This five-piece progressive-folk-rock band brings the past, present and future into perspective. The Stoneflys are an exciting group of passionate, fun and generous personalities. The band spawned from the musings of singer-songwriter Frank Veraldi. Inspired by the likes of Neil Young, Dave Matthews and The Lord of the Rings, Frank began writing powerful and emotional lyrics and chord progressions.
The beautiful and intense sound of violin complimentn evolving bass lines and powerful drums. Emotional guitar leads complete the musical package. With roots firmly planted along the shores of southern Lake Michigan, the Stoneflys have been making music that all ages find engaging with elements of folk, rock, classical, jam, and jazz.
Local musicians, Head Held High will open the show!
Rock Camp USA Session #3 Concert Saturday, July 31 in the Redstone Room at River Music Experience
Don’t miss the third Rock Camp USA concert of the season, when our young rockers from session # 3 take the Redstone Room stage by storm! We will feature three bands and the event will be videotaped by Mediacom for the DVD’s the campers receive and for broadcast on Mediacom Connections Channel 22. Rock Camp USA is sponsored by Mediacom, West Music Co., and Trinity Regional Health (IHS).
Financial assistance for campers in need is made possible through the HAVlife Foundation, The Karli Rose Kell Music Scholarship Fund at RME, The Moline Foundation and Lunardi’s Italian Restaurant. Rock Camp USA in the Quad Cities is produced and hosted by the River Music Experience. Doors open for the concert on Saturday at 11:30, and the show starts at noon. Admission is open to the general public and $5 per person at the door. Come support our young area rockers, and see why Rock Camp USA is rated as the top summer rock music camp in the country!
Legendary…a blues/rock institution…true innovators. These are just a few of the ways Savoy Brown has been described over the past forty years by music critics and fans.
One of the earliest of British blues bands, Savoy Brown, with founder guitarist Kim Simmonds at the helm, helped launch the 1967 UK blues boom movement that brought blues music back to the USA invigorating the style forever. In the process, the band became part of the framework that launched the rock and roll music of the 1970’s. Their influence now stretches into modern rock as we know it today.
Savoy Brown has had a storied roster of musicians including 3 of the 4 original Foghat members, as well as ex members going on to play with the likes of Fleetwood Mac, The Kinks, U.F.O, Black Sabbath and many others. Their 36th album, Too Much Of A Good Thing, was released in October 2009.
From London’s Soho night clubs in 1966 to headlining the world’s most famous venues (Carnegie Hall, Fillmore’s East and West, Cobo Hall, etc) Savoy Brown has done it all and as the band continues to tour worldwide they give a glimpse into the past and also inspire new listeners with their personal brand of rocking boogie, blues and rock.
First Fleet Concerts & Music Circuit Presentations present Rooney live in the Redstone Room
You can go ahead and call Rooney’s new album, Eureka, their declaration of independence. After several years trudging under the weight of a major label deal that never quite fit them right, the Los Angeles band is making a bold, fresh start: Rooney recorded and produced Eureka themselves, and will be releasing the disc June 8th on their own new label, California Dreamin’ Records through Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group. The 12-track Eureka is their most mature, nuanced collection yet, and still retains their classic buoyancy and catchiness.
Eleven years after they started the band as teenaged friends with a shared love of the Beatles, Cheap Trick and ELO, singer and bassist Robert Schwartzman, keyboard player / vocalist Louie Stephens, guitarist / vocalist Taylor Locke, and drummer / vocalist Ned Brower have grown into a modern power-pop band in a class of their own. Over the years, they’ve toured with everyone from Weezer and The Strokes, winning new fans among all those audiences.
Local band Deluxe Republic will support the show.
Tickets on sale now through Ticketmaster & available at RME
Doors 6pm • Show 7pm
• $16 in adv; $18 day of show
• Website
August 6 , 2010 Friday
Friday Live at 5 w/ Firesale on the Courtyard
REGGAE/ ROCK/ DUB
Join us for Friday Live at 5 featuring Firesale sponsored by Rhythm City Casino.
Local youth rockers Firesale have developed their own sound and groove. Performing a mix of reggae and rock beats, these guys are rocking out both originals and covers from some of their biggest influences like Sublime, Pepper, and The Expendables.
Swing back after your busy work week and enjoy free live music outside on the RME courtyard in beautiful downtown Davenport.
Friday Live at 5 w/ Danika Holmes on the Courtyard
AMERICANA/ ACOUSTIC/ POP
Join us for Friday Live at 5 Featuring Danika Holmes on the RME Courtyard!
Americana singer/songwriter Danika Holmes states, “Through my songs I hope to touch hearts in the tough times, as well as celebrate life in the good times.” Danika first sat at a piano as a tot, has been writing since her teens, and picked up guitar in her 20’s. After an attempt at a “normal career” and nearly finishing her PhD, Danika’s heart pulled her full circle back to where she started, with music.
