erin Rae is releasing her third album Lighten Up on 4th February 2022. Her previous pop-country works have been very highly ...
Muscadine Bloodline – Dispatch to 16th Ave.
Muscadine Bloodline are going for their second album on 4th February 2022. In line with the front release, it is ...
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 ...
Lata Gouveia – Stay The Same
I always love to run into country music from countries other than the USA, Canada, Great Britain or Germany. This ...
Greensky Bluegrass – Stress Dreams
Greensky Bluegrass - or short: GSBG - is active since 2000. They do a mixture of Americana, bluegrass and rock ...
Kiefer Sutherland – Bloor Street
Kiefer Sutherland is a world-famous actor since many years, but since quite a while, he is also growing a fan ...
Conner Smith – Didn’t Go Too Far EP
Three of the six songs on his debut EP Didn't Go Too Far have already been published - and none of them ...
Noah Guthrie – Blue Wall
Without a doubt, Glee is one of the most well-known (and most important) TV music shows. The excellent vocalists covered so ...
Jamestown Revival – Young Man
Jamestown Revival are doing a characteristic blend of Americana genres. On 14th January 2022, they released their fourth studio album, Young ...
Jacob Bryant – Bar Stool Preacher
Bar Stool Preacher is one of the most interesting country music album releases of 2022. Despite Jacob Bryant is just ...
Ryan Montgomery – Chasing Sunsets EP
Chasing Sunsets is already the third EP by Ryan Montgomery. The country-rock artist released the five songs on 7th January ...
Rachel Bradshaw – Rachel Bradshaw EP
When I googled Rachel Bradshaw, the (German) first displayed "Daughter of Terry Bradshaw". Indeed, the 34-year old is quite linked ...
Matt Moeller – Where We Used To Be EP
The number of country music releases feel to slowly rise right after Christmas. Thus, I ran into a couple of ...
Rockmann – One Guitar Hit EP
Country pop from Nigeria? That really sounded interesting - and as the sound of the first snippets I listened to ...
Carolyn Miller – Thank You EP
I typically don't like to review three song EPs. But in some cases, I am just too curious - or ...
Nick Walker – It’s All South From Here EP
There are multiple ways how I get to listening new albums and EPs for my blog. Most of them are ...
Lucinda Williams – Have Yourself A Rockin’ Little Christmas (Lu’s Jukebox Vol. 5)
Lucinda Williams is back. Just not too long after I at a look into the second episode of her Lu's Jukebox, ...
Wade Bowen – Where Phones Don’t Work EP
After having a review of his Cologne concert in August 2019 and reviewing his collaboration with Randy Rogers, Hold My Beer, ...
Alena Neubert – A Life That’s Good
A German artist presenting modern country songs - even though A Life That's Good is a cover album, I felt ...
Armanda Shires – For Christmas
An alternative view on the holidays: as part of my series of Christmas album reviews, I look into For Christmas ...
Jason Aldean – Macon
Happiness under Jason Aldean fans: the US country star recently announced to release thirty tracks until mid-April 2022. The first ...
Billy Bragg – The Million Things That Never Happened
On 29th October 2021, Billy Bragg is already publishing his fourteenth album, The Million Things That Never Happped. With Bragg looking ...
Dennis Adamus – Right For You
On the promotion platform I use most frequently, I rarely run into songs or albums which are labeled as "Country ...
Brett Eldredge – Mr. Christmas
The last Brett Eldredge album I reviewed has been Sunday Drive in July 2020. Now, the country music big gun is ...
Tenille Arts – Girl To Girl
I definitely love Tenille Arts and her music. The more, I was looking forward to listening to her 2021 album Girl ...
SixForty1 – Started Right Here EP
SixForty1 here and there popped up in my playlists with country-pop songs with a signature, memorable style. Thus, their 22nd ...
Det Haggard – Teamwork 2.0
The German artist Det Haggard is a new name in the German lyrics country music scene. After he had some ...
Ryan Hurd – Pelago
On 15th October 2021, Ryan Hurd is indeed releasing his debut album. Even though he is releasing music since 2017, ...
Cassadee Pope – Thrive
Cassadee Pope is back! Just about a year after she released the amazing EP Rise and Shine, the former The Voice winner is ...
Toby Keith – Peso In My Pocket
It's six years ago since Toby Keith released his last studio solo album, 35 MPH Town. On 15th October 2021, ...
Josh Turner – King Size Manger
Merry Christmas everyone... Ooops, it is just the beginning of October... However, after I already reviewed the album Weihnachtszeit by ...
Crystal Leigh – Trading Skylines EP
The EP Trading Skylines, which is the second by country music artist Crystal Leigh, just happened by scanning the new ...
Jesse Cole – SAND (Some Are Never Done)
Country from Germany with an important background. In his 2021 release, Jesse Cole deals with the impacts of being a ...
Miko Marks & The Resurrectors – Race Records EP
Already during the preparation of my reviews on 1st October 2021, I ran into Race Records. The six track EP, ...
Brandi Carlile – In These Silent Days
New songs by Brandi Carlile: In These Silent Days is her most recent album, which she released on 1st October ...
Logan Mize – Welcome To Prairieville
Praising home and your home town in is not that uncommon in the country music genre. In his second 2021 ...
Billy Strings – Renewal
Billy Strings is releasing his third solo album on 24th September 2021. As the predecessor lead to a Grammy Award, ...
Mickey Guyton – Remember Her Name
Especially in the curse of the Black Lives Matter protests, Mickey Guyton felt to be very present in media. She ...
Taylor McCall – Black Powder Soul
Another emerging artist with his debut album: I received Black Powder Soul by Taylor McCall from a promotion company. I ...
Charley Crockett – Music City USA
Since Charley Crockett started releasing music in 2015, he is very active in the music market. On 17th September 2021, ...
Peter Maffay – So Weit
Without a doubt, Peter Maffay is nowadays one of the most well-known rock artists singing in German. As a result ...
Mitchell Tenpenny – Midtown Diaries EP
A real Nashville release: Mitchell Tenpenny is a Music City native - and since Drunk Me latest, also a rather ...
Riddy Arman – Riddy Arman
Debut album by Riddy Arman: the young female country music artists gets into the virtual record stores with a nine ...
Ashland Craft – Travelin’ Kind
Debut album by Ashland craft: after the female country singer grew quite a fan base by a strong TV talent ...
King Calaway – Midnight EP
Some new songs by King Calaway: More than two years after I had a listen to their album Rivers, the international ...
Ashley Cooke – Already Drank That Beer Side A
I am always glad to have a listen into debut long-plays by country artists. Ashley Cooke is releasing Already Drank ...
Kalie Shorr – I Got Here By Accident EP
When I saw the press release about the new EP by Kalie Shorr, I just had to smile: doesn't I ...
Jayne Denham – Wanted
Fifth album release by Jayne Denham: the Australian country artist is Wanted according to her 13th August 2021 release. I just ran ...
Dan + Shay – Good Things
No doubt - not only after their massive success 10,000 Hours alongside Justin Bieber or their big hit Tequila, Dan + Shay ...
Clare Dunn – In This Kind Of Light EP
Clare Dunn is quite a well known act (and very popular show opener) in the Nashville music scene. On 13th ...
Emily Rose – Wings EP
Some more traditional country music tunes to finish my review weekend: Emily Rose released her new EP Wings on 6th ...
Chris Young – Famous Friends
It is over two years ago since Chris Young released the first single for his new album. Now, on 6th ...
Laci Kaye Booth – Laci Kaye Booth
One album out of the 6th August 2021 releases I was looking forward listening to especially was the self-titled one ...
Leah Blevins – First Time Feeling
Leah Blevins is doing country music with a touch of folk. On 6th August 2021, the Kentucky-origin artist is releasing ...
Jim Lauderdale – Hope
About a year ago, I praised Jim Lauderdale for his 33rd studio album, When Carolina Comes Home Again. You can't name ...
Son Volt – Electro Melodier
Tenth album by Son Volt: the US band started their album career already in 1995, when they released Trace. On 30th ...
Ryan Kinder – Room To Dream
New music by Ryan Kinder: I have really been curious about Room To Dream, the new long-play release by the ...
Clay Walker – Texas To Tennessee
Clay Walker definitely knows how the country music business is working. The 51 year-old Texas origin artist is active since ...
Los Lobos – Native Sons
Honestly, when I received the 2021 album Native Sons of a band called Los Lobos, I thought about a funny ...
Jolina Carl – Mexican Overdrive
Some country from Germany: just in the week I did the second edition of my German Songs Country Music Picks, ...
