Their most recent recording Homecoming lauded by Saving Country Music as a work "with striking appeal in every track, never letting you down, and exemplifying everything that Texas country is supposed to be," the gifted musicians of the Randy Rogers band headline a July 14 concert at East Moline venue The Rust Belt, American Songwriter adding that the 2022 album "holds tight to the spirit of the band's early work, but also shines a light on where they've been and how far they've come."

Performing in a special July 13 event at Davenport's Gypsy Highway Bar & Grill, the blues masters of Doug Deming & the Jewel Tones play locally in a concert co-sponsored by the Mississippi Valley Blues Society, with the bandleader described by Blues Music Magazine as "a ferocious guitarist, fiery but clean, with a crisp, clear tone reminiscent of Charlie Christian's style."

Touring in support of her fifth studio album Married Alone, a work that inspired PopMatters to say that its artist "has taken a bold step forward by revealing her vulnerabilities without oversimplifying the complications that happen when one takes chances," singer/songwriter Sunny Sweeney headlines a July 15 concert at Maquoketa's Codfish Hollow Barn, her latest inspiring Holler Country to rave, "Sunny Sweeney has always been cool, but she’s never been this cool before."

Chart-topping, award-winning musicians who recently celebrated their 30th year of international touring, the alternative rockers of Collective Soul headline a July 13 concert at Davenport Rhythm City Casino Resort Event Center, the group's number-one hits from their 11-album repertoire including “Heavy,” “Where the River Flows,” “Listen,” and their 1994 breakthrough “Shine.”