Country music rarely makes it to German media – especially the major US acts, which are typically rather unknown in my home country. On 11th and 12th June 2020, you could find quite a lot of notes on Lady Antebellum. Some scandal? Not really – the band decided to rename. But finally, this leads to quite many discussions – in the country scene, but also outside of the music genre. I felt I just had to blog about that – even though I am not fully sure, what my final statement will be at this time when I am starting this posting.
Lady Antebellum to Lady A – What has happened?
On 11th June 2020, Hillary, Charles and Dave posted the same statement in four pictures on their social media channels. For example, you can review their statement on Twitter and on Instagram. The Twitter statement just comes with the text Dear Fans, the Instagram ones with a copy of the message, so that both versions practically have in common that the band did not add any information apart from the words of the statement themselves. I also could not find any band’s statement other than the posted one so far. Fans are looking forward to the first public performance of the band after renaming, which will happen on Saturday, 13th June, as part of the Opry Livestream.
The Statement
The first of four sections first of all gives the statement that the band is going to rename to Lady A. However, there is also a reference to injustices, inequality and biases black women and men have always faced and continue to face everyday. A sentence which is also very central to me is Now, blindspots we didn’t even know existed have been revealed.

The second section is the longest one. First of all, it re-states that the original band name Lady Antebellum is a reference to the antebellum architecture style (which was always the “official” story, as you can also see in my Ocean album review). But we are regretful and embarrassed to say that we did not take into account the associations that weigh down this word referring to the period of history before the civil war, which includes slavery. Quite an innocent way to present the background. We are deeply sorry for the hurt this has caused […].

The third section is quite a very short statement and just focuses on the timing of the renaming decision.

The fourth section is looking forward, starting with we feel like we have been awakened, but this is just one step. There are countless more that need to be taken. Later they talk about making the necessary changes to practice antiracism and we will continue to educate ourselves.

Lady Antebellum to Lady A – Fact Check
Maybe let’s start with the current background in the USA. The killing (or better call it: the murder) of George Perry Floyd Jr. on 25th May 2020 has shaken the country. Covid-19 moves more and more to the background, not just due to the protests and the unfortunate riots, parts of the American society feel to reflect about racism in everyday life intensively. The Time Magazine for example recently stated that several anti-racist books sell out and gives advice which books to read (see this link). They even call it the America’s Long Overdue Awakening to Systemic Racism. Being anti-racist became an established concept of thinking within a few weeks, there is maybe even a certain expectation to become anti-racist. CNN, for example, recently guided their customers How to become anti-racist (link). Common knowledge feels to be catalyzed by the recent developments. I guess this pressure is huge on celebrities.
About Antebellum
The fact check on Antebellum is rather easy. It may be less surprising to Europeans, where knowledge of Latin or Latin-origin languages is more widespread, but literally ante bellum means “before (the) war”. In US-American history, the war typically referred is the Civil War. Ante bellum / post bellum is a common wording in English. Especially ante bellum / antebellum is a common wording for the period before the American Civil War, which also means it is a clear reference to the time of slavery. If you would use the band name Lady Antebellum in this context, you could somehow build a reference to a support of injustice done during these times (just fact-checking, this does not necessarily reflect my personal opinion).

Lady Antebellum (I will use the original band name in this posting majorly) always clearly stated that their band name is originated from the Antebellum architecture style. You see an example for that in the picture above showing Barrington Hall (Roswell, Georgia). All band members have Southern State background. There is a detailed Wikipedia article on this style. It also shortly references the struggle how to deal with that heritage. On the one hand, the wealth which created these houses has in most cases undoubtedly created by slavery – on the other hand, the buildings are historically very valuable properties and reflect parts of American history. Of course, the architecture style Antebellum got its name from the Antebellum period, so they are equivalent in a certain way.
You could finally try to investigate “how racist” the word Antebellum in fact is. I feel that is very individual and hard for me as a non-native speaker living in another country to judge on this topic. If you for example look into the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, the two usage examples of antebellum clearly refers to social topics.
Lady Antebellum to Lady A – The Reactions
Not too surprisingly, the reactions on social media by the fans were massive. I don’t dare to tell you any tendencies and majorities in public opinion – the number of comments is massive and the weighting of supportive and non-supportive postings could be highly influenced by the display algorithm of social media. There is definitely the full range of reactions possible – and it feels that both sides, the positive and the negative comments, seem to have a significant support.
A quite interesting side note of the whole story is a 64 old blues singer, whose civil name is Anita White, but who is performing as Lady A since more than twenty years. Indeed, Lady Antebellum fans used the Lady A short name since ages, but the band never used this one officially. For example Taste of Country quotes Anita White with This is my life. Lady A is my brand, I’ve used it for over 20 years, and I’m proud of what I’ve done (see link). It however feels unclear whether Anita White really owns the name right. The article states that White clearly states that she as a business trademark for Lady A LLC (an “LLC” is a limited liability company). Could lead to interesting lawsuits.
Quick Transformation
One thing which I personally felt very interesting is how quickly the band was able to update their public appearance. For example, I checked Amazon Music and Spotify one day after the statement and even albums which have clearly been issues as Lady Antebellum are now Lady A (screenprint taken from Amazon Music, German Version, below):

Lady Antebellum to Lady A – My View
Of course, this story is very hard to judge about the story in detail. But the more I digged into the topic, the stronger my opinion on that one became. Maybe starting with some bullet points first:
- First of all, it is of course a good thing that you remove the naming Antebellum from a perspective that someone could above the band name Lady Antebellum for racist or other political dumb reasons (not necessarily the band themselves).
- The whole story shows that with all the good thoughts of checking yourself against racism and trying to become a better and fairer person, there is some sort of hysteria behind it. You should take your time, review what you do and did in a sensible amount of time and take wise decision. Especially the fact that the band is surprised that somebody might have naming rights on Lady A shows that Lady Antebellum did not purely take a wise and calm decision.
- I am very neutral on whether Lady Antebellum has a racist touch or not. One reason is my linguistic limitation having German as my mother tongue. I however strongly feel that you cannot limit yourself in a way that you say that Antebellum is purely an architecture style and not a reference to a time period as well. It is always both.
