A genuine blues-rock legend who famously opened for B.B. King when he was only 12 years old, singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Joe Bonamassa makes his long-awaited return to Davenport's Adler Theatre on November 9, treating fans to the hard-driving talents that have resulted in chart-topping success, three Grammy Award nominations, and collaborations with some of blues music's most iconic performers.

With the musicians' latest repertoire showcasing an eclectic quintet of composers ranging from classical maestro Johann Strauss Jr. to jazz legend Duke Ellington, the Quad City Symphony Orchestra continues their 2022-23 Masterworks season with Fit for a King, the concert's November 5 and 6 performances at Davenport's Adler Theatre and Augustana College's Centennial Hall featuring exhilarating solos by Hannah Holman on cello and Benjamin Coelho on bassoon.

Currently touring in support of her 2022 EP Same History, New Feelings – a work in which, according to Northern Transmissions, "a profound sense of intimacy and camaraderie is expressed through lyrics surrounding heartbreak and great change" – pop-rock and folk singer/songwriter Madi Diaz headlines a November 7 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, with Holler Country adding that the artist's latest "sees a dextrous storyteller honing her craft through an evolving lens."

With Time Out Chicago praising the artist as a musician who "excels at morphing the smallest of melodic chunks into grandiose statements of purpose," singer/songwriter Dick Prall – performing under his stage moniker Dickie – headlines a November 6 concert at the Redstone Room in Davenport venue Common Chord, the Iowa sensation's most recent album Minus Thieves lauded by Music Existence as being "full of supremely crafted and masterfully executed tunes."

With Pitchfork lauding the group's 2020 Forever Just Beyond as an album that "feels both charmingly at ease and refreshingly ambitious," the alt-country/indie-rock outfit Clem Snide headlines a November 9 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, with frontman Eef Barzelay touring in support of two 2021 releases: the extended-edition album Beyond Forever Just Beyond and the EP Smothered & Covered Vo. I, a collection of covers of Bob Dylan, Lauren Hill, Journey, Cat Stevens, and other music icons.

Inviting music fans to explore complex layers of the human experience and enjoy an intimate evening full of magic and feeling, Davenport venue Common Chord will host a November 4 Songs & Stories concert event featuring Alicia Michilli, Angela Meyer, and David G. Smith, this singer/songwriter series designed to transport listeners into the mind of artists as they guide the audience through the emotional atmospheres that shape their sounds.

Deemed “absolutely amazing” by Full Throttle magazine and named "Best Tribute Band" by Chicago’s Metromix fans, the touring artists of Think Floyd USA headline a November 5 concert event at Moline venue The Rust Belt, this popular salute to the iconic rockers of Pink Floyd leading Singers & Musicians magazine to rave, “You don’t have to close your eyes to believe TFUSA is the real thing!”

A gifted blues, funk, and soul saxophonist/singer/songwriter who has won two Blues Music Awards from seven nominations, Vanessa Collier plays Rock Island's Hauberg Civic Center Mansion in an October 26 concert co-presented by the Mississippi Valley Blues Society, her most recent album Heart on the Line a work in which, according to Rock and Blues Muse, the artist "stamps her own mark with bright and breezy production and, of course, a healthy dose of sax."

With its unforgettable songs including "Lucy in the Sky with the Diamonds," "With a Little Help from My Friends," "When I'm Sixty-Four," and the iconic title tune, the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band will be celebrated in an October 28 concert event at Moline's Spotlight Theatre, as nearly a dozen gifted local musicians perform the classic LP cover to cover in Act I, and treat guests to other, additionally beloved Beatles hits in Act II.

Lauded by Roots World as a group dedicated to “vaunting empowerment and liberation on their own terms,” the Latin alternative band LADAMA will, from October 24 through 27, deliver five public performances as Quad City Arts Visiting Artists, their music fusing sounds from South America and the Caribbean with soul, R&B, and pop.

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