Presenting an evening of breaking boundaries and feeding on each other's musical inspiration, jazz masters and Grammy Award winners John Daversa and Tal Cohen will team up for a special concert event at Moline's Sound Conservatory, their April 13 The Art of Duo engagement sure to deliver an unforgettable performance that redefines the jazz experience.

Delivering songs about flowers, trees, mountains, and animals, as well as a call for rain to soothe a thirsty earth, Galesburg's professional vocal ensemble the Nova Singers concludes their 2023-24 season with two performances of Mother Earth, a beautiful repertoire of selections being performed at Galesburg's First Lutheran Church on April 13 and Davenport's St. Paul Lutheran Church on April 14.

Touring in support of their 2023 album Like It's the Last One Left, a recording praised by Americana Highways as a "magical journey of soulful, mindful, mesmerizing Americana music," the jazz, funk, rock, and country outfit Uncle Lucius headlines an April 12 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, their latest recording also lauded by American Songwriter as a work "that ought to return them to a place of prominence among the Americana elite."

With their 2023 album and sophomore release You Know Who hailed by Americana Highways as "creative, fun, and wildly original," the Georgia-based Americana talents of The Pink Stones headline an April 14 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, their latest recording also praised by Glide magazine, which stated, "If you don’t find yourself singing along with The Pink Stones on at least a couple of these songs, then something must be amiss."

Composed of Geoff Rusch on vocals, Phil Lazzari on guitar, Jim Allen on bass, Don Nudi on drums, and Tom Flavin on guitar, keyboards, and smoke machine, the Midwestern Ween tribute artists of Fluffy headline an April 13 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the group playing favorites from such rock favorites as The Mollusk and White Pepper, both of which made the top five on Billboard's U.S. Heatseekers chart.

With the sextet composed of singers from France, Sweden, England, Canada, and the United States, the internationally beloved ensemble Accent headlines an April 13 concert at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts and an April 14 engagement at St. Ambrose University's Galvin Fine Arts Center, the talents lauded by All About Jazz as "arguably the most spectacular jazz vocal group since TAKE 6."

On April 13, a revered group of chart-topping, Grammy-winning rockers will be celebrated when Galesburg's Orpheum Theatre presents the six-piece Eagles-tribute ensemble Heartache Tonight, an evening of beloved, iconic hits sure to include such chart-toppers as "Hotel California," "Peaceful Easy Feeling," "Best of My Love," "One of These Nights," and, of course, "Heartache Tonight."

Performing a repertoire featuring Johannes Brahm's Tragic Overture, op. 81, Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4, op. 36, and the newly commissioned Clarinet Concerto by beloved local composer Jacob Bancks, the Quad City Symphony Orchestra closes their 2023-24 Masterworks series with the concert event The Force of Fate, its April 6 and 7 presentations at Davenport's Adler Theatre and Augustana College's Centenniual showcasing the thrilling talents of clarinetist Ricardo Morales.

With his 2023 album Bluebird Days praised by Holler Country as a work that "gives his commercial appeal the firmest songwriter’s massage we’ve heard in his work yet," chart-topping country singer/songwriter Jordan Davis headlines an April 11 concert at Moline's Vibrant Arena at the MARK, the artist's laurels including four Academy of Country Music Award nominations and a Country Music Association Award win for Song of the Year “Buy Dirt” with Luke Bryan.

Currently touring in support of his 2023 album Dirt on My Diamonds Vol. 1, a recording that No Depression deemed "a chewy spread of grown-up blues for fans of all ages," blues-rock singer/songwriter and guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd brings his ensemble to Davenport's Capitol Theatre on April 11, the artist's latest also inspiring Rose & Blues Muse to rave that the bandleader is "gifted with a voice that's made for country radio and a knack for co-writing hook-laden, memorable songs."

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