His sophomore album Neon Blue hailed by Holler Country as "a crash course in pure country from one of the music university’s finest and most knowledgeable professors," singer/songwriter Joshua Hedley returns to Davenport to headline a September 7 concert at the Raccoon Motel, the artist's 2022 recording also inspiring Pitchfork to rave that "the pleasure of Neon Blue is how Hedley subtly twists country conventions, making retro-minded songs and sounds seem both familiar and fresh."

An evening of arresting avant-garde compositions by artists both visiting and local is set for Rozz-Tox on September 11, the Rock Island venue and OUTLETProgramme presenting a shared bill with the touring artists of Zoh Amba Sun Ensemble and Rock Island's own Randall Hall.

Currently touring in support of his 2024 album Little Sun, a work that Americana Highways deemed " a masterful record with stunning production and musicianship of the highest quality," Charlie Parr headlines a September 6 concert at Maquoketa's Codfish Hollow Barn, the country and blues-rock singer/songwriter's most recent offering also leading PopMatters to rave that Parr "never betrays his own vision, one that continues to find new routes to explore even 18 albums in."

His smash singles including "You've Got to Stand for Something," "My Blue Angel," "For You I Will," and the chart-toppers "There Ain't Nothin' Wrong with the Radio" and "That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You," singer/songwrfiter Aaron Tippin brings his tour to Galesburg's Orpheum Theatre on September 11, the country artist's repertoire boasting such hit albums as You've Got to Stand for Something, Call of the Wild, Lookin' Back at Myself, People Like Us, and the platinum-selling Read Between the Lines.