by Austin Michael - Austin Michael
4.1
Flyctory.com Pros
- Great voice (he is really 17!)
- Very nice variety of songs, characteristic sound
Flyctory.com Cons
- Some songs are not showing Austin Michael's potential
Late entry: after I had already closed my list of album and EP reviews for the 9th October 2020 releases and just have been about to select songs for my playlists, I ran into the debut album by Austin Michael, which I haven’t spotted before at all. It just felt too strong to just mention it somewhere on the website – here is my view on his self-titled album.
Austin Michael – About The Artist
US-style artist bio are typically not too informative, but therefore more powerful. I unfortunately do not know too much about Austin Michael. The blonde is 17 years old and competed at American Idol last year at the age of fifteen, where he competed with his civil name, Austin M. Robinson. He is based in a Dallas suburb. Two of his songs, Country Cred and Panini, have already hit the 100k streams at Spotify.
https://youtu.be/OA9KhajY-s0
Austin Michael – Austin Michael – Track by Track
The eleven song album lasts 38 minutes.
1. Feel It Too
The first three minutes of the album – and Austin Michael takes us in his world of country with a catchy track. Not too rocking (but not lacking guitars), the powerful modern country track feels comparably intimate. Love this starter!
2. Still Ain’t Over
Still Ain’t Over is the first country music ballad on the album. A rather traditional sound with strong steel guitar backgrounds. Beautiful one.
3. Merry Go Round
Merry Go Round is very powerful again – a very melodic good-listen modern country song, which is driven by the electric guitars. Cool sound.
4. Bleedin’ Heart
A comparably slow song with some more power in the chorus. Not really my favorite on the album, but nice melodies including violin support.
5. I Pray
To me, I Pray is the most unremarkable track on the album to me. Not a bad song at all – but even after listening to it multiple times, the slow track does not really catch me.
6. Hard To Say Goodbye
In contrast to that, Hard To Say Goodbye (acoustic version below) is amazing one. Is that dark bass voice really a teenager? Great and catching chorus. No doubt, selecting this one as a single was a good choice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYO2dJgRM_4
7. Things My Grandpa Said (feat. Jack Robinson)
This uptempo country song with a quite traditional touch profits a lot from the collaboration with Jack Robinson. Yee-hah, that one feels like Texas country – you will start moving when the fiddle plays its solo latest.
8. Love Song
Not too surprisingly, this one is for the emotional cowboys out there again. Close your eyes and enjoy – Austin Michael did a real beauty there.
9. She’s My Texas
A nice way to express feelings as a Texas-based artist. I would not rate the song to be one of my favorites on the album, but it is pretty solid!
10. Country Cred
Another great one on this album. Very fluent and compact modern country track. A lot of fun to listen to.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Icy9B-0s0YM
11. Honky Tonk Party
The Honky Tonk Party at the end of Austin Michael’s debut album is not as smashy as you might imagine it after listening to the other tracks – but it is fun!
Austin Michael – Austin Michael – Spotify
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Austin Michael – Austin Michael – My View
Austin Michael fans might not favor my opinion too strongly – but I have to admit that I did not like his American Idol performance – it would have definitely been a “No” from my side. That simply shows how much more skilled Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie are in these music things – Austin Michael’s debut album is just amazing and a great listen. Powerful and intimate moments, which do not sound like a teenager at all. There is quite much talent in this guy – I am sure, we will hear – and enjoy – more of his songs very soon!
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Hanna Batka – Mitten in Berlin
Indeed, Hanna Batka is Mitten in Berlin - "In The Middle of Berlin". She is not only indeed living in the ...
Morgan Wade – Reckless
I always enjoy to listen into the music of new artists. One debut album I received out of the 19th ...
Schorl3 – Sprudelpop EP
I am not even sure if it was about the cheeky lyrics and the fresh sound or simply the album ...
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 ...
Joey Hendricks – Between The Clouds EP
Joey Hendricks came from the West Coast to Nashville to become a songwriter - but already his first song as ...
Mason Hill – Against The Wall
Some things take some time to get really good. If you think about Scotland and about something already having a ...
Hayden Joseph – Different
Spotify is a bit of a strange thing sometimes. The scanner I use every Friday to check out for new ...
Bones Owens – Bones Owens
Bones Owens already worked with really big names of the business and has released two EPs so far. Nonetheless, seven ...
Ben Rice – Future Pretend
When I ran into the debut album by Ben Rice, Future Pretend, I initially thought he is a blues musician ...
Carly Pearce – 29 EP
Carly Pearce is one of my absolute favorite country music artists. No doubt that the Kentucky lady was on the ...
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 ...
Dustin Bird – Unscripted
A brief debut album from Ontario: Canadian Dustin Bird is releasing Unscripted on 5th February 2021. The eight track debut ...
