Jonny Houlihan - Hey Girl EP

Jonny Houlihan - Hey Girl

4.3

Rating

4.3/5

Flyctory.com Pros

Really great radio sound
Cool to listen to
Versatile productions

Flyctory.com Cons

Some songs are slightly too "streamlined" to mainstream sound

Scanning the list of new country music releases, I ran into Hey Girl by Jonny Houlihan. In fact, the EP has already been released on Wednesday, 1st July 2020 – but it will be my last review of this country music weekend.

Jonny Houlihan – About the Artist

Jonny Houlihan is an artist from Nevada City. I found his first album dated as of 2012, called New Old Town. Then, there seems to have been quite a break in the career of the artist, who is now living in the Greater Nashville area. His next publication, the album Dig is dated as of 2019. He regularly published songs online at that time, though – there is even a Best of 2019 collection available. He is quite popular in the country music scene already – for example, his YouTube channel features some 15k subscribers.

Jonny Houlihan – Hey Girl – Track by Track

The six track EP lasts 22 minutes.

1. Wrap Myself Around You

Melodic, rocking, but still a touch of soft, classic sounds – I just fell in love to the first track of the album, Wrap Myself Around You. Lovely starter with five more songs to follow!

2. Love Song

In the initial part of Love Song, Jonny Houlihan sounds so different, so gentle. With the chorus latest, it is a powerful country radio song, catching and well-produced. Well done!

3. Hey Girl

The third track on the EP is the title one. It has more rocking guitars – but overall, it is just the kind of music which currently sells in Nashville – but Houlihan adds his own touch to it. Like it!

4. It Felt Like Love

This song is one of my favorites – a perfect soundtrack for a road trip on the Interstate. Love it.

5. Cowboy Heaven

Country Heaven starts with a promising guitar intro and then turns into this very Nashville-classic hip-hop style verses. Hmm. The chorus of Cowboy Heaven is cool, though!

6. Perfect

Perfect is rather on the side of country music, which I can dance to. Very vocal-centric arrangement, which leads to an amazing presence. Love it!

Jonny Houlihan – Hey Girl – Spotify

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Jonny Houlihan – Hey Girl – My View

Well done, Mr Houlihan. These six songs are versatile, modern, but still have a strong classic country music touch. I absolutely enjoyed to listen to these songs. We are definitely in the Top Pick! range here, even if one or two songs are a bit too streamlined to me.

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Marius Müller-Westernhagen – Das eine Leben

A big name and music legend of German rock is back: Marius Müller-Westernhagen releases Das eine Leben, his first studio album ...

Dana Fuchs – Borrowed Time

The press kit for the album Borrowed Time names Dana Fuchs to be one of the biggest voices in blues rock. What ...

Stephen Jay – Vita Beata

Which album would suit better this week to be the preview on Flyctory.com than Stephen Jay's Vita Beata? Just in ...

Cold Years – Goodbye To Misery

Some rock tunes from Scotland: Cold Years are a band from Aberdeen, who released their second album Goodbye To Misery on 22nd ...

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 ...

Axel Rudi Pell – Lost XXIII

Axel Rudi Pell is definitely one of the most well-known hard rock and metal acts from Germany. On 15th April ...

Cole Swindell – Stereotype

Cole Swindell fans had to wait for four years for the fourth studio album of their idol: on 8th April ...

Askara – Lights Of Night

Askara is a melodic dark metal band from Switzerland. They grew steadily over the last years and are now ready ...

Joe Satriani – The Elephants of Mars

Some two years after I reviewed his album Shapeshifting, Joe Satriani is back with a new album, Elephants of Mars. I was ...

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 ...

Circle of Friends – The Garden

The Garden by Circle of Friends is a very special album I happened to get access to on an online ...

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 ...

NANEE – Tausend Farben EP

Nanee's song Frei Sein ("Be Free") impressed me that much that it made it's way into my Songs of the Week as ...

Paleface – Fear & Dagger

Paleface is naming themselves to be the best beatdown band of their home country, Switzerland. With Fear & Dagger, the band is ...

