Living her life through music, Regan brings a sense of liveliness and electricity everywhere she goes. Her music combines catchy pop/rock melodies ranging from the sweet strums of Taylor Swift to the edgy anthems of Kelly Clarkson.
For this Bettendorf Iowa girl, her songs are crafted with positive vibes, easy-to-identify-with lyrics, and themes stretching from young love, positive attitudes, boy drama, and dreams of stardom.
In May 2007, The Uniphonics formed out of the Iowa City music scene to compete in Euforquestra’s Battle of the Bands for a performance slot at the annual music festival, Camp Euforia. Since then, they have toured in support of their Truth Be Told EP and have been well received in many venues and festivals across the Midwest. Their debut full length album will be released in the Spring of 2010.
Imagine a sound that consolidates a plethora of musical styles into a tightly wound booty groove. Innovative jazz-funk infused hip-hop combined with MC Animosity’s passionate lyrics creates a dance party atmosphere for everyone. Expect an interactive high energy performance that breaks the barrier between the musicians and audience. Join the rest of The Uniphonics Family and become a part of the show.
The Uniphonics include: Craigula Heidgerken(Guitar), Ben Pierce(Sax), Ryan Casteel(Bass), Forrest Heusinkveld(Drums/Vocals), and Derek Thorn “MC Animosity” on the mic.
A song is a powerful thing – it can bring back fond memories of your past or help you create new ones for your future; it can summon a smile or tears; a song is something that can move you in many ways. While a big part of the RME’s mission is to introduce you to new artists and their songs via the stages in Mojo’s, the Performance Hall, and the Redstone Room, we’ve listened to the requests to hear your favorite songs of past & present, performed by your favorite bands right here in your own backyard, in the best venue for live music in the region. That’s why the RME is excited to announce a new music series: Déjà vu Rendezvous.
Join us once a month to hear your familiar, favorite songs and sounds at the new Déjà vu Rendezvous music series, where we will feature talented Quad Cities bands that cover your favorite songs, from classic rock n roll, folk, and blues to present day rock, country, and pop. Come sing along, dance, and enjoy all the songs you know and love at the Redstone Room on one Friday of each month. We’ll try to keep the time frame as consistent as possible but be sure to check the calendar often, as the Déjà vu Rendezvous Friday will likely fluctuate due to the availability of nationally touring bands.
This month's featured band is Marmaduke. Marmaduke is a tribute to all things that rock, and they pull no punches when it comes to the music they play. This is evident in their set lists, which are packed not only with powerful original music, but also with music from classic bands like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Who, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Toto, Ted Nugent, and many others from the days when rock and roll ROCKED.
Strange Neighbors consists of Dustin Cobb (vocals, guitars, synthesizers, mandolin and percussion), Ryan Summers (drums and percussion), Sam Doak (bass), Nic Doak (guitars), and Alan Sweet (vocals and percussion).
Strange Neighbors is rock-n-roll from the word go. A dance floor full of sweaty people is always the goal once this band sets in motion and they will stop at nothing to make sure that happens. Alan Sweet, the lead singer, has a tone and a presence about him that breaks down the barrier between the audience and the band. This helps the audience feel the bands love for the music and then it's on!
"Strange Neighbors is not easily defined into one musical category; they utilize many styles to create a fusion that works well together." Shabazz Bros - March, 2005
The band's material successfully combines elements from many styles of popular music with one common theme; it all makes you wanna dance. For instance the song "Real Good Dancer", a song written in tribute to the fans that dance to the Strange Neighbors, combines a lightning quick ska guitar rhythm with an amazing dance club like drum beat. The song is then narrated to the audience with a tongue twistingly quick harmony laced vocal line that's locked up tight with a running bass riff that never seems to stop; until that magic moment in the chorus arrives where the band and the fans alike stop and scream, "Damn, you're a Real Good Dancer!" This is immediately punctuated with a driving rock-n-roll guitar solo that takes the band soaring up to new levels. Many other Strange Neighbors songs combine influences ranging from; reggae to R&B, funk, blues, folk, jazz and even a little bluegrass, all the while maintaining that unique "Strange Neighbors" sound.
The band spreads their music throughout the United States on their own private label, Passion Flower Records. Strange Neighbors' discography contains 2 full-length studio albums and countless live recordings available for sale on this web site or in music stores around the Midwest. A new studio album is due to be released this spring.
