Touring in support of his 2024 album If It Takes Forever and lauded by Paste magazine for delivering "nimble grooves, creamy choruses, and vocal performances of immediacy and genuine feeling," folk singer/songwriter Brett Dennen headlines a November 15 concert event at Davenport's Redstone Room, the show an interactive art, storytelling, and acoustic-music concert with the artist Glide praised for his "bouncy rhythms, upbeat acoustic strumming, and sunny choruses."

Blues Blast Music Award nominees lauded for their high-energy live shows that feature virtuosic musicianship, tight harmonies, and infectious rhythms, the artists of Levee Town play a November 16 afternoon concert at Davenport's Gypsy Highway Bar & Grill, the concert co-presented by the Mississippi Valley Blues Society and boasting talents who deliver, according to Blues Rock Review, "a balanced formula that works exceptionally well.

Described by No Depression as a talent who “will charm the pants off you, even when he's bummed,” the alt-country rocker Cary Branan performs a November 16 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the artist's most recent recording When I Go I Ghost inspiring New Noise Magazine to call it "a fantastic album from start to finish."

Hailed by The Reflector for songs that are "emotional, intimate, and cinematic," indie-pop, folk, and jazz singer/songwriter Delaney Bailey headlines a November 18 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the artist's 2022 EP (i would have followed you) lauded by Ones to Watch as "a hauntingly breathtaking folk project that both disintegrates you yet reminds you just how alive you really are."

Lauded by PopMatters as "a project of equal parts technical skill and intangible humanity," the multi-cultural multi-instrumentalists of El Khat headline a November 19 concert event at Rock Island venue Rozz-Tox, the three-piece ensemble from Israel's Tel Aviv boasting the talents of lead vocalist Eyal el Wahab (seer, kearat, pahit), Lo tan Yaish (self-made drum kit), and Yefet Hassan (organ, percussion, self-made instruments).

Hailed as the guitarist of Chicago's three-piece indie rock band Dehd, Jason Balla brings his super-group Accessory XL to Rock Island venue Rozz-Tox on November 16, the exhilarating bedroom-pop ensemble boasting the talents of Balla, Adam Schubert (Bnny), Nic Ghol, Kevin Fairbairn and Shiraz Bhatti (Deeper), Sarah Jane Quillin (Desert Liminal), Whitney Johnson (Matchess / Circuit Des Yeux), Chris Sutter (Meat Wave), and Eli Schmitt (TV Buddha).

A Kansas Music Hall of Fame member who was awarded the “Songwriter of the Year” citation at the 2024 International Bluegrass Music Association Awards, Grammy-nominated bluegrass musician Rick Faris and the band headline a November 15 concert at the Aledo Opera House, their July recording Life's a Parade inspiring Americana Highways to rave, "The playing is exquisite throughout, airy, breezy, and tastefully projected."

Known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and keyboard player for Remedy Drive, the Nashville-based rock band with roots in Nebraska, David Zach brings his national tour to the Aledo Opera House on November 16, his ensemble famed, for the last 10 years, for using their music to shine a light on human trafficking and releasing a trilogy of counter-trafficking-themed albums.

Hailed by Ceolplay's Colum King as "three outstanding musicians at the top of their game," the Iowa-based talents of Sorcha return to the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts for the venue's November 15 Irish Night, Thunder on the Plains' Susan J.E. Ritta adding that the Celtic musicians are "like a clear and crisp drink of water under the wide Great Plains sky," and "bring an energetic and refreshing sound to the scene."

Composed of Ron Schneider of bass, Kelly Lawson on drums, and David Perkins on guitar, the touring talents of Eliminator: A Tribute to ZZ Top bring their show to Galesburg's Orpheum Theatre on November 15, the group dedicated to faithfully reproducing the tone, taste, and tenacity of “That Lil’ Ol Band from Texas” through such radio classics as “LaGrange,"Tush," “Sharp Dressed Man,” and “Legs," and other beloved favorites.

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