Taking a momentary break from its regular venue at Bettendorf's Rivermont Collegiate (as the stage there is currently set for a school play), the monthly Polyrhythms' Third Sunday Jazz Series continues at Rock Island's Sound Conservatory Music Academy & Shoppe on April 16 with a performance by the gifted artists of ML III & Friends, an ensemble composed of Quad Cities favorites Manuel Lopez III on drums, Steve Grismore and John Miller on guitar, and Ron Wilson on bass.

Touring in support of his most recent album Please Take a Seat, a recording that Paste magazine called "a wondrous adventure for anyone who is willing to hold on through its twists and turns," the Chicago-based avant-pop multi-instrumentalist Nnamdi Ogbonnaya – also known as Nnamdï – headlines an April 16 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, with Paste adding of the artist “whether it be hip-hop, indie rock, electronica or bubblegum pop, he stays true to who he is."

Currently on tour in support of their new release Lover's Game - an album that finds its artists, according to NPR, "showcasing their genre-crossing essence” - married musicians Michael and Tanya Trotter bring their outfit The War & Treaty to Davenport's Raccoon Motel on April 15, treating guests to an evening of what the Boston Globe called “a spectacular combination of fervent gospel, Ike & Tina-style R&B, and sweet, steel-flecked country soul."

Dessa, April 14

Hailed by the Chicago Tribune as a talent who "achieves a sublime synthesis" as a pop/hip-hop singer and a rapper/poet, Dessa headlines an April 14 concert event at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the performer lauded by The Current as "an artist who is growing ever sharper, galvanized by her pain and empowered to tell the truth about the dark side of love, power, and hard-fought success."

Opening this year's concert season at the Codfish Hollow Barn precisely one day after the release of their latest album A River Running to Your Heart, Eric D. Johnson and his outfit Fruit Bats headline an April 15 engagement at the Maquoketa venue, the musicians' previous recording – 2021's The Pet Parade – lauded by Flood magazine as "harmonious, reflective, and lyrically mature.

With their first album having debuted more than a half-century ago, and albums including Eliminator, Afterburner, and La Futura all top-10 smashes on the Billboard charts, the legendary blues rockers of ZZ Top bring their eagerly anticipated “Raw Whiskey Tour” to Davenport's Adler Theatre on April 11, the artists as familiar for their signature look as they are for iconic songs including “Legs,” “Gimme All Your Lovin',” and “Sharp Dressed Man.”

Presenting a respectful, candlelit event inspired by the likes of The Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, Davenport's Common Chord, on April 7, will proudly house a Redstone Room evening of Songs & Stories with a trio of topnotch musical talents: songcatcher troubadour David G. Smith, Nashville recording artist Anne E. DeChant, and singer/songwriter and Quad Cities native James Turley.

With Grateful Web praising their 2022 studio album Wise River and the musicians' "heavy hitting and hard driving style," the progressive bluegrass artists of Kitchen Dwellers headline an April 12 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the artists inspiring Holler Country to rave, "Wise River drives home just how powerful a band they've become, with songs like 'Smokestack', 'Paradise Alley' and the title track showcasing their fluency with traditional arrangements."

His latest solo album Break Me Open lauded by Pitchfork magazine as "somber and searching, filtering personal vulnerability through his familiar delicate melodies and vocal effects," famed Bon Iver vocalist/drummer S. Carey headlines a solo concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel on April 11, his most recent recording inspiring Under the Radar magazine to rave, "The dark and prescient record is majestically expansive."

With Pitchfork magazine deeming his most recent album This Is a Photograph "an earnest, ambitious collection that touches on family, nostalgia, and mortality," indie-rock and -folk singer/songwriter Kevin Morby headlines an April 9 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the artist's prolific output over less than a decade encompassing seven studio albums, 13 singles, and 11 music videosto date.

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