POLYRHYTHMS Third Sunday Jazz Matinee & Workshop Series presents jazz vocalist, bandleader, clinician, writer and educator, Toscanellie “Lady T.” Marcelain, in the Redstone Room. Polyrhythms’ demystifies jazz with a Workshop at 3pm, followed by a matinee concert from 6–8pm.
Toscanellie “Lady T.” Marcelain, a popular vocalist and bandleader in the Chicago area, features the songs from the hottest years of vocal jazz. She has performed at the Chicago Jazz Festival,the Hyde Park Jazz Festival, the East Dundee Wine Festival ,and many more.
Polyrhythms Third Sunday Jazz Matinee and Workshops Series, is presented in the Redstone Room at the River Music Experience, the third Sunday of each month. Dedicated to providing high level affordable entertainment, these workshops and performances are designed to help demystify jazz music, as well as nurture, educate and inspire musicians and music appreciators alike.
For tickets please contact Polyrhythms at 309-373-0790 or visit their website link
Workshop: 3pm / Admission to the workshop session is free for kids and
$5 for Adults
Matinee Performance: Doors: 5:30 / Show: 6pm
Tickets: $10 or $15 for reserved seating
Doors 5:30pm • Show 6pm
• $10 or $15 for reserved seating
• Website
March 24 , 2010 Wednesday
Cowboy Junkies with Lee Harvey Osmond
POP / FOLK
Cowboy Junkies began their singular journey in 1985 when Michael Timmins (guitar), Peter Timmins (drums) and bassist Alan Anton, one of Michael’s oldest friends, began jamming in a garage. Michael and Alan had tried their luck with a couple of other bands, Hunger Project and Germinal, and had recently returned to Toronto after several years in New York and London. The next step was to find a singer. “I never wanted to be a musician,” Margo Timmins confides, “but one day Mike asked me to sing. I said yes, but only if I didn’t have to do it in front of the other guys. So I sang with Mike for a couple of days, and then he asked, ‘Um, do you think it’d be okay if we brought the other guys in now?’ I said, ‘Well, okay. I guess so, I mean, if we have to.’”
The band released its debut, Whites Off Earth Now!!, in 1986 on their own Latent Recordings label. Hypnotic and languorous, it revealed Michael’s fascination with Robert Johnson, Lightnin’ Hopkins and other seminal blues artists. The band toured the Southern and Southwestern US in support of the record, soaking up the music of Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams and Jimmie Rodgers along the way, which, in turn, inspired their second album, The Trinity Session, self-released in 1988.
Recorded with a single microphone in Toronto's Church of the Holy Trinity in one 14-hour session – at a cost of $250 – The Trinity Session featured spare, lilting originals alongside Jennings, Williams and Patsy Cline covers, as well as a haunting version of the Velvet Underground classic “Sweet Jane.” With “Sweet Jane” getting considerable airplay on college and commercial radio and reviewers lauding the band’s fresh sound, word soon began to spread. Before long, the Junkies had signed to RCA Records, which reissued The Trinity Session to a wider audience and platinum sales.
Their subsequent albums – The Caution Horses (1990), Black Eyed Man (1992), Pale Sun, Crescent Moon (1993), Lay It Down (1996) (which featured the Top 20 Modern Rock hit “A Common Disaster” and earned Cowboy Junkies a gold record), Miles From Our Home (1998), Open (2001) and One Soul Now (2004) – chronicle the band’s evolution, a process Michael describes as gradual and organic. “It’s become much easier to communicate musically over the years as we’ve all grown as musicians and of course, we have twenty years of shows behind us now. We’re able to bring greater dynamics and infinite variety to the music as a result.”
In 2005, Cowboy Junkies released Early 21st Century Blues, an album principally comprised of covers which Rolling Stone proclaimed “closely revisits the career-making Trinity, - hushed electric guitars, brushed drums and Margo Timmins' husky moans. It all adds up to a concept album about war that screams with a whisper.” The band’s most recent studio effort, At The End of Paths Taken (2007) was hailed by Paste as an album of “an alluring, gently haunting quality; inspired by reflections on family and world dynamics and mortality.”
Cowboy Junkies returned to Toronto’s Church of the Holy Trinity for a day in November 2006, joined by Ryan Adams, Natalie Merchant and Vic Chesnutt to revisit the repertoire of The Trinity Session in celebration of the original recording’s 20th anniversary. Captured by filmmakers, Pierre and Francois Lamoureux, the resulting documentary, Trinity Session Revisited, was released as a DVD/CD in January 2008 to overwhelming critical response.