Rodney Crowell – Triage
This posting is about a two-time Grammy winner and a five time US Country chart topper: Rodney Crowell, who started ...
Charlie Worsham – Sugarcane EP
New music by Charlie Worsham: four years after his last album, the US country artist is releasing six songs on ...
Alee – Feels Like This
Third studio album by Alee: I recently ran into the music of the Canadian country artist and was really looking ...
Midland – The Last Resort EP
Midland seem to be really active during 2021. Just some four months after their great and unique soundtrack album The Sonic ...
Lucinda Williams – Lu’s Jukebox Vol. 2 – Southern Soul: From Memphis To Muscle Shoals
About a year ago, in April 2020, I already featured an album by Lucinda Williams. While Good Souls, Better Angels ...
Callie Twisselman – Closure EP
One of these things I really still don't get: checking the new releases of the week, I ran into Callie ...
Tigirlily – Tigirlily EP
I did not know Tigirlily (who want to pronounced as Tie-Girl-Lilly) before I ran into their music for this review ...
The Flatlanders – Treasure Of Love
Next year, The Flatlanders will already have their fiftieth band anniversary. There were a couple of breaks in between, as ...
Lauren Jenkins – Miles On Me, Part 1 EP
I have been that excited that when Lauren Jenkins announced that there will be the first part of her new ...
The Wallflowers – Exit Wounds
During the last weeks, I had a couple of bands and acts who released a new album after some decade ...
LANCO – Honky-Tonk Hippies EP
Some very special experience: while US country artists typically make me struggle by releasing (almost) all tracks of an EP ...
Riley Green – Behind The Bar EP
I really enjoyed Riley Green's 2019 album Different 'Round Here, while I reviewed it in September 2019. The more I ...
Brent Moyer – Song Rider
Brent Moyer is an artist, which is based in the USA, but has quite a fan base in Europe as ...
The Heels – I Am
I had the female country music trio The Heels in my playlists a couple of times. I really loved their ...
Vincent Neil Emerson – Vincent Neil Emerson
New music by Vincent Neil Emerson. After his debut album was quite popular already, he releases his second album on ...
Gary Allan – Ruthless
I am tempted to say that Ruthless is just the tenth studio album by Gary Allan. The legendary country music ...
Meghan Patrick – Heart On My Glass
Quite a while since Meghan Patrick was part of my Flyctory.com coverage. In September 2019, I reviewed her EP debut Wild ...
Amythyst Kiah – Wary + Strange
A blend of country and blues. Amythyst Kiah is releasing her new album Wary + Strange, which is released on 18th ...
pez – All Lowercase EP
Modern country from Bavaria? No, this is not about Nik Wallner, but about pez, who is singing in English and ...
Richie Necker – New Songs and Untold Stories
Some cool music from Germany: the album New Songs And Untold Stories was soloely flagged as pop music in a promotion ...
Kylie Morgan – Love, Kylie EP
I enjoyed Kylie Morgan's single I Only Date Cowboys that much that I added it to the Country Music Playlists on ...
Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real – A Few Stars Apart
The Nelson family is definitely one of the most creative - and productive - families in the country genre. Despite ...
Walker Hayes – Country Stuff EP
Even though I have seen Walker Hayes live on stage a few times, his 2021 EP Country Stuff is in fact ...
Brett Young – Weekends Look A Little Different These Days
Ticket to L.A. was one of the first albums I reviewed on Flyctory.com. Some three years later, Brett Young is back ...
Andrew Jannakos – Gone Too Soon EP
I love the specific kind of country romance in press kits and country music artist promotion texts. About Andrew Jannakos, ...
Black River Delta – Shakin’
The Swedish band Black River Delta is doing a very interesting mix of genres between rock and blues. They already ...
Brynn Cartelli – Based On A True Story EP
A very interesting release with a talent show background: Brynn Cartelli won The Voice in 2018 - now she released her ...
Southerland – Boot Up EP
A debut release on 28th May 2021: the country duo gathered seven songs and released their debut EP Boot Up ...
Lori Rayne – 1926 EP
I unfortunately do not know too much about Lori Rayne, but due to some country release listings, I ran into ...
Blackberry Smoke – You Hear Georgia
Blackberry Smoke do a mixture of country music and Southern rock. They gained quite some popularity in the USA, but ...
John Hiatt With The Jerry Douglas Band – Leftover Feelings
If you are a nine-time Grammy nominee, you are truly successful in the music business. John Hiatt can look back ...
Alexander Ludwig – Alexander Ludwig EP
A Viking doing modern country? Sounds like a weird Scandinavian story - but in fact the artist is a Canadian actor, ...
Jordan Davis – Buy Dirt EP
Second appearance in the Flyctory.com Media Reviews: while I reviewed Jordan Davis' self-titled EP about a year before, he is ...
Blake Shelton – Body Laguage
Nine-time Grammy nominee, being in the jury at the US-American The Voice TV talent show since the beginning and winning eight ...
Oliver Wood – Always Smilin’
If you are a Harry Potter fan, I unfortunately have to refer you to my Hogwarts Express posting - Always ...
Jesse Keith Whitley – Breakin’ Ground
Country to The Core with Rock'n'Roll's rebellious reputation or Jesse Keith Whitley is a modern day outlaw. The first words ...
Dillon Carmichael – Hot Beer EP
After two successful singles, which both had several million streams on Spotify only, Dillon Carmichael is back his first ever ...
Alan Jackson – Where Have You Gone
When I prepared for this review of Where Have You Gone, I again recognized how big Alan Jackson has been ...
The Steel Woods – All Of Your Stones
I am not a musician, but I guess releasing a new album is one of these big moment in a ...
Emma Moore – the table EP
Emma Moore is indeed a really remarkable British artist. I really enjoy how she is blending country music with her ...
Travis Tritt – Set In Stone
Fourteen years after the huge country artist Travis Tritt released his last album The Storm, he is back in the ...
Matt Castillo – How The River Flows EP
I just happened to run into the EP How The River Flows by Matt Castillo when I was scanning for ...
Thomas Rhett – Country Again: Side A
New songs by Thomas Rhett - some two years after his Center Point Road, the Georgia artist is back with ...
Priscilla Block – Priscilla Block EP
Priscilla Block is an artist, which grew on social media. Within a remarkably short time, TikTok made her record a ...
Ronnie Milsap – A Better Word For Love
A real legendary release at the end of April 2021: Ronnie Milsap is indeed a country music big one. Currently ...
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 ...
Carver Louis – Take Off EP
After having reasonable success with his debut album in 2018, Carver Louis was not too active regarding his country song ...
Eric Church – Soul
The final straight of Eric Church's April 2021 album trio. After Heart and & (or: and), the third and final album will be ...
Eric Church – &
The second part of Eric Church's Heart & Soul trilogy was likely the most fascinating one to me before I started listening ...
Eric Church – Heart
One week - three albums: Just two weaks after the Easter bunny gave us a bunch of lovely Easter eggs ...
Brett Kissel – What Is Life?
Some fifteen months after his previous album, Now or Never, Brett Kissel is back on Flyctory.com with an album. On ...
Charlotte Young – Coffee and Conversations EP
I read about Charlotte Young that she is "the female Luke Combs". I would not go as far as the ...
Fancy Hagood – Southern Curiosity
Touring with Meghan Patrick and Ariana Grande and even recording with them sounds like an established artists. Despite success and ...
Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band – Dance Songs For The Hard Times
Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band is in fact neither too big (it is a trio) nor too damn. The band ...
Jon Randall – Neon Texas EP
Jon Randall was already a country music legend while I have still been at school. For his performance with Emilylou ...
Canaan Smith – High Country Sound
Canaan Smith felt to become quite a big name in the country music business when he was on top of ...
Leslie Jordan – Company’s Comin’
You debut album at the age of 65? The story behind Company's Comin', the album released on 2nd April 2021, ...
Truck Stop – Liebe, Lust und Laster
Even though we are currently struggling in Germany to build a (modern) country music scene, there has always been some ...
Tyler Braden – What Do They Know EP
If you released two songs, which exceed ten million Spotify streams each, you are definitely in the music business. Not ...
Carrie Underwood – My Savior
My Savior is already the second Carrie Underwood album I review with Flyctory.com. However, also this one is not a ...
Esther Rose – How Many Times
Quite a lot of stuff happened to Esther Rose within a time span of two years. She broke up in ...
Sara Watkins – Under The Pepper Tree
I honestly rarely really use a lot of information I receive in press kits to future albums. About Sara Watkin's ...
