Especially in summer, East Frisia and the East Frisian Islands on the German North Sea coast are very popular tourist destinations. With solely a total area of roughly five square kilometers and an official population of some 1,200 people, Wangerooge…
In the relations of my home town Cologne, we are celebrating a big Songs of the Week anniversary with this edition. My 26th January 2024 post about new releases is nothing but the 111th posting of this series. More than two years…
I love small regional air service like the Essential Air Service in the USA or flights to small and rather remote locations in other countries. It finally took me quite a while to set of the review of this experience…
After the volume of songs in the last two weeks has been rather thin, this week’s Songs of the Week comes with a rather wider scope again. The list begins with an outstanding debut from Great Britain – but there a a…
As I told you in previous postings, I initially gather candidates for my Songs of the Week, before I narrow the selection chose the leading song and create some “dramaturgy” and order around it. This week’s selection is a bit of…
Despite the album name Hamburg, the German indie-pop band North West is in fact from the very North West of Germany, from Leer in East Frisia. I ran into their music and was happy to be able to have an early…
The last three months of the year are about to start. Traditionally, the focus is rather on well-known artists, their Christmas albums and Best of compilations. However, my Songs of The Week have a really nice mixture of several genres –…
The OFD (Ostrfriesischer Flug-Dienst) is a regional airline, which is specialized in connection the German North Sea islands. Being part of the shipping company AG Ems, it is a sister company of the Cassen Elis company, which is driving ship connections…