With their 2022 recording Small Towns lauded by No Depression as "a bluegrass album with a definite Western flair musically and lyrically," the trio of Alissa Wolf, Cody Tinnin, and Fred Kosak bring their outfit Stillhouse Junkies to Davenport's Raccoon Motel on February 16, the artists' credits including being named the International Bluegrass Music Association’s 2021 Momentum Band of the Year.

With performances scheduled for a half-dozen acts – The Crew, Dr. Lee, Flabbergastor, Jdubb, Jerm Theory, and Tripendicular – in a Battle of the Bands event, Davenport's Common Chord invites patrons to the Redstone Room on February 16 to support local artists as they compete for a spot on the 2024 Solshine Reverie lineup, the evening's guests automatically entered in to win a three-day general-admission pass to the May 24 to 26 festival.

A four-piece progressive bluegrass band who formed with a mutual passion for pushing the boundaries of genre, its members heavily influenced by the Grateful Dead and New Grass Revival, Sicard Hollow headline a February 22 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, The Grateful Web deeming them "one of the most exciting new artists on the scene today" and Goldmine magazine deeming them "top-shelf talent."

An energetic party co-hosted by Common Chord and Quad City Arts, the February 17 Silent Disco event will find DJ Shane Brown, DJ Buddha, and Smokahauntas inviting patrons to dance the night away in the Redstone Room, the popular music mixers battling it out with a selection of Electronic Dance Music (EDM), House, Dubstep, Techno, and House Party.

A touring ensemble that effortlessly mixes classical, big-band swing, New Orleans jazz, and straight-ahead jazz music, the Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass led by the internationally renowned trumpet player will play the University of Dubuque's Heritage Center on February 21, the lauded musicians performing alongside guest organist Alan Morrison and members of the UD Concert and Jazz Bands.

In a February 17 concert presented by the Dubuque Arts Council, Gareth Johnson & His Evolution Band will bring their tour to the University of Dubuque's Heritage Center, treating patrons to an evening with the world-renowned violinist, master string teacher, and composer whose extraordinary talent crosses all musical genres from Rick Ross to Stevie Wonder and Bruno Mars, as well as from Johnny Cash to Metallica and Guns N' Roses, right into Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's “Despacito.”

Presenting a glorious musical trek through some of its genres' best-loved tunes, the musicians of Faith’s Journey invite audiences to Maquoketa's Ohnward Fine Arts Center on February 17 for Absolutely County, Definitely Gospel, with two decades worth of adored songs such as "Eastern Gate" and "Coal Miner's Daughter" sure to send patrons' spirits soaring.

Internationally acclaimed throat singers whose American credits include touring with Béla Fleck & the Flecktones to promote their Grammy-winning album Jingle All the Way that featured the Russian talents as guest artists, the musicians of Alash perform a special, two-set concert engagement at Rock Island's Rozz-Tox on February 7, the trio noted for their subtle infusion of modern influences into traditional folk music.

With Americana Highways lauding the artist as "a captivating songwriter" who "knows how to take what he's written and perform it with power and exuberance," roots rocker Jeremie Albino headlines a February 12 concert at the Raccoon Motel, his debut at the Davenport sure to prove why Glide magazine calls him "the next in line of emotive bandleaders that project soul and directness atop a head-turning sound."

Currently touring in support of their 2023 release Ten Years Tall, an EP filled with re-recorded staples from the band’s first two albums as well as a cover of the Rolling Stones’ “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” the Midwestern bluegrass artists of Them Coulee Boys return to Davenport's Raccoon Motel in a February 15 headlining engagement, their previous album release Namesake described by Folking as "a wonderful dream of a record."

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