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Compatible Rhythms: Lois Deloatch Helps Polyrhythms' Third Sunday Series Mark...
Ask Polyrhythms' Nate Lawrence about the highlights of more than two years presenting the Third Sunday jazz series at the River Music Experience, and his response tells you a great deal about his...
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The Best Parts Win: Ready the Destroyer, March 27 at the River Music...
The first thing to notice about the music of Chicago's Ready the Destroyer is that singer Neill Miller's guitar has a lot to say. Some guitarists are technically proficient, but the really good ones...
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A Worthwhile Investment: Naomi Greenwald, May 23 at Mojo's
Many people lost a big chunk of their savings in last year's stock-market plunge, and that could have included Naomi Greenwald. But before the markets tanked, Greenwald took her savings out. That...
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"We Share These Things with Other People": "Moondances Chapter One" CD...
The benefit compilation CD Moondances Chapter One begins with a song Ellis Kell wrote in memory of his daughter, and it ends with one written following his father's death. The second track, "You Can't...
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Odd Band Out: Mondo Drag, February 20 at the River Music Experience
When Mondo Drag drummer/singer Johnnie Cluney says that "we're kind of bringing in more of a pop element" to the band's new songs, take that with a giant rock of salt.The Quad Cities-based band...
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The Vision, the Equation, and the Moving Parts: Canasta, March 25 at the...
(Editor's note: This article was originally published in advance of Canasta's February 3 River Music Experience show, which was canceled. It has been re-scheduled for Friday, March 25. Show information...
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"Everyone's Invited": Koffin Kats, May 5 at the River Music Experience
The Detroit trio Koffin Kats - headlining an all-ages show at the River Music Experience on May 5 - performs in the musical subgenre known as psychobilly, and the fusion of punk and rockabilly isn't...
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Get People to Listen: Caroline Rose, July 30 at the River Music Experience
The pleasing Americana music and nimble, emotive vocals of Caroline Rose's "America Religious" - the title track from her debut album - mask massive amounts of meaning. Perhaps more accurately, they...
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Made with Casual Care: Joe & Vicki Price, "Night Owls"; Performing May 3 at...
The new album from the northeast-Iowa blues duo Joe & Vicki Price is called Night Owls, and the cartoonish cover art (by Vicki) features five literally skeletal figures (including a man and woman...
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Distilled Pleasures: Rude Punch, "Lovers Rock"; August 21 at the Redstone Room
Six years ago, I wrote a less-than-glowing review of the Quad Cities band Rude Punch's Killin' It, highlighting the strength of one song as a contrast to the remainder. Overall, I faulted the album for...
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“Peace, Love, and the Joy of Music”: Remembering Ellis Kell (1955-2016)
Ellis Kell died suddenly in December – after an October cancer diagnosis – and he was known to many as a stalwart part of the Quad Cities music scene and a longtime staff member of the River Music...
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The Tip of the Iceberg: Alternating Currents Joins a Crop of New Festivals...
It was a sign of the times when the Downtown Davenport Partnership announced last month that it would replace the River Roots Live outdoor music festival – after a 12-year run – with a multi-venue...
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Updating Their Roots: Parsonsfield, June 7 at the Redstone Room
When Chris Freeman and Antonio Alcorn met in a college folk-music club in 2010, the idea of starting a band wasn’t on their minds. They were just a couple of students among the others, looking to play...
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Back in Stride: Leftover Salmon, July 3 at the Redstone Room
It was 2007 when I last spoke to Vince Herman, and he was promoting a show with Great American Taxi. I asked him about some festival dates that Leftover Salmon – the long-running, self-described...
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Finally, a Home for Bix: Museum Dedicated to Davenport’s Jazz Legend Opens...
(Author’s note: After this article was published, the opening date of the museum was changed to Thursday, August 3.)When the Bix Beiderbecke Museum & Archive opens to the public on July 24 in the...
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