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, ...

Der To – Hand aufs Herz

Der To is a German rock artist, who is active since 2010. On 11th March 2022, he is releasing his ...

The Dogs – El Verdugo

Calling your band The Dogs feels to be rather popular. I found a US act and a former British one, ...

Emma Elisabeth – Some Kind of Paradise

I recently ran into the single Heart on A String, when Emma Elisabeth published the song as a single. The more ...

Curtis Stigers – This Life

In January 2022, I ran into a jazz version of the soft rock classic You're All That Matters To Me ...

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 ...

Ard – Take Up My Bones

Six tracks, 43 minutes - that's already telling you that Take Up My Bones by the English band Ard is not ...

Goodbye June – See Where The Night Goes

Nashville is Music City - not Country Music City. Even though there is a dominating genre, the city attracts many ...

Amos Lee – Dreamland

Amos Lee's melodic sounding songs have lead to a wide national and international fan support already. With Dreamland, the US East ...

Rolo Tomassi – Where Myth Becomes Memory

Rolo Tomassi are already releasing their sixth studio album. It is very hard to define their exact style of music ...

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 ...

Saxon – Carpe Diem

Album #23: Saxon is truly a band, which you have to name being legends in the heavy metal business. 45 ...

Validor – Full Triumphed

It's quite a while ago since I presented some Greek metal to you. Time to change that with this posting. Full ...

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 ...

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 ...

Keb’ Mo’ – Good To Be …

If a promotion agency sends you a new album by a five time Grammy award winner, you know that this ...

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 ...

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 ...

Matthias Reim – MATTHIAS

Matthias Reim is one of the big names in the German schlager-rock scene. After some rather difficult times, he came ...

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 ...

Tristan Harders’ Twilight Theatre – Drifting Into Insanity

Quite some artists used the Covid-19 limitation for some additional creativity. Tristan Harders, for example, invested the time during which ...

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 ...

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 ...

Spell Songs – Spell Songs II: Let The Light In

Spell Songs is a very interesting folk project, which is aiming to link music with literature. On 10th December 2021, ...

Johannes Scheurich – Mehr Davon

Short before the release date of 10th December 2021, I ran into the album Mehr Davon ("More of that") by the ...

Al Lewis – Moving On Moving Past EP

Folk music from Wales: a promotion platform offered me to listen to Moving On Moving Past by Al Lewis. As I ...

Emma Longard – Quieter Pt. 2 EP

The title Quieter Pt. 2 already suggests that there has been a first part of Emma Longard's series of songs. Indeed, ...

Incredible Pack – Time For Decisions

"Blues rock with a Texan touch" - that's how the press kit to their second album Time For Decisions is describing ...

Hämatom – Die Liebe ist Tot

Hämatom feels to be a truly active band: just some eight months after I reviewed - and enjoyed their album ...

Lordi – Lordiversity (Full Box Review)

It's been a lot of work - but it has also been a lot of fun. The "monster weekend" on ...

Lordi – Humanimals (from: Lordiversity)

The fifth Lordiversity album Humanimals is showing Lordi in their comfort zone: the album is dedicated to glam rock, hard rock and ...

Roxette – Joyride (30th Anniversary Edition)

Deluxe Versions, special additions and other re-releases of albums are typically not part of my Flyctory.com coverage. For the 30th ...

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, ...

Alex Diehl – Die Songs, die ich nie schreiben wollte EP

The press kit to this EP opens with "Another singer-songwriter who is writing about his personal lovesickness. Does the world ...

Gov’t Mule – Heavy Load Blues

A very interesting band with a very interesting blues album: on 12th November 2021, Gov't Mule releases their new studio ...

Michael Patrick Kelly – B.O.A.T.S

New stuff from Michael Patrick Kelly - family member of the legendary Kellys is back in the virtual and physical ...

Dieter Hallervorden – 80 plus

Dieter Hallervorden is a very famous entertainer in Germany. However, his biggest times in the music business have been the ...

Greyhound George Band – Get Up And Walk!