Three people stating that they do think about what they are doing?
- Lady Antebellum are public people, celebrities. There are likely thousands of interviews around the world in which they have been asked whether they named Antebellum. Statements like that Hillary, Charles and Dave did not weigh the fact that Antebellum is in fact a time period in which slavery was a significant part of society are ridiculous and too easy for me. They started thinking about the name just because George Floyd died in a terrible act? Too easy for me. In my point of view, that would be a terrible statement of lack of intelligence and social empathy of these three people. Especially when you travel to Europe, people will quickly point you on that – and I am sure that many people in North America will do so as well.
- I already emphasized the first section statement Now, blindspots we didn’t even know existed have been revealed in my overview above.It is to me very similar: did you just close your eyes about all the things which happened in the past and currently happen? Did you ever ask yourself why most of the people in your US audiences have white skin color?
Fianally, it is about the “new” name to me…
That’s all just some sort of introduction to the key reason, why I believe this move is overhasty, ill-considered and not really from the bottom of their hearts. The key reason is their new band name. If you were Dave, Hillary or Charles and felt that these “baby” called Lady Antebellum should no longer have her surname because it is cruel… If you felt you just cannot stand to go back on stage with that branding which is referring to million of people you have faced terrible injustice in the past and in the current… How would you name the band then?
I have no idea, but I can tell you one name I would definitely not choose: Lady A. This is no departure from the past. It is no step into a new world in which our next outward step will be a donation to the equal justice […]. Lady A is nothing but an abbreviation. It is a reference to the past. To a band name, about the band says she does not want to operate with any more. The A will still stand for Antebellum and all the cruel facts potentially around it.
Overall, this is just completely misplaced self-marketing which is likely done under huge pressure. The facts were there since the very beginning of your band, the injustice was there as well. I don’t know what you really feel – but your story is just too thin to me, Hillary, Charles and Dave.
Barrington Hall picture in the posting: picture by Galen Parks Smith, published under CC BY 2.5 licence. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antebellum_architecture#/media/File:Barrington_Hall_North.JPG
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Even though Belgium is just a short drive away from my residence, I don't feature Americana music from that country ...
Club Volta again - just three days after I featured the Stephen Wilson Jr. concert there, I was back at ...
The Sheepdogs indeed have a busy year 2024. In August, they released the EP Paradise Alone and recently returned from their ...
Time for some country music concert coverage again: On 4th November 2024, I headed to Club Volta in Cologne. Sound ...
Willie Nelson is unstoppable. The last time I featured an album on the country music legend was in 2021, when ...
Almost two million followers on Instagram, even five million on TikTok - Jenna Davis can definitely not complain about a ...
My new way of presenting my Country Music Picks, i.e. having a focus on new songs, which I just did not ...
Kelsea Ballerini has been one of the first female country music artists I ran into in my journey into the ...
In 2021, I already ran into the music of Amytyst Kiah. The US-American artist had released her album Wary + Strange ...
We Mavericks is a country-folk duo from Oceania. On 18th October 2024, they are releasing their sophomore album Heart of Silver ...
I have featured the country musician Riley Green twice already. However my most recent review is dated as of 2021 ...
The Grammy Awards nominated him as Best New Artist, the People's Choice Awards chose him as The Male Country Artist of the ...
Even though Tim Dugger has quite some experience in the country music business already, Stars Over Alabama is his debut album. He ...
Recently, the songwriter Christo Graham played shows in Germany at the Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg. On 4th October 2024, he ...
4th October 2024 is a special day for Sarah Darling fans. Not only that this one is Sarah's 42ns birthday, ...
The country music September 2024 is in the books. At least in regards of my Country Music Picks, which feature ...
Just the evening after the Visions of Atlantis show in Essen, I headed to the E-Werk in Cologne. On 29th ...
Last week, Frances Darling had a big day in her young career. With the song Flight Risk, the US-American-German artist released ...
Luke Bryan is definitely one of the country music artists who influenced me the most. His Play It Again has been ...
Six EPs already, but no album - Dylan Schneider finally felt to change this weird statistics. On 27th September 2024, ...
I am rather used that country music is labeled as pop music or rock music on German promotion platforms. However, ...
Keith Urban is back! On 20th September 2024, the country musician released his new album High. Of course, expectations are high ...
This episode of my Spotlight interviews was one I was looking forward to for a long time. Australian Chelsea Berman ...
Willie Watson became famous as one of the founding members of Old Crow Medicine Show. However, he left the band ...
1.7 million people are following Brantley Gilbert on Instagram already. Will there soon be a bunch more? At least, a ...
About a year ago, I saw Jackson Dean live on stage for the first time. The US-American artist attended the Heart ...
Tyler Sjöström played acoustic sets between the main stage acts during the first and second day of the Sound of ...
I recently revamped the Country Music Picks featuring new releases of July 2024, this is the second time, I look ...
After a one day break, the Sound of Nashville Open Air2024 was back in Cologne. Sunday, 25th August 2024, featured ...
Country-rock made in Germany - there are not too many acts in my home country who are able to deliver ...
European country music fans already look forward to the beginning of 2025, when Warren Zeiders will be touring the continent ...
Not only due to the high effort of Sound of Nashville, there seems to be quite a bit of development ...
The week of 23th August 2024 indeed comes with some (potentially) great releases on the country music side. After I ...
Thomas Rhett is back with a new album. About A Woman is already the third long-play I share with you in ...
In January 2022, country artist Cole Phillips released his debut single Drinking Alone. The song was a huge success with some ...
After the 2021 album Reckless and the 2023 Psychopath, this review of Obsessed is already the third album I cover from Morgan Wade. The US-American ...
After featuring the Giovanni Zarrella concert the week before, another very special show was on my list on 12th August ...
Elles Bailey is one of the most interesting Americana acts from the United Kingdom. The English lady released a new ...
Sugarland is back! The country music duo released a four track EP on 9th August 2024, with all new songs ...
In 2022, I already shared an album by Amos Lee with you. The album Dreamland received a Top Pick! rating. On 9th ...
August 2024 seems to by a Kyle Daniel month for European country music fans. Not only that the charismatic US-American ...
Americana songs with a rocking touch - that's the music by Joe Ely. The Southern USA artist released his new ...