Timo Scharf – Everything Ever Always Is All Forgotten EP
The promotion material to Timo Scharf's new EP Everything Ever Always Is All Forgotten contains a magical sentence. He is writing ...
Kora Naughton – Nineteen
The Australian country music scene might be comparably small (majorly due to the low number of citizens in Down Under) ...
Midland – The Sonic Ranch
I typically don't like albums with too much historic aka previously released material. The songs on The Sonic Ranch are ...
Loretta Lynn – Still Woman Enough
Loretta Lynn is one of these artists, where I already know that I will fail writing her bio before even ...
Morgan Wade – Reckless
I always enjoy to listen into the music of new artists. One debut album I received out of the 19th ...
Joey Hendricks – Between The Clouds EP
Joey Hendricks came from the West Coast to Nashville to become a songwriter - but already his first song as ...
Alyssa Trahan – Baby Blues & Stilettos
To be straight, I have been quite disappointed when I scanned the new album and EP releases as of 5th ...
Christina Taylor – Covers Vol. 1 EP
Since I ran into the music of Christina Taylor some two years ago, I am a huge fan of her ...
Jimbo Mathus & Andrew Bird – These 13
Playing in a band in the 1990's, releasing three albums together - and now recently being back in the recording ...
Track 45 – Big Dreams EP
When I was scanning new releases as of 26th February 2021, I ran into the EP Big Dreams by Track 45 ...
Adam Warner – Big Storm
I really had loads of interesting new releases on and around 26th February 2021. While I had to skip a ...
Kaylee Bell – The Red EP (EP)
I really loved listening to Kaylee Bell's music, when I ran into her performances at the 2019 Country to Country ...
Hayden Joseph – Different
Spotify is a bit of a strange thing sometimes. The scanner I use every Friday to check out for new ...
Willie Nelson – That’s Life
Album #71 now: less than nine month after Willie Nelson released his last studio album, First Rose of Spring, the country ...
Adam Hambrick – The Flipsides EP
Adam Hambrick is indeed an impressive songwriter: The Flipsides is already his fourth EP release - within five months. I just ...
Jess Moskaluke – The Demos
New songs by Jess Moskaluke: one of the big names of the Canadian female country music scene is adding The Demos ...
Carly Pearce – 29 EP
Carly Pearce is one of my absolute favorite country music artists. No doubt that the Kentucky lady was on the ...
Jack McBannon – True Stories
Jack McBannon does a quite interesting and versatile fusion of different Americana music styles. Being on stage for twenty years ...
Lainey Wilson – Sayin’ What I’m Thinkin’
Her powerful songs - and maybe also her strong Southern accent as a signature element - boosted Lainey Wilson's music ...
Callista Clark – Real To Me EP
I already felt that I had closed my Flyctory.com media review work and all the playlist stuff on 12th February ...
Haley Mae Campbell – Growing Up EP
Using tennis language, Haley Mae Campbell was some sort of lucky looser of my review selections on 12th February 2021 ...
Tobacco Rd Band – Worth Fighting For
The Tobacco Rd Band are known for their powerful country rock sound and inspiring love songs. On 12th February 2021, ...
Florida Georgia Line – Life Rolls On
Florida Georgia Line is back in the record store - some eight months after they released the 6-Pack EP, their 2021 ...
Dustin Bird – Unscripted
A brief debut album from Ontario: Canadian Dustin Bird is releasing Unscripted on 5th February 2021. The eight track debut ...
Colton Chapman – Can’t Hide The Truth EP
When I scanned the country music new releases as of 5th February 2021, I got stuck at the music of ...
Alex Hall – Six Strings EP
Tenille Townes, John Osborne, Vince Gill and Brad Paisley on one record? Oh, and I forgot Kassi Ashton and Brad ...
Ben Ransom – Brave New World
During the last months, I got more and more in Australian country music as well. When I scanned the new ...
Daniel Holmes – Dead End Town
Another new country album I ran into on 29th January 2021 was Dead End Town by Daniel Holmes. The album felt ...
Lucero – When You Found Me
The Memphis-origin project Lucero is a really interesting act. They created their own music and earned a lot of reputation, ...
Jake Hoot – Love Out Of Time EP
While many talent show candidates rather have a tough time in the "real world" in Germany, the US show winners ...
Langhorne Slim – Strawberry Mansion
After being seriously ill, Langhorne Slim feels to be back on track. After he has been publishing music regularly, fans ...
Logan Mize – Still That Kid
Still That Kid - the fourth album by Logan Mize was definitely a release I have been looking forward to ...
Matt Wynn – Matt Wynn EP
Another debut EP on Flyctory.com: while I was checking the new releases as at 22nd January 2021, I ran into ...
Tebey – The Good Ones
Third studio album or third EP? Especially due to the fact that Tebey's social media was not overwhelmingly active regarding ...
Jimmy Weber – Black & Blue Heart
Black & Blue Heart by Jimmy Weber is another country music album release I just ran into while I scanned ...
Willie Jones – Right Now
It is almost nine years ago, since Willie Jones stood in front of the The X Factor jury to persuade them ...
Chelsea Berman – Can You Just Not EP
Chelsea Berman is an Australian artist I ran into during 2020. I really enjoyed listening to her singles that year ...
Kerri Watt – Neptune’s Daughter
Even though Scottish Kerri Watt is a quite established act in the British Americana and country music scene, her 2021 ...
Petric – Flashbacks
Just a week before Petric released their album Flashbacks on 15th January 2021, I ran into their single Kids and really ...
Devin Dawson – The Pink Slip EP
Devin Dawson rocketed into the country music scene with his debut single All on Me in 2017. However, it felt that ...
Whitney Duncan – Heartbreaker EP
Whitney Duncan has been an artist on the rise about ten years ago. I did not read too much about ...
Morgan Wallen – Dangerous – The Double Album
Morgan Wallen has grown during the last years and established as a well-reputed country music artist. He also feels to ...
Colby Keeling – Catch Me If You Can EP
Even though the music market was still kind of slow after the holiday season on 8th January 2021, you saw ...
Aaron Watson – American Soul
Aaron Watson feels like the protagonist of a tobacco advertising campaign, like a dressman for American cowboy fashion - or ...
Barry Gibb & Friends – Greenfields – The Gibb Brothers’ Songbook Vol. 1
Writing about the album Greenfields makes me feel very wistful. Robin Gibb is one of my favorite artists - I ...
Tanner Sparks – Living A Nightmare
Old Fashioned Country Music - that's how Tanner Sparks declares his style of music on his website. On the very ...
Steve Earle & The Dukes – J.T.
Steve Earle is indeed a productive musical artist: just some eight months after his amazing concept album Ghosts of West Virginia, ...
Bret Mullins – Kiss The Girl
I have been a couple of days late for Kiss The Girl, when I checked the new releases as of ...
Halle Kearns – Finally EP
Happy Birthday, Halle Kearns - what could be a better way to celebrate your anniversary for a Nashville resident than ...
Lexie Hayden – You Heard Right EP
If you are a rising artist, having two recent singles which made more than 100k streams at Spotify is not ...
Cody Weaver – Southern Noise EP
The number of new releases, especially in regards of EPs and albums, is definitely decreasing in December. There are still ...
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, ...
Brian Callihan – Brian Callihan
Brian Callihan's bio reads like a blueprint for country music artist: growing up on the countryside, doing some hunting, falling ...
The Highway Women – The Highway EP
Four ladies doing country music with a touch of rock - this definitely sounds like an interesting piece of music ...
Granger Smith – Country Things, Vol. 2
Here we go again - after Granger Smith released the first part of his Country Things album in September 2020, the ...
Garth Brooks – Fun
20th November 2020 is indeed a date many country music fans have been longing for: the genre's legend Garth Brooks ...
Clayton Smalley – Dirt Road Therapy EP
After I had to alter my music review planning for the 20th November 2020, I quite quickly began scanning new ...
Ward Davis – Black Cats and Crows
Ward Davis is a great name in the Nashville songwriting scene. Since five years, he is regularly publishing solo music ...
Lee Brice – Hey World
Lee Brice is amazing in songwriting, but also a top name in the country music scene as an artist. On ...
Roman Alexander – Between You & Me
Roman Alexander is one of those amazing young Nashville talents, who illustrate the extreme density of musical quality at the ...
Shenandoah – Every Road
Shenandoah are truly legends of the country music history. For their 2020 album Every Road they gathered a bunch of legendary ...
Kameron Marlowe – EP
Kameron Marlowe indeed made best use of the publicity he gained by participating in The Voice: his debut single, Giving You Up ...