An album full of blues and funk which sounds so much like a US production, but is very German - ...

AHI – Prospect

Honestly, when I received the promotion material for AHI's fourth album Prospect, this did not read overwhelmingly promising. Having a ...

Michael Heppes – Achtung Leben

Honestly, when I ran into his debut album Achtung Leben, I did not know anything about Michael Heppes. However, the album ...

Running Wild – Blood on Blood

Seventeen studio albums so far - #17 on 29th October 2021 - the German band Running Wild has quite an ...

Emily Scott Robinson – American Siren

She traveled a quarter million miles for her musical career - you just cannot argue that Emily Scott Robinson did ...

Skinny Lister – A Matter of Life and Love

If you ran into a band which released the songs Damn The Amsterdam and Bavaria Area, what would you do? ...

Dave Hause – Blood Harmony

With Flyctory.com growing in all three pillars, I also have access to more music before it is in fact released ...

Elton John – The Lockdown Sessions

Without a doubt, Sir Elton John is one of the very big names in the music industry. Time feels to ...

Alcatrazz – V

Alcatrazz had a couple of break-ups and hiatuses during their song history. Since their founding in 1983, they were active ...

Ryan Hurd – Pelago

On 15th October 2021, Ryan Hurd is indeed releasing his debut album. Even though he is releasing music since 2017, ...

MEDLZ – (das) Läuft bei uns Vol. 2

Four female voices in an a-capella band - that's the rough concept of MEDLZ (which sounds a bit the German ...

Tom Morello – The Atlas Underground Fire

Bruce Springsteen, Bring Me The Horizon or Chris Stapleton - already the list of guest musicians of Tom Morello's 2021 ...

Toby Keith – Peso In My Pocket

It's six years ago since Toby Keith released his last studio solo album, 35 MPH Town. On 15th October 2021, ...

Santiano – Wenn die Kälte Kommt

Santiano became a huge player in the German music scene. They mix rock with shanty and sailor music style sounds ...

Roland Kaiser – Weihnachtszeit

One of the German schlager artists I honor most is definitely Roland Kaiser. He is active since decades and is ...

The Record Company – Play Loud

Play Loud is the third album of a Californian band, which is simply naming themselves The Record Company. Thereby, the ...

Naraka – In Tenebris

Some metal on Flyctory.com (again): on 8th October 2021, the French metal band Naraka release their debut album, In Tenebris ...

Paule – Wunderschön unperfekt

I had a quite long list - and range - of album to select from for my 1st October 2021 ...

Break Point – The Story of the “Indian Express”

There is one guy which gave me the initial crush with Indian tennis - Leander Paes. But in fact the ...

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, ...

Nox Holloway – If Only The World Didn’t Spin So Much EP

When I started to write the review of the debut EP If Only The World Didn't Spin So Much by ...

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 ...

Wolfgang Petry – Auf das Leben

In December 2019, I praised the album 2084 by the Pete Wolf Band. The artist behind that project is Wolfgang ...

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 ...

Saint City Orchestra – Unified

Already the band description sounds interesting: the Saint City Orchestra is a Swiss folk-punk band. Active since 2013, they release ...

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 ...

Billy Idol – The Roadside EP

Likely, you would not rate William Michael Albert Broad to be one of the biggest English music legends. However, you ...

Rage – Resurrection Day

Some new guitar riffs made in Germany: it is hard to think about the German metal music scene without thinking ...

The Vaccines – Back In Love City

In the current pandemic situation, you just have to do the review when there is a release by a band ...

Samantha Fish – Faster

Despite her young age of 32 years, Samantha Fish is already loaded with awards and good receptions by the critics, ...

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 ...

Echo Bloom – Wake

Echo Bloom is a very interesting band project. They released three albums so far, each dedicated to an individual genre ...

Danko Jones – Power Trio

Hard riffs from Canada: Danko Jones is active since a quarter of a century already and have fans worldwide. Their ...

Freakstorm – Storm Inside My Heart

A tribute band growing to an album with seven very own songs and two covers: Freakstorm from Gummersbach near Cologne ...