Country rock at its finest - 49 Winchester are definitely an act in this genre who also left a strong ...
Ben / Benjamin Moske is a quite well-known artist in the Northern German singer-songwriter scene. His songs are influenced by ...
The US-American band American Aquarium is looking back to almost twenty years of band history. On 26th July 2024, they ...
I follow and love Kyle Daniel since a couple of years. Especially his concerts in Germany and his great way ...
Her breakthrough single has more than 240 million streams on Spotify only - Megan Moroney is arguably one of the ...
On the weekend of 5th July 2024, I feature some interesting releases by German artists. One of them is T.G ...
Twinnie completed her Blue Hour circle on 28th June 2024. After the EP Blue Hour (After Dark) released in October 2023 and ...
28th June 2024 features a new release by Nathaniel Rateliff. The singer-songwriter is sharing a new album with the Night ...
Georgia Nevada felt to have the potential to become one of the key British country and Americana artists in the ...
I am a huge fan of Tom Petty. I was gifted to see him once live on stage before he ...
It was one of the big news at CMA Fest: just a week before the in-fact release of this album, ...
As part of my 7th June 2024 release reviews, I have a look to an upcoming artist from Tennessee. HunterGirl ...
Even though my review of Copy That was rather average, I was rather thrilled about this new release by Sara Evans ...
Carly Pearce will always be a very special artist for me. As she opened a festival in Lexington, Kentucky, a ...
Keepin' The Lights On is the sophomore album of Kameron Marlowe. The musician has released a lot of singles and ...
Right after I returned from a weekend trip to Norway, my home town Cologne hosted another really interesting country music ...
Three years ago, I introduced you to the album True Stories by Jack McBannon. Despite his artist name, the country ...
When I scanned the new releases as of 17th May 2024, I ran into the self-titled debut EP by Chancy DeAnne ...
With their eleventh studio album, The Avett Brothers do a self-titled one. The Avett Brothers has been released on 17th May ...
The Mavericks are looking back to a really long band history already. This is also illustrated by the fact that Moon ...
When I prepared the review of the album Rise & Fall by Scotty McCreery, I was quite amazed that it ...
Due to the Under 19 Girls World Floorball Championships, I will not cover any album releases during the weekend of ...
End of April and beginning of May 2024 featured a couple of very interesting country music gigs in Germany. For ...
I love Tenille Arts, her music - and also her live performances. Even though my album coverage is a bit ...
End of April and beginning of May 2024 came with quite some photographic dates for me. Right after the Carrie ...
After I recently chatted with Carrie Welling about her tour through Germany and the Netherlands, I was happy to be ...
For many years, Ilse de Lange was the most important female country artist of the Netherlands. However, her popularity outside ...
A really nice way to see that Flyctory.com has established and has a certain history is that some artist happen ...
$10 Cowboy is already the fifth album I review by Charley Crockett. Either under his normal solo artist name or ...
What an honor - Darius Rucker kicked off his Starting Fires Tour World Tour in my home tome Cologne. The Live Music ...
This week, Sam Hunt announced that he will tour North America in the Locked Up tour. Support acts will be Russell Dickerson ...
As part of my 5th April 2024 album and EP reviews, I am glad to feature another Americana artist for ...
Double Dog Dare is the sophomore album by the band White Dog. The Americana band has grown steadily since their founding ...
Jenn Bostic's show in London in February 2024 was an outstanding experience for me. During the show, I decided that ...
There have been quite a lot country and Americana releases on the Easter weekend of 2024. One of them is ...
During the last two years, Canadian artist Joss Ross really boosted his career. Thus I was curious about his 29th ...
In March 2020, I shared the album Saturn Return by The Secret Sisters with you. Now, the siblings are back ...
After the 2022 album Nightroamer, Revelations is the second time I share an album by Sarah Shook and the Disarmers with you. The ...
A new album by Sheryl Crow is always a good reason for musical excitement. On 29th March 2024, the US-American ...
Some more Americana music released on 22nd March 2024: In this review, I feature the album Trail of Flowers by Sierra ...
In the mid to late 2010's, The Wandering Hearts felt like one of the most promising country acts based in ...
Frank Renfordt is back - and this time he is wearing his cowboy hat again! The Cumberland River Project releases ...
Spacey Kacey is back! After the European fans are delighted to have the US-American artist back on their home stages ...
The Cumberland River Project is on the final straight towards a new release. On 22nd March 2023, Frank Renfordt and ...
If you are outside the Americana music sphere, The Northern Belle might rather refer to you as a luxury train ...
From the screen to the music streaming platforms. Yellowstone actor Luke Grimes is also a very talented musician. Two of his songs, ...
Right the day after the Sound of Nashville show in Cologne on 5th March 2024, I headed to Frankfurt. Again, ...
Especially as I could not make it to one of the Country To Country shows the weekend before, I was ...
The British country music artist Twinnie will always be a special person to me. The very first time I saw ...
Corb Lund is indeed already a well-known artist in the country music scene. The Canadian is active as a professional ...
There are not too many artists, which make me travel on a day trip to London. Jenn Bostic did so ...
If you judge on the cover of the EP We All Grow Up, Chase Matthew seems to have done music from ...
Just when I was in the peak phase to plan my music reviews as of 16th February 2024, I received ...
After the lovely 2021 album, You Hear Georgia, I am sharing my thoughts about a Blackberry Smoke album for the ...
It feels like the all-female neotraditional country music trio The Castellows are skyrocketing the music scene of their genre. The ...
Is this really the first time I am sharing my thoughts about a The Dead South release with you? I ...
I am always a bit of extra-flattered when my most frequently used promotion platform shows an album by a German ...
I am always flattered when there are new, interesting German acts who are releasing country music. This week on Flyctory.com ...
If Robert Plant selects you as a support act, you just have definitely made it into the world of music ...
When I recently reviewed This Girl by Hannah Ellis, I just could not believe that this record is in fact her ...
With Polaroid Lovers, I feature a rather exciting album which is released on 26th January 2024. Sarah Jarosz is a ...
I really enjoyed the Randall King show in Cologne in September 2023. Now, Randall King is back on Flyctory.com, being ...