Chris Stapleton – Starting Over
It is hard to believe that Chris Stapleton's 13th November 2020 release Starting Over is indeed his fourth studio album ...
Easton Corbin – Didn’t Miss A Beat EP
Easton Corbin won the musical hearts of Nashville comparably quick after he moved to the city from Florida in 2006 ...
Caitlyn Shadbolt – Stages
Caitlyn Shadbolt is a very interesting Australian artist. The 25-year old Queensland country singer gained quite some fans competing at X-Factor, ...
Eric Ethridge – Good With Me
Debut album after two EP releases, made in Canada - when I scanned the new country music releases as of ...
Emily Rose: The Heart EP
I love to present artists on Flyctory.com which are not in the front row of the country music market (and ...
Charlotte Ave – Women of Country
When I scanned the new releases as of 23rd October 2020, I ran into the debut album by Charlotte Ave, Women ...
The Cadillac Three – Tabasco and Sweet Tea
It's been quite a short-term: just three days before the release of their fifth studio album Tabasco and Sweet Tea, ...
DanaMaria – Desert Diamond
Just ten days before she is releasing her debut album Desert Diamond, I introduced you to the promising German country music ...
Runaway June – When I Think About Christmas
Runaway June's debut album Blue Roses has been much more successful than I expected when I reviewed it in June ...
Matt Stell – Better Than That EP
Matt Stell seemed to had many options to pursue a professional career, but finally went for country music. Better Than That ...
Mira Goto – Nobody Warned Me EP
I like the way Mira Goto describes her business on her Facebook page: I write songs, and then I sing them ...
Trace Adkins – Ain’t That Kind Of Cowboy EP
If you had your first number one hit 23 years ago and are still regularly producing, you definitely proofed to ...
Austin Michael – Austin Michael
Late entry: after I had already closed my list of album and EP reviews for the 9th October 2020 releases ...
Melinda Schneider – Be Gentle On Yourself EP
When I ran into Be Gentle On Yourself, the new EP by Australian Melinda Schneider, I did not know too much ...
Ward Thomas – Invitation
Ward Thomas are one of the most successful British country music acts. On 9th October, one week after they originally ...
Brothers Osborne – Skeletons
Playing a major role in the country music scene since a hand-full of years, the Brothers Osborne are likely one ...
Drew Haley – Wildflower EP
Drew Haley is quite an interesting artist. She even had TV appearance in the past and got a quite solid ...
Jordan Brooker – The Young Troubadour’s Almanac
There is no doubt that Nashville is full of amazing talent - I would even say it is likely the ...
Jason Nix – Money on You EP
Running into Money on You, the debut EP by Jason Nix, was the story which happens about every Friday to me: ...
Bon Jovi – Bon Jovi 2020
If you already released fourteen albums before and are about to do the fifteenth one, you might run out of ...
Dolly Parton – A Holly Dolly Christmas
It's Christmas time... and while the classic Do They Know it's Christmas? continues with and there's no need to be ...
Brent Cobb – Keep ’em on They Toes
Brent Cobb's very own music is rather traditional: while the Georgian origin had some great success as a songwriter and ...
Terri Clark – It’s Christmas … Cheers!
Don't you feel the urge as well to talk about trees, angels, presents and Santa Clause? While I had four ...
Carrie Underwood – My Gift
Dolly Parton is the legend and "mother" of all female country music stars out there - no doubt. But during ...
Diana DeMuth – Misadventure
I ran into the music of Diana DeMuth some weeks before her debut album release, when I was scanning for ...
Granger Smith – Country Things, Vol. 1
Six albums - no chart placement: when you think about Granger Smith today, you may majorly focus on his last ...
Yonder Boys – Acid Folk
The Yonder Boys are definitely an interesting, but also kind of weird and funny combo, which is based in Germany, ...
Tommy Atkins – Kiss Me, Cowboy EP
After I had a very intense and interesting chat in my Spotlight interview section in May 2020 with him, I ...
Smith & Wesley – Greetings From The Land of Y’All
A few weeks ago, I happened to run into the song Land of Y'all. Even though the artists, Smith & Wesley, ...
Tori Martin – Lucky
The eight track album Lucky by Tori Martin is a classic random find on Flyctory.com. Scanning for new releases as of ...
Keith Urban – The Speed of Now Part I
For many country music fans, the 18th September 2020 was some sort of day to look out for: The Speed of ...
Elizabeth Cook – Aftermath
Every Friday, I do a second wave of Flyctory.com preparation and scan new releases of various genres which I have ...
Mickey Guyton – Bridges EP
While listening to the Living Instead podcast series by Olivia Lane, Mickey Guyton was one of the most interesting people ...
Van de Forst – Unconditional
Undoubtedly, Van de Forst is one of the most interesting German acts in the country music scene. Her country / ...
Hardy – A Rock
Hardy is quite well-known in the country music scene as a songwriter. Florida Georgia Line, Chris Lane or Morgan Wallen ...
Lauren Alaina – Getting Over Him EP
Already the second EP of the year - while Lauren Alaina gave us her Getting Good in March 2020, she is ...
Tennessee Jet – The Country
Tennesse Jet is a quite amazing act in the country music scene. He is producing very rocking, powerful, but also ...
The Tuten Brothers – Radio Plays EP
I ran into the music of the Tuten Brothers this year as they released quite many new songs. On 28th ...
Ryan Griffin – Name On It EP
On 28th August 2020, I had quite a huge list of releases (so that I had to skip big names ...
Tiffany Johnson – Tiffany Johnson EP
Tiffany Johnson impressed me recently in the Spotlight interview published on 12th August 2020. After a couple of singles, the ...
Molly Tuttle – … but I’d rather be with you
Her personal greatest hits - for her 2020 album ... but I'd rather be with you Molly Tuttle is taking a ...
Ruston Kelly – Shape & Destroy
Writing for Tim McGraw, being married with Kacey Musgraves - even though you might not have actively run into Ruston ...
Courtney Cole – Earthquake EP
Music marketing made in the US: Courtney Cole had released three songs in the previous times already - at the ...
Tucker Beathard – King
When Tucker Beathard supported Dierks Bentley during his UK tour in 2016, I ran into the young artist for the ...
Kree Harrison – Chosen Family Tree
Surprise! While Kree Harrison's Chosen Family Tree had to be moved multiple times dues to Covid-19, the US country artist ...
Josh Turner – Country State of Mind
Josh Turner is very successful on the country music side as well as an artist for Christian music. Country State ...
Tim McGraw – Here on Earth
Here On Earth is the sixteenth studio album by country music legend Tim McGraw. After so many great hits, he ...
Caylee Hammack – If It Wasn’t For You
Cayllee Hammack fascinated the German fans with her 2020 C2C appearances in Berlin. On 14th August 2020, she released her ...
Mo Pitney – Ain’t Lookin’ Back
Four years after his last album release - but Mo Pitney Ain't Lookin' Back - at least this is the title of ...
Eric Paslay – Nice Guy
A perfect illustration how the Nashville country music cash machine nowadays is working: just six weeks after Eric Paslay released ...
RaeLynn – Baytown EP
I definitely like the powerful RaeLynn. After one EP and one album, the Texan girl is presented her new EP Baytown ...
Lindsay Ell – Heart Theory
Lindsay Ell is definitely one of the finest Canadian artists in the country music scene. After releasing some of the ...
Mary Chapin Carpenter – The Dirt and The Stars
I ran into a preview of Mary Chapin Carpenter's 2020 album The Dirt and The Stars just early in the week ...
Cory Marks – Who I Am
After a couple of single releases, Cory Marks is going for the next step: the Canadian released his first album ...
Cassadee Pope – Rise and Shine
Not only after I met her at her Nashville fan party at during CMA Fest 2019, I love Cassadee Pope ...
Luke Bryan – Born Here, Live Here, Die Here
If you would ask me to name artists which made me listen (modern) country music, Luke Bryan would be definitely ...
Charley Crockett – Welcome To Hard Times
Eight albums since May 2015 - Charley Crockett is definitely not a singer-songwriter who is tired of publishing music. The ...
Chris Tomlin – Chris Tomlin & Friends
If you need any proof how close the country music scene in Nashville is bound to (Christian) religious attitudes, Chris ...
Rascal Flatts – How They Remember You EP
The Rascal Flatts have been hard by Covid-19. Right when they wanted to celebrate their final year as a band, ...
Lori McKenna – The Balladeer
Lori McKenna is regarded to be one of the best female songwriters in the country music scene. On 24th July, ...
