Five days after I saw Brett Eldredge and Lauren Jenkins at the Carlswerk Victoria show in Cologne, Germany, I traveled to our neighboring country Netherlands to see their tour again. The Amsterdam Paradiso promised a lovely venue, which I already…
Brandy Clark (29th January 2020, Amsterdam)
Right after the show of Brett Eldredge and Lauren Jenkins in the large venue of the Paradiso, the Dutch Sound of Nashville series invited country fans to another concert. Brandy Clark was playing in the minor venue of the Paradiso,…
DeWolff – Tascam Tapes
10th January 2020 had a couple of interesting album releases. DeWolff from the Netherlands are playing an interesting mix of blues, rock and psychedelic sounds. This quite unique mix of genres gave them quite some decent success. Also due to…
My Favorite Music Albums 2019
I decided to split the “Best music” postings of 2019 into two parts: while I already published my personal Best Songs of 2019, split by country and non-country, this posting deals with the underlying long-players. I also decided to have…
Sylvia Aimee – Superhero EP
While there is a boom in local modern country music in the United Kingdom, there is still quite some development needed in the other European countries. Just very few acts reach a certain level of fandom and also deliver good…
Country 2 Country 2020 Lineup – My View
During the London Country Music Week, Country 2 Country traditionally presented the lineup for the festival. Every year, fans pray for Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton and maybe Dierks Bentley supported by all the other big names. To make the story…
Lauren Jenkins & Austin Jenckes (16th September 2019, Amsterdam)
Just one week after I had seen Lauren Jenkins together with Jilian Jacqueline and Gary Quinn at the YUCA in Cologne, I just had to see her again on 16th September. The very special reason is not just that she…
Floorball RENEW Cup 2019 (Holzbüttgen, Germany)
DJK Holzbüttgen close to Dusseldorf and Cologne is an amazing masterpiece of local sports club management. Having started with very basic conditions and limited floorball training capacities, the first male team promoted to the German top-class Bundesliga in the 2018/19…