Beatrice Egli – Alles Was Du Brauchst

From a TV talent show to the top of the charts: Beatrice Egli definitely took profit of winning the tenth ...

Ray Wilson – The Weight Of Man

Stiltskin, Genesis - Ray Wilson indeed had some impressive stages during his career as a musician. I recently featured him ...

Kool & The Gang – Perfect Union

They formed new sounds and were one of the very big names in funk music - the best about Kool ...

James McMurtry – The Horses And The Hounds

Even though James McMurtry is a 1960's born music artist, he had his first Top 10 placements in 2008. His ...

Annie Chops – Level Up

From Kiddo Kat to Annie Chops: her album Piece of Cake was one of the first ones I reviewed on Flyctory.com ...

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 ...

The Killers – Pressure Machine

I am sorry, I am just unable to review an album by The Killers without using the song name / ...

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 ...

Perlregen – Drei

Friday, the 13th: I am sure that Perlregen, did not think that their new album Drei (meaning ("Three") could turn ...

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 ...

Jim Lauderdale – Hope

About a year ago, I praised Jim Lauderdale for his 33rd studio album, When Carolina Comes Home Again. You can't name ...

Grizfolk – Grizfolk

Some music from California: Grizfolk in fact has Scandinavian roots, but are now based on the US West Coast. On ...

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, ...

Ida Mae – Click Click Domino

Second album of their career: after their 2019 album Chasing Lights, Ida Mae are back with a new album on 16th ...

Sarah Straub – Tacheles EP

Tacheles reden is a German saying which means that you have a very straight and honest discussion, expressing your clear ...

Gary Kemp – INSOLO

Gary Kemp is to me one of these "I am sure I know this guy, but I don't know from ...

Eliza Shaddad – The Woman You Want

Eliza Shadad is a really interesting artist with international roots and influences. On 16th July 2021, she is releasing her ...

Helge Schneider – Die Reaktion – The Last Jazz Vol. II

I just have to admit: I like to listen to very few kinds of jazz, but I am absolutely not ...

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 ...

Kat Eaton – Talk To Me

Even though she is an active musician since a bunch of years, Kat Eaton releases her album debut on 2nd ...

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 ...

Buckcherry – Hellbound

Cool hard rock with Californian roots: via promotion agencies, I ran into Hellbound by the band Buckcherry. The band is ...

Razz – Might Delete Later EP

The sound of Razz feels very international - but in fact they are from the Emsland, a Northwest region in ...

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 ...

Helloween – Helloween

Time to bang your head again: the German metal big guns Helloween are back in the record stores, six years ...

pez – All Lowercase EP

Modern country from Bavaria? No, this is not about Nik Wallner, but about pez, who is singing in English and ...

Karlie Apriori – Seelenpassagier EP

I ran into the music of the German singer-songwriter Karlie Apriori, when I checked for 11th June 2021 releases. The ...

Kylie Morgan – Love, Kylie EP

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

Joe Bonamassa – Now Serving: Royal Tea Live From The Ryman

I am typically not too much into live album and Greatest Hits compilations. I love to listen to them - ...

Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real – A Few Stars Apart

The Nelson family is definitely one of the most creative - and productive - families in the country genre. Despite ...

Anchors & Hearts – Guns Against Liberty

New hardcore album from the North of Germany: Anchors & Hearts recorded their fourth album Guns Against Liberty and will ...

Black River Delta – Shakin’

The Swedish band Black River Delta is doing a very interesting mix of genres between rock and blues. They already ...

SILVER LAKE by Esa Holopainen – SILVER LAKE by Esa Holopainen

Covid-19 felt to be a good opportunity for Esa Holopainen to go solo. Instead of releasing new stuff with Amorphis, ...

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 ...

Pop Evil – Versatile

Pop Evil are definitely in the top spheres of the US hard rock scene. Their album regularly hit upper rankings ...

Blake Shelton – Body Laguage

Nine-time Grammy nominee, being in the jury at the US-American The Voice TV talent show since the beginning and winning eight ...