January 2024 features quite some exciting country music album and EP reviews. I was quite glad when I received a ...
The seizure of operation by Everynoise.com made it necessary to reform my country music playlists. I already mentioned this one ...
The press kit to that album has been rather impressing. Each and every track of The Carousel comes with an individual ...
Is it really a debut album? I love the music by Hannah Ellis since several years and just could not ...
Is it really New Year's Eve already again? The last day of the year? I am posting this one in ...
Yeah, I am still more of an album person. I feel that a long-play is still able to tell stories ...
It's time to look back to . After I shared my new format My Year in Travel with you the first time, ...
His show in Aschaffenburg 2019, the main stage appearance at the C2C Berlin 2020 and now Cologne 2023: Eric Paslay ...
When I wanted to work on 8th December 2023, preparing the base data for my two country music playlists, I ...
Afrer his very interesting album release Going Solo, I was really curious about how Gergor McEwan would be alike live on ...
The press kit to Like It's The Last One Left starts with the words Second chances are rare in rock 'n' roll ...
Especially during the last weeks, I ran into a lot of album and EP releases, which in fact just contained ...
So far, I featured the legendary Dolly Parton twice in my album reviews. In 2020, I shared my view albout A ...
The press kit of this album, Crank It, We're Doomed by Todd Snider compares the artist with Prince and Neil Young ...
When I reviewed Chris Stapleton's studio album Starting Over in 2020, I already mentioned that I was really surprised that it ...
And then, it were three. I already shared Christmas songs by country artists twice as a playlist. For the Flyctory.com ...
The Foo Fighters' guitarist is doing solo music again: on 20th October 2023, Chris Shiflett is releasing Lost At Sea ...
At the end of September, some miraculous things were happening on the Instagram accounts of the Country To Country Festivals ...
It is unfortunately one of the most chaotic experiences I made in regards of 2023 music releases. I received a ...
Not only that Darius Rucker is releasing a new album on 6th October 2023, he also recently announced a European ...
The Steel Woods are back! Some two years after their lovely album All Of Your Stories, they release a new ...
In February 2022, I presented the previous album by Dustin Lynch, Blue In The Sky. On 29th September 2023, the Tennessee-origin ...
Welcome back, Brent Cobb! After his 2020 album Keep 'Em On They Toes and last year's And Now, Let's Turn The Page, ...
Home Free - the a capella country band has built a fan base all over the world nowadays. I was ...
It's been quite a while since I covered the last Sound of Nashville show. On 15th September 2023, the Semmel Concerts country ...
Love them or not - finally, you just have to admit that the duo Dan + Shay lifted country pop ...
In 2016, Coffey Anderson released the album Boots and Jeans. It also contained the song Mr Red White and Blue, which has ...
At The Roadhouse is the second album by the Australian band The Paper Kites I feature on Flyctory.com. While in my ...
In March 2020, just at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, Melanie Wiegmann went to the Maltese island of Gozo ...
One evening with six different artists? The opening night of the Heart To Heart concert series definitely came with high ...
When I prepared for the review of this album, I read in one magazine article that Gregor McEwen is a ...
Adam Wendler is a Canadian musician from Ontario, Canada. However, the multi-instrumentalist is nowadays living in the German capital Berlin ...
Finally, Morgan Wade and her album Psychopath was the reason which made me break my typical release cycle of five album reviews ...
Welcome back, Turnpike Troubadours: some two years after the band decided to re-join forces and go back on stage, they ...
New songs from Tim McGraw: after I reviewed his Here on Earth in 2020, the US-American country music giant is back with ...
I am always excited when I run into new, interesting artists. Checking out the 18th August 2023 new releases, I ...
The song The Weary Kind has been a huge success for Ryan Bingham. In 2010, he won the Academy Awards (aka as ...
I am surprised that it has never been there before, stated Jackson Dean, one of the four artists, who will ...
Reviewing the EP Vol. 1 by Joe Lasher is a typical Flyctory.com review in the "last wave" of my reviews. I did ...
One rationale why there hasn't been contents about Molly Tuttle for quite a while is that I missed to review ...
Even though her 2020 album The Balladeer has not been Lori McKenna's biggest commercial success so far, the critics loved her ...
A new major release by the British Americana artist Kezia Gill. Six years after her debut album, Misfit is her sophomore ...
Tom Astor is likely the most important living artist of the German country music scene. In 2023, he did not ...
Lukas Nelson and his band Promise of the Real (or short: POTR) are back. The famous son of Willie Nelson ...
When I said McGraw and Country Music, I am sure that the vast majority of you shout back Tim!. However, there ...
After I gave you three postings about the music at the Seepark Biker Days 2023 in Pfullendorf already, it is ...
Closing day in Pfulllendorf - after Saturday came with a long line-up and a lot of acts, the musical side ...
After the great musical warm-up on the first day of the Seepark Biker Days 2023 in Pfullendorf, Saturday was something ...
What a massive impact weekend for the wonderful Dutch artist Sylvia Aimee: on 30th June 2023, the country-pop artist is ...
I am not a Harley rider and I will travel to Pfullendorf by rental car. But I am really looking ...
Lucinda Williams' albums are not as frequently reviewed in here as the ones of Finland's metal monsters Lordi. However, the ...
Hannah Aldridge? You might not have heard too much of this artist, even though she has already released her third ...
After I have been pleased with their 2021 album Electro Melodier, Son Volt are back with a new album on 16th ...
Deer Tick from New England is having a very characteristic blend of genres. The US-Americans haven't released some new album ...
If your debut single release is named If I Die Young Pt. 2 and you have more than 100k followers on ...
Due to my recent illness, I have to reduce my travel activity in June significantly. Nonetheless, there will be ten Rock ...
When I scanned country music new releases as of 2nd June 2023, I stopped at the album No Vacancy. I hadn't ...
While I'm Livin' by Tanya Tucker has been one of my rather first album reviews on Flyctory.com. The US-American female country ...
On 23rd May 2023, the Sound of Nashville concert series had a very special even in Cologne's Helios37. Despite being ...
Brandy Clark's show in January 2020 at the Paradiso in Amsterdam has so far been one of very few occasions ...
