by Elvie Shane - County Roads
4.5
Flyctory.com Pros
- Six really good songs on a debut EP
- Very powerful voice
- Great lyrics
A new artist with a quite powerful touch of country music – Elvie Shane with his EP County Roads made it into my selection of reviews when I checked out the 23rd April 2021 releases. Unfortunately, I don’t have too much bio about him – but I hope you enjoy his music.
Elvie Shane – About The Artist
Elvie Shane is a country music singer, who is originally from Caneycville, Kentucky, a small village between Nashville and Louisville. He got some publicity in the 2016 edition of American Idol, where he was eliminated in the first round though. County Roads is his debut EP.
Elvie Shane – County Roads – Track by Track
The six track EP lasts 21 minutes.
1. County Roads
Powerful guitar riffs from the very first second. No doubt, this guy wants to rock your country soul with County Roads.
Here’s to the lessons that don’t come cheap
To the long lost lovers in the shotgun seat
Here’s to the wild and restless souls
Who got their street smarts
Runnin’ down them county roads, county roads
Even though County Roads is by far not as successful as My Boy, it is a cool track. It will be great when the backing vocals are taken over by human country fans again soon. Great song.
2. Keep On Strummin’
Not as energetic and full of powerful guitar chords as the opener, but therefore with some nice piano sprinkles here and there:
3. Sundays In The South
I really like Sundays In The South. The song has a nice groove, is that laid back. Again, the piano in the background gives a very classic and straight touch. Cool song.
4. My Boy
This one is Elvis Shane’s biggest one so far: a decent airplay success in 2020 and seven million streams on Spotify only for this track – that’s indeed quite huge to step into country music business like that. Ain’t that a lovely way to praise your stepson?
He ain’t my blood, ain’t got my name
But if he did, I’d feel the same
I wasn’t there for his first steps
But I ain’t missed a ball game yet
And that ain’t ever gonna change
I could never walk away
Yeah, he’s my son and that’s my choice
He ain’t my blood but he’s my, he’s my boy
5. Sundresss
I have to admit that Sundress is the song I can relate to least on this EP. The chorus has a lovely, melodic and catchy character – but I struggle with other parts of the song. Matter of taste, as the song has a nice plot.
6. My Mississippi
The EP closes with a nice Southern Rock / counry song. Really powerful tunes at My Mississippi to me. Well done.
Elvie Shane – County Roads – Spotify
Here is the EP on Spotify:
Elvie Shane – County Roads – My View
No doubt, this is a promising debut. Even though I felt to spot some weakness at Sundress, these songs are really a treat and deserve the Top Pick! banner. I recommend to give Elvie Shane’s EP a try!
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Apart from the Tropicario and SeaLife, my wife and I also visited Korkeasaari Zoo in Helsinki. The main animal park ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 05 August 2022)
My 5th August 2022 update of the Songs of the Week this time features 15 songs. Again, there is a wide ...
Helsinki Sightseeing Cruise with Royal Line
My wife and I were really lucky with the Helsinki weather, when we visited the Ice Hockey World Championships in ...
Helsinki Tropicario
My wife loves almost any kind of animal. Thus, your trip to Helsinki in April 2022 finally lead us to ...
Blind Channel – Lifestyles of the Sick & Dangerous
Interesting post-hardcore / nu metal from Scandinavia: while Blind Channel was rather successful on national level so far, their new ...
Helsinki Design Museum
While supporting the German ice hockey national team at the Ice Hockey World Championships 2022 in Helsinki, my wife and ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 10 June 2022)
I had a long list of songs for my Songs of the Week... and after I composed a nice order of ...
Oodi Helsinki – The Modern Library (Pictured Story)
When you think about libraries worth visiting as a tourist, you likely thing about historic places with old books. Helsinki, ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 3 June 2022)
I am still in the process of recovering from illness - not sure if that had any influence on my ...
Holiday Inn Helsinki City Centre
In order to watch some matches at the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships, my wife and I stayed in Helsinki ...
IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships 2022 at Helsinki Ice Hall
In mid May 2022, my wife and I went to Helsinki for the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships. The organizers ...
Finnair Business Lounge Non-Schengen Helsinki Vantaa (HEL)
Before heading to the United Arab Emirates in February 2022, flying with Finnair from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Dubai (DXB) ...
Food I Had Onboard II (Nov 21 til Mar 2022)
After I got some quite nice feedback about my first Food I Had Onboard posting, I felt to continue this ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 11 Feb 2022)
A new week, a new edition of the Songs Of The Week. This time, I ran into a lot of rocking ...
Sports Museum of Finland (Helsinki)
Paavo Nurmi, Matti Nykänen, Mika Häkkinen or the Floorball National Team - there have been various globally well-known Finnish athletes, ...
