I received so many great albums this week – no chance to process a fair fraction of them. However, the single releases were comparably sparse – on the country side as well as on the non-country music side. Hope I still give you a nice set of songs, which is this time rather pop-ish again.
Aden Foyer – Sunshine Prescription
Aden Foyer is completing his EP The Ballet Girl with these summer vibes. After the Norwegian already had quite some success with the title track (41m Spotify streams so far), this one has a lot of potential. I love it!
Maria Linda – Sommerhaut
My set of songs stays with some summer vibes. This time, however, it is a lovely German schlager track. Already the third time I feature a song by the German-Italian artist in my Songs of the Week.
Sanna Brandt – Brandgefährlich
Another schalger track – however, Brandgefährlich is rather coming with a dance pop rhythm. Enjoy the disco fox beat with Sanna Brandt.
Ochmoneks – Roland Kaiser (Schlager version)
Before I cared about the Songs of the Week, I watched a lot of old snippets of the good, old Alf TV show. What a cool band name to match that. The band is from Dusseldorf and already released this song in the original (punk) rock version – now they add a schlager version to it. A great way to praise the schlager legend with a touch of irony.
Felix Muhr – Brother Louie
Another way of doing tribute to an artist or an act is a cover. Felix Muhr is a teenage artist from Austria – who is covering the Modern Talking classic… With an accordion. Feels like the perfect support act for the next Weird Al Yankovic tour – I love it!
Cosima Kiby – recyclet
Cosma Kiby is a new artist from Munich, who is doing German pop with a touch of rock. She is releasing music since 2021. Great listen.
Thelma Malar – Amazing Things
A touch of pop, a bit of funk and folk – I really enjoyed listening to the very versatile release by German artist Thelma Malar from Berlin. Hope you like it as well.
Diana Ezerex – Same Blood
Diana Ezerex is a German-Nigerian artist, who is just about to release a second EP out of a series of four. The song definitely stays in your mind.
Renee Rapp – Snow Angel
Renee Rapp grew her popularity as a stage and movie actress. However, in November 2022, she released her debut EP Everything to Everyone. Snow Angel is actually the title song of the upcoming album of the US-American. Very unique listen.
Adam Wendler – Everybody’s Getting Famous
Adam Wendler is a Canadian artist, who is nowadays living in Germany. Not too surprisingly, he is having quite a long tour through Germany in summer. Everybody’s Getting Famous will be a great track for that, spreading some summer and surfing vibes.
Greta Van Fleet – Farewell For Now
Starcatcher is the title of the new album by Greta Van Fleet. The Grammy-winning US rockers are going on world tour later this year – the shows in Hamburg and Munich are already sold out. This new single feature is a lovely appetizer for what lies ahead.
Amber Van Day – Deathwish
The list of song closes with Amber Van Day from England. The 27 year old singer-songwriter already wrote for acts like Ava Max, but is nowadays more and more popular as a solo artist as well. Deathwish is a great one.
Songs of The Week – The Playlist
You may also listen to my Songs Of The Week and songs selected in some of the previous weeks on this Spotify playlist:
Hotel Reviews (without Hilton Hotels)
Here are all my hotel reviews, apart from Hilton Group locations:

ibis Styles Hamburg Barmbek

Motel 6 Pittsburgh – Crafton

ibis Hotel Cologne Frechen

Asiatic Hotel Flushing (New York City)

ibis Styles Budapest Airport

Mercure Hotel Frankfurt City Messe

RiKu Hotel Reutlingen

Moxy Cologne Muelheim

The Royal Park Hotel Tokyo Haneda

Hotel Andromeda (Ostend)

ibis Styles Bern City

ibis London Shepherd’s Bush

Post-Plaza Guesthouse Husavik

Quality Inn Arena (Wilkes-Barre)

Holiday Inn Express Dublin City Centre

ibis Kassel

Anemi Hotel & Suites Paphos

RiKu Hotel Pfullendorf

Pullman Cologne

Premier Inn Swansea City Centre

Mercure Hotel Severinshof Cologne City

Mercure Cologne City Friesenstrasse

Airport Hotel Aurora Star Keflavik

nhow Frankfurt

GLO Hotel Helsinki Airport

Hafdals Hotel Akureyri

ibis Styles Zurich City Center

Holiday Inn Express Glasgow – City Centre Riverside

Premium Traveller Air Rooms Madrid Airport Terminal 4

Melia Berlin

Hrafnavellir Guest House (Hornafirdi, Iceland)