Swing by after your busy work week and enjoy free live music outside on the courtyard in beautiful downtown Davenport!
Polyrhythms and the RME presents the Third Sunday Jazz Series in the Redstone,featuring Lois Deloatch & Friends presents Roots: Jazz/Blues/Spirituals.
For nearly two decades, vocalist and songwriter Deloatch has been immersed in music, headlining concerts, conducting music education workshops, lectures, and emceeing events. Noted for her rich contralto voice and expansive repertoire, Deloatch's performances highlight and integrate spirituals, jazz, and blues as well as original & standard compositions.
3rd Sunday Jazz Series features an all ages workshop at 3pm, followed by a matinee performance from 6-8pm. Admission to the workshop session is free for kids, $5 for adults. General admission for the concert is $10 or $15 for reserved seating. For ticket information, call Polyrhythms at 309-373-0790 or visit their website.
Doors 5:30pm • Show 6:00pm
• $10 or $15 for reserved seating
• Website
August 27 , 2010 Friday
Friday Live at 5 w/ Smooth Groove on the Courtyard
LATIN ROCK
Join us for Friday Live at 5 featuring Smooth Groove and special guest The Meyers Brothers sponsored by TAG Communications.
Smooth groove delivers a nice blend of funk, Latin rock, rap and rock & roll. We play songs from the 60's, 70's, 80's, 90’s and also from artists from today. Vocal harmonies play an intricate part of the bands sound as well as its natural Latin flavor. All six members of smooth groove are from the quad cities. Come join the fun with us and dance to the music of Santana, the Temptations, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Rick James, Prince, ZZ top, Doobie brothers, Los Lonely Boys, and a whole lot more!
Swing by after your busy work week and enjoy free live music outside on the courtyard in beautiful downtown Davenport!
Abalone Dots come from a small town in Sweden called Vastervik on the outskirts of Stockholm. The talented musicians--Rebecka Hjukström (Age 22), Louise Holmer (Age 25), Elin Mörk (Age 24), and Sophia Hogman (age 24)--have played together for six years and have already become a top-selling artist on RCA Sweden since releasing their debut album in 2007, FROM A SAFE DISTANCE. The album immediately entered at the top of the Swedish charts, allowing the foursome to cultivate a rapidly-growing audience in the Scandinavian countries.
Their current single, "Solo," from their sophomore release, TRAVELER, continues to garner attention including a Grammy Award (Swedish Grammis), multiple performances on major TV shows in Europe, and a cover story in Scanorama--instantly branding the Abalone Dots as media darlings. The overwhelming excitement behind their music has intrigued audiences in the U.S. and sparked interest from top-name industry professionals. This excitement has led the Dots to cross genres, as well as oceans, to pursue their dream of touring the States.
Chicago is one of those unique cities that has always been on the pulse of vanguard change in popular music. Although the city is known most for its blues , Chicago has also played a leading role in the performance, recording, and artistic evolution of jazz. The BMR4 (Bernhardt, Moynihan, Rodbard quartet), veterans of the Chicago music scene, have proved to be quite adaptable in creating noteworthy musical mixtures of all idioms. You can hear in their jazz sound, flourishes of the city's blues, rock and R&B scenes.
As the most recognizable cultural signature that the city has produced, its rich sense of origin and history still shapes music and social practice throughout the Windy City. Chris Bernhardt, Jay Moynihan, and Mike Rodbard had their musical baptism in the blues-roots rock band The Buzz. Although the group made two recordings, sold over 10,000 recordings, and toured the country, these musicians' chops developed significantly while playing as the house band at Buddy Guys Legends. It was there that they backed up legends such as Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, and Otis Rush. Through the many gigs and tours, the band found out they had a mutual affinity for jazz, and missed playing the music they grew up on. They formed BMR4, found a regular engagement, and began to develop their sound.
Upbeat, straight-ahead jazz with soul! The BMR4 is a Chicago jazz quartet that features some of the best players in the city including members of the Buddy Guy,Lonnie Brooks, and Patrica Barber bands. They have signed a recording contract with Hallway Records, in which their release "Turning Point" came out March 13, 2007. A new release comes out this summer.
Originally from Iowa City, IA, Eufórquestra relocated to Fort Collins, CO in August 2008 and has made a splash on the Colorado music scene with its progressive, genre-crossing funk fusions and a relentless tour schedule.
