Presented in conjunction with the Quad Cities' noted river-cleanup operation founded by Chad Pregracke, the Quad City Symphony Orchestra invites music lovers to a special January 20 concert event at Davenport's Figge Art Museum: Up Close with Living Lands & Waters, a chamber-music celebration of the natural wonders around us boasting Emily Nash and Sabrina Tabby on violin, Bruno Vaz da Silva on viola, Hannah Holman on cello, Kit Polen on bass, and Marian Lee on piano.

Presented as the first 2024 concert event in Polyrhythms' popular Third Sunday Jazz Series, the exhilarating artists of the Karli Bunn Quartet take the stage at Davenport's Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Quad Cities on January 21, the headliner one of the organization's special workshop proteges who will also lead a 3 p.m. jazz workshop in advance of the evening's 5 p.m. performance.

Coming off am intensely challenging year personally and professionally, Jason Singer, famed for his popular solo project Michigander, headlines a January 25 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel in support of his EP It Will Never Be the Same, his work leading NPR to rave, "Jason Singer's mix of optimism and vulnerability has been one of indie rock's most exciting stories in the last few years."

Currently touring in support of his new release Lost, which Entertainment Focus lauded as a "haunting, powerful EP ... with massive crossover appeal," Irish singer/songwriter Darren Kiely headlines a January 20 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, his recording also hailed by RockShot magazine as a work that "explores the triumphant war of overcoming self-doubt."

With the critically praised singer/songwriter and his ensemble touring in support of their live album Secret Stratosphere, the indie-folk and pop-rock musicians of William Tyler & the Impossible Truth take the stage at Davenport's Raccoon Motel on January 21, Pitchfork magazine raving that the band "maintains the spiritual minimalism of Tyler’s solo work while expanding the sound."

Einstein's Sister w Friends Chris Bernat, Marty Reyhons and Tom Maicke at RIBCO December 16 2023

We're switching up the format once again for the Reader's annual year-in-music crowd-sourced survey, and expanded the participants to include even more local on-air radio broadcasters as well as picks from long time Reader readers.

Praised by Glide magazine for songs that "radiate a sense of optimism and purpose ever so welcome in these fragmented times.," the alternative rockers of Big Head Todd & the Monsters headline a January 16 concert at Davenport's recently remodeled Capitol Theatre, the platinum-selling Billboard artists also hailed by the Los Angeles Times for their "great songs that incorporate blues, folk, rock, and country."

Returning to Moline with two spectacular, all-new touring presentations, the live, multi-sensory musical experience known as the Candlelight Concerts series enjoys its fourth Quad Cities engagement at Moline's Spotlight Theatre with a pair of eagerly awaited January 12 events: Candlelight: A Tribute to Coldplay and Candlelight: A Tribute to Taylor Swift.

Lauded by Rift magazine for their "soaring vocal performance, and powerfully stirring lyrics," the touring three-piece ensemble The Last Revel headlines a January 12 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the group's self-titled debut also praised by Rift as a recording that "proves that they a force to be reckoned with in the studio, and have the staying power to grow in the bluegrass/folk/Americana community."

With their most recent album Regenerator inspiring The Obelisk to hail the band as "one of the brightest lights shining in underground rock today" trio of vocalist/guitarist Sean McVay, bassist Dan Reynolds, and drummer Scott Donaldson bring their outfit King Buffalo to Davenport's Raccoon Motel on January 16, their talents also leading Sludgelord to call the group "a powerful concoction of heavy psych, blues, and stoner rock in stunning cohesion."

Pages