Music

Cory Branan

Daytrotter

Tuesday, August 2, 7:30 p.m.

On August 2, Daytrotter hosts a night with alternative-country singer/songwriter Cory Branan, and writing on PopMatters.com, Scott Recker stated, “Like all good country music, Cory Branan is hard, if not impossible, to define.” Perhaps Mr. Recker hasn’t read many of the artist’s reviews, because it seems that, over the years, Branan’s signature talents have been defined awfully nicely.

Music

Anthony D’Amato

Redstone Room

Thursday, June 30, 7:30 p.m.

In singer/songwriter Anthony D’Amato’s Web-site biography, we learn that when the Americana musician was on his way to an introductory meeting with famed record producer Mike Mogis, he accidentally overturned and totaled his rental car. Near the end of his tour for 2014’s Mogis-produced album The Shipwreck from the Shore, D’Amato broke his finger, and played the final two shows hopped up on Advil. In the video for “Golden Gloves” from his June 17 release Cold Snap, we find D’Amato getting repeatedly punched in the face by passers-by wearing boxing gloves.

I’m not suggesting that Anthony D’Amato is accident- or fistfight-prone. But when you see the acclaimed artist’s June 30 concert at Davenport’s Redstone Room, you may want to think about sitting in the back. You know, just in case.

MUSIC

Thursday, June 9 – Curtis Salgado. Award-winning vocalist/songwriter and harmonica icon performs in a concert in the Blues & Roots Series, preceded by a 4 p.m. blues workshop and an opening set with Craig Erickson. The Redstone Room (129 Main Street, Davenport). 7:30 p.m. $11.50-50. For tickets and information, call (563)326-1333 or visit RiverMusicExperience.org.

Friday, June 10, and Saturday, June 11 – Gumbo Ya Ya. Annual Mardi Gras celebration with Cajun, zydeco, and jazz bands on two stages, food and craft vendors, thousands of beads, and more. District of Rock Island. Friday 5 p.m. gates, Saturday 4 p.m. gates. $9 one-day pass, $14 two-day pass. For information, call (309)788-6311 or visit GumboYaYaFestival.com.

Friday, June 10 – Lil Wayne. Concert with the Grammy-winning hip-hop artist, with an opening set by O.T. Genesis. iWireless Center (1201 River Drive, Moline). 8 p.m. $48.50-68.50. For tickets, call (800)745-3000 or visit iWirelessCenter.com.

Friday, June 10 – River Music Experience 12th-Anniversary Show. Venue celebration with performances by The Giving Tree Band and Juliana & A Soul Purpose. RME Courtyard (131 West Second Street, Davenport). 4 p.m. $10-12, ages 12 and under free. For tickets and information, call (563)326-1333 or visit RiverMusicExperience.org.

Friday, June 10 – Chris Cain Band. Concert with the blues and jazz guitarist and his ensemble. Cabana’s Bar & Grille (2120 Fourth Avenue, Rock Island). 7 p.m. $10 at the door. For information, call (309)283-7564.

Friday, June 10, and Saturday, June 11 – Quad Cities Junetopia. Event to benefit Humility of Mary Inc. and Kings Harvest Ministries, with performances by more than two dozen indie-music acts and screenings by Motive Direct Pictures. Rozz-Tox (2108 Third Avenue, Rock Island). Friday 6 p.m., Saturday noon. $5-25. For information, call (309)200-0978 or visit RozzTox.com.

Theatre

A Behanding in Spokane

District Theatre

Friday, May 13, through Saturday, May 21

Rock Island’s District Theatre opens its creepy-funny new production, appropriately enough, on Friday the 13th, and the show’s star is Brant Peitersen, who has been an incredibly active stage performer over the past few years. For the District, he appeared in High Fidelity, Big Rock Candy Christmas, and as Ebeneezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol. For Countryside Community Theatre, he was seen in Shrek: The Musical, Big Fish, and Jesus Christ Superstar. For the Playcrafters Barn Theatre, he was featured in last fall’s Harvey. I even acted with him myself in the QC Theatre Workshop’s 2014 Bat Boy: The Musical. So let’s give Brant Peitersen a hand!

No, seriously. He really, really needs a hand. Preferably a leftie.