Emerging as a musical powerhouse, Eufórquestra is quickly spreading its self-proclaimed “Afro-Caribbean-Barnyard-Funk;” a unique, rhythmic blend of sound, integrating such genres as Afrobeat, Reggae, Afro-Cuban, Samba, Soca, Funk, Salsa, and Dub. Eufórquestra’s music is igniting dance floors across the country, with a sound that “explodes, dances and melts in your ear with sheer bliss” (Chris M. Slawecki; AllAboutJazz.com). As percussionist and lead vocalist Matt Grundstad puts it, "we just want to make people dance.”
In October 2009, the band released their third studio album, Soup, a collection of 11 tracks that captures the band at new heights in terms of songwriting, energy and production. In an effort to spread the album far and wide as an independent artist, the band decided to give the album away for free online at www.euforquestra.com. With over 1,300 downloads in its first week the word is spreading!
With three full length albums to their name and a relentless tour schedule (over 300 shows in the last two and a half years), Eufórquestra has created a presence on the national scene, performing all over the U.S. at clubs, concert halls, community events, and festivals, including Wakarusa, moe. Summer Camp, 80/35 (Des Moines, IA), Sweet Pea Festival (Bozeman, MT), NedFest (Nederland, CO), Groovefest (Cedar City, UT), the Montana Beer Festival (Bozeman, MT) and the Iowa City Jazz Festival. In addition, Eufórquestra hosts their own festival, Camp Euforia, every year in July, just outside of Iowa City, in Lone Tree, IA. 2010 will mark the seventh happening of Camp Euforia.
Like so many American bands, The Nadas started as a way for its members to pass the time between college classes. Unlike so many American bands, The Nadas outlasted their educations and rode a growing fan base to a genuine, honest-to-goodness career.
Over the past sixteen years, The Nadas have built a strong community of fans and together they have sold more than 125,000 albums through their own Authentic Records, including 2003’s Transceiver and 2005’s Listen Through The Static, both produced by Todd and Toby Pipes of Deep Blue Something, as well as 2007’s The Ghosts Inside These Halls. Now, with Almanac, their seventh LP, they are confident they will continue to grow their community, bringing in new fans and new beginnings.
“We started The Nadas sixteen years ago with just a couple of songs, a van and a newsletter, then grew a community from there,” said Walsmith. “The tools we have now to communicate with and build that community are crazy. But it’s still about the songs, and our fans. They’re why we do this.”
Tickets now on sale:
Doors 7:30pm • Show 8:30pm
• $10 in adv or $15 day of show
• Website
October 8 , 2010 Friday
Brother Trucker
ROCK/ROOTS MUSIC
Brother Trucker “The Flyover” With their long-awaited fourth CD, The Flyover, Des Moines-based roots-rockers Brother Trucker finally present another heaping helping of their literate, soulful and cinematic brand of earthy, ‘pan-Americana’ music.
Cranking out a heart-felt, dynamic and (as needed) proudly raggedy-assed sound that taps into the likes of Neil Young’s splintering Crazy Horse, The Faces, The Stones, myriad assorted Dylan combos, Southern rock and the heartland/populist themes of Springsteen and Mellencamp, the lads of Brother Trucker provide spot-on backdrops for the extraordinary, wrong-side-of-the-tracks tales spooled out by co-founder and resident singer/songwriter Andy Fleming.
Recorded in 2005, The Flyover continues to extend the ever-rising arc etched by the band’s recorded work but, as Fleming puts it, “a whole lot of life went on between recording and releasing” the album.
Brother Trucker’s fully-loaded, five-piece format remains one of the most flexible, energetic and inspirational combos in the Midwest, but on any given night, you may very well find them in a variety of configurations, including Andy solo, Andy and co-founder Mike Fitzpatrick (as an acoustic duo), Andy, Mike and Bassist, Lyle Kevin Hogue (as ‘The BT3’) … In every case, what you will get is to-the-bone, passionate musicianship steeped in pan-genre, rockyroll classicism that’s deeply, artfully connected to the very heart and soul of the Iowa/Midwestern experience.
Pieta Brown is a striking poet-songwriter with a haunting voice and an unmistakable style. Her unique blend of alt-country, folk, blues and indie-rock speaks to music fans around the world and has garnered rave reviews from the likes of the BBC and Boston Globe, as well as a variety of hip music blogs and indie radio stations. Even her own musical hero Iris DeMent is a fan, saying she is “the best poet I’ve heard in a long damn time.” An artist with cross-genre appeal, Pieta has toured with such diverse artists as John Prine, Ani Difranco, Calexico, J.J. Cale and Mason Jennings.
Informed by her travels and the many places she has called home, Pieta writes story songs with beautiful landscapes and vibrant characters. And, coloring it all, a deep abiding saturation in folk and blues that’s beyond her years, showing she is a songwriter to be reckoned with and a talent too good to ignore.
