Christmas is approaching really quick now. While I traditionally do a festive edition of my Country Music Picks, I also felt like sharing some non-country music tracks with you this time. Good ones, weird ones – hope you feel entertained.…
Christmas Market at Westfield Centro Oberhausen
Oberhausen might not be regarded to be one of the most beautiful cities of the German Ruhrgebiet region – but their Christmas market is likely one of the most popular in the area. The reason: it is next to the…
Charles Dickens Christmas Market Heimbach
As I already told you last year when I reviewed the Charles Dickens Museum in London, I am a huge fan of the author and his A Christmas Carol. Thus – and in order to provide at least a bit…
Ho Ho Ho – The Flyctory.com Country Christmas Playlist 2021
Okay, I give in. In the world of country music, Christmas starts in early September. That’s when the first song releases are happening. Now that we are in advent time, it feels like the majority of country music releases deal…
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, she is releasing music with a very different background in the fifth episode of this series. She meets Santa and…
Armanda Shires – For Christmas
An alternative view on the holidays: as part of my series of Christmas album reviews, I look into For Christmas by Amanda Shires in this review. She released her songs about Santa Clause and his pals on 12th November 2021.…
Steve Perry – The Season
Heading Journey lead Steve Perry straight into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (and also to one episode of the Songs Of My Life here on Flyctory.com). On 5th November 2021, the rock artist is heading towards a very different…
Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung – EAVliche Weihnachten – Ihr Sünderlein kommet?
The Austrian band Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung (hard to translate without spoiling it, it is an ironic wordplay with Versicherung = “Insurance” and Verunsicherung = “Uncertainty”) is one of the best German-singing acts I have seen live on stage. The more, I…