Praised by Rolling Stone as an artist who “evokes the late, great Glen Campbell” and by No Depression as “the real deal,” Montana-based singer/songwriter Roddy Arman deadlines a November 27 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, her gifts inspiring Flood magazine to state, “The resolve in Arman's vocals recalls icons like Johnny Cash or Dolly Parton – both strong songwriters who were able to distill a sense of melancholy, romance, and sincerity in the necessary hurt of being human.”

Making their fourth appearance at the Maquoketa venue just in time for the holidays, the touring sensations of Branson on the Road: Christmas Style will bring their yuletide-themed blend of bluegrass and rockabilly to the Ohnward Fine Arts Center on November 27, this song- and comedy-filled entertainment reminiscent of the Grand Old Opry and boasting venerable talents in vocalist and host Debbie Horton and multi-instrumentalist Derwin Hinson.

With the artist's February release Room Enough, Time Enough lauded by Glide magazine as “an early candidate for one of the top roots-music albums of the year,” folk singer/songwriter David Huckfelt headlines a concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel on November 21, his winter recording also praised by Routes & Branches as “grounded in musicianship and songcraft, even as it invites the indwelling of spirits [and] voices across time, space, and culture.”

Lauded by Rolling Stone as an artist who delivers “hardscrabble honkytonk at its best, nodding to Johnny Cash and Buck Owens in equal measure,” country-music singer/songwriter Jeremy Pinnell headlines a November 17 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the musician's 2017 album Ties of Blood & Affection, Rolling Stone continued, “a stellar collection that could earn Pinnell comparisons to Sturgill Simpson.”