Straight out of the heartland comes Pieta Brown. The daughter of two preacher's kids, her early upbringing in Iowa was in a rural outpost with no furnace or running water. There, Pieta was exposed to traditional and rural folk music through her father, Greg Brown, the now beloved Midwestern folk singer. Later, while living with her mother in Alabama during her formative years, Pieta drew on and expanded these influences and began writing poetry and composing instrumental songs on piano.
Tickets now on sale:
Doors 7pm • Show 8pm
• $12 in adv, $15 day of show
• Website
October 22 , 2010 Friday
Quad Cities Smooth Jazz Fall Festival
SMOOTH JAZZ
Great Sounds promotions presents Quad Cities Smooth Jazz Fall Festival on Friday, October 22nd and Saturday, October 23rd sponsored by Riverboat Development Authority.
On Friday, October 22nd will feature Four 80 East & Marcus Anderson.
Four80East is the brainchild of producers Rob DeBoer and Tony Grace, also known internationally for their indie label/production house, Boomtang. Born in 1997 as a small indie UK release, “The Album” went on to revitalize the Smooth Jazz world the following summer when the first single, “Eastside”, broke through in the US to became the seventh most-played track on Contemporary Jazz radio that year.
Capital Jazz Fest Challenge winner, Marcus Anderson electrifies stages with an unmatchable energy and an intoxicating sound that stretches the definition of jazz. The multi-talented saxophonist, flautist and vocalist from Durham, NC recently released his second solo CD, From The Heart, a much anticipated follow up to My Turn – his stellar debut project. “I put all of my heart and soul into my playing, and that’s where music should come from!” says Anderson.
On Saturday, October 23rd will feature Paul Taylor.
Whether he's grooving onstage or laying down his latest batch of sensuous and funky tracks in the studio, there's no better adjective to describe the effect Paul Taylor has on the hearts and hips of urban jazz fans worldwide then the name of his fifth Peak Records album, BURNING.
Admission for Friday night's show: $48.50 per person- $5 Added day of show
Admission for Saturday night's show:$58.50 per person- $5 Added day of show
WEEKEND SPECIAL: Admission: $82.50 per person- $5 will be added day of show:
NOTE: Receive 10% discount by August 31, 2010
For more information & details, please visit Great Sounds Promotions website
Doors 8pm • Show 8pm
• Please visit Smooth Jazz Series for more info
• Website
November 4 , 2010 Thursday
The Band of Heathens w/ Jim the Mule
ROCK N ROLL/COUNTRY
The guys in the Band of Heathens are fond of saying they became a unit by accident. But that’s like saying the Big Bang was an accident. Unplanned, maybe, but hardly random. One might even argue that a kind of destiny was involved. The merger of singer/songwriters/multi-instrumentalists Ed Jurdi, Gordy Quist and Colin Brooks, with bassist Seth Whitney and drummer John Chipman, from their respective solo careers and bands may not be akin to a cosmic explosion, but their current album, One Foot in the Ether, offers irrefutable evidence that they were meant to be together — and have evolved into a solid entity worthy of the comparisons they receive to the Black Crowes, The Band and Little Feat.
One Foot in the Ether, released in September 2009, is the Band of Heathens’ strongest work so far. That’s saying something, considering their last three releases (two live and one studio) brought the band out from relative obscurity to playing 250-plus shows a year for their rabid fan base, as well as a coveted taping for the 35th Anniversary season of the Austin City Limits television program. Both their last album and One Foot in the Ether reached No. 1 on the Americana Music Association Radio chart. The last (eponymous) album earned the band an Americana Music Association Honors & Awards nomination for 2009 New Emerging Artist of the Year, with One Foot in the Ether clinching a 2010 Americana nomination for Best Duo or Group. The group took Best New Band honors at the 2007 Austin Music Awards, shortly after their current lineup came into place as the band morphed from a side-project to a cohesive tight unit. And the band significantly expanded its reach with recent appearances at Lollapalooza, Wakarusa and the Austin City Limits festival.
Not given to overly detailed explanations, the Band of Heathens loosely define the sound they’ve achieved on One Foot in the Ether simply as rock ’n’ roll. While the last Heathens album may have been slightly more acoustic and swampier, this album is heavier, both thematically and sonically. It’s muscular with electric guitars, Hammond organs, vintage electric pianos and pill-bottle slides, all fine ingredients for rock ’n’ roll in its purest form.
Opening for The Band of Heathens is Quad City based band, Jim the Mule. Jim the Mule blends the gritty Rock and Roll textures of the late 60's and early 70's with touches of Southern Rock, Pop, Alternative Rock, and Country into something best described as "Midwestern Rock and Roll."
**Tickets go on sale 6 weeks ahead of show date for RME members, 4 weeks ahead of time for the general public
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