Colton Chapman – Can’t Hide The Truth EP
When I scanned the country music new releases as of 5th February 2021, I got stuck at the music of ...
Alex Hall – Six Strings EP
Tenille Townes, John Osborne, Vince Gill and Brad Paisley on one record? Oh, and I forgot Kassi Ashton and Brad ...
Don Marco & Die Kleine Freiheit – Gehst Du Mit Mir Unter
Gehst Du mit mir unter - "Are you drowning with me" is the album title of a new German music project ...
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 ...
Matt Wynn – Matt Wynn EP
Another debut EP on Flyctory.com: while I was checking the new releases as at 22nd January 2021, I ran into ...
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 ...
Petric – Flashbacks
Just a week before Petric released their album Flashbacks on 15th January 2021, I ran into their single Kids and really ...
Tanner Sparks – Living A Nightmare
Old Fashioned Country Music - that's how Tanner Sparks declares his style of music on his website. On the very ...
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 ...
Brian Callihan – Brian Callihan
Brian Callihan's bio reads like a blueprint for country music artist: growing up on the countryside, doing some hunting, falling ...
The Highway Women – The Highway EP
Four ladies doing country music with a touch of rock - this definitely sounds like an interesting piece of music ...
Roman Alexander – Between You & Me
Roman Alexander is one of those amazing young Nashville talents, who illustrate the extreme density of musical quality at the ...
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 ...
Averlanche – Life’s Phenomenon
If you are thinking about moving to Finland, but feel afraid of the (indeed strange) language - maybe it is ...
Eric Ethridge – Good With Me
Debut album after two EP releases, made in Canada - when I scanned the new country music releases as of ...
Alexander Eder – Schlagzeilen
There are not too many occasions in the recent past that German-speaking artists gained popularity by performing country music. Undoubtedly, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Artificial Eden – Artificial Eden
The Flyctory.com week before 16th October 2020 will be quite packed with rock and metal albums. There will be two ...
Kelsy Karter – Missing Person
If one of your songs is streamed more than three million times on Spotify (even though driven by an excellent ...
Diana DeMuth – Misadventure
I ran into the music of Diana DeMuth some weeks before her debut album release, when I was scanning for ...
Tommy Atkins – Kiss Me, Cowboy EP
After I had a very intense and interesting chat in my Spotlight interview section in May 2020 with him, I ...
Hardy – A Rock
Hardy is quite well-known in the country music scene as a songwriter. Florida Georgia Line, Chris Lane or Morgan Wallen ...
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 ...
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 ...
Cory Marks – Who I Am
After a couple of single releases, Cory Marks is going for the next step: the Canadian released his first album ...
Sarah Zucker – Wo Mein Herz Ist
I saw Sarah Zucker for the first time on stage, when she joined her brother Ben in Cologne's largest LANXESSarena ...
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, ...
Marie Reim – 14 Phasen
20 year old Marie Reim is an interesting upcoming artist in the German schlager scene. Both of her parents are ...
Jaime Wyatt – Neon Cross
Drug abuse, being jailed for robbery - Jaime Wyatt already had quite some negative experience arriving in Nashville as a ...
Chris Bandi – Chris Bandi EP
During my preparations for the music reviews as at 29th May 2020, I ran into the self-titled debut EP by ...
Phavors – Petals EP
Some weeks before the release of their debut EP Petals, the Indie Folk band Phavors contacted me whether I'd like to review ...
Maple & Rye – For Everything
Due to my cooperation with the Greywood Records Label, I ran into another interesting album, which might be out of ...
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 ...
Bob Fitzgerald – Another Highway EP
I recently saw a feature about British country music, when I ran into the Welsh artist Bob Fitzgerald. I did ...
Bree Doster – Bree Doster EP
Bree Doster draw some attention her her during the last year already, when she released her Chasing Ghosts. Now, on 17th ...
Natalie Shay – Naked EP
When I am preparing the selection of my first wave of album and EP reviews for each weekend, I sometimes ...
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 ...
A Choir of Ghosts – An Ounce of Gold
Due to my collaboration with Greywood Records, I received a quite interesting CD from the folk song genre: An Ounce of ...
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 ...
Henriette – Henriette EP
Country music made in Germany? Especially in the last few months, there have been a couple of acts, which feel ...
Shadowmass – Shadowmass (Album Review)
Due to my contact to a Greek metal music promotion agency, I ran into another Greek metal album. The band ...
Blanco Brown – Honeysuckle & Lightning Bugs
Blanco Brown gave us The Git Up, which even made it to the German charts. After that fun and party hit ...
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, ...
Andy Clark – I Love Joyce Morris
After my review of MARBL's EP The Flight of the Hawks, I felt quite happy to receive another promo CD from ...
