Barefoot & Sunshine is leading up to their second summer of touring with their tour send-off show Friday, April 14th at Village Theatre in Davenport, IA. Toadaso and the Bottle Kids opens the night at 7:30. Dean Mattoon and Esmé Alexis blend style and voice, writing about such things as death, goodbyes, how they wish things were, and a few good times along the way. No matter the sentiment, you’d be hard-pressed to find them playing a song that didn’t have great meaning to them. Dead set on making and sharing their music full-time, they’re gearing up for another six months of traveling... Read More

Aaron Lee Tasjan with Lewis Knudsen and Esme Alexis are performing Live at Daytrotter at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 15 at the Daytrotter locale at 324 Brady St., Davenport. Tickets are $8 in advance/$10 at doors. For more info call 563-293-3240. The show is all ages. East Nashville-based musician Aaron Lee Tasjan has always considered himself a songwriter first and foremost, writing his own off-kilter folk-inflected songs since he picked up his first acoustic as a teen guitar prodigy. “A lot of the stuff I did previously was never the main focal point,” Tasjan explains. “It’s all just been... Read More