Noah Levi – Indigo EP

Indigo by Noah Levi is another publication with talent show background: in young teenage years, Noah Levi became famous by ...

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 ...

Kicker Dibs – Vagabund

From a school band to a flat share and finally their debut album - this is a very short wrap-up ...

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 ...

Levara – Levara

A new release on 14th May 2021 - the California project Levara debut with their self-titled album. I got in ...

The Steel Woods – All Of Your Stones

I am not a musician, but I guess releasing a new album is one of these big moment in a ...

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 ...

Emma Longard – Quieter Pt. 1 EP

After having released her debut album in 2015 already. Emma Longard will release two EPs with new songs in 2021 ...

Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert Vol. 8

Sing meinen Song ("Sing My Song") is definitely one of my favorite German TV music shows. A group of music artist ...

Durch & Durch – Nice Aber Nutzlos

It can't be too bad to have a smile in these times, can it? When I ran into the German ...

Wincent Weiss – Vielleicht Irgendwann

Since about half a decade, Wincent Weiss became a big name in the German-singing pop music scene. After two successful ...

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 ...

Klee – Trotzalledem

Some new music from my home town: Klee is a German pop act, who have been quite successful in the ...

Robert John Hope – Plasticine Heart

When I listened to Robert John Hope's solo album debut Plasticine Heart, I felt that I should definitely share these ...

Elvie Shane – County Roads EP

A new artist with a quite powerful touch of country music - Elvie Shane with his EP County Roads made ...

Fury in the Slaughterhouse – now

Fury in the Slaughterhouse were indeed a very successful German rock act, especially in the 1990's. They have definitely been ...

Diane Weigmann – Die Wahrheit liegt irgendwo dazwischen

More than thirty years ago, Diane Weigmann was part of the founding of a legendary German band, the Lemonbabies. She ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Fratellis – Half Drunk Under A Full Moon

Javi Navarro is raising the soccer UEFA Cup on 16th May 2007 in Glasgow. After a thrilling penalty shootout, FC ...

Tyler Braden – What Do They Know EP

If you released two songs, which exceed ten million Spotify streams each, you are definitely in the music business. Not ...

Adrian Smith & Richie Kotzen – Smith / Kotzen

Mr. Big meets Iron Maiden - or at least one member each of their former lineups. On 26th March 2021, ...

The Dust Coda – Mojo Skyline

A band who wants to keep rock'n'roll alive - these kind of artists are always very welcome on Flyctory.com. When ...

Silent Winter – Empire of Sins

I did not have Greek music for quite a while. The more I am glad that I received another sample ...

Billy Lockett – Reflections EP

Some 750,000 listeners on Spotify per month are quite an impressive stat. It is the figure by Billy Lockett, a ...

Ego Kill Talent – The Dance Between Extremes

Brazilian music is much more than samba. The rock and metal scene has quite some bands which made it big ...

Thunder – All The Right Noises

The release list as of 12th March 2021 was just massive. Even though I had quite a lot of albums ...

Blutengel – Fountain of Destiny

Alphaville, Ultravox and Mike & The Mechanics on one album? Okay, I have to give in that neither of the ...

Chez Kane – Chez Kane

A young female British rock artist, born in the 1990's, who states that she loves 1980's rock? Feels like a ...

Bad Temper Joe – One Can Wreck It All

Blues made in Germany? Even though this might sound like an almost average experience, Bad Temper Joe has gained quite ...

Pete Murray – The Night EP

Interesting music from Australia: one of the new releases as of 5th March 2021 I ran into is The Night, the ...

Dreamshade – A Pale Blue Dot

Metalcore made in Switzerland: Dreamshade are doing music since 2006. On 5th March 2021, they will release their fourth album ...

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 ...

Nino de Angelo – Gesegnet und Verflucht

Nino de Angelo is one of my favorite German artists. I will definitely tell you about a very special concert ...

Willie Nelson – That’s Life

Album #71 now: less than nine month after Willie Nelson released his last studio album, First Rose of Spring, the country ...

