A trio of bona fide rap legends will combine their talents for an April 21 engagement as Molne's TaxSlayer Center, with the springtime tour stop for the “Dogg Dayz of Blaze Tour” boasting a sure-to-be-unforgettable evening with Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, and special guest Warren G.

Continuing the Redstone Room's concert-event programming under the "All Sweat Original Series" banner, in which local songwriters are paired up alongside outstanding area musicians to act as their own personal backing band, the Davenport venue will host three sensational headliners in its April 21 presentation: Soultru, Frankie Fontagne, and Zay.

Lauded by Rolling Stone, in 2019, as "#1 of 10 New Artists You Need to Know," and currently touring in support of their new album More Like Tomorrow, the Americana musicians of The Way Down Wanderers return to Davenport's Redstone Room for the first time in three years, their soulful April 27 set sure to demonstrate why Rolling Stone Country raved about their “intricate, hypnotic rhythms,” and why BestNewBands.com wrote, “Their live show is full of energy and just a damn good time.”

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For his “new” album MOKSHA, released in early April via Missouri-based label Powdered Hearts Records, Davenport-based songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Brock Robinson unearthed a batch of material that he had originally written and produced around 2008. In the album’s liner notes on Bandcamp, Robinson declares, “I intended it to be the last organized production that I ever made. As I sunk into the depths of schizophrenia I made about 10 or 11 songs all of which were intended to be my swan song.”

A beloved, Grammy-winning country ensemble fueled by Marty Raybon's distinctive vocals and the band's skilled musicianship, the country stars of Shenandoah play an April 16 concert at Davenport's Rhythm City Casino Resort Event Center, with the group's collection of chart-topping singles including such fan favorites as "Sunday in the South," "Next to You, Next to Me," and "If Bubba Can Dance (I Can, Too)."

A Grammy-winning musician whose style, according to All About Jazz, "borrows from the fabric of reggae, blues, jazz and pop to provide a totally enjoyable experience," Terrance Simien and his musical outfit the Zydeco Experience headline an April 16 concert event at Davenport's Redstone Room, the bandleader performing locally with Danny Williams on keyboards, Stan Chambers on bass, Lance Ellis on saxophone; Ian Molinaro-Thompson on drums, and Revon Andrews on trombone.

Iconic, chart-topping rockers tied with Michael Jackson for scoring six Grammy Awards in a single night, the artists of Santana bring their “Blessings & Miracles Tour” to Moline's TaxSlayer Center on April 15, the band currently celebrating its remarkable 53rd year of performance and status as one of the most influential and popular rock outfits of all time.

Performing locally as a special Easter Day treat for jazz fans, the Ron Tegeler Organ Trio enjoys an April 17 set as featured guests in Polyrhythms' Third Sunday Jazz Series, their concert at Davenport's Redstone Room showcasing the talents of a headliner who has studied and performed with such jazz greats as David Baker, Bobby Shew, Dan Haerle, Jim Rotondi, and John Goldsby.

Touring in support of his latest release Stone Crazy that Blues Matters! deemed “vocally exquisite, musically phenomenal,” and “a blues album to cherish,” acclaimed vocalist, guitarist, and harmonica player Kevin Burt performs an April 14 concert set at Crawford Brew Works in Bettendorf, the artist lauded by Living Blues as "a serious songwriter who knows how to craft music to fit his personality, and no one delivers this brand of music better than he does."

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