by Jonathan Turner | Jul 13, 2021 | Articles
Across the country and the Quad-Cities, independent live music venues are finally getting back to a sense of normalcy. The reopenings have varied over the past year, with some local indoor gigs happening regularly since last summer. After more than 16 months of sonic...
by Jonathan Turner | Jun 30, 2021 | Articles
Mike Mathews and Sean Ryan are super pumped for this year’s Dawn and On Music Festival – firstly for the simple fact that it’s back on. The all-day celebration of music, family and fun – Saturday, July 10 from noon to midnight at Schwiebert Riverfront Park, 101 17th...
by Jonathan Turner | Jun 16, 2021 | Articles
A 2005 Rock Island High alum, JUNO the Artist has toured the world as a guitarist and has played with everyone from Bruno Mars to Camila Cabello to Lizzo, plus the June 9 CMT Awards in Nashville. But the 34-year-old Chicago native had not been back to the...
by Jonathan Turner | Jun 10, 2021 | Concert Review
For a blissful few hours on a sun-kissed Tuesday in downtown Davenport, there was finally no coronavirus, no social distancing, no masks, no worries. There was a heavenly sense of normalcy outside River Music Experience at 2nd and Main streets, as the Quad...
by Jonathan Turner | Jun 2, 2021 | Articles
River Music Experience — with other local businesses and nonprofits that make their home in the historic Redstone building in downtown Davenport – has a lot to celebrate, including the planned opening of a new Zeke’s Island Café and re-starting of the free...