Canaan Cox – Stilettos EP
Honestly, you read these phrases quite often in country music PR packages, but Canaan Cox has been characterized very often ...
Emilia Quinn – Firecracker EP
One of the really interesting releases of 24th July 2020 was Firecracker by Emilia Quinn. The young artist has received quite ...
The Reklaws – Where I’m From (Deluxe) EP
Not just because of some songs The Reklaws already placed in my Country Music Playlist, I really enjoy the straight ...
Dixie Chicks / The Chicks – Gaslighter
Strange times in Nashville: when the Gaslighter album was originally planned to be released, the three legendary country music ladies combo was ...
Olivia Lane – “Living Instead” Podcast about Artists’ Life and More
I absolutely loved to follow Olivia Lane on social media and listen to her music after I happened to run ...
Lakeview – She Drove Me To The Bar EP
When I scanned all new country albums and EPs on 10th July 2020, I just got stuck at She Drove Me ...
Jimmie Allen – Bettie James EP
The German fans loved Jimmie Allen at his Berlin C2C 2020 performances. The more, I looked forward to his second ...
Brett Eldredge – Sunday Drive
There were quite a lot of new songs by Brett Eldredge during the last weeks. This feels to be a ...
Jonny Houlihan – Hey Girl EP
Scanning the list of new country music releases, I ran into Hey Girl by Jonny Houlihan. In fact, the EP has ...
Jody Direen – Smokin’ Ashes
I did not have too many new releases for 3rd July 2020 on my list. The more I felt interested ...
Willie Nelson – First Rose of Spring
Willie Nelson is an amazing artist. On 24th April 2020, just some ten months ago since he released his previous ...
Eric Paslay – Heartbeat Higher EP
Eric Paslay is one of the biggest secret stars of the country music genre to me. A fantastic songwriter, who ...
Kyle Nix – Lightning On The Mountain & Other Little Stories
When you ask for promising new country acts, you very often run into the name of Kyle Nix. However, Nix ...
Tenille Townes – The Lemonade Stand
Call it an appetizer, a preview or whatever you like - Tenille Townes released her EP Road To The Lemonade ...
John Gurney – Remind You EP
One of these new emerging Nashville artists you don't know too much about, but somehow like the music: when I ...
Gabby Barrett – Goldmine
Gabby Barrett made it well in American Idol and even better with I Hope. The fans were waiting for her debut album, ...
Gone West – Canyons
You were not that wrong if you call Gone West a "country music superband". All artist have quite some experience individually ...
Hannah White and The Nordic Connections (Album)
I ran into Hannah White and her band project, The Nordic Connections, for the first time during the British Country Music ...
Matt Lang – More
I unfortunately did not make it to follow one of the Matt Lang shows during the Country to Country in ...
Tyler Farr – Only Truck in Town EP
Five years after the release of his last album, Tyler Farr is back on the virtual and physical CD trays ...
Kip Moore – Wild World
Kip Moore released quite a series of songs during the last months. This was a strong indicator for... a new ...
Jaime Wyatt – Neon Cross
Drug abuse, being jailed for robbery - Jaime Wyatt already had quite some negative experience arriving in Nashville as a ...
Chris Bandi – Chris Bandi EP
During my preparations for the music reviews as at 29th May 2020, I ran into the self-titled debut EP by ...
Craig Morgan – God, Family, Country
Craig Morgan is a decently big name in the Nashville country music scene. Even though he rarely hit the top ...
High Valley – Grew Up On That EP
After six studio albums and two EPs, the Canadian country music duo High Valley is back with another EP. Their Grew Up ...
Florida Georgia Line – 6-Pack EP
5 cans, obviously of different kinds of beer (and the six song titles on it), are on the cover of ...
Steve Earle & The Dukes – Ghosts of West Virginia
Steve Earle is definitely one of the big names in music in general. The country and folk artist had very ...
Jordan Davis – Jordan Davis EP
After one album release in 2018, Jordan Davis is back in the (virtual and physical) record stores with his very ...
Chase Rice – The Album Part II EP
The Album Part II by Chase Rice is maybe the perfect illustration for the situation in the North American music ...
Ilse DeLange – Changes
It feels a bit like Ilse deLange wants to push towards the German music market nowadays: the Dutch country and ...
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 ...
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 ...
Jack Curley – Tomorrow EP
For 1st May 2020, I originally had a list of eight albums and EPs, which I prepared for review. The ...
CJ Solar – Coming My Way EP
There are still so many talented and high quality music acts in Nashville, which I haven't been aware of so ...
Kenny Chesney – Here and Now
While quite some major country music artists moved their release dates to (hopefully) better times in the future, Kenny Chesney ...
Hot Country Knights – The K Is Silent
If you already know five out of ten tracks of an album and just feel to deeply miss the other ...
Tim Dugger – Signs Of A Good Time EP
Though he regularly released some songs, the last major recording by Tim Dugger has already been already five years ago ...
Drake White – Stars EP
There are various reasons why I select music for review. I did not have Drake White's EP Stars on my list, ...
Upchurch – Everlasting Country
Ryan Upchurch is called Upchurch or also Upchurch The Redneck. He is has touched quite a couple of genres through his career. Despite ...
The Washboard Union – Everbound
The Canadian West Coast trio The Washboard Union is quite established in the country music scene of their home country. Though ...
Lena Stone – Princess EP
Lena Stone is already quite well-known to insiders of the Nashville country music scene. After a good debut EP in ...
Lucinda Williams – Good Souls Better Angels
Lucinda Williams is quite a big name in the US music business. The 67-year-old, who made it big in folk ...
Bob Fitzgerald – Another Highway EP
I recently saw a feature about British country music, when I ran into the Welsh artist Bob Fitzgerald. I did ...
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 ...
Twinnie – Hollywood Gypsy
Twinnie's debut album Hollywood Gypsy, which has been released on 17th April 2020, was some sort of highlight of the day ...
Liv Austen – popsicle EP
Though Liv Austen is originally from Norway, she is an established artist of the British country music scene. On 10th ...
Julia Cole – Honey Child EP
I ran into the music of Julia Cole especially when I listened to Honey Child, which is also the title track ...
Maddie & Tae – The Way It Feels
Despite The Way It Feels is only their second album, Maddie & Tae are already very established artists in the country ...
Sykamore – California King EP
Rhett Akins once said about Sykamore "I read her name, I was curious...I saw her face, I was intrigued...I heard ...
Ruthie Collins – Cold Comfort
Ruthie Collins' musical career is one which is so similar at many Nashville artists: she decided to go to Nashville ...
Sam Hunt – Southside
Hard to imagine - but Sam Hunt's album Southside, which has been released on 3rd April 2020, is just his second ...
Ashley McBryde – Never Will
Ashley McBryde is not just one of the steadily growing brands in the country music industry, she is also having ...
Brett James – I am Now EP
Reading the list of songs written by Brett James is like a Who is Who of the country music business ...
Jim Lauderdale – When Carolina Comes Home Again
33 studio album just states that you had a massive career so far. Even though Jim Lauderdale was likely more ...
Ingrid Andress – Lady Like
After More Hearts Than Mine boosted Ingrid Andress country music career to a major level, the US country artist released her ...
Dan Smalley – If I’m being honest EP
I ran into Dan Smalley as I ran into many young and upcoming artists: after the CD reviews I wanted ...
Delta Rae – The Light
After Delta Rae has been quite successful in the beginning of the 2010's, the band has not been too present ...
Kelsea Ballerini – Kelsea
Kelsea Ballerini was one of the first country music artist I feld some sort of fandom for. On 20th March ...
The Shires – Good Years
On 13th March 2020, there was some sort of national holiday for the British country music community: not only that ...
Rachel Reinert – Into The Blue
After her career with Gloriana, Rachel Reinert decided in 2017 to leave the successful project and go solo. On 13th March 2020, ...
Brandy Clark – Your Life is a Record
After I enjoyed a great show by Brandy Clark in Amsterdam in January 2020, I was really looking forward to ...
Lauren Alaina – Getting Good EP
Lauren Alaina is one of the countless acts, who made it into the music business by one of the big ...
The Secret Sisters – Saturn Return
The Secret Sisters siblings had quite quick success after they formed in 2009. Last Friday, on 28th February 2020, they released ...
The Cumberland River Project – The Cumberland River Project (Album Review)
Country music made in Germany? There are more and more projects which feel to be very promising. In my point ...
Hailey Whitters – The Dream
"Just" being very talented in producing good music is not sufficient - you just need the piece of luck, meeting ...
Henriette – Henriette EP
Country music made in Germany? Especially in the last few months, there have been a couple of acts, which feel ...
