My Country Music Picks (17th June 2020)

It’s already about a month since my last Country Music Picks in May 2020. Covid-19 has been the dominating topic at those days in Nashville – currently, it seems that George Floyd’s killing / murder pushed the topic about political correctness and anti-racism. This even lead to explicit comments on the (in my point of view) unfortunate Lady Antebellum renaming.

Motivated by some tweets of my dear Lauren Jenkins, I started to mark Women Country postings explicitly. I still feel to gather facts how it is like to grow as a young artist in Nashville and whether girls really have a tougher time at Cumberland River. Nonetheless, it was pure coincidence that all songs I collected over the last weeks are performed by female artists. Hope you like my June 2020 collection of songs – there are some really great ones in this set. And – by the way – this is the 750th posting, which I published on Flyctory.com.

Sylvia Aimee – Lonely Battle

I ran into the music of Sylvia Aimee, as I during the Amsterdam Maren Morris show 2019, I was standing next to a person, who is in fact a friend of her. Her songs fascinate me. I selected her 2019 EP Superhero to be my favorite EP of the year and in our recent Spotlight interview, the Dutch artist again proofed her amazing character. For the World Eatin. g Discorders Action Day on 2nd June 2020, Aimee released her autobiographic Lonely Battle. Spine-tingling! To me, Lonely Battle is currently the top candidate for my song of the year 2020.

Julia Cole – White Pearls

I really enjoyed Julia Cole’s supporting act set at the James Barker Band concert in Zurich in November 2019. White Pearls is her current single. Lovely track, I also have a nice acoustic version of it. Hope you like this single cut of it as well.

Dolly Parton – When Life Is Good Again

When it comes to female country music, you just cannot touch this topic without mentioning legendary Dolly Parton. Her Covid-19 song is When Life Is Good Again – one of the best country songs about this topic I heard about definitely. Just an amazing legend!

Carly Pearce – Cowboy Take Me Away

Carly Pearce, who opened at my very first US country festival in Lexington, will always be a very special artist to me. Cowboy Take Me Away is – of course – a Dixie Chicks classic. I recently had the song on Flyctory.com, interpreted by Sarah Darling in her very intimate Campfire Session style.Carly Pearce does it the Carly Pearce way – and I really, really like that.

Zoee – This Time (Live In The Field)

The last minute addition to this collection of videos and songs is the latest music video by Australian Zoee, who is living in the United Kingdom. I just love the video recording of this song, which has really been taken live in a field, together with her dogs. Amazing artist and person, cool song and a lovely recording.

https://youtu.be/OdLAWLWvVXw

Mickey Guyton – Black Like Me

George Floyd’s killing and the Black Lives Matter campaign hit Nashville heavily. One song which came up during that time was Mickey Guyton’s amazing Black Like Me – a song which I just had to share due to that reason in these Country Music Picks.

Whitney Duncan – All She Wants

The former Nashville Star TV show finalist recently released her new single All She Wants. I ran into the song due to my work on the New Country Hits Playlist. I love the power of the song, very nice and catching track.

Honey County – Woke Up Tired

Honey Country are just an amazing female trio to me. Their recent Woke Up Tired is another great track by the ladies. Absolutely enjoy to listen to it.

Twinnie – I Love You Now Change (Acoustic)

And then there is Twinnie. The Flyctory.com Featured Artist is definitely one of the people I miss most during these strange Corona days – a great heart (even though a bit of chaotic), a great heart and a superb performer – you just feel her on-stage background. I Love You Now Change has already been released as part of her Hollywood Gypsy album – this acoustic version is even more intense.

Title picture: Sylvia Aimee – Lonely Battle screenprint (YouTube)

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I enjoyed Kylie Morgan's single I Only Date Cowboys that much that I added it to the Country Music Playlists on ...

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 ...

Lori Rayne – 1926 EP

I unfortunately do not know too much about Lori Rayne, but due to some country release listings, I ran into ...