LEE HARVEY OSMOND will support the show. Lee Harvey Osmond is Tom Wilson, some of the Cowboy Junkies, a few Skydiggers, Ray Farrugia from Junkhouse, Brent Titcomb and a lot of groove. Check them out at www.myspace.com/lhosmond
TICKETS available only for pick up at the River Music Experience or the Moline Co-op. On-line tickets are sold out.
Come to the Redstone Room for a rocking show with local bands Head Held High, Jaiguru, Eleven Fifty Two, and If Ever Was A Fire! Each band brings electric rock that will surely melt your face off!
Power chords and melody have always been a rock music staple, and the QC's own Head Held High feels very comfortable giving the audience plenty of it. Since slimming down to a trio, the band has explored a straight ahead style that will leave you wanting more from their extensive catalog of original music.
Head Held High isn't reinventing rock music, they're playing it how they feel rock music should be played, sincerely.
Jaiguru, Eleven Fifty Two & If Ever Was A Fire will support the show so don't miss a full night of mind blowing performances!
Sixteen years in “band years” is basically forever. Or at least, that’s how long it seems like Michigan-based Mustard Plug has been in existence. But like a fine wine, aged cheese or a vintage ride, the pioneering ska-punk sextet has fully matured into a limitless musical machine — all the while maintaining the respect and admiration from its peers and fans that have long supported them.
Mustard Plug’s vocalist Dave Kirchgessner has been there, done that and just about seen it all — most particularly the changing of the guard in music scenes, trends and fads. And throughout these shifts, Mustard Plug has always stood tall, clinging to its signature sound without pandering to the next wave of “what’s big.” So it comes as no surprise that the band is set to release their sixth full-length, In Black And White, with the same passion and commitment to its art, just as they did as a fresh-faced basement band cutting demo tapes, playing parties and slotting themselves open mic night gigs.
Kirchgessner says the new album is a return to form of sorts, as Mustard Plug recently headed back to the famed Blasting Room recording studio in Fort Collins, Colo. to work with veteran punk producer Bill Stevenson (Descendents/ALL, NOFX) — the same studio location and producer of the band’s wildly successful 1997 full-length Evildoers Beware.
In 2002, the band opted to do things their own way, self-producing its fifth album, Yellow #5, and three years later, Mustard Plug released a greatest hits collection, titled Masterpieces: 1991-2002.
With an impressively loyal fanbase that consistently asks for more, a touring resume that comprises of hundreds of thousands of miles and countless venues both domestically and internationally, not to mention the bands Mustard Plug has shared bills with (from Fall Out Boy to Rancid to Helmet and even Weird Al Yankovic!), In Black And White offers a band whose exhaustive history practically guarantees excellence. And that’s a hard offer to deny.
Bring your dancing shoes and rock to the live electronics of Johnny on the Point!
Johnny on Point is a one man live-tronica dance band based out of Iowa City. The band utilizes both live band and DJ aspects of electronic music.
Johnny on Point layers loops and samples while incorporating bass, guitar, and keys. Front man, Derek Pulliam and revolving lineup which includes Ryan Persinger and friends are beginning to break into the scene having shared the stage with EOTO, Telepath, Heatbox, The Histronic, That One Guy, and Re-up.
Johnny on Point features Delta Nine (Ryan Persinger) and their album "Keefin it Real" is now available for a free download!
Psychedelic rock band, Cirrus Minor will open the show.
Bumper Crop was formed in March of 2007. The mission is the music and the guys have been working hard for well over two years now making it happen. The music of Bumper Crop is a blend of genres, some songs having a reggae sound while others may have a touch of ska mixed in with an acoustic feel. Attempting do be a voice of reason through his lyrics front man Craig Smith sings of peace, unity, and tells stories of life through his words. Joe Hale, a Davenport native is on the drums, and is a very exciting player to watch and solid on the beat. Adam Smith(no relation to Craig) is on Turtables and Samples bringing a urban feel to the group echoing the likenesses of Incubus and other hip-hop/rock bands, making BC the only Quad City band with a DJ. On Bass Guitar Dustin Roelle lays it down thick with a west coast style that cannot be bought. Bumper Crop songs have a feel good sound that makes you long for the sun, the sand, and the waves.
The love of music and performing for the people is what drives this young band to continue with their progress. All members call Davenport, IA their hometown but this is not the only common thread among the guys. The love of reggae and rock music of all kinds has brought the group together on material. Each individual style helps form the one sound you hear from this group. With the 2007 release “Goin’ To War” they solidified their songwriting ability. Since the release the guys have been working hard to continue a tour schedule while adding original songs to their repituare. Most songs expressing an enlightened up beat feel, while songs like “Sucker Punch” are obvious reference to disdain felt over past experiences. Every song redefines the band and keeps the fans guessing.