Sound of Nashville time again. Right after I returned from a brief trip through the Nordics, Semmel Concerts and their ...
According to her homepage, Daisy Briggs grew up with 14 dogs, 14 cats, a pig, a goat, a pony, donkey, ...
So far, most of you may know Anna Demetriou as a British actress only. However, the 29 year old is ...
After far more than one thousand Media Reviews on Flyctory.com, more and more artists are recurring. I very often enjoy ...
Double Grammy Awards winner, two times ACM Award winner and numerous other huge awards in music - Rodney Crowell is ...
I am always glad to present you German artists, who have a touch of international-style Americana and country music influences ...
Provided by a music promoter, I ran into the album by US-American artist Dave Hause. On 28th April, he is ...
Country music might not be the key genre you think of when you think of New Orleans. However, the creative ...
Most people associate the abbreviation THC with Tetrahydrocannabinol, a psychoactive Cannabinoid. However, you can have a lot of fun with ...
I have been so excited about that news that she will be touring Europe soon: Jessica Lynn is such an ...
I continue struggling that Spotify has an own tag for Queer Country music. Is country music really different if it is sung ...
Heading to Hamburg for a day just in the middle of Weird Al Yankovic tour-chasing for country music? February and ...
Drayton Farley's third album - the US artist and songwriter released a set of eleven songs on 3rd March 2023 ...
No doubt: Dierks Bentley is one of the most famous artists in country music business. Thus, a new album release ...
Another Lucero review: some one year ago, I fell in love with When You Found Me by the Memphis-origin band, which ...
February and early March 2023 held a couple of concerts and shows for me. Thus, right after returning from the ...
Julian Taylor is just about to make it to Germany and the Netherlands. Right before the Sound of Nashville shows ...
Ireland, the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands, USA, Canada - and of course Germany lay ahead of me for the ...
Even though Cort Carpenter has already released roughly fifty songs, the album All In is in fact his debut one. I ...
After I presented you the EP The Album Part II in May 2020, this one is the first full album release by ...
Shania Twain is one of these artists, where I feel that writing an About The Artist section feels like an insult ...
27th January 2023, the first Flyctory.com concert coverage of the new year. I will feature a couple of really cool ...
Sometimes, I just have to say that I am proud of someone. Like I am proud of Vic Allen: the ...
"Dear friends, Greetings from the mid Coast of Maine, where the bracing autumn chill..." - these are the first words ...
Third album release by Laura Cox. On 20th January 2023, the instrumentalist and artist shares Head Above Water with us ...
When I look back to my favorite albums and EPs of the Year 2022 posting, quite a lot of good ...
I follow the British country music artist Vic Allen since quite a while already. You also find some pictures of ...
I met her at the British Country Music Festival in 2019, I listened to her singing - and I simply ...
My first Spotlight interview of the year 2023 is with US country artist Zye Ca$h. He is having a rap ...
The country music Christmas break is slowly coming to an end and the first new releases of 2023 are popping ...
The last posting of the year - Best Ones 2022 is introducing you to my best experience last years (as ...
While the music market is more and more focusing on singles and even writes weird stories like Taylor Swift's "Top ...
Since I started working with Flyctory.com, I present you a list of my favorite songs at the end of every ...
According to a title of one of his recently released singles, Adam Warner is the Long Haired Country Boy. On 16th ...
With Madeline Consoer, I ran into another artist I did not know before when I scanned the new releases as ...
Just some ten days left until Christmas. Instead of my typical album preview, I this time go for a preview ...
Elvis Presley solelyrecorded more than 200 songs at this location - and the list of artists who also worked there ...
I haven't featured too many country music releases from the United Kingdom during the last weeks and months. In general, ...
Melissa Carper is blending classic country and bluegrass sounds with swing and jazz elements. On 18th November 2022, the US ...
Quite a lot of interesting music on Flyctory.com in November: after the Alexander Ludwig and Nik Wallner show in Cologne, ...
A (recently) Grammy Award winning artist who is recording an album with his father - sounds like a story which ...
When country music big guns like Miranda Lambert or Willie Nelson gather for a tribute album, you know that you ...
Is there is a place with feels more "mandatory" to be a Flyctory.com contents than the Country Music Hall of ...
This is already the second time I met Nik Wallner for a Spotlight interview on Flyctory.com. While the first time we chatted ...
I enjoyed watching Stephanie Quayle at the 2019 CMA Fest and listening to songs like If I Was A Cowboy. The ...
The EP Over Emotional by country artist Tiffany Johnson was definitely one of the 4th November 2022 I was looking forward ...
After the 2018 album Hell of a Woman, Emily Nenni is releasing her sophomore album On The Ranch. Release date is 4th ...
Right after coming back from New York City, I headed to the Helios37 in Cologne the same evening. Sound of ...
New album by Russell Dickerson: on 4th November 2022, the US country artist releases his third album overall. I already ...
I received the album Alpenglow by Trampled by Turtles a few weeks before the actual release. I just like the very special ...
After her February 2021 album Sayin' What I'm Thinkin', Bell Bottom Country is a the second Lainey Wilson album I ...
After I rolled out the Country Christmas Playlist 2021 in late November that year, I am this time a bit ...
A new album by Kenny Foster - sounds too good to be true. The charismatic and humorous US-American country music ...
A powerful, rocking country sound - when I received the album Waging Peace by Alex Williams, I definitely knew that this one ...
You might argue I just had to select Logan Mize's new EP for review, as it opens with a song ...
After the EP Real To Me, Callista Clark is upgrading her discography with her debut album. On 14th October 2022, ...
Even though Avery Anna already even had some presence on European stages, the teenage artist is just about to release ...
You just cannot deny that Ashley McBryde is one of the most characterful storytellers of the country music business. Songs ...
Richard Marx's 2020 album Limitless definitely blew my mind. It did not only make it easily into the Top Pick! ratings, ...
Dr. John has been a famous face of the New Orleans blues and jazz scene. The artist overall released thirty-one ...
Sunny Sweeney felt to be able to reach the top of country music some ten years ago. However, she did ...
Especially in the first years I got into country music, Kelsea Ballerini was a key artist for me. Since then, ...
A new release by Nikki Lane: more than five years after her recent release, the Americana singer-songwriter is back in ...