Carly Pearce – Carly Pearce
In summer 2017, I visited a lovely country festival in Lexington, Kentucky called Red, White & Boom, which had an ...
William Prince – Reliever
Some five years after his solo debut album, William Prince is back in the list of country music album releases. Reliever has ...
John Moreland – LP 5
When an artist turns from metalcore to country and folk music - he just has to be an interesting guy ...
The Cadillac Three – Country Fuzz
The Cadillac Three are quite popular in Europe as well as in the USA. Not too surprising, the Nashville trio ...
Richard Marx – Limitless
It was 1989 when Richard Marx was Right Here Waiting For You and gave a musical promise of love which touched ...
Tenille Townes – Road To The Lemonade Stand EP
Not just because Tenille Townes will be part of the European Country 2 Country festivals in March 2020, she is ...
Celeste Kellogg – Keep It On Repeat EP
Being part of a Radio Disney band at the age of 12 already - Celeste Kellogg definitely had early footsteps ...
Redeye Caravan – Nostrum Remedium
I typically do not present reviews of albums, which have been released more than two weeks ago. I just had ...
Steve Moakler – Blue Jeans
After I finished reviewing the albums by Dustin Lynch and Little Big Town, I ran into several interesting new country ...
Cody Hibbard – Memory and A Dirt Road
I got quite a lot into the international - and especially the US - country music scene the last years, ...
Little Big Town – Nightfall
When it comes to the best country music vocalists, Little Big Town is always a hot candidate for the title ...
Dustin Lynch – Tullahoma
Two and a half year after Current Mood and the amazing single Seein' Red, Dustin Lynch tried to boost himself back into ...
Tenille Arts – Love, Heartbreak, & Everything in Between
Her first album release under a record deal - I was very curious about Tenille Arts's second album Love, Heartbreak, & ...
Pete Wolf Band – 2084 (Album Review)
Though the Pete Wolf Band just released their second album on 6th December 2019, they are big names in the ...
Cassadee Pope – Stages (with Track by Track Commentary)
Especially in the winter season, when people are looking for Christmas presents, it is not too unusual that among Greatest Hits ...
Björn Heuser – Kopp voll Dräum (Nashville Recordings)
I was quite stunned when I ran into an Instagram advertisement: Björn Heuser, a Cologne singer- songwriter just recently released ...
Jason Aldean – 9 (Album Review)
Despite it is rather the season for Christmas album and greatest hits, there were some really interesting studio album releases ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Old Dominion (Album Review)
Just a few weeks after Old Dominion toured Germany and the rest of Europe, they released a new album. I ...
Sylvia Aimee – Superhero EP
While there is a boom in local modern country music in the United Kingdom, there is still quite some development ...
Maddie & Tae – Everywhere I’m going EP
Maddie & Tae released another EP on 18th October 2018. After their career started with a blast, Everywhere I'm Going should ...
Vic Allen – Enough EP
British independent country music artist Vic Allen is not just a lovely person and friend of mine, but also a ...
Chris Janson – Real Friends
The superb live entertainer Chris Janson is back - though he feels like quite a young artist to me, he ...
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 ...
King Calaway – Rivers
You may easily agree that there are more beautiful and less beautiful musicians in the worldl of country music. Nevertheless, ...
Brantley Gilbert – Fire & Brimstone
Will Brantley Gilbert do the Billboard-Hattrick after his last two albums topped the US Billboard Charts? I was really looking ...
Sturgill Simpson – Sound & Fury
If you won a Grammy Award for the Best Country Album of the Year, you are big in the country ...
Emma White – The Actress EP
Typically, I plan the albums and EPs I am going to review some one to two weeks ahead and also ...
Zac Brown Band – The Owl
Two years after their last release, the Georgia Zac Brown Band is back in the record stores with their new ...
Riley Green – Different ‘Round here
At the very latest when I decided to select two songs in parallel for my current edition of the latest ...
Meghan Patrick – Wild As Me EP
When my appetite for country music intensified some three years ago, I also ran into the music of Meghan Patrick, ...
Trisha Yearwood – Every Girl
Trisha Yearwood - definitely one of the very big names in country music business. Nowadays the wife of Garth Brooks, ...
Sheryl Crow – Threads
Time to say good bye? Strong rumors stated that Threads might be Sheryl Crow's farewell album. Crow has done so much for ...
Taylor Swift – Lover
Taylor Swift is back! On 23rd August 2019, the music superstar with country roots released her seventh album, Lover. As she ...
Tanya Tucker – While I’m Livin’
While Tanya Tucker was a country music hit machine in the 1970s and 1980s, she significantly decreased the frequency of ...
Midland – Let It Roll
Can Midland top their rock-like rise to the line of fine country music acts? After a massive success of their ...
Tracy Lawrence – Made in America
If someone is publishing his/her 16th studio album, you must already be quite a constant in the music business. Country ...
Olivia Lane – The One EP
During my visit at the 2019 CMA Fest, I was just overwhelmed of the sheer mass of young talented musicians ...
Tyler Childers – Country Squire
Not just on stage in Germany, but also due to a significant number of studio releases, the upcoming months from ...
The Luck – Ready To Run
I was very happy when I received a message in June 2019, whether I would like to review the album ...
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 ...
Runaway June – Blue Roses
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James Barker Bank – Singles Only
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Lauren Jenkins – Running Out of Road (Short Movie)
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Maren Morris – GIRL (Album Review)
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Lauren Jenkins – No Saint (Album Review)
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Florida Georgia Line – Can’t say I ain’t Country (Review)
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My Country To Country Berlin 2025 Preview
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The World Floorball Championship Qualifications are in focus of my coverage this weekend. Nonetheless, I try to provide you with ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 24th January 2025)
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The first one of my Best of postings at the end of the year is always reserved for looking back to my ...
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The Sheepdogs – Hell Together EP
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Jeremie Albino – Our Time In The Sun
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My new way of presenting my Country Music Picks, i.e. having a focus on new songs, which I just did not ...
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I am currently on my first trip ever to the Southern Hemisphere. As expected, the German music market on 4th ...
Christo Graham – Music For Horses
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Rock of Ages – 2025 International Dates of the Musical
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“Goldenes Oval” Opening Meeting – Track Events (Dresden, 30th August 2024)
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The Flyctory.com-Style Medal Count of the 2024 Paris Olympics
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This edition of my Songs of the Week feels like a ballad edition. There are a lot of gentle and emotional song ...
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I am loaded with tennis work this week. The time in Newport, Rhode Island, featuring Indian tennis and the induction ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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WFC 2024 in Lahti – Splitter, Stats, & 3×3 Thoughts
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After Canada had lost their first match against Hungary, they ran into Italy on 9th May 2024. Especially the small ...
WFC U19 Girls 2024: Hungary – Canada 8-2 (2-1, 3-1, 3-0)
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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
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There have been quite a lot country and Americana releases on the Easter weekend of 2024. One of them is ...
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Josh Ross – Complicated EP
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Blood Opera – Songs in the Key of Death
I love the Finnish monster hard rockers Lordi. Thus, I just had an immediate crush when I ran into the ...
Corb Lund – El Viejo
Corb Lund is indeed already a well-known artist in the country music scene. The Canadian is active as a professional ...
Loving – Any Light
I read the lovely description long-distance recording project about the Canadian band Loving. Indeed, parts of the folk-pop-rock band are ...
The Dead South – Chains & Stakes
Is this really the first time I am sharing my thoughts about a The Dead South release with you? I ...
Santa’s Soundtrack 2023? Some Christmas Releases This Season
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Watching a Rock of Ages show in Toronto and heading on to a Journey concert at Scotiabank Arena thereafter - I had ...
Cabrakaän – Aztlan
In 2017, the band Cabrakaän had their first ever gig in Canada, at the Metalocalypstick Fest in Lone Butte, British ...
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) ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Lisa Brokop – Who’s Gonna Fill Their Heels?
It is unfortunately one of the most chaotic experiences I made in regards of 2023 music releases. I received a ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Rock of Ages – 2024 International Dates of the Musical
It is just mid-year 2023 and I already start working on my 2024 Rock of Ages International Tour list. I am sure ...
Danko Jones – Electric Sounds
The Ontario hard rock band Danko Jones is almost looking back to three decades of stage appearance already. With Electric Sounds, ...
Allison Russell – The Returner
In May 2021, I shared with you the review of Outside Child, the solo debut album by Canadian folk/Americana artist Allison ...
The Glorious Sons – Glory
Quite stormy times for The Glorious Sons: just about one week before they released a new album, they announced that ...
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 ...
Adam Wendler – Living the Dream
Adam Wendler is a Canadian musician from Ontario, Canada. However, the multi-instrumentalist is nowadays living in the German capital Berlin ...
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 ...
Bianca James – Bianca James
A self-titled debut album by an interesting Canadian artist - in preparation of my 4th August 2023 album reviews, I ...
Jim “Kimo” West – Of Wood and Spirit (American Guitar Stories)
A new album by Jim "Kimo" West is always a very special moment for me. The Grammy-winning artist is a ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Flora Falls – Hidden From You EP
It is already the second time, the Germany-based, but international folk duo Flora Falls is releasing a major set of ...
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 ...
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 ...
Emm Gryner – Business & Pleasure
Business & Pleasure is already the twentieth album (studio and live) of Emm Gryner, on top of four EPs. Additionally to ...
Union Pearson Express Toronto – The Airport Express Rail
Especially when airports are located a little outside the city, airport express trains feel to be the perfect mass transportation ...
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 ...
Jim “Kimo” West is playing the very first German Weird Al Show tonight – he is back with “Nacht der Gitarren” in Fall
Today is a very special day to me: Weird Al Yankovic is playing is first-ever concert in Germany tonight, at ...
Ron Sexsmith – The Vivian Line
During the preparations for the releases as of 17th February 2023, the album The Vivian Lane by Ron Sexsmith definitely ...
Julian Taylor (15th February 2023, Cologne)
February and early March 2023 held a couple of concerts and shows for me. Thus, right after returning from the ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Julian Taylor (February 2023)
Julian Taylor is just about to make it to Germany and the Netherlands. Right before the Sound of Nashville shows ...
Shania Twain – Queen of Me
Shania Twain is one of these artists, where I feel that writing an About The Artist section feels like an insult ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
Nickelback – Get Rollin’
Get Rollin' is a small anniversary for Nickelband. It is the tenth studio album overall by the post grunge band. I ...
Dave Helgi Johan – Drumheller
Canada, Iceland, Australia - there are quite many influences in the bio of Dave Helgi Johan, a Canadian folk music ...
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 ...
Alexander Ludwig (2nd November 2022, Cologne)
Right after coming back from New York City, I headed to the Helios37 in Cologne the same evening. Sound of ...
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 ...
Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Various Artists)
The more the Christmas season is getting closer, the more you run into compilations of all kind. One of the ...
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 ...
Alvvays – Blue Rev
The album Blue Rev by the Canadian band Alvvays (which is, of course, pronounced as "Always") is like a small comeback. After ...
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 ...
Monster Truck – Warriors
Warriors is the fourth and latest studio album by the Canadian rock band Monster Truck. They had some rather successful songs ...
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 ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Lindsay Ell (before her Cologne Show in Aug 2022)
I simply cannot deny that I have been a bit more nervous before this Spotlight interview. While most of the ...
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 ...
Adam Wendler – Motions
When I prepared the album reviews of 19th August 2022 album, I ran into Motions by Adam Wendler. The album includes ...
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 ...
Sykamore – Pinto
After I loved the EP California King by Sykamore, I was really curious about the debut album by the Canadian country music ...
Rideau Canal Cruises in Ottawa
The Rideau Canal, sometimes also referred to as the Rideau Waterway is an artificial connection of Ottawa and the Ottawa River ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 08 July 2022)
Okay, this week, my Songs Of The Week listeners need to stay strong: I started my list with schlager (with a touch ...
Halton County Radial Railway / Streetcar Museum
During my trip to Canada right after the borders have been opened again in September 2021, I visited a very ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Historic District of Streetsville, Ontario (Pictured Story)
During my September 2021 trip to Toronto, I also spent an evening at the beautiful historic district of Streetsville. The ...
Tenille Townes – Masquerades EP
New tunes by Tenille Townes. Some two years after the release of the The Lemonade Stand album, the Canadian country artist ...
Sophia Bel – Anxious Avoidant
A debut album on Easter weekend: I simply enjoyed the voice and the very special sound of Sophia Bel, when ...
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 ...
Pup – The Unraveling of PUPTheBand
PUP, formerly Topanga, have established in the punk rock business during the last years. The Toronto band releases their fourth ...
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 ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 11 March 2022)
Not really sure whether it is my March 2022 trip with the Pittsburgh Penguins or other influences, but this time, ...
Thunderor – Fire It Up
Thunderor are a relatively new band from Canada. They have been founded during the pandemic. On 25th February 2022, they ...
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 ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Jesse Slack (1st Feb 2022)
The Canadian country recording artist and songwriter Jesse is about to release a new single this week: On Friday (4th ...
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 ...
jackie – Hey Angel EP
The indie-rock trio jackie from Toronto break the traditional release calendar: while most singles and especially albums and EPs are ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Brittany Brodie (27th January 2022)
Ontario, Nashville, Scotland - Brittany Brodie is home somehow in many places in the world. I have been in contact ...
Kiefer Sutherland – Bloor Street
Kiefer Sutherland is a world-famous actor since many years, but since quite a while, he is also growing a fan ...
TownePlace Suites Mississauga-Airport Corporate Center
Right after arriving at Toronto-Pearson Airport (YYZ) in November 2021, my wife and I headed to the TownePlace Suites Mississauga-Airport ...
Billy Talent – Crisis of Faith
Billy Talent is nowadays one of the very big names of the alternative rock music scene. The Canadians are about ...
Flying With Porter Airlines from Toronto (YTZ) to Ottawa (YOW)
Flying from Toronto City - or: Billy Bishop - Airport (YTZ) during my September 2021 trip was definitely one of ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 7 Jan 2022)
My Songs Of The Week slowly turn into a tradition. This week, I definitely saw that the number of releases massively ...
A Match of the Mississauga Steelheads at Paramount Fine Foods Centre
Apart from visiting a Toronto Maple Leafs match at Scotiabank Arena, my wife and I also headed to the Ontario ...
Flyctory.com Best Ones 2021
It is time for the final posting of the years, simply named The Best Ones 2021. After looking into my ...
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 ...
Ottawa ByWard Market (Pictured Story)
ByWard Market in Ottawa is a beautiful entertainment, shopping and relax district in the heart of the Canadian capital. During ...
Toronto Maple Leafs At Scotiabank Arena
Even though their ranking the the NHL is not always reflecting it, the Toronto Maple Leafs are likely the biggest ...
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 ...
Hilton Mississauga/Meadowvale
After two rather average nights in the InterContinental Toronto in the heart of the largest Canadian metropolitan area in September ...
Food I Had Onboard (Oct 2021 til Nov 2021)
In October 2021, on a flight from Munich (MUC) to Keflavik Airport (KEF), I decided to go for a new ...
Flora Falls – Ankle Deep EP
In early November 2021, I received a promo EP from a folk music duo from Berlin, Flora Falls. A bit ...
Expo 2020 Dubai – The Jubilee Pavilions
With a large concert stage and two main attractions on the ground, the Jubillee area on the Expo 2020 grounds ...
AHI – Prospect
Honestly, when I received the promotion material for AHI's fourth album Prospect, this did not read overwhelmingly promising. Having a ...
Tenille Arts – Girl To Girl
I definitely love Tenille Arts and her music. The more, I was looking forward to listening to her 2021 album Girl ...
Air France / KLM Lounge Toronto Pearson (YYZ) Terminal 3
As part of my Condor Business Class experience from Toronto Pearson (YYZ), Terminal 3, to Frankfurt (FRA), I also had ...
The Hits of the Trips – My Summer 2021 in Music
Summer feels to be over - Fall 2021 is coming. Finally, I had much more - and better - trips ...
VIA Rail Business Class Train Ride from Ottawa to Toronto
After flying with Porter Airlines from Toronto Billy Bishop Airport (YTZ) to Ottawa, my return trip was on rails. For ...
Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ)
Flights directly from city to city - needless to say that one key driver of success of Billy Bishop - ...
Condor Boeing 767 Business Class from Toronto (YYZ) to Frankfurt (FRA)
For my trip to Canada on the day they re-opened their borders after Covid-19 restrictions I went for Condor. I ...
Adrian Sutherland – When The Magic Hits
After a couple of albums with his band, Canadian Adrian Sutherland is trying to do his first solo steps. His ...
InterContinental Toronto Centre
For my trip to Toronto in September 2021, just after the re-opening of Canadian borders, I needed a hotel centrally ...
Canada’s Borders Are Back Open – My 7th September 2021 Experience
There have been rumors about that for months - but when Canada finally announced that they will accept fully vaccinated ...