On their way to being voted best reggae/rock band in the Quad Cities and beyond, don’t miss a chance to experience the explosive music of Bumper Crop. Visit the bands myspace page often as possible to receive tour updates and other news of their progress. Look for good things to come as the community rallies behind these good old homegrown boys that call themselves Bumper Crop.
“All aboard!” You’ll hear Vince Herman shout this out at a Great American Taxi show and after you know a little bit more about this band you’ll know why. Herman (of Leftover Salmon infamy) and Chad Staehly (keyboards, vocals) have been driving the Taxi based out of Nederland, CO around the United States for over four years now. The line-up has evolved and Herman and company have been known to grab an extra rider or two along the way. The core line-up has been solidified with Jim Lewin of Santa Cruz, CA on electric guitars and vocals, along with the new rhythm section provided by Chris Sheldon on drums and Brian Adams on bass (both toured extensively in the Phish tribute band Phix).
On any given night the audience is encouraged to jump on board and join in the festivities. At many performances GAT has been known to show up with some extra all-stars in the band as well including such musical luminaries as Bill Kreutzmann of the Grateful Dead, Todd Snider, Barry Sless, Papa Mali, Coolio (yes, 90's rap star icon), Tim Carbone of Railroad Earth, and the list goes on. Great American Taxi brands their music “Americana without borders.”
Taxi definitely knows no boundaries and their 21st century brand of Americana music is sure to get you dancing and singing along. Diving into an ever expanding repertoire of their own carefully crafted electric folk music along with a great catalog of influential Folk, Americana, Bluegrass and Rock songs, all in attendance will find something to latch onto at a Taxi show. Whether you grew up listening to Gram Parsons, the Grateful Dead, the Byrds, Bob Dylan, Bill Monroe, Willie Nelson or Woody Guthrie, plan on taking a great American musical journey. All you have to do is pay the fare, get in the Great American Taxi, and enjoy the trip.
A Rockford, IL born singer/songwriter came into this world knowing that life would be a journey filled with musical adventure and tall tales. A bloodline of music stemming back to his great grandfather, grandfather, and father, left Miles no choice but to follow in the same musical footsteps that had been stamped out before him. Miles stated, “ Most of my childhood was spent on a tour bus traveling across the country with Cheap Trick.” That is where his songwriting began to develop. The songs that began to pour out were obvious childhood wonders “ No New Skin Ever Again “ a tale that is a constant about a child’s wonder if his first serious wound would ever heal. “ Don’t Wanna Be a Bricked UP Window “ looked at life through an old windows’ mind as to the loss of never seeing or dreaming again. These were just a few of the songs that sparked Miles into believing that there was a better way to daydream. “Songwriting has always been a way for me to meld the world of dreams and real life together.” T
he songwriting process that Miles has developed is a testament to a life dedicated to music. Miles Nielsen live is an emotional intimate experience that will leave you wanting to laugh, cry, dance, and dream……. “ Music is the only language that can speak to everyone’s soul.”
Miles also plays the bass and collaborates with Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons.
The Dawn will open for Miles so check them out at http://www.myspace.com/thedawnmusic
The RME is excited for the return of Tim Reynolds and TR3! Each time Tim Reynolds has brought new musical elements to each show and we’re lucky to get him back for a third time! Tim is truly full electric rock and funk and the best player on the planet.
Tim Reynolds has been playing music all of his life. Starting as a bass player in a gospel band in his hometown of St. Louis to his break through band in the 80’s TR3 and forward to recording with and touring with the Dave Matthews Band and the Dave Matthews Tim Reynolds Acoustic Duo.
Tim’s progression has continued through his last 8 years on the road as a solo acoustic guitar wizard playing for packed houses who have come to realize this is not Dave side man this is one of the most talented and thoughtful players on the circuit today!!
Now things have come full circle and TR3 is back again to Rock and Funk your house down. The songs will be a mix of updated Tim classics to wild covers of everything from James Brown to Prince to Tim’s newest catalogue of material he is preparing just for this tour.