Comfort Hotel Malmö

Mercure Hotel Tilburg Centrum

Adagio Hotel Bremen

Quality Lodge (Best Western Premium Collection) Larnaca

Even Hotel Pittsburgh Downtown

IntercityHotel Hannover Hauptbahnhof Ost

Quality Inn Pittsburgh Airport

Premier Inn Hamburg St. Pauli

Holiday Inn Express Glasgow Airport

Comfort Inn Blackpool Gresham

H+ Hotel Köln Brühl

hub by Premier Inn London Soho

Premier Inn Peterborough City Centre

Acta Arthotel (Andorra La Vella)

Premier Inn Saarbruecken City Centre

Sofitel London Heathrow (Terminal 5)

Regiohotel Schanzenhaus Wernigerode

Clarion Collection Hotel Hammer (Lillehammer)

Hotel Fürst Bismarck (Hamburg)

Novotel Krakow Centrum

ibis Hamburg St. Pauli Messe

Premier Inn London Southwark (Southwark Station)

Lillehammer Turistsenter Budget Hotel

Holiday Inn Washington (near Newcastle UK)

Sleep Inn & Suites Tampa South

MAP Boutique Hotel Nicosia

Hotel Hubertushof (Anif near Salzburg)

Radisson Red Oslo Airport

Premier Inn Inverness Centre River Ness

INNSIDE Dusseldorf Derendorf

Holiday Home Wonderland (Ralingen)

Red Roof Plus+ Nashville Airport

Paola Inn and Suites (Paola, KS)

Premier Inn Portsmouth City Centre

easyHotel Frankfurt City Centre

IntercityHotel Hamburg-Altona

Courtyard by Marriott London City Airport

Icelandair Hotel Reykjavik Natura

Premier Inn London Paddington Basin

Comfort Inn Nashville – Opryland Area

Epsilon Hotel London-Stratford

Microtel Inn by Wyndham Long Island City

Holiday Inn Helsinki City Centre

Premier Inn London Gatwick Airport South

Falkensteiner Hotel Bratislava

OYO Hotel St. Louis Downtown City Center

Adria Hotel & Conference Center (Queens, NY)

Premier Inn Hamburg City Millerntor

The Cockpit Suite at Jumbo Stay Stockholm

Premier Inn Cologne City South

Holiday Inn Express Oberhausen

Airport Hotel Grasteinn (Keflavik)

Road Stop Motel Dortmund

TownePlace Suites Mississauga-Airport Corporate Center

The Retreat Palm Dubai – MGallery by Sofitel

Avani Ibn Battuta Dubai Hotel

Albergo delle Alpi (Airolo)

Delta Hotels by Marriott Toronto

Hotel Kjarnalundur (Akureyri, Iceland)

The Wellness Loft at Romantik Hotel Reichshof (Norden)

Hotel Sunset (Kelsterbach)

ME Hotel Dubai

Hotel Restaurant Lewald (Bolzano, Italy)

Mercure Gloucester Bowden Hall Hotel

Hotel Laxarbakki (Akranes, Iceland)

Holiday Inn Helsinki Vantaa Airport

Hotel Duus (Keflavik)

H+ Hotel Lübeck

Hotel Alpina Wellness & Spa (Kössen)

Leonardo Hotel Düsseldorf Airport (Ratingen)

Radisson Blu Espoo (Finland)

InterContinental Toronto Centre

Litli Geysir Hotel

IntercityHotel Munich

Hotel Maranello Village

Nordseehotel Wilhelmshaven

Hyatt Regency Cologne

Hotel Nord (Guardamiglio, Lombardy)

Mercure Hotel Hannover City

IntercityHotel Hamburg Main Station

Novapark Airplane Hotel Graz

Moxy Cologne Bonn Airport

InterContinental Dubai Festival City – One Bedroom Suite

Melia Calvia Beach (Mallorca)

Novotel Suites Hannover City

Hotel Marina Wellness & Spa Port Soller

IntercityHotel Saarbruecken

TRYP Hotel Celle

Pullman Sharjah

INNSIDE by Melia Palma Center

Hotel Massimo D’Azeglio (Rome)

Hotel Abbazia (Venice)

NH Rijnhotel Arnhem

Santa Catalina (Royal Hideaway Hotel) Las Palmas, Grand Canary

Babylon Hotel The Hague (Den Haag)