Runaway June – Blue Roses
Runaway June are a US country music trio. I saw them for the first time at the Country 2 Country ...
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 ...
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 ...
Postings about Cologne
Here are all postings about my home town Cologne:
Drake Milligan (25th February 2025, Cologne)
Another Sound of Nashville country concert right before I headed to Pittsburgh: on 25th February 2025, Drake Milligan had a ...
Carly Pearce (17th February 2025, Cologne)
Carly Pearce has been back to Germany. On 17th February, the last of her Sound of Nashville shows brought her ...
Let’s Praise Modern German Country Music – My Artist Overview
I recently forgot a name of a German country artist and had to google it. I started typically by looking ...
Run & Fly Meeting Dortmund 2025 – Track Events
In contrast to the rather small range of field events, the Run & Fly Meeting 2025 featured quite a lot ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Luna Morgenstern (February 2025)
It late January 2025, I introduced you to the third EP by the German artist Luna Morgenstern, Heartbreak Hotel. Luna and ...
Warren Zeiders (3rd February 2025, Cologne)
After I had quite a lot of sports reporting at the beginning of 2025, January of that month did not ...
Luna Morgenstern – Heartbreak Hotel EP
Heartbreak Hotel is already the third EP by the German-Dutch artist Luna Morgenstern. After I shared my thoughts about her ...
Eurowings Airbus A320neo Middle Distance – Flying BizClass from Cologne (CGN) to Dubai (DWC)
In the frequent traveler community, especially in and around Germany, the middle distance Eurowings flights gained quite some popularity. Flights ...
Marie Reim – Stenzeichen Liebe
I featured schlager artist Marie Reim twice in album reviews already. In 2020, I shared my view of her debut ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 3rd January 2025)
After I skipped last week's Songs of the Week (and merge the three songs I had for it into this post), ...
Flyctory.com Best Ones 2024
has come to an end - and my Best of posting is the one which is "traditionally" concluding the year. The ...
BAP (13th December 2024, Cologne)
The most famous Cologne band in the most important (and famous) venue of the city - how could there be ...
Kameron Marlowe (10th December 2024, Cologne)
After I missed two early December 2024 country music concerts in Cologne due to trips to Switzerland and the United ...
4,000 Postings on Flyctory.com – Time to have a look back
Last Thursday has been a very special moment in the history of my blog Flyctory.com. I a sure most of ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 15th November 2024)
Are you already counting down the days to Christmas? You definitely feel an impact on the music industry of the ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 8th November 2024)
The first full week of November definitely kicks off the album season of the year. I have been loaded with ...
Koe Wetzel (7th November 2024, Cologne)
Club Volta again - just three days after I featured the Stephen Wilson Jr. concert there, I was back at ...
Stephen Wilson Jr. (4th November 2024, Cologne)
Time for some country music concert coverage again: On 4th November 2024, I headed to Club Volta in Cologne. Sound ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 11th October 2024)
I am writing this post from Abu Dhabi Airport (AUH), I will likely publish it from Doha (DOH). A cool ...
Blackberry Smoke (29th September 2024, Cologne)
Just the evening after the Visions of Atlantis show in Essen, I headed to the E-Werk in Cologne. On 29th ...
Rock of Ages – 2025 International Dates of the Musical
Another year, another time for Rock of Ages. Similar to the previous years, I disclose some of the international dates I ...
Steigenberger Hotel Cologne (Köln)
From time to time, I simply enjoy having a night in Cologne, between two office days close to the office ...
Sound of Nashville Open Air 2024 (25th August 2024, Day 2, Cologne)
After a one day break, the Sound of Nashville Open Air2024 was back in Cologne. Sunday, 25th August 2024, featured ...
Sound of Nashville Open Air 2024 (23rd August 2024, Day 1, Cologne)
Not only due to the high effort of Sound of Nashville, there seems to be quite a bit of development ...
Giovanni Zarrella (6th August 2024, Cologne)
After I had quite an intense series of concerts in May 2024, there has been quite a break in my ...
49 Winchester (21st May 2024, Cologne)
Right after I returned from a weekend trip to Norway, my home town Cologne hosted another really interesting country music ...
Kacey Musgraves (5th May 2024, Cologne)
End of April and beginning of May 2024 featured a couple of very interesting country music gigs in Germany. For ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 26th April 2024)
Snow in April! After I had some snowfall after the Swiss Floorball Superfinals (my coverage of the women's match / ...
Darius Rucker (19th April 2024, Cologne)
What an honor - Darius Rucker kicked off his Starting Fires Tour World Tour in my home tome Cologne. The Live Music ...
On Tour With Rock of Ages 2024 (Episode 2 – Cologne, 22nd to 27th March 2024)
This year, I take you on my tour-chasing of the German Rock of Ages musical. The first trip report episode ...
