While Davenport-based experimental folk artist and singer/songwriter Sammerson Bridge foregrounds his new album Happy Day with an air of self-deprecation and presents the project as a tossed-off lark, from the crude photo collage on its album cover to the tongue-in-cheek verbal greeting he plants at the beginning of the first track (“this is my new album”), these appear to be little more than defense mechanisms to downplay the fact that the dude makes great music.

Described by Saving Country Music as “easy to warm to, but lasting in effect,” and with his self-titled 2021 album lauded as “a favorable experience you're likely to return to frequently,” country and Western singer/songwriter Vincent Neil Emerson headlines an August 10 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the artist inspiring Texas Monthly to rave, “His clear, resonant voice, lined with the weight of his experience, is as likely to break your heart as bring a smile to your lips.”

Praised by Music Connection as “a superb guitar player who takes his audience on a joyride like no other,” award-winning blues superstar Tab Benoit brings his talents to Davenport's Rhythm City Casino Resort Event Center on August 12, the artist a Delta-blues icon who was twice named the Blues Music Awards' B.B. King Entertainer of the Year.

Touring in support of his forthcoming album that Rolling Stone has called the “most stylistically expansive and sharply focused” of the artist's career, country, blues, and Americana singer/songwriter Charley Crockett headlines an August 6 concert at the Raccoon Motel, the musician's discography already boasting seven studio albums and 23 singles over a mere seven years.