Spotlight – Sylvia Aimee about her new single, “Identity” (19th May 2020)

A debut on Flyctory.com: this week, I am featuring a very special interview in my Spotlight interview category. While I ...

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 ...

Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Kristen Foreman (5th May 2021)

After my recent Spotlight interview episode with Christina Taylor, I feel really gifted to chat with another very interesting Nashville ...

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 ...

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

It's been just too long since I did the last episode of my Country Music Picks. At the end of ...

Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Christina Taylor (22nd April 2021)

It's been quite a while that I released my last Spotlight interview. The more I am happy that I have ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kora Naughton – Nineteen

The Australian country music scene might be comparably small (majorly due to the low number of citizens in Down Under) ...

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 ...

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 ...

Songs Of My Life: Catherine McGrath – Lost In The Middle

When I introduced the Songs Of My Life category, I did not want to keep a certain order. The more, I ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Emma Stevens (4th February 2021)

Emma Stevens is not only one of the big names of the British country / folk music scene, she is ...

Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Ann Doka (1st February 2021)

I am always happy to chat with German artists on my blog in the Spotlight interview category. Ann Doka is ...

(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 ...

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 ...

Whitney Duncan – Heartbreaker EP

Whitney Duncan has been an artist on the rise about ten years ago. I did not read too much about ...

Flyctory.com Best Ones 2020

After praising my favorite songs of 2020 and the favorite albums and EPs in 2020, the final posting to do ...

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 ...

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 ...

Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Carrie Welling (3rd December 2020)

Carrie Welling is a very interesting folk / Americana artist, who is nowadays living in Nashville. She was born in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Spotlight – Flyctory.com Meets Nikita Skogen (23rd November 2020)

Nikita Skogen just released her debut single, Break Your Heart. Nonetheless, the Norwegian country music artist already has gained comparably quite ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets DanaMaria (13th October 2020)

When you look at European country music, you very often purely focus on British artists. However, the German country music ...

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 ...

Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Tori Martin (5th October 2020)

When I reviewed her album Lucky in mid September 2020, I felt that the bio information about the country artist ...

Drew Haley – Wildflower EP

Drew Haley is quite an interesting artist. She even had TV appearance in the past and got a quite solid ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Emily Lockett (16th September 2020)

Emily Lockett is am impressive young British artist, just at the end of her teen-ages. After I saw her live ...

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 / ...

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 ...

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 ...

One Year of Flyctory.com Country Music Playlists

Starting Flyctory.com as a travel and sports blog some 30 months ago, I wouldn't have imagined at its beginning how ...

Courtney Cole – Earthquake EP

Music marketing made in the US: Courtney Cole had released three songs in the previous times already - at 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Tiffany Johnson (12th August 2020)

I am really gifted to chat with some interesting artists in August 2020 in my Spotlight interview section. Right after I ...

Spotlight – Flyctory.com meet Sandra North (10th August 2020)

In my Spotlight category, I am dealing with another interesting artist. Sandra North is originally from Trosa South of Stockholm ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nashville, Let the Girls Play – Some Thoughts on Women Country Music

I was originally working on a posting about key challenges that Nashville and the country music industry will face in ...

Lori McKenna – The Balladeer

Lori McKenna is regarded to be one of the best female songwriters in the country music scene. On 24th July, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jody Direen – Smokin’ Ashes

I did not have too many new releases for 3rd July 2020 on my list. The more I felt interested ...

Tenille Townes – The Lemonade Stand

Call it an appetizer, a preview or whatever you like - Tenille Townes released her EP Road To The Lemonade ...

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, ...

Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Carolyn Miller (10th June 2020)

Meeting Carolyn Miller and seeing her playing live on stage at the BB King was one of the hightlights during ...

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 ...

Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Kimi Most (6th June 2020)

When I was scanning songs for my New Country Hits Playlist, I ran into Lightning by the Colorado artist Kimi Most ...