What an amazing series of country music interviews on Flyctory.com in September 2022: after I finally managed to publish the ...
I simply cannot deny that I have been a bit more nervous before this Spotlight interview. While most of the ...
What a lovely combination of two amazing female country artists: on 12th September 2022, Sound of Nashville presented Carly Pearce ...
Half a billion streams with a single song on YouTube only - songs like Heaven illustrate that Kane Brown is indeed a ...
The Man from Waco is already my fourth review of a Charley Crockett album. After the my previous review featured an ...
Hallo, ich bin Jolina Carl - "Hello, I am Jolina Carl" rather sounds like a debut album than the release of ...
2nd September 2022 features quite a bunch of interesting releases by interesting artists. One of these releases is definitely Mr. Saturday ...
In my blog, I already took you to several Nashville museums, which are dedicated to famous artists of the genre ...
Ingrid Andress had an incredible first step into her career. Her debut single More Hearts Than Mine has been nominated for ...
23rd August 2022 has been a very special day to me. Always great to be able to cover a Lindsay ...
Sara and Sean Watkins are leading the collaborative Watkins Family Hour. The Californian bluegrass and folk project is active since ...
After I loved the EP California King by Sykamore, I was really curious about the debut album by the Canadian country music ...
The fourth album by Kelsey Waldon already: I received No Regular Dog a few days before the female country artist released ...
Legendary Gipsy Kings and one of Germany's biggest potential drivers of country music, More Than Words - I felt really ...
Wade Bowen becomes a rather frequently featured artist on Flyctory.com. After I was gifted to see his Cologne show in ...
German schlager icon Wolfgang Petry is back with a new EP. After a "real" Wolfgang Petry album release, Auf das Leben, ...
Great to have a new country music interview in my Spotlight section right at the beginning of August 2022! The artist I ...
Six years ago, Brooke Eden released her second EP, Welcome to the Weekend. On 29th July 2022, she is back with ...
Willie Nelson is simply unique to me. There is hardly any doubt that he is an absolute legend in country ...
Tornillo is already the sixth studio album by Whiskey Myers. After their predecessor hit the top of the US Country Album ...
Kaylee Rose is an artist, which I more and more focused on during the last months. The more I was ...
There were some interesting releases in my virtual pile of (digital) albums released on 15th July 2022. One of them ...
Also due to their rather well-known band members, More Than Words is one of the most promising country music acts ...
Kimberly Kelly was a new country artist name to me. Just in the week in which she was releasing her ...
Even though Jonny Houlihan and his songs rather frequently pop up in my country playlists, I had quite some trouble ...
When Kylie Morgan released her debut EP Love, Kylie in June 2021, I have simply felt like being in country music ...
Even though Chris Colter seems to be quite active artist since decades, I could not find too many bio information ...
When it comes to selecting songs for my playlists, Luke Combs is definitely among my favorite artists. The reason is ...
So good to have a new one from The Cumberland River Project: one of Germany's finest manufacturers of country music ...
flycOn the second day of my Weird Al Yankovic tour-chasing trip in April 2022, I was gifted to visit a ...
A new artist with just some 400 followers on Facebook: scanning the new releases as of 17th of June, I ...
You just cannot deny that Brett Eldredge is caring about and loving his European fans. He was one of the ...
No doubt - Carrie Underwood is one of the really big names in the international country music scene. On the ...
Happy times with Kyle Daniel: just after the country artist announced that he will be heading back to Germany supporting ...
Even though Jillian Jacqueline is on stage since 2000, it took her 22 more years to release her debut album ...
Schlager, pop and country - that's how Christa Fartek brands herself on her latest seven track album Nashville and Me. Indeed, ...
Even though Patsy Cline died at the age of 30, she is still regarded to be one of the most ...
Johnny Cash - do I really need to say anything about this living country music legend? Cash is having its ...
Confessions of a Good Southern Lady - doesn't the title already already tell you that this is country music? It ...
Fortune Favors The Bold is already the fourth album by 49 Winchester. I received the recording before the release on ...
For country music lovers, a visit to Nashville just does not feel complete without watching a show at the legendary ...
Aaron Raitiere might not be too well-known at first sight, but especially as a songwriter, the Kentucky-origin artist has gained ...
Some seven years after his last album release, Ryan Sheridan is back with a new album. Americana is a cover album featuring ...
I had reviews of the Texas country band Midland a couple of times on Flyctory.com already. In April 2019, I ...
Some country music made in Germany: After the intense week traveling with Weird Al Yankovic to the first three shows ...
After the 2020 album Welcome To Hard Times and the 2021 Top Pick! review Music City USA, this is already my ...
New tunes by Tenille Townes. Some two years after the release of the The Lemonade Stand album, the Canadian country artist ...
Most of you might think about Darius Rucker when it comes to the country classic Wagon Wheel. In fact, the chorus ...
Four years after his debut Mr. Jukebox, Joshua Hedley is back with his second album Neon Blue. I received the country music ...
From ABC to the world of country music: Chayce Beckham did big in a TV talent show and is now ...
Cole Swindell fans had to wait for four years for the fourth studio album of their idol: on 8th April ...
New songs from Mrs. Greenbird: Cologne's finest Americana pop pair released a new set of tracks on 9th April 2022 ...
Album or EP? Even though, for example, Wikipedia lists the eight track release High as EP, Caitlyn Smith's social media sells the ...
The weekend of 1st April 2022 has been a really busy one for me. There have been a couple of ...
House of Change by Ann Doka has indeed bin one of the German artist albums I have been looking forward to ...
Ian Noe has already been touring with major country music acts like Jon Prine. On 25th March 2022, he is ...
After Maren Morris' last album GIRL, I was really curious in which direction her music will develop to. Humble Quest might be the ...
I did do the Opry Backstage Tour before, but ninth day of my Pittsburgh Penguins trip in March 2022 also ...
All About Love is the second EP by Californian female country artist Tiffany Woys. After a quite good start into her ...
Doug Adkins new album A Cowboys' Life is already available for his fans via direct order as a physical copy. However, ...
Music City, Baby! The final airborne transfer within the USA on this Monday. I was so excited to be back ...