The five-song EP exhibit A, released in digital form on Vanguard, provides a bracing introduction to the
rapidly evolving music of Chicago-based quartet Daphne Willis & Co. Operating within the deft settings
created by her Berklee- and Columbia-trained bandmates - lead guitarist John Cicora, bassist Ryan Kolberg
and drummer/percussionist Josh Fox - the 21-year-old frontwoman makes supple, soulful music possessing a sophistication that belies her age. Because of the silky, disarming ease of her songs, Willis has been
described as a female Jack Johnson, but below the surface this introspective young artist brings a cuttingedge liveliness to the confessional singer/songwriter tradition that recalls the music of Rickie Lee Jones at the same age.
The proactive band has been together less than two years, but they've already made deep inroads on the Midwest club circuit to the point where they're now performing at top-echelon venues like Schuba's in Chicago, The Annex in Madison, First Avenue in Minneapolis and the River Roots Live Festival in Davenport and pulling off this feat without the help of a booking agent. They've deepened the impression with the selfmade 2007 EP Matter of Time, which they've been selling, along with T-shirts and other gear, at their merch table.
They were well into the recording of their first full-length album, planning to release it themselves, when Vanguard and Welk Music Group head Kevin Welk plugged in his earbuds during a flight on American Airlines and heard several Matter of Time tracks on one of the in-flight music programs. Immediately hooked by Willis' vocal emotiveness, the depth of her writing and the tasty performances of the band, he wasted no time tracking her down. Willis was knocked out by the enthusiasm of Welk and Nashville-based Vanguard A&R rep Gary Paczosa, who'd been dispatched to Chicago to check out the band in live performance. Paczosa wound up lending his expertise to the project, mixing exhibit A's three studio tracks and mastering the EP. "Gary's an extremely talented guy who's worked with Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks and Alison Krauss," says Willis. "So, from a vocal standpoint, his involvement was an extra bonus and an excellent opportunity for me to grow." Paczosa is also helping with additional recording for Willis & Co.'s debut album, which Vanguard will release in 2009. Producing and engineering both EP and full-length is Chicagoan Stephen Shirk, who also mixed the EP's two live tracks.
Seven piece band THE RIGHT NOW, of Chicago, will open the show. Give them a listen at http://www.myspace.com/therightnowmusic - you won't be disappointed.
The River Music Experience is pleased to welcome back ABK for a special all ages show in the Redstone Room. Due to unforeseen circumstances last time he was in town in June 2009, ABK was unable to perform at the last minute, so the RME decided to bring him back and give his fans another opportunity to see him in the Quad Cities area.
ABK, born James Lowery, was raised on the eastside of Detroit with an upbringing surrounded by his Native American culture. He started making music as a young child with anything he could find to make instruments. He participated in Native American schools and in POW–wow competitions. His techniques in traditional and fancy dancing gave him a rhythm to express feeling threw his music and began writing his own songs at 13 years old.
By the age of 15, all the kids in the neighborhood were paying $2- $4, to watch him perform “live” in his garage. When they kept coming back for more, he took it to the streets and began starting a name for himself.
ABK (Anybody Killa) has been performing & producing records ever since he begun in 1995, sharing his sound native funk hip hop sound with the world. He has opened for Insane Clown Posse and Twiztid on multiple tours, and eventually became signed to Psychopathic Records as a solo artist. His continued success has allowed him to travel the country on 13 different tours, exciting crowds at every performance!
In 2003, he released his first solo album on Psychopathic, titled “Hatchet Warrior”, followed by “Dirty History” in 2004, and “Road Fools”, ABK’s first DVD/EP in 2005. ABK featured on almost every Psychopathic album released in the time he was there. He was also a member of the Psychopathic groups Dark Lotus, and Rydas and formed a project group of himself and Blaze, known as Drive-By, and released a prelude album titled “Pony Down” in 2005. Check out ABK’s newest Psychopathic album, Mudface, which is in stores now.
Critical Bill will open the show!
Tickets on sale now
Doors 6:30pm • Show 7:30pm
• $10 in advance; $15 day of show
• Website
April 24 , 2010 Saturday
The Nadas with Danika Holmes
ROCK / FOLK ROCK / COUNTRY
Over the past sixteen years, The Des Moines based folk-country rock band, 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.
The Nadas new album, Almanac, was an unusual recording and writing process for the band. They recorded and released one song a month all year and uploaded to the website, which allowed fans to comment, criticize and became an integral part of the album. In September of 2009, select fans that had joined the Almanac Project were extended an exclusive invitation to a special songwriting session arranged to write that month’s addition to this most unique album.
"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."