Jaime Wyatt – Neon Cross

Drug abuse, being jailed for robbery - Jaime Wyatt already had quite some negative experience arriving in Nashville as a ...

Ilse DeLange – Changes

It feels a bit like Ilse deLange wants to push towards the German music market nowadays: the Dutch country and ...

Sara Evans – Copy That

Sara Evans is back with a new album - and the title Copy That can be interpreted quite literally: her tenth ...

My Country Music Picks (13th May 2020)

Even though Covid-19 is taking quite much of our time, we should really enjoy the good things - and at ...

Sarah Darling – You’re Still the One [The Campfire Sessions] EP

Sarah Darling's Campfire Sessions, which cover acoustic cover songs which are recorded like in that intimate atmosphere, gained quite some popularity ...

Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Sylvia Aimee (5th May 2020)

I ran into the music of Sylvia Aimee, a Dutch country music artist, some one year ago. The quality of ...

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 ...

Bree Doster – Bree Doster EP

Bree Doster draw some attention her her during the last year already, when she released her Chasing Ghosts. Now, on 17th ...

Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Lauren Jenkins (19th April 2020)

Buy her incredible debut album No Saint during the C2C in Berlin in 2019 was maybe one of the events ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ashley McBryde – Never Will

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

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 ...

Kelsea Ballerini – Kelsea

Kelsea Ballerini was one of the first country music artist I feld some sort of fandom for. On 20th March ...

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 ...

Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Van De Forst (5th March 2020)

Van De Forst is one of the most interesting German country music / country pop music act. Vanessa, the person ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Karen McDawn – To The Moon And Back

Country music from Austria? Seems to be as special as the release date of the solo debut album of Austrian ...

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, & ...

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 ...

Miranda Lambert – Wildcard

Miranda Lambert is one of the big names in the female country music. Thus, it is an event in focus ...

Sylvia Aimee – Superhero EP

While there is a boom in local modern country music in the United Kingdom, there is still quite some development ...

Vic Allen – Enough EP

British independent country music artist Vic Allen is not just a lovely person and friend of mine, but also a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Runaway June are a US country music trio. I saw them for the first time at the Country 2 Country ...

Christina Taylor & Carolyn Miller – Two Upcoming Country Artists

Facebook, Instagram and all other kinds of internet sources nowadays allow you to (sometimes by chance) find, follow and support ...

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

The closer CMA Fest 2019 came, the more I became aware of all the side events, which are not happening ...

Sarah Darling – Wonderland (Album Review)

Wonderland is the fifth studio album of US country singer and songwriter Sarah Darling. Sarah released it on 7th June ...

Lauren Jenkins – Running Out of Road (Short Movie)

Running out of Road is not only a song of Lauren Jenkin's first album No Saint, it is also a short ...

Maren Morris – GIRL (Album Review)

On 8th March 2019, just when the Country 2 Country festival in London was about to start, Maren Morris released ...

Lauren Jenkins – No Saint (Album Review)

Lauren Jenkins was one of three artists, who opened the 2019 Country 2 Country debut in Berlin with a traditional ...

Cassadee Pope – Stages (Album Review)

In parallel to the Floorball World Cup Qualifications in Trencin, Slovakia, there was also some special moment for my country ...

My Favorite Songs 2018

As blogging on music became a quite frequent category at Flyctory.com, I felt to look back to 2018 and introduce ...

Catherine McGrath at Arts Club Loft Liverpool

As part of her "Talk of this Town" tour, Catherine McGrath presented her equivalently named album. I visited the tour ...

Catherine McGrath – Talk of This Town (Album Review)

After having seen Catherine McGrath twice at the 2018 Country 2 Country in London, I have become an admiring follower ...

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

It is some two months since I posted my latest top country songs - thus, I felt to update you ...

Country Music Picks

In the Country Music Picks, I share new songs with you. Here are all postings: