Composed of bandleader Garrett Dutton on lead vocals, guitar, and harmonica, Chuck Treece on drums, and Jim Prescott on string bass, the touring talents of G. Love & the Special Sauce headline a June 22 hip-hip blues concert at Davenport's Redstone Room, the group's hit songs including such Billboard charters as “Stepping Stones,” “Rodeo Clowns,” “Astronaut,” “Go Crazy,” and “Peace, Love, & Happiness.”

Touring in support of their latest forthcoming recording Gone for Good scheduled for release on July 18, the Midwestern musicians of The Last Revel headline a June 26 concert event at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the ensemble lauded by Rift magazine as "a force to be reckoned with" for their "soaring vocal performance and powerfully stirring lyrics.”

Featuring a stirring blend of original compositions and timeless works by great composers, the June 22 concert event Andrzej Kozlowski & Friends will deliver warmth, reflection, and inspiration as the venue bids a heartfelt farewell to pianist Kozlowski in his final performance as owner/director of Moline's Sound Conservatory. With the artist surrounded by close musical companions Nathan Windt, Joan Temmerman, Alex Gilson, and Rob Miller, Kozlowski invites audiences into an intimate setting to share a deeply personal musical journey.

Touring in support of their springtime release Last Leg of the Human Table, an album that Paste called "balanced but broad, unearthing the everyday senses of dread that come from today's human experience," the showgaze musicians of Cloakroom headline a June 22 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, their latest also inspiring SputnikMusic to rave, "The songs are punchy; the atmosphere feels lived in; the production is gorgeous and exquisitely mixed; and there’s much more variety than you would typically expect from this sort of thing."

With Distorted Sound magazine hailing the band as rockers who deliver "a flurry of technical flair that'll make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up," the Denver-based deathcore artists Crown Magnetar headline a June 24 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, New Noise Magazine adding that when the band performs, "room for breathing is hard to come by."

Two touring indie-music acts based in the Windy City team up for one special night in Rock Island on June 21, with Rozz-Tox hosting an evening with GS70, the solo project of Anastasia Gladkova, and jm wave, the solo project of Zachary Sprenger.

Hitting the road in support of their forthcoming recording Double Life, scheduled for release this July, the Minnesota-based indie rockers of Night Moves headline a June 21 concert event at Maquoketa's Codfish Hollow Barn, the outfit's previous album Can You Ever Find Me hailed by Pass the Aux as "cosmic psychedelia tethered unmistakably to specific eras, but able to transcend its influences by virtue of its creators’ talents."

Delivering what The Daily Vault hailed as "old-school, full-bodied soul music with strong funk and gospel overtones," the touring artists of St. Paul & the Broken Bones headline a June 26 concert event at Maquoketa's Codfish Hollow Barn, treating audiences to an evening with the band that, according to Americana Highways, is "simply sensational, and on any given night one of the best in the business."

Performing from a repertoire boasting everything from "Forever in Blue Jeans" to the crowd favorite "Sweet Caroline," a touring sensation brings his song celebration Solitary Man: A Tribute to Neil Diamond featuring Will Chalmers to Maquoketa on June 21, this special performance at the Ohnward Fine Arts Center electrifying audiences with the voice and relaxed stage presence that have captivated patrons across Canada, Mexico, and the United States.

Like many of us, Mike Conrad is just making it up as he goes along. Unlike most of us, however, the 37-year-old – a Bettendorf High School alum whose trio headlines a June 29 concert at Davenport's Redstone Room – has won international acclaim and several awards for his improvisational wizardry as a composer, arranger, pianist, and trombonist.

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