My 15 Favorite Hotels I Have Stayed in… So Far
At the time when I started writing this posting in early March 2024, Flyctory.com already featured reviews of over 320 ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 15th March 2024)
A lot of traveling is ahead of me. I just returned from a trip to Bochum, watching my first two ...
Alexandra Kay, Hannah Ellis, Lakeview (5th March 2024, Cologne)
Especially as I could not make it to one of the Country To Country shows the weekend before, I was ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 1st March 2024)
I struggled a bit compiling the Songs of the Week this time. The partial flight miles for my current trip ...
Aerotask Boeing B747 Simulator in Cologne
After I had already flown the Airbus A320 simulator by Aerotask in Essen, I was really looking forward to my ...
ASV Cologne – Floor Fighters Chemnitz 3-13 (0-3, 1-5. 2-5)
Getting into the FInal4, the semifinal and final event of the German Floorball Cup, is likely one of the most ...
Sparkassen Indoor Meeting Dortmund 2024 (Indoor Athletics) – Track Events
After I gave you my report of the field and side events of the 2004 Sparkassen Indoor Meeting in Dortmund, ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 12th January 2024)
This time, my Songs Of The Week consist of 14 new releases as of this week. The Christmas break is definitely ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 22nd December 2023)
It's Christmas Eve, the main day of the Christmas celebrations in Germany. However, all the holiday songs seem having been ...
Lidia Streifling – Kölsche Klassiker Vol. 1 – För zo dräume
Not only during the carnival season, music is a core part of the identify of my home town Cologne. Thus, ...
Eric Paslay (13th December 2023, Cologne)
His show in Aschaffenburg 2019, the main stage appearance at the C2C Berlin 2020 and now Cologne 2023: Eric Paslay ...
Gregor McEwan (6th December 2023, Cologne)
Afrer his very interesting album release Going Solo, I was really curious about how Gergor McEwan would be alike live on ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 10th November 2023)
I had a short trip to Hamburg this weekend, watching my last Nacht der Gitarren show (see my Reutlingen show report) ...
Sonia Liebing – Liebe ist für alle da
Sonia Liebing established in the wider range of well-known German schlager artists the last years. On her homepage, she is ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 27th October 2023)
Halloween is not that much of a big deal in Germany - but some parts of my home country have ...
Loi (19th October 2023, Cologne)
Just about a month after I saw Randall King at the Cologne Club Volta, I was back there again on ...
Moxy Cologne Muelheim
Before we checked out the new Wellnest private spa in Cologne, my wife and I felt it is a good ...
Wellnest Cologne
After my wife and I overall had a nice stay at the Wellnest Private Spa in Essen, we were curious ...
Ron Pope (23rd September 2023, Cologne)
Busy times: just three days after I saw Home Free in Hamburg and eight days after the Randall King show ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 15 September 2023)
The Songs Of The Week is one of my favorite categories of posts on my blog. Even I don't know how the ...
Randall King (15th September 2023, Cologne)
It's been quite a while since I covered the last Sound of Nashville show. On 15th September 2023, the Semmel Concerts country ...
Rock of Ages – 2024 International Dates of the Musical
It is just mid-year 2023 and I already start working on my 2024 Rock of Ages International Tour list. I am sure ...
The Blackwhitecolorful – Brace for Impact
The Blackwhitecolorful is a band from my home town Cologne. After a 2020 album release, Brace for Impact is their sophomore ...
Mo-Torres – Heute war alles Besser
Rap and pop music - Mo-Torres is one of the more modern style musicians of the Cologne music scene. On ...
Pullman Cologne
As part of my overnights bridging the night between two mandatory days at the office in Cologne, my last stay ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 04 August 2023)
After some rather intense week of traveling, I feel rather happy to spend the next two weekends in and around ...
Mercure Hotel Severinshof Cologne City
Just a week after I stayed at the Mercure Cologne City Friesenstrasse, I tried out another hotel of the Accor ...
Mercure Cologne City Friesenstrasse
What are you doing as a hobby travel blogger when your company (the professional work...) is requesting you to meet ...
German Athletics Nationals 2023 – Day 2 Track (9th July 2023)
With this fourth posting, I am closing my coverage of the German Athletics Nationals 2023. The Auestadion in Kassel hosted ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 23 June 2023)
Traveling out of nowehere: I compiled this set of songs in Swansea in Whales, watching the very last Rock of ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 16 June 2023)
I typically rather focus presenting new and emerging act in my Song of the Week, but this time, the list of ...
The Deslondes (6th June 2023, Cologne)
Back to the Kantine in Cologne: just less than a month after I saw Kip Moore in their major and ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 02 June 2023)
Due to my recent illness, I have to reduce my travel activity in June significantly. Nonetheless, there will be ten Rock ...
Everette & Austin Jenckes (23rd May 2023, Cologne)
On 23rd May 2023, the Sound of Nashville concert series had a very special even in Cologne's Helios37. Despite being ...
Kip Moore (14th May 2023, Cologne)
Sound of Nashville time again. Right after I returned from a brief trip through the Nordics, Semmel Concerts and their ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 12 May 2023)
After the volume of songs in the last two weeks has been rather thin, this week's Songs of the Week comes with ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 28 April 2023)
As I told you in previous postings, I initially gather candidates for my Songs of the Week, before I narrow the ...
The Longest Johns (21st April 2023, Cologne)
In 2018, four Bristol guys recorded an old New Zealand shanty, which was about 150 years old at that time ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 31 March 2023)
Pop, rock, schlager and much more - I feel that this week's Songs of the Week is a really nice mix of ...
Wolfgang Petry – Stark wie wir
Wolfgang Petry is back: just about one and a half years after Auf das Leben and half a year after Crosswalk to ...
AnnenMayKantereit – Es ist Abend und wir sitzen bei mir
They started as a school band in my home town and gained global reputation: AnnenMayKantereit released their fourth album Es ist ...
Five Years of Flyctory.com – My 20 Most Popular Travel Posts (so far…)
Damn, it is already four years... And it is more than 2,750 postings since then. On 25th February 2018, I ...
Julian Taylor (15th February 2023, Cologne)
February and early March 2023 held a couple of concerts and shows for me. Thus, right after returning from the ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 27 January 2023)
This weekend was really difficult for me to plan ahead. With the ISTAF Indoor in Dusseldorf, I had a fixed ...
IUMA – Genug EP
I felt that genug, the debut EP by German singer IUMA, is a nice addition to the release reviews as of ...
Kane Brown (27th January 2023, Cologne)
27th January 2023, the first Flyctory.com concert coverage of the new year. I will feature a couple of really cool ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 13 January 2023)
Wow, that's massive! After I had a quite thin list of new releases since mid-December 2022, Christmas break is officially ...
Groenalund – #lovestorm
The band name Groenalund feels quite Swedish. In fact, there are references to Sweden in the band history. First of ...
Wasserturm Hotel Cologne (Curio Collection by Hilton)
The Wasserturm in my home town Cologne is indeed one of the most iconic hotels of the city. Literally, the ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 30 December 2022)
I guess that the next weeks will be more intense. Depending if you look at the publishing or the cut-off ...
ICE 3neo High-Speed Rail First Class (Pictured Story)
A trip to a Frequent Flyer meeting lead to a post about train rides: Less than two weeks after the ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 09 December 2022)
I was quite amazed that there were quite a lot of interesting single releases this week. At least artists from ...
Neufundland – Grind
The Christmas business is more and more turning towards TVs, toys and other stuff, while the music industry is doing ...
Brett Young (19th November 2022, Cologne)
Quite a lot of interesting music on Flyctory.com in November: after the Alexander Ludwig and Nik Wallner show in Cologne, ...
Milky Chance (18th November 2022, Cologne)
I love country music - but I always feel very gifted when I am able to present you some other ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Nik Wallner (November 2022)
This is already the second time I met Nik Wallner for a Spotlight interview on Flyctory.com. While the first time we chatted ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 04 November 2022)
After two intercontinental trips in October 2022, I am somehow glad that I am scheduled to stay in Europe until ...
Superläuche – Superläuche
Jazz meets funk - the concept of the self-titled album by the band Superläuche (which is hard to translate, roughly ...
Alexander Ludwig (2nd November 2022, Cologne)
Right after coming back from New York City, I headed to the Helios37 in Cologne the same evening. Sound of ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 28 October 2022)
Just two months until Christmas - but I still refused to have an according song in my Songs of the Week ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 21 October 2022)
October is quite a busy time for me. Private and business trips take most of my time. My Songs of the ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 14 October 2022)
Freddie! Who would have thought that Mr Mercury is part of my Songs Of The Week one day. Not sure if Bryan ...
Rock of Ages – International Dates of the Musical in 2023
After I gave you an overview of 2022 European appearances of my favorite musical Rock of Ages, I felt to ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 16 September 2022)
While the last week brought me to Sunderland, Hamburg and Lillehammer in Norway, the song selection of the week comes ...
Spotlight – Flyctory.com meets Lindsay Ell (before her Cologne Show in Aug 2022)
I simply cannot deny that I have been a bit more nervous before this Spotlight interview. While most of the ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 02 September 2022)
Intense weeks lay ahead of me. My very last shows of my favorite musical Rock of Ages this year are ...
Lindsay Ell (with Kyle Daniel & Shy Carter, 23rd August 2022, Cologne)
23rd August 2022 has been a very special day to me. Always great to be able to cover a Lindsay ...
Gipsy Kings & More Than Words (11th August 2022, Cologne)
Legendary Gipsy Kings and one of Germany's biggest potential drivers of country music, More Than Words - I felt really ...
Marie Reim – Bist Du dafür bereit?
After I featured Marie Reim's debut album 14 Phasen in June 2020, I was really curious how her music has evolved during ...
Pete Wolf Band – Crosswalk To Nowhere EP
German schlager icon Wolfgang Petry is back with a new EP. After a "real" Wolfgang Petry album release, Auf das Leben, ...
KölnTriangle Cologne View – a great View of Cologne
Okay, I have to give in from the very beginning: I love my home town Cologne - and this my ...
Kasalla – Rudeldiere
If you feel that Cologne Carnival songs or party music must be a rather regional and limited things, stats of ...
Johnossi (12th June 2022, Cologne)
Home town Cologne instead of Nashville: after my trip to CMA Fest in Nashville had to be cancelled due to ...
Dan O’ Clock – Seelenhippie EP
The German language has the nice opportunity to simply combine two noun to a new word. Seele means soul in German and ...
The Lounge Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN)
Old lounge, new lounge: after Lufthansa decided to terminally close down some of their lounges, the company Global Lounge Network ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 27 May 2022)
Due to illness, I unfortunately cannot provide you the full coverage on the music side of Flyctory.com - and it ...
Mrs. Greenbird – Love You To The Bone
New songs from Mrs. Greenbird: Cologne's finest Americana pop pair released a new set of tracks on 9th April 2022 ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 25 March 2022)
While the last week's edition solely covered a few songs, my 25th March 2022 version of the Songs Of The Week ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 11 March 2022)
Not really sure whether it is my March 2022 trip with the Pittsburgh Penguins or other influences, but this time, ...
Following The Pittsburgh Penguins in March 2022 (Day 1, 10th March 2022)
Time to see my hockey team again! The first day of my Pittsburgh Penguins trip to the States did not ...
Premier Inn Cologne City South
Trying out another hotel brand: after I had stayed at quite a bunch of Premier Inn Hotel locations in England ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 18 Feb 2022)
One thing I really love about this new category Songs Of The Week is that it surprises me again and again ...
KEC “Die Haie” Cologne – ESC Planegg-Würmtal 1-6 (1-2, 0-1, 0-3)
The DFEL (German Women Ice Hockey League) leader traveling to the bottom team of the table (which had, to be ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 21 Jan 2022)
I am still evaluating whether the Songs Of The Week are an interesting format for you. While the first postings got ...
Flyctory.com Best Ones 2021
It is time for the final posting of the years, simply named The Best Ones 2021. After looking into my ...
Some Non-Country Christmas Songs 2021
Christmas is approaching really quick now. While I traditionally do a festive edition of my Country Music Picks, I also ...
My Top 15 Airports Flown – With Some Brief Thoughts
Even though I do have a couple of airport reviews on Flyctory.com, I so far missed a lot of the ...
Cat Ballou – Alles Bunt
My hometown Cologne is full of music - not only carnival-related. Not only during these days, Cat Ballou has become ...
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 ...
Hyatt Regency Cologne
Located right at the River Rhine, the Hyatt Regency is one of the most iconic and also one of the ...
The Twelve Best Flights Of My Life (… so far)
During the later phases of the Covid-19 lock-downs in Germany, I had the idea to that posting. Maybe just because ...
Moxy Cologne Bonn Airport
The hotel situation at Cologne / Bonn Airport used to be quite bothering. There used to be a single hotel ...
MyWellness Cologne – Renting a Private Spa Experience
Especially after all the Covid-19 restrictions, my wife and I were really looking forward to two relaxing hours in a ...
Luna Morgenstern – Taking The Blow EP
A debut EP by a home town artist - of course I have been curious when I ran into Luna ...
Paul Weber – Alles im Arsch EP
German rock made in Cologne: of course, I am always especially curious when I run into artists I don't know ...
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 ...
Songs Of My Life: Nino De Angelo – Jenseits von Eden
It took me one week later than usual to give you a new edition of the Songs Of My Life. This ...
Klee – Trotzalledem
Some new music from my home town: Klee is a German pop act, who have been quite successful in the ...
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 ...
Sarah Lombardi – Im Augenblick
Sarah Lombardi's career started with a bit ups and downs in the German version of American Idol. Three years after ...
A Walk Through Cologne / Bonn Airport Terminal at Covid-19 Times (Pictured Story)
Travelling in Germany has been turned down to an absolute minimum. Hotels are just able to accept business guests and ...
Songs Of My Life: John Miles – Music
Though a lot of Song which shaped me have been recorded in the 1980's and 1990's, I want to move ...
PeterLicht – Beton Und Ibuprofen
There are several causes which make me feel I should go for an album review. When I decided to have ...
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 ...
Rhine Cable Car (Kölner Seilbahn) Cologne
There are periodically discussions, whether the Cologne local transport is upgraded by cable car traffic over the river Rhine. However, ...
Cologne – My Ten Favorite Songs About My Home Town
During a dinner concert in June 2020 of a Cologne local band, Cat Ballou (who will be part of my selection), I ...
taku Dining Box in Cologne – Gourmet Food at Home
Since late October 2020, restaurants in Germany are not allowed to open as a pandemic lock-down measure. However, take-away services ...
Chocolate Museum Cologne (Schokoladenmuseum)
Cologne Cathedral is the key attraction of my home town Cologne, of course (it is even one of Germany's very ...
Bläck Fööss – 5Ö
50 years of Bläck Fööss - the "naked feet", what is the literal translation of their band name are a ...
Maritim Hotel Cologne
After having a couple of hotel reviews from nearby cities Dusseldorf and Bonn already, I felt it was a huge ...
bett1HULKS Championship 2020: Krawietz / Mies (GER) – A. Zverev / M. Zverev (GER) 6-4 7-5
After the Divij Sharan as the last Indian player had bowed out of the tournament the day before, I could ...
bett1HULKS Championship 2020: Gilles Simon (FRA) – Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 6-1 4-6 6-2
Third seeded Dennis Shapovalov (Canada) had a tough time in his Cologne debut appearance: against Gilles Simon (France), he struggled ...
bett1HULKS Championship 2020: Sharan (IND) / Sandgren (USA) – Marach (AUT) / Pavic (CRO) 4-6 2-6
Unfortunately, my work schedule on the Championship week Wednesday was a bit busy, so that I had to rush from ...
bett1HULKS Championship: Egor Gerasimov (BLR) – Daniel Altmaier (GER) 6-1 6-0
German wildcard Dennis Altmaier was almost swept by Belarus qualifier Egor Gerasimov. I just saw the second set - the ...
bett1HULKS Championship: Jordan Thompson (AUS) – Gilles Simon (FRA) 3-6 5-7
Right before Sumit Nagal's match against Kecmanovic, I had at least the chance to have a short spot on the ...
bett1HULKS Championship 2020: Sumit Nagal (IND) – Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) 6-3 (4)6-7 1-6
Second week in the Cologne LANXESSarena, second tournament: more or less in parallel to the first week tournament victory by ...
bett1HULKS Indoors 2020: Hubert Hurkacz (POL) vs. Mischa Zverev (GER) 6-4 6-3
After having three doubles matches on the minor Court 1, including Divij Sharan's first round loss, I dared to watch ...
bett1HULKS Indoors 2020: Davidovich Fokina / Verdasco (ESP) – Masur / Molleker (GER) 3-6 6-1 10-8
This first round Men's Doubles match on Court 1 was in fact the first match I saw on 14th October ...
bett1HULKS Indoors 2020: Gonzales (MEX) / K. Skupski (GBR) – Nielsen (DEN) / Puetz (GER) 4-6 6-1 10-5
I just stayed on the smaller Court 1 after Divij Sharan's 1st round match at the bett1HULKS Indoors in Cologne ...
bett1HULKS Indoors 2020: Sharan (IND) / Withrow (USA) – Herbert / Mahut (FRA) 3-6 3-6
Due to all the Covid-19 regulations and local restrictions the male tennis ATP Tour set up some new tournaments in ...
Watching Cologne from Europa Rad Ferris Wheel
Sometimes, you just have to be creative: if you have one of the biggest mobile ferris wheels in the neighboring ...
Four Countries, Four Trains – A Trip on Tracks (Day 4, 10th August 2020)
Heading back home. As said in the Day 3 coverage, I did not expect too much going on on that ...
Marie Reim – 14 Phasen
20 year old Marie Reim is an interesting upcoming artist in the German schlager scene. Both of her parents are ...
Women Soccer Bundesliga is back – But some Girls score in a different Way
They did it: the German Women Soccer Bundesliga (Flyeralarm Frauen-Bundesliga) re-started a few days ago, on 29th May 2020. I ...
Björn Heuser (28th May 2020, Drive-In Show, Bonn)
During the Covid-19 crisis, I visited quite a couple of drive-in movies, which became a very popular kind of entertainment ...
“Climbing” the Monte Troodelöh, Cologne’s Highest Point
My beloved home town Cologne, Germany, is always a bit of crazy - not just during the carnival days. Thus, ...
Mrs. Greenbird: Strong Crowdfunding Start for New Album
Covid-19 has a huge impact on the music industry. My home town Cologne's local country music heroes, Mrs. Greenbird, were ...