Alice Cooper – Detroit Stories

Alice Cooper is truly a rock music legend. On 26th February 2021, he released his 21st album Detroit Stories. I have ...

Cassadra Jenkins – An Overview On Phenomenal Nature EP

An Overview On Phaenomenal Nature - when I read about Cassandra Jenkins 2021 EP, I just felt this could be ...

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 ...

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, ...

Sonor Teutonicus – Morgenrot

Apart from global mainstream sounds, there are some genres, which have a quite local popularity. The German Schlager is one ...

Korpiklaani – Jylhä

Since I ran into the music of Korpiklaani at a Lordi gig in Helsinki, I am really a fan of ...

Aaron Lee Tasjan – Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!

It is very hard to categorize the music of Aaron Lee Tasjan. I even found his 2021 album Tasjan! Tasjan! ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bow Anderson – New Wave EP

Bow Anderson is an interesting Scottish artist. Even though the young lady did her first single releases previous years, her ...

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 ...

The Dead Daisies – Holy Ground

The Dead Daisies are a very interesting band, which has been founded in the Southern Hemisphere in Australia and New ...

Petric – Flashbacks

Just a week before Petric released their album Flashbacks on 15th January 2021, I ran into their single Kids and really ...

John Diva & The Rockets Of Love – American Amadeus

Hair Metal - the fusion of pop and metal is a genre for some quite strange - but successful - ...

Aaron Watson – American Soul

Aaron Watson feels like the protagonist of a tobacco advertising campaign, like a dressman for American cowboy fashion - or ...

Understanding Train Station – A Podcast on Living Abroad and Cultural Differences

I already introduced you to Feli, the German Girl in America, now Feli from Germany, in my Flyctory.com posting about her ...

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, ...

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 ...

Majestica – A Christmas Carol

I love A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Though I am especially favoring the Muppets movie version, I was absolutely fond ...

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, ...

Granger Smith – Country Things, Vol. 2

Here we go again - after Granger Smith released the first part of his Country Things album in September 2020, the ...

Miley Cyrus – Plastic Hearts

Miley Cyrus is simply a music superstar and talented in multiple genres. Thus, new Miley Cyrus albums are always exciting ...

Sodom – Genesis XIX

Sodom is one of the finest names for Thrash Metal made in Germany. The band is already having a 38 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bläck Fööss – 5Ö

50 years of Bläck Fööss - the "naked feet", what is the literal translation of their band name are a ...

Orianthi – O

Australian weekend on Flyctory.com: after I already reviewed the albums by Kylie Minogue and Caitlyn Shadbolt, the third release from ...

Joe Bonamassa – Royal Tea

Joe Bonamassa meets Abbey Road studios? This definitely sounds like an interesting co-production of two legendary parts of music history! ...

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 ...

The Struts – Strange Days

Even despite their first two albums had rather average success, The Struts gained a lot of reputation in Great Britain ...

Benediction – Scriptures

Benediction are quite a big name in the Death Metal scene. The British, however, haven't released any album since twelve ...

Saltatio Mortis – Für Immer Frei

From street music to the tops of the German charts - Saltatio Mortis have taken the very tough route to ...

Kelsy Karter – Missing Person

If one of your songs is streamed more than three million times on Spotify (even though driven by an excellent ...

mxmtoon – dusk EP

In fact, mxmtoon released her EP dusk already on 1st October 2020. I ran into her music while scanning the 2nd ...

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: ...

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 ...

The Nude Party – Midnight Manor

A band which has been named based on their nudist colony background feels to be a promising basis for a ...

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 ...

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 ...

miu – Corona Tapes EP

Scanning the new releases as of 28th August 2020, I ran into the Hamburg-based band miu. The gained quite some ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lori McKenna – The Balladeer

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

Ronan Keating – Twenty Twenty

Ronan Keating is one of the biggest names in the Irish music scene. His 2020 album is simply called Twenty Twenty. It ...

Taylor Swift – folklore

The news nearly exploded in social media on 23rd July 2020: there will be a new Taylor Swift album. Release ...

Kansas – The Absence of Presence

Whenever big names of the music business release new music, there are two scenarios: they either still do great music ...

U.D.O. & The German Armed Forces Concert Band – We Are One

When I read about the collaboration, I knew I just had to do a review of this project: one of ...

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 ...

Donna Missal – Lighter

While scanning the album releases as of 10th July 2020, I ran into Lighter by Donna Missal. I have to admit ...

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 ...

Bob Dylan – Rough and Rowdy Ways

Not just due to being the only popular music artist who ever received the Nobel Prize in Literature, Bob Dylan ...

Gabby Barrett – Goldmine

Gabby Barrett made it well in American Idol and even better with I Hope. The fans were waiting for her debut album, ...

Lady Gaga – Chromatica

Lady Gaga is one of the very, very big names in music industry. You just do not have to introduce ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hailee Steinfeld – Half Written Story EP

Already being nominated for the Academy Awards at the age does not sound to be an introduction for a musical ...

Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen – Hold My Beer, Vol. 2

While I ran into similar issues the last weekends already, Friday 8th May 2020 was even special in regards of ...

Dramarama – Color TV

If you are running out of albums to be reviewed as so many releases are postponed due to Covid-19, this ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Joe Satriani – Shapeshifting

It is really tough to select the right achievement to describe Joe Satriani's career in one fact. Over ten million ...

Maddie & Tae – The Way It Feels

Despite The Way It Feels is only their second album, Maddie & Tae are already very established artists in the country ...

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 ...

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 ...

Made in Bolka – About the Rise of a Floorball Club

Mlada Bolesav - a 44,000 people city in Czech Repiblic, some 65 kilometers Northeast of Prague. Though the city's history ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Böhse Onkelz – Böhse Onkelz (2020 Album)

Time for some discussions in the German music scene - the Böhse Onkelz released their 17th studio album on 28th ...

Heinz Rudolf Kunze – Der Wahrheit die Ehre

Heinz Rudolf Kunze is one of the biggest songwriters and rock musicians in Germany. Already in the 1980s, he had ...

Ozzy Osbourne – Ordinary Man

Likely, being an Ordinary Man is one of the attributes you would least assign to Ozzy Ozbourne spontaneously. Nevertheless, the former Black Sabbath ...

Seven Spires – Emerald Seas

I happened to run into the front lady of the Seven Spires, Adrienne Cowan, when Tobias Sammet chose her as ...

Carly Pearce – Carly Pearce

In summer 2017, I visited a lovely country festival in Lexington, Kentucky called Red, White & Boom, which had an ...

The Cadillac Three – Country Fuzz

The Cadillac Three are quite popular in Europe as well as in the USA. Not too surprising, the Nashville trio ...

Richard Marx – Limitless

It was 1989 when Richard Marx was Right Here Waiting For You and gave a musical promise of love which touched ...

Celeste Kellogg – Keep It On Repeat EP

Being part of a Radio Disney band at the age of 12 already - Celeste Kellogg definitely had early footsteps ...

Richie Kotzen – 50 for 50

What does a musician give himself best as a birthday present? Richie Kotzen went for a new album on 3rd ...

Redeye Caravan – Nostrum Remedium

I typically do not present reviews of albums, which have been released more than two weeks ago. I just had ...

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 ...

DeWolff – Tascam Tapes

10th January 2020 had a couple of interesting album releases. DeWolff from the Netherlands are playing an interesting mix of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tarja – In the Raw

Tarja Turunen - the Finnish Opera and metal voice became a legend with Nightwish. After the split from her band ...

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 ...

Tyler Childers – Country Squire

Not just on stage in Germany, but also due to a significant number of studio releases, the upcoming months from ...

Willie Nelson – Ride Me Back Home

June 2019 is Nelson family time: just one week after his son Lukas published the album Turn Off The New ...

Bruce Springsteen – Western Stars

While I posted my review about Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real's new album on 14th June 2019, most ...

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 ...

Kiddo Kat – Piece of Cake (Album Review)

Kiddo Kat already a viral hit on Youtube in 2016. Now, Anna Guder produced her first album "Piece of Cake" ...

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