New songs by The Shires - some two years after their Good Years, the British state-of-the-art country artists are releasing a ...
I originally had planned to review Sabaton's The War to End All Wars this weekend - but somehow I did not ...
Country music with kiwi roots: Jackie Bristow grew up in New Zealand, but is now part of the Nashville music ...
If you think about Dutch country music, you definitely think about Ilse DeLange. Of course, if you follow my blog, ...
Danny McMahon is one of the most talented and best reputed British country music artists. For example, I ran into ...
TV appearances, support act of famous musicians like Heinz Rudolf Kunze or Rea Garvey: Jördis Tielsch has indeed grown quite ...
70 years of Klaus Lage - the rock singer-songwriter is one of the most iconic artists of the German music ...
Sarah Shook is a indie-rock and country music singer-songweiter since 2005. On 18th February 2022, she is releasing her third ...
You might struggle with her self-marketing with slogans like "Queen of Bots" or "I like my hair high - and ...
266 million streams on Spotify and a bout 150 million views on YouTube - Dustin Lynch definitely crushed the country ...
Jeffrey Mitchell Ross wrote music history as the lead guitarist of Lou Reed. That's quite a while ago and Ross ...
Erin Rae is releasing her third album Lighten Up on 4th February 2022. Her previous pop-country works have been very highly ...
Muscadine Bloodline are going for their second album on 4th February 2022. In line with the front release, it is ...
The Canadian country recording artist and songwriter Jesse is about to release a new single this week: On Friday (4th ...
After a rather slow start, Brent Cobb is nowadays regular releasing solo music. And Now, Let's Turn The Page, which has ...
Ontario, Nashville, Scotland - Brittany Brodie is home somehow in many places in the world. I have been in contact ...
Running into Katie Henry's 2022 album On My Way was one of these tunes which made me feel from the very first ...
I always love to run into country music from countries other than the USA, Canada, Great Britain or Germany. This ...
Greensky Bluegrass - or short: GSBG - is active since 2000. They do a mixture of Americana, bluegrass and rock ...
Kiefer Sutherland is a world-famous actor since many years, but since quite a while, he is also growing a fan ...
Three of the six songs on his debut EP Didn't Go Too Far have already been published - and none of them ...
Without a doubt, Glee is one of the most well-known (and most important) TV music shows. The excellent vocalists covered so ...
Jamestown Revival are doing a characteristic blend of Americana genres. On 14th January 2022, they released their fourth studio album, Young ...
Bar Stool Preacher is one of the most interesting country music album releases of 2022. Despite Jacob Bryant is just ...
Chasing Sunsets is already the third EP by Ryan Montgomery. The country-rock artist released the five songs on 7th January ...
When I googled Rachel Bradshaw, the (German) first displayed "Daughter of Terry Bradshaw". Indeed, the 34-year old is quite linked ...
The number of country music releases feel to slowly rise right after Christmas. Thus, I ran into a couple of ...
Country pop from Nigeria? That really sounded interesting - and as the sound of the first snippets I listened to ...
I typically don't like to review three song EPs. But in some cases, I am just too curious - or ...
2021 definitely lifted Flyctory.com to another level. The community is steadily increasing - days with less than 2,000 page hits ...
Year-end is the time to look back to all the stuff what happened to you. Ideally you rather remind the ...
The week of Christmas is typically one of the weeks of the year with the lowest amount of new music ...
Every week, I am scanning hundreds of new releases, albums and singles, to pick the right (and sometimes: the wrong) ...
Okay, I give in. In the world of country music, Christmas starts in early September. That's when the first song ...
There are multiple ways how I get to listening new albums and EPs for my blog. Most of them are ...
Lucinda Williams is back. Just not too long after I at a look into the second episode of her Lu's Jukebox, ...
After having a review of his Cologne concert in August 2019 and reviewing his collaboration with Randy Rogers, Hold My Beer, ...
A German artist presenting modern country songs - even though A Life That's Good is a cover album, I felt ...
An alternative view on the holidays: as part of my series of Christmas album reviews, I look into For Christmas ...
Happiness under Jason Aldean fans: the US country star recently announced to release thirty tracks until mid-April 2022. The first ...
On 29th October 2021, Billy Bragg is already publishing his fourteenth album, The Million Things That Never Happped. With Bragg looking ...
On the promotion platform I use most frequently, I rarely run into songs or albums which are labeled as "Country ...
This is the third time I am looking into the country music scene of Germany and neighboring German-speaking countries. So ...
The last Brett Eldredge album I reviewed has been Sunday Drive in July 2020. Now, the country music big gun is ...
I definitely love Tenille Arts and her music. The more, I was looking forward to listening to her 2021 album Girl ...
SixForty1 here and there popped up in my playlists with country-pop songs with a signature, memorable style. Thus, their 22nd ...
The German artist Det Haggard is a new name in the German lyrics country music scene. After he had some ...
On 15th October 2021, Ryan Hurd is indeed releasing his debut album. Even though he is releasing music since 2017, ...
Cassadee Pope is back! Just about a year after she released the amazing EP Rise and Shine, the former The Voice winner is ...
It's six years ago since Toby Keith released his last studio solo album, 35 MPH Town. On 15th October 2021, ...
Summer feels to be over - Fall 2021 is coming. Finally, I had much more - and better - trips ...
Merry Christmas everyone... Ooops, it is just the beginning of October... However, after I already reviewed the album Weihnachtszeit by ...
The EP Trading Skylines, which is the second by country music artist Crystal Leigh, just happened by scanning the new ...
Country from Germany with an important background. In his 2021 release, Jesse Cole deals with the impacts of being a ...
Already during the preparation of my reviews on 1st October 2021, I ran into Race Records. The six track EP, ...
New songs by Brandi Carlile: In These Silent Days is her most recent album, which she released on 1st October ...
Praising home and your home town in is not that uncommon in the country music genre. In his second 2021 ...
Billy Strings is releasing his third solo album on 24th September 2021. As the predecessor lead to a Grammy Award, ...
Especially in the curse of the Black Lives Matter protests, Mickey Guyton felt to be very present in media. She ...
Another emerging artist with his debut album: I received Black Powder Soul by Taylor McCall from a promotion company. I ...
