Held in honor of his birth on January 27, 1756, Moline's Sound Conservatory will, 269 years later, host a special anniversary event in January 25's Mozart: A Birthday Celebration Performance, an unforgettable evening filled with breathtaking performances by violinist Archana Wagle, cellist Alex Gilson, clarinetist Rob Miller, pianist Andrzej Kozlowski, and baritone Nathan Windt.

Four distinct, up-and-coming Midwestern acts will share one night of indie entertainment at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, with the venue hosting individual sets with Joytrip, Baron von Future, Calculated, and Nobletiger on January 30.

Delivering an exhilarating timeline of country music from the 1960s to the '90s, the Midwestern tribute artists of The Cowtippers headline a January 25 concert event at Maquoketa's Ohnward Fine Arts Center, covering smash hits from four decades sure to inspire loads of wonderful memories in fans of the genre.

What's a “year in review” compendium edition without the best new music recommendations from the Quad Cities' region's independently owned local and regional radio-station programmers, disc jockeys, and musical artists and producers?

Apocalyptic in its vision and ambitious in its musicality, High on Fire’s first album since 2018 is an explosion of pent-up heavy metal energy from one of the finest and most progressive bands active today.

Their January 19 event boasting works by legendary composers Igor Stravinsky and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Chamber Music Quad Cities continues its 2024-25 season at Davenport's Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Parish Hall with Classic Neo-Classic, in which Naumburg International Violin Competition winner Grace Park will join CMQC co-artistic directors Gregory Sauer, on cello, and Thomas Sauer, on piano, for a thrilling exploration of works ranging from the 18th through 20th centuries.

Celebrating an iconic band that revolutionized the music scene through hard-hitting hits from the '90s and 2000s, Land of Linkin: Linkin Park Tribute headlines a January 18 concert at Davenport's Redstone Room, reproducing the dual-vocal screams of Chester Bennington and raps of Mike Shinoda revered from such chart-topping albums as Meteora, Minutes to Midnight, and A Thousand Suns.

Hailed by the Virginia Pilot as being "as close as it gets to the real thing," the funk-rock tribute musicians of Red Not Chili Peppers take the stage at Davenport's Redstone Room on January 23, performing from a Grammy-winning repertoire that includes such top-10 Billboard smashes as "Under the Bridge," "Scar Tissue," and "Dani California."

Performing a glorious repertoire of works by Dieterich Buxtehude, Johann Sebastian Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Jeremy Bankson, Franklin Ashdown, and Percy Fletcher, University of Dubuque organist and professor of music Dr. Charles Barland will deliver a faculty organ recital of varied works on January 19, the event demonstrating the many varieties of sound and color that are possible on the Heritage Center's magnificent John and Alice Butler Pipe Organ.

Revered for such Billboard smashes as Radioactive, Love Story, and the platinum-selling single “Till It's Gone,” hip-hop, rap, and Southern-rock artist Yelawolf headlines a January 10 concert event at Davenport's Capitol Theatre, the musician's discography including eight studio albums, five collaborative albums, six mixtapes, nine EPs, 50 singles, and 82 music videos over less than two decades.

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