Car Watch – A new Pop-up Drive-in Cinema in Cologne
As I wrote in my recent review about the traditional DRIVE IN movies in the South of Cologne, drive-in movies ...
Cologne/Bonn Airport during Covid-19 Times (Pictured Story)
Regarding passenger flights, my hometown airport Cologne / Bonn is only the seventh biggest in Germany, servicing some 12 million ...
Cologne DRIVE IN Movies – More than the Covid-19 Alternative
Quarantining, social isolation, being unable to go out on a Friday - overall, the cultural and social scene has been ...
Brett Eldredge / Lauren Jenkins (24th January 2020, Cologne)
The first Sound of Nashville show of the year - it felt really good to be back close to the ...
Historic Mustard Mill Cologne
The Historic Mustard Mill in Cologne ("Historische Senfmühle Köln") is quite a unique place in the million people city. It ...
Noah Guthrie (9th December 2019, Cologne)
Right after I returned from Pittsburgh, Sound of Nashville and the German country music scene came back on my schedule ...
Cologne Old Town Christmas Market
The Christmas Market in Cologne's Old Town is the largest of the city. Under the slogan "Heinzel's Wintermärchen" (something like Good ...
Cologne Stadtgarten Christmas Market
The Stadtgarten in Cologne is both, a recreational park in the heart of the city, whose facilities are protected, and ...
Cologne Cathedral / Roncalli Square Christmas Market
Cologne Cathedral and a 25 meter high Christmas tree - these are the key ingredients, which turn the Christmas Market ...
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 ...
Cologne Harbor Christmas Market at Chocolate Museum
During each festive season, Cologne is crowded with tourists and visitors due to its Christmas markets. There are masses of ...
Mrs. Greenbird (Frankfurt, 7th November 2019)
One of the few German country/folk acts, which gained some international reputation in the past is Cologne-based Mrs. Greenbird. Before ...
Ben Zucker & Van De Forst (6th November 2019, Cologne)
I have to admit that I had been very nervous before that concert. The LANXESS arena, Germany's largest multiplex arena ...
Willie Jones & Tyler Rich (29th October 2019, Cologne)
An eventful debut of the first German Country Music Week presented by Sound of Nashville ended in Cologne with the ...
Logan Mize (26th October 2019, Cologne)
While the Sound of Nashville October started big with the the concert of Old Dominion. One day after the big ...
Scotty McCreery (24th October 2019, Cologne)
I had a quite unfortunate timing with the debut of the German Country Music week. I missed some shows due ...
Jillian Jacqueline & Lauren Jenkins (9th September 2019, Cologne)
The Sound of Nashville series of concerts more and more established in the German country music scene. While I visited one ...
Wade Bowen (6th August 2019, Cologne)
The second half of 2019 features a massive lineup of country music stars in Germany. As you can see in ...
SV Menden – 1. FC Köln 3:5 (0:3) (31st July 2019)
Same procedure as last year? Same procedure as every year! The traditional women soccer pre-season test match between my home ...
The Scherz-Tour – A Different RheinEnergieSTADION Cologne Tour
I already visited a couple of stadium tours with Flyctory.com in the past. My home and heart soccer club, 1 ...
Mrs. Greenbird – Dark Waters (Review)
Mrs. Greenbird was the only Germany-based band who were playing at the C2C debut in Berlin 2019. This definitely illustrates ...
Very Important Postings – July to December 2018
Another six months have passed - the first full half year of Flyctory.com's existance. After I did the Very Important ...
The Eau de Cologne Giants – 4711 vs. Farina
When people think of real "Eau de Cologne", they typically think about the well-branded 4711 brand located in the city's ...
Flying with VLM from Cologne to Antwerp
The route between Cologne and Rostock is a quite traditional connection from Rhineland to the Baltic Sea - which has ...
SV Menden – 1. FC Köln 0:1 (0:1) (2018 pre-season)
Visiting the women soccer pre-season between SV Menden, a team from my home town St. Augustin near Bonn, and the ...
History of Gaming in Cologne’s City Museum
The Cologne City Museum's recent history is not really what one would call "lucky". After a water damage in later ...
Six Intercontinental Flight Weekend – Day 1 (Trip Report)
There are a lot of factors which made me look forward to the first destination of my trip, Tangier in ...
Six Intercontental Flights in 72 Hours (Overview)
No, I am not going to travel between Europe and Asia or America like a madman or do some extreme ...
Please pass on this contact info to Austin Michael
http://www.615Boys.com
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We are looking to contact him in regards to a proposal and his managers email bounces back
I cannot assist you. I am not in contact with the artists. I either receive albums via promotion agencies / platforms or via Spotify / Amazon Music.