Leonardo Hotel Munich City Center

Fleming’s Express Hotel Frankfurt

Motel One Salzburg – Mirabell

Park Inn by Radisson Papenburg

Hotel Flora (Milan)

NH Collection Munich Bavaria

Maritim Hotel Cologne

Voss Chocolate Hotel (Schokoladenhotel) Westerstede

Hotel Grossfeld Bad Bentheim

The Fair Play Suite at the Kameha Grand Hotel Bonn

Pullman London St Pancras

Bonn Marriott Hotel

ibis Dusseldorf Main Station

Novotel London Canary Wharf

INNSIDE Hotel Dusseldorf Hafen

NH Collection Eindhoven Centre

IntercityHotel Nuremberg

1st Creatif Hotel Elephant Munich

Mövenpick Hotel ‘s-Hertogenbosch

ibis Styles Amsterdam Central Station

Avalon Hotel Bad Reichenhall

Golfhotel Bodensee (Weißensberg)

ibis Styles Konstanz (Constance)

Serways Hotel Weiskirchen Nord (A3 Autobahn, Rodgau)

Vliegtuigsuite Teuge (NED) – Sleeping in an Ilyushin IL-18

Novotel Paris 17

OYO Hotel & Casino Las Vegas

Hotel Korpilampi (Espoo, Finland)

Motel One Zurich

Marriott Hotel Al Forsan (Abu Dhabi)

Crowne Plaza Madrid Airport

Hotel St. Gotthard (Zurich, Switzerland)

Toyoko Inn Frankfurt Main Station

Hotel “Zum Goldenen Ochsen”, Aschaffenburg

Melia Hacienda Del Conde (Tenerife)

Johanniter Gästehaus Münster

Motel One Glasgow

Fairfield Inn & Suites Indianapolis Downtown

Premier Inn Sunderland City Centre

ibis Madrid Centro

Premier Inn London Stratford

ibis Luxembourg Airport

So/ Sofitel Singapore

ibis Styles London ExCeL

Cotswold Lodge Hotel Oxford

ibis London City – Shoreditch

ibis Amsterdam Centre

Holiday Inn Express Memphis Airport Elvis Presley Blvd

Hotel du Bois (Paris)

One Farrer Hotel Singapore (Review)

Crowne Plaza Abu Dhabi Yas Island (Review)

ibis London Canning Town (Review)

Best Western Premier Parkhotel Kronsberg Hanover

Hotel Allegra (Kloten, Switzerland)

Novotel Sheffield Centre

Novotel Glasgow Centre (Review)

Novotel Zurich Airport Messe (Review)

ibis Madrid Aeropuerto Barajas (Review)

Scandic Hotel Gävle Väst

Alexander Thomson Hotel Glasgow (Review)

Gran Hotel La Laguna (Tenerife)

Melia Hotel Barajas Madrid (Review)

Hotel Olympia (Thessaloniki) – Hotel Review

Novotel Dubai Al Barsha (Hotel Review)

B&B Hotel Aschaffenburg – The No-Thrill Hotel

Garni Hotel Crystal Kraljevo (Hotel Review)

John Hotel (Flushing, New York City)

Novotel Toronto Center (Hotel Review)

Blue Bay Lodges Curacao (Hotel Review)

A touch of Orient in a Munich Hotel Room

Hotel Glärnischhof Zurich (Hotel Review)

Azor Hotels Ponta Delgada (Review)

Germany’s Largest Hotel – Staying at the Estrel Berlin

Sercotel Malaga (Hotel Review)

Novotel Suites Mall of the Emirates Dubai (Hotel Review)

The Riddle Room for Geeks
Free Entry Places – 2023
Here are all places with free admission I reviewed in 2023:

Helsinki Old Market Hall (Pictured Story)

Views of Wawel Royal Castle (Krakow – Pictured Story)

Puffin Watching at Hafnarholmi in Northeast Iceland

Local Archaeological Museum of Kourion (Cyprus)

Nature Museum (Naturmuseum) Dortmund

Big Mac Museum (North Huntingdon PA, Pictured Story)

Umberto Panini Collection Motor Museum

Cyprus Railways Museum

Alter Elbtunnel / Historic Elbe Tunnel Hamburg

Royal College of Music Museum

Cyprus Museum (Nicosia)

Riding the TECO Line Streetcar in Tampa