Quad City songstress Danika Holmes will open the show. Check out her sound at www.danikaholmes.com
Tickets are on sale now:
Doors 7:30PM • Show 8:30PM
• $10 in advance / $15 day of show
• Website
April 30 , 2010 Friday
Shawn Phillips
FOLK ROCK
Shawn Phillips helped define folk-rock in the sixties and progressive-new-age rock in the seventies.
"...an artist of such raw talent, ambition and good will...Phillips' main attraction is still his voice. Reedy and flexible, with a remarkable falsetto, it is a potent dramatic instrument. " that's what Rolling Stone Magazine had to say about Shawn Phillips, a musician whose work literally fits into no category.
Shawn Phillips has almost twenty albums to his credit (of which millions have been sold) and a host of associations with some of the most respected names in the industry including Donovan, Paul Buckmaster, J Peter Robinson, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood and many others, yet he is virtually forgotten except by his cadre of loyal fans. The Texas-born singer/songwriter was called "The best kept secret in the music business," by the late rock impresario Bill Graham.
Beginning in the 1960s, Phillips made noteworthy contributions to popular music. He co-wrote Donovan's "Sunshine Superman" album, sang on the Beatles' "Lovely Rita", showed Joni Mitchell guitar techniques, and while working with Donovan introduced the sitar to pop music. He performed at the "Isle of Wight" festival and was cast to play the lead in the original production of "Jesus Christ Superstar" (he had to withdraw due to his heavy recording and touring schedule.)
Throughout the 60s Phillips' worked the folk music scene in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury, New York's Greenwich Village, and London. In 1967 Phillips moved to Positano, Italy, where he remained throughout the 1970s, writing some of his most well known work. This period produced the albums 'Contribution', 'Second Contribution', 'Collaboration' and 'Faces".
Four of his albums "Faces," "Bright White," "Furthermore" and "Do You Wonder" made it into the Billboard Top 100. In addition, the singles, "Lost Horizon," "We" and "Woman" made Billboard's top 40. His latest album, 'No Category' featuring his longtime collaborators Paul Buckmaster and Peter Robinson was released in 2002.
Today Shawn lives in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, with his wife Juliet and son Liam, dividing his time between writing, touring, and his work as an emergency medical technician (EMT) and firefighter.
This is a SEATED SHOW, meaning every ticket holder is promised a seat but location of seating is a on a first come, first served basis the night of the show, just like our regular Redstone Room concerts. Tickets are limited so get yours soon!
Cody is a folk-singers folk-singer and a poets poet. He was born and bred in Delavan IL, population 25, surrounded by the endless skies of the American Midwest. Before moving to Chicago in 2003, Cody tried his hand at sessions in Nashville and carefully hewed and tested his art in college town bars and honky-tonks around the Midwest. He now plays regularly in the city and its not uncommon to see whole rooms full of strangers erupt and sing along to the choruses of his songs on their first listen. Codys voice is powerful and gritty, emotionally piercing while subtly imbuing additional layers of meaning and poignancy in his lyrical delivery. His song-writing is deeply rooted in the American Folk tradition and all of its grit but with a post Dylan sense of wit, perspicacity and that certain savior-faire. He didnt go to college but he drank all of their beer.
Every folk-singer has to migrate to the city, in a way it seems to be hidden in definition of a folk singer anymore. Cody has come to remind Chicago that it is in Illinois. And to remind the rest of the world that when Louis Armstrong redefined, some say invented the art of Jazz in the 1920s he brought his Hot Fives to Chicago to do it. When Robert Johnson wanted to put his Mississippi Mud on wax, his hellhound chased him to Chicago to do it. And same like, Cody has come to Chicago to deliver what it needs, when it isnt even sure itself. He is currently recording a collection of songs from his vast back-catalog and performing across the heartland.
Quad City Musicians Sara Angelique and Alan Sweet will support the show. Check them out at www.myspace.com/saraangeliquemoulton and www.myspace.com/alansweetmusic
Join Iowa’s Danika Holmes CD Release Show in the Redstone Room!
Danika Holmes writes and performs primarily pop music with a country influence that sounds like a cross between Colbie Caillat and Norah Jones. A country influence can be heard in the instrumentals and bluesy undertones throughout the vocals. An acoustic guitar sound is central, while congas, smooth grooves, harmonies, and guitar riffs have also helped to create Holmes’ unique feel.
She recently recorded my debut album at Big White House Studios in Illinois with producer and studio owner Paul Hamilton. Holmes is excited to share the release of her debut album, "Second Chances" with all her fans!
Holmes says, “I’m creating music that makes me happy and hopefully can make you happy, too. It's all about the music!”
**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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