With her most recent album, 2000's Saint Cloud, extolled by The Guardian for its songs that are “genuinely good enough to be compared with peak [Bob] Dylan,” indie-rock singer/songwriter Katie Crutchfield – a.k.a. Waxahatchee – plays Rock Island's WAKE Brewing Company on September 9, the critically acclaimed artist having also been lauded by Pitchfork for creating “a vivid modern classic of folk and Americana.”

A longtime St. Ambrose University professor as well as a pianist and award-winning composer of music for film, dance, theatre, orchestra, and choir, William Campbell performs at his university's Galvin Fine Arts Center on September 10 in celebration of the release of All in Due Time, Campbell's self-recorded solo album whose tracks were performed on the artist's Yamaha C7 semi-concert grand piano.

After a year spent leading virtual live-worship sets from their home base of Northern Ireland, the platinum-selling contemporary-Christian artists of Rend Collective bring their long-awaited return to touring to Davenport's Adler Theatre on September 9, the gifted Celtic musicians praised by The Christian Beat for their “shouts of energetic praise and moments of bittersweet thought,” as well as a repertoire in which “captivating sounds meet comforting lyrics.”

A beloved local tradition designed specifically for seniors continues into its 22nd year when River Action, on September 2 and 3, hosts two days worth of self-guided Senior Citizen Golf Cart Tours, with six separate tours available for those enthusiastic to travel riverfront trails on both sides of the Mississippi, and those wishing to gain knowledge on the past, present, and future of the Quad Cities' mighty river.