Flyctory.com Best Ones 2021
It is time for the final posting of the years, simply named The Best Ones 2021. After looking into my ...
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Albums / EPs 2021
2021 definitely lifted Flyctory.com to another level. The community is steadily increasing - days with less than 2,000 page hits ...
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Songs 2021
Year-end is the time to look back to all the stuff what happened to you. Ideally you rather remind the ...
Flyctory.com Songs Of The Week (week of 17 Dec 2021)
Every week, I am scanning hundreds of new releases, albums and singles, to pick the right (and sometimes: the wrong) ...
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 ...
Visiting Jokerit Helsinki at Hartwall Arena
One of the venues of the Floorball World Championships, which is going to happen during the week of publishing this ...
Car Rental Review – Hertz Helsinki Airport (HEL)
In the recent past, I had two car rentals with Hertz from Helsinki Airport (HEL). This review is reflecting a ...
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 – Spooky Sextravaganza Spectacular (from: Lordiversity)
Lordiversity completed: the seventh and thus last album of the album compilation Lordiversity is Spooky Sextravaganza Spectacular. Last, but not least, the band ...
Lordi – Abracadaver (from: Lordiversity)
Abracadaver is the sixth episode of the Lordiversity. This time, the album feature twelve songs around thrash metal and groove metal, ...
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 ...
Lordi – Abusement Park (from: Lordiversity)
Not only because there will be a Lordi-featured ghost train ride on Finnish fun fairs in 2021, Abusement Park feels to be ...
Lordi – The Masterbeast From The Moon (from: Lordiversity)
The third album from the Lordiversity septuplet is The Masterbeast From The Moon. The album cover feels a lot like scary stories - ...
Lordi – SuperFlyTrap (from: Lordiversity)
The second album by Lordi from the Lordiversity box is SuperFlyTrap. It comes with another ten songs, but is significantly longer ...
Lordi – Skelectric Dinosaur (from: Lordiversity)
The Finnish monsters do it in extra large - on 26th November 2021 Lordi are releasing their new latest CD ...
Watching Helsinki from the Olympic Stadium Tower
Even though it hosted the Olympic Summer Games of 1952, Helsinki Olympic Stadium is still in use, e.g. for home ...
Expo 2020 Dubai – The Mobility District Pavilions
The Mobility District of the Expo 2020 was the last one my wife and I had a more intense visit ...
Holiday Inn Helsinki Vantaa Airport
With multiple floorball matches in the Vantaa region, like the EräViikingit matches against SC Classic on 22nd October and against ...
F-Liiga Women: SB-Pro Nurmijärvi – TPS Turku 2-5 (1-3, 0-2, 1-0)
SB-Pro vs. Turku, part 2: just the day after SB-Pro beat FBC Loisto on the road, they hosted their local ...
F-Liiga Women: EräViikingit – SSRA 7-2 (3-1, 1-0, 3-1)
Back to the EräViikingit: after I had visited their home match against Classic two days before, I had another match ...
F-Liiga Women: FBC Loisto – SB-Pro Nurmijärvi 4-6 (3-1, 0-2, 1-3)
The second match of my October 2021 trip took me to Turku, FBC Loisto, the women team of FBC Turku, ...
F-Liiga Women: EräViikingit – Classic 3-1 (1-0, 1-0, 1-1)
The second-placed team against the third-placed one - what a great way to be back in floorball after the Covid-19 ...
Radisson Blu Espoo (Finland)
Typically, I rather like to change hotels after a few days, also to have some different impressions and material for ...
Davis Cup Finland vs. India – Some Practice Session Views
Covid-19 and the corresponding social distancing rules make it rather hard to meet with the team before and interact with ...
Davis Cup Finland vs. India, Day 2: “Suomi” advances after Doubles
Hard to argue against that Finland was in the comfort position at this World Group I playoff tie in Espoo ...
Davis Cup Finland vs. India: Finland in the lead after Day 1 Singles
Tennis Davis Cup again. I was really flattered about the first day in Espoo between Finland and India. Will there ...
Davis Cup Finland vs. India: Preview
My team is back in Europe! Three years after the Davis Cup tie in Serbia, I am glad to support ...
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, ...
Jess And The Ancient Ones – Vertigo
I didn't have Finnish music for quite a while in my Flyctory.com media reviews. In this posting, I am taking ...
Korpiklaani – Jylhä
Since I ran into the music of Korpiklaani at a Lordi gig in Helsinki, I am really a fan of ...
Flyctory.com Best Ones 2020
After praising my favorite songs of 2020 and the favorite albums and EPs in 2020, the final posting to do ...
Songs Of My Life: Lordi – Hard Rock Hallelujah
After the first episode of my new category Songs of My Life was about Ultravox, 1980's pop and a story around ...