Lori Rayne, Stephanie Ryann and now Presley Aronson - after I had quite a break from my Flyctory.com Spotlight interviews, ...
Even though Stephanie Ryann is already in her mid-30's, the New England artist is not a stranger to North American ...
Since Charley Crockett started releasing music in 2015, he is very active in the music market. On 17th September 2021, ...
Without a doubt, Peter Maffay is nowadays one of the most well-known rock artists singing in German. As a result ...
It's been quite a while since I published my last Spotlight interview. The more, I feel flattered to have a ...
A real Nashville release: Mitchell Tenpenny is a Music City native - and since Drunk Me latest, also a rather ...
Debut album by Riddy Arman: the young female country music artists gets into the virtual record stores with a nine ...
Debut album by Ashland craft: after the female country singer grew quite a fan base by a strong TV talent ...
Some new songs by King Calaway: More than two years after I had a listen to their album Rivers, the international ...
I am always glad to have a listen into debut long-plays by country artists. Ashley Cooke is releasing Already Drank ...
When I saw the press release about the new EP by Kalie Shorr, I just had to smile: doesn't I ...
Fifth album release by Jayne Denham: the Australian country artist is Wanted according to her 13th August 2021 release. I just ran ...
No doubt - not only after their massive success 10,000 Hours alongside Justin Bieber or their big hit Tequila, Dan + Shay ...
Clare Dunn is quite a well known act (and very popular show opener) in the Nashville music scene. On 13th ...
Some more traditional country music tunes to finish my review weekend: Emily Rose released her new EP Wings on 6th ...
It is over two years ago since Chris Young released the first single for his new album. Now, on 6th ...
One album out of the 6th August 2021 releases I was looking forward listening to especially was the self-titled one ...
Leah Blevins is doing country music with a touch of folk. On 6th August 2021, the Kentucky-origin artist is releasing ...
About a year ago, I praised Jim Lauderdale for his 33rd studio album, When Carolina Comes Home Again. You can't name ...
Tenth album by Son Volt: the US band started their album career already in 1995, when they released Trace. On 30th ...
New music by Ryan Kinder: I have really been curious about Room To Dream, the new long-play release by the ...
Clay Walker definitely knows how the country music business is working. The 51 year-old Texas origin artist is active since ...
Honestly, when I received the 2021 album Native Sons of a band called Los Lobos, I thought about a funny ...
Some country from Germany: just in the week I did the second edition of my German Songs Country Music Picks, ...
This posting is about a two-time Grammy winner and a five time US Country chart topper: Rodney Crowell, who started ...
I received quite a lot of feedback on my initial (late April 2021) version of the The German Songs edition of ...
New music by Charlie Worsham: four years after his last album, the US country artist is releasing six songs on ...
Third studio album by Alee: I recently ran into the music of the Canadian country artist and was really looking ...
Midland seem to be really active during 2021. Just some four months after their great and unique soundtrack album The Sonic ...
About a year ago, in April 2020, I already featured an album by Lucinda Williams. While Good Souls, Better Angels ...
One of these things I really still don't get: checking the new releases of the week, I ran into Callie ...
I did not know Tigirlily (who want to pronounced as Tie-Girl-Lilly) before I ran into their music for this review ...
Next year, The Flatlanders will already have their fiftieth band anniversary. There were a couple of breaks in between, as ...
I have been that excited that when Lauren Jenkins announced that there will be the first part of her new ...
During the last weeks, I had a couple of bands and acts who released a new album after some decade ...
When I looked into the Songs Of My Life postings so far, there are just very few rather recent songs covered ...
Some very special experience: while US country artists typically make me struggle by releasing (almost) all tracks of an EP ...
I really enjoyed Riley Green's 2019 album Different 'Round Here, while I reviewed it in September 2019. The more I ...
Brent Moyer is an artist, which is based in the USA, but has quite a fan base in Europe as ...
I had the female country music trio The Heels in my playlists a couple of times. I really loved their ...
New music by Vincent Neil Emerson. After his debut album was quite popular already, he releases his second album on ...
I am tempted to say that Ruthless is just the tenth studio album by Gary Allan. The legendary country music ...
Quite a while since Meghan Patrick was part of my Flyctory.com coverage. In September 2019, I reviewed her EP debut Wild ...
After quite a hiatus - the last regular Country Music Picks edition is as of November 2020, I felt it ...
A blend of country and blues. Amythyst Kiah is releasing her new album Wary + Strange, which is released on 18th ...
Modern country from Bavaria? No, this is not about Nik Wallner, but about pez, who is singing in English and ...
I studied maths. This almost certainly means that I am weird. Or, at least, that I tend to have weird ...
Some cool music from Germany: the album New Songs And Untold Stories was soloely flagged as pop music in a promotion ...
I enjoyed Kylie Morgan's single I Only Date Cowboys that much that I added it to the Country Music Playlists on ...
The Nelson family is definitely one of the most creative - and productive - families in the country genre. Despite ...
Even though I have seen Walker Hayes live on stage a few times, his 2021 EP Country Stuff is in fact ...
Ticket to L.A. was one of the first albums I reviewed on Flyctory.com. Some three years later, Brett Young is back ...
I love the specific kind of country romance in press kits and country music artist promotion texts. About Andrew Jannakos, ...
The Swedish band Black River Delta is doing a very interesting mix of genres between rock and blues. They already ...
A very interesting release with a talent show background: Brynn Cartelli won The Voice in 2018 - now she released her ...
A debut release on 28th May 2021: the country duo gathered seven songs and released their debut EP Boot Up ...
I unfortunately do not know too much about Lori Rayne, but due to some country release listings, I ran into ...
Blackberry Smoke do a mixture of country music and Southern rock. They gained quite some popularity in the USA, but ...
If you are a nine-time Grammy nominee, you are truly successful in the music business. John Hiatt can look back ...
A Viking doing modern country? Sounds like a weird Scandinavian story - but in fact the artist is a Canadian actor, ...
Second appearance in the Flyctory.com Media Reviews: while I reviewed Jordan Davis' self-titled EP about a year before, he is ...
Nine-time Grammy nominee, being in the jury at the US-American The Voice TV talent show since t