Boasting five recordings released before the musician has had a chance to turn 21, the 20-year-old New York-born, Nashville-based singer/songwriter McKinley James and his bandmates headline a June 11 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the up-and-coming artist praised by the Rochester City Newspaper as a talent who “digs deep into rock 'n' roll's blackness and blueness” and “plays downright nasty and mean.”

Following successful indoor and outdoor performances at Davenport's River Music Experience Courtyard last summer and fall, the Quad Cities musicians of Heads in Motion bring their energetic talents to Bettendorf venue The Tangled Wood on June 10, with the 10-piece ensemble paying tribute to Oscar, Grammy, and Tony Award winner David Byrne and his iconic rock outfit Talking Heads.

A pair of critically acclaimed singer/songwriters make a pair of successive visits to Davenport's Raccoon Motel on June 7 and 8, with Tuesday evening boasting the talents of New York's garage-rock and cowboy-pop sensation Cut Worms, and Wednesday night showcasing the gifts of the popular Texas-based Americana and pop-rock musician David Ramirez.

Appearing locally in their eagerly anticipated “Knotfest Roadshow” tour, the heavy-metal musicians (and Iowa natives) of Slipknot bring play Moline's TaxSlayer Center on June 5, the chart-topping, Grammy-winning artists delivering a spectacular stage show from a 27-year history hat thus far boasts six studio albums, two live albums, one compilation album, five video albums, 26 singles, and 27 music videos.