Averlanche – Life’s Phenomenon
If you are thinking about moving to Finland, but feel afraid of the (indeed strange) language - maybe it is ...
Nightwish – Human :||: Nature
Nightwish are somehow the undisputed kings of Finnish metal (even though I personally prefer Lordi). Being in the business since the ...
Hotel Korpilampi (Espoo, Finland)
Visit my Finnish favorite SB-Pro Nurmijärvi for two home matches in January 2020, I was looking for a reasonable priced ...
Finnair Airbus A350 Business Class from Helsinki to Dubai
In recent times, I had three Business Class flights with Finnair's long distance flagship, the Airbus A 350. In August, ...
Hilton Helsinki Airport
Helsinki Airport is nicely staffed with airport hotels: the GLO Hotel is located right inside the terminal building, two more ...
Lordi – Killection
Athens, Greece, 20th May 2006 - a day that did not only change my life, but the life of a ...
Marko Hietala – Pyre Of The Black Heart
The majority of the music community likely knows Marko Hietala as the bassist of Nightwish. In 2019, he released his debut ...
SB-Pro Nurmijärvi – Classic Tampere 4:2 (0:1, 4:1, 0:0)
SB-Pro Nurmijärvi vs. Classic Tampere - this has been the traditional match setup for years, when it comes to the ...
SB-Pro Nurmijärvi – Koovee Tampere 7:2 (2:1, 3:1, 2:0)
The match on 18th January 2020 was likely a tougher one for SB-Pro: trailing 0-5 against Swiss champtions Kloten-Dietlikon Jets ...
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Songs 2019
2019 has come to an end - and music has been one of the key topics of Flyctory.com in 2019 ...
Tarja – In the Raw
Tarja Turunen - the Finnish Opera and metal voice became a legend with Nightwish. After the split from her band ...
Finnair Platinum Wing Helsinki Airport
Flying intercontinentally from Europe via Helsinki, especially to Asian destinations, became more and more popular the last years. One key ...
WFCQ 2019: Finland – Austria 37:0 (12:0, 10:0, 15:0)
Austria had the tough task in their final match to learn against Finland and maybe gain some experience towards the ...
WFCQ 2019: Russia – Finland 1:18 (1:2, 0:13, 0:3)
In the third match of Saturday, there was absolutely no discussion about the roles: Finland was the absolute favorite against ...
CC 2019: Men’s Final: Storvreta IBK – SC Classic 3-10 (1-3, 1-3, 1-4)
After IKSU did what they expected to do (and stayed unbeaten), it was up to Storvreta to complete the Swedish ...
CC 2019: Women’s Place 3: SB-Pro Nurmijärvi – Piranha Chur 5-3 (2-1, 0-1, 3-1)
The matchup for the Women Bronze Medal match was quite unexpected, but also very interesting. After SB-Pro did not manage ...
CC 2019: SB-Pro Nurmijärvi – 1. SC TEMPISH Vitkovice 4-5 SD (2-0, 1-4, 1-0, 0-1)
Two days, two matches for each team to win the title - I already summed up the compressed route to ...
CC 2019: SC Classic – Floorball Köniz 7-1 (3-0, 1-1, 3-0)
Finnish Champion SC Classic from Tampere and Top-of-Switzerland Floorball Köniz opened the Men Tournament of the 2019 Floorball Champions Cup ...
Floorball Champions Cup 2019 – A Preview to Gävle
No floorball competition is changing that frequently like the Champions Cup. While previous season, six men and women teams each ...
Hilton Helsinki Kalastajatorppa (Hotel Review)
There are three Hilton hotels in greater Helsinki: while the airport hotel is mainly focussing on flying guests, the two ...
Finnish Aviation Museum (Suomen Ilmailumuseo)
As an aviation nerd, I just had to visit the quite well-rated Finnish Aviation Museum (Suomen ilmailumuseo), which is located ...
SB-Pro Nurmijärvi – Koovee Tampere 11-3 (4-0, 3-2, 4-1)
Back to Nurmijärvi: on 6th October 2018, I headed to Finland to see my favourite women's club team, SB-Pro, out ...
Finnish Superfinal (Men): Classic – Happee 6:2 (0:2, 4:0, 2:0)
While the Women match-up for the Superfinal has been the expected one, Happee as fourth-placed team in the regular season ...
Finnish Superfinal (Women): Classic – SB-Pro 2:3 (0:0, 2:2, 0:1)
One has to admit that betting on that pairing of the two dominators of Finnish Women Floorball would not have ...
Women WFC 2017 Finals: Sweden – Finland 6:5 SO
Writing that match report as one of the start-up (and testing) article entries on flyctory.com felt so easy to me: ...