Danko Jones – Power Trio
Hard riffs from Canada: Danko Jones is active since a quarter of a century already and have fans worldwide. Their ...
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 ...
Alee – Feels Like This
Third studio album by Alee: I recently ran into the music of the Canadian country artist and was really looking ...
Alexis Taylor – Ain’t No Quittin’ You EP
I am a bit of jealous of Alexis Taylor. Not (just) because her Facebook and other social media accounts are ...
The Heels – I Am
I had the female country music trio The Heels in my playlists a couple of times. I really loved their ...
Meghan Patrick – Heart On My Glass
Quite a while since Meghan Patrick was part of my Flyctory.com coverage. In September 2019, I reviewed her EP debut Wild ...
My Country Music Picks (22nd June 2021)
After quite a hiatus - the last regular Country Music Picks edition is as of November 2020, I felt it ...
Jim “Kimo” West – Ka Honua Maluhia (Peaceful World)
Jim "Kimo" West is already a quite frequently featured artist on Flyctory.com. "Kimo" is more and more emancipated from being ...
Cleopatrick – Bummer
Hard rock from Canada: with Bummer, the band Cleopatrick is releasing their first-ever album on 4th June 2021. The album ...
Alexander Ludwig – Alexander Ludwig EP
A Viking doing modern country? Sounds like a weird Scandinavian story - but in fact the artist is a Canadian actor, ...
Allison Russell – Outside Child
Allison Russell's album Outside Child is in fact a debut. But the singer songwriter is already quite established in the ...
JJ Wilde – Wilde EP
Even though her debut EP has just been some two years ago, JJ Wilde already got quite some attention, especially ...
Jon And Roy – Know Your Mind
Folk music with a touch of rock and reggae: Jon and Roy is a West Coast Canadian band, who are ...
Brett Kissel – What Is Life?
Some fifteen months after his previous album, Now or Never, Brett Kissel is back on Flyctory.com with an album. On ...
Daniel Lanois – Heavy Sun
"We wanted to do music to raise the mood of the people" - that's quite a promising statement in Covid-19 ...
The Blue Stones – Hidden Gems
After ten years of band history, The Blue Stories release their second album on 19th March 2021. After the blues ...
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 ...
Jess Moskaluke – The Demos
New songs by Jess Moskaluke: one of the big names of the Canadian female country music scene is adding The Demos ...
Dustin Bird – Unscripted
A brief debut album from Ontario: Canadian Dustin Bird is releasing Unscripted on 5th February 2021. The eight track debut ...
(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 ...
Tebey – The Good Ones
Third studio album or third EP? Especially due to the fact that Tebey's social media was not overwhelmingly active regarding ...
Petric – Flashbacks
Just a week before Petric released their album Flashbacks on 15th January 2021, I ran into their single Kids and really ...
Songs Of My Life: Bryan Adams – Summer of ’69 (Summer of ’99)
After I interrupted my "regular" series of Songs of My Life for the Christmas edition with Tiny Tim, the first posting ...
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 ...
Kacy & Clayton And Marlon Williams – Plastic Bouqet
Plastic Bouqet is quite an interesting musical collaboration: while two of the artists, Kacy & Clayton are from Canada, they are ...
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 ...
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 ...
Yukon Blonde – Vindicator
Indie rock made in British Columbia - Yukon Blonde are part of the Canadian music scene for 15 years already ...
Eric Ethridge – Good With Me
Debut album after two EP releases, made in Canada - when I scanned the new country music releases as of ...
bett1HULKS Championship 2020: Gilles Simon (FRA) – Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 6-1 4-6 6-2
Third seeded Dennis Shapovalov (Canada) had a tough time in his Cologne debut appearance: against Gilles Simon (France), he struggled ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Ryan Laird (7th October 2020)
This week, I am gifted to have very interesting interviews again in my Flyctory.com Spotlight section. Just a few days ...
Terri Clark – It’s Christmas … Cheers!
Don't you feel the urge as well to talk about trees, angels, presents and Santa Clause? While I had four ...
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 ...
Lindsay Ell – Heart Theory
Lindsay Ell is definitely one of the finest Canadian artists in the country music scene. After releasing some of the ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Jim “Kimo” West (13th August 2020)
Just in time: one day before Jim "Kimo" West will release his new album More Guitar Stories, I had the opportunity ...
Cory Marks – Who I Am
After a couple of single releases, Cory Marks is going for the next step: the Canadian released his first album ...
Alanis Morissette – Such Pretty Forks In The Road
When you think about Alanis Morissette, you think about Ironic. However, the Canadian artist is definitely not a one-hit wonder ...
The Reklaws – Where I’m From (Deluxe) EP
Not just because of some songs The Reklaws already placed in my Country Music Playlist, I really enjoy the straight ...
Tenille Townes – The Lemonade Stand
Call it an appetizer, a preview or whatever you like - Tenille Townes released her EP Road To The Lemonade ...
Neil Young – Homegrown
Neil Young - one of the very big names in music business. Whenever Young is releasing new music or a ...
Matt Lang – More
I unfortunately did not make it to follow one of the Matt Lang shows during the Country to Country in ...
High Valley – Grew Up On That EP
After six studio albums and two EPs, the Canadian country music duo High Valley is back with another EP. Their Grew Up ...
Lennon Stella – Three, Two, One.
Even though Lennon Stella is quite a well-known person in the music and entertainment industry, it is quite surprising that ...
The Washboard Union – Everbound
The Canadian West Coast trio The Washboard Union is quite established in the country music scene of their home country. Though ...
Celeigh Cardinal – Stories from a Downtown Apartment
This is likely the first time I review an album, before its publishing date, even though it has been published ...
Sykamore – California King EP
Rhett Akins once said about Sykamore "I read her name, I was curious...I saw her face, I was intrigued...I heard ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 2 (07.03.2020) – The Main Stage
After a good start on Main Stage on Day 1 with Luke Combs, Jimmie Allen and Darius Rucker headlined the ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 2 (07.03.2020) – The Side Stages
After the the first side stage acts on Day 1 of the C2C Country To Country 2020 in Berlin, Day ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 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) – Splitter
The German Country Music Scene is having their highest holidays - The C2C in Berlin started on 6th March 2020 ...
Country 2 Country 2020 in Berlin – A Preview
A lot has happened since the Country 2 Country 2020 headliners for all five venues have been published in October 2019 ...
William Prince – Reliever
Some five years after his solo debut album, William Prince is back in the list of country music album releases. Reliever has ...
Tenille Townes – Road To The Lemonade Stand EP
Not just because Tenille Townes will be part of the European Country 2 Country festivals in March 2020, she is ...
Tenille Arts – Love, Heartbreak, & Everything in Between
Her first album release under a record deal - I was very curious about Tenille Arts's second album Love, Heartbreak, & ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Meghan Patrick – Wild As Me EP
When my appetite for country music intensified some three years ago, I also ran into the music of Meghan Patrick, ...
Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge Frankfurt Airport
After I mentioned the Air Canada Lounge at Frankfurt Airport already in my love letter posting to LATAM flight 705, ...
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 ...
James Barker Bank – Singles Only
The Ontario-based James Barker Band was one of the crowd's favorite at the 2019 Country 2 Country festivals in London ...
“Sound of Nashville” in Cologne (6th March 2019)
How to spent the time best between Country 2 Country 2019 in Berlin and Amsterdam and the "main events" in ...
Novotel Toronto Center (Hotel Review)
Just being a short walk away from Toronto Union Station, which perfectly connects to Pearson airport, the Novotel Toronto Center felt ...
Hockey Hall of Fame
If you are a puck-addict, Toronto is your Mecca - and the old-fashioned looking building at the crossing of First ...
Casa Loma (Toronto)
Casa Loma in Toronto is North America's only full sized castle. Though it might not be that well-known here in ...
Royal Ontario Museum
The Royal Ontario Museum just feels like an amazing wonderland of topics, a bit of "something for everyone". Did you ...
CN Tower and Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada
The Ripley's Believe it or not Museums are quite well known. As I never visited one so far, I was even ...
Bata Shoe Museum
Just some sneakers and high heels? The Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto promises much more than that and wants to ...
Flying Air Canada Premium Rouge
"Flying Rouge" becomes quite a success story for Air Canada. Just having started five years ago in 2013, the Maple ...
A Day in Niagara Falls
As part of my summer vacation, I spent some 24 hours in Niagara Falls, ON (means: on the Canadian side) ...
My Medal Count Winner 2018: Canada
Yeah, I have to give in: as a German, you just hated when there has been a race with our ...
