Currently touring in support of her 2023 album Haunted Mountain, a work that Twittering Machines calls "a wonderful, rich, country/folk-inspired ramble of a record," singer/songwriter Jodie Holland performs a September 27 headlining engagement at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the artist's latest also leading Americana Highways to praise it as a work in which "graceful vocalizing expertly adds the necessary individualistic tone that's easy bait for any ear."

Touring in support of their 2023 album Street Sermons, and hailed by American Songwriter as the New York area's "most driving, intimidating, and rambunctious blues/garage/punk outfit," the genre-blending musicians of Daddy Long Legs headline a September 28 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, their latest recording also praised by No Depression as "one of the most fun records to come out in quite some time."

Praised by Downbeat magazine as a trio that "expresses both its melodic rigor and appetite for adventure" and by Radio New Zealand as an outfit that makes "melodies and rhythms move like single primitive organisms," the Chicago-based musicians of Twin Talk play Rock Island's Rozz-Tox on April 2 in support of their September 27 release Twin Talk Live, their previous recording Weaver hailed by PopMatters as "inventive and exhilarating, combining unique arrangements and arresting melodies."

Touring in support of their September release Something Is Working Up Above My Head, which Glide magazine lauded as "a dynamic collection" and "a taut, energized set," married singer/songwriters Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearts bring their musical project Shovels & Rope to Maquoketa's Codfish Hollow Barn on September 28, sharing the indie-folk talents that led Rolling Stone to praise the duo's “inimitable vocal harmonies” and combined ability “to find joy in unexpected places.”