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Legendary Quad-Cities musician Kerry Tucker (Douglas and Tucker, Einstein’s Sister) talks about recording and finishing his new EP, “Undertow,” at Abbey Road, the experience of working on his first solo album, and the various highlights of his four-plus decade career in music. Tucker talks about the Einstein’s Sister album “Learning Curves” being named one of the top 100 power pop albums of all time by critics, playing at International Pop Overthrow, working with Miles Showell and Nick Davis (who have worked with everyone from Genesis to the Beatles and more), hearing his music on MTV, and more. Tucker will be performing an album release party with his band, Einstein’s Sister, at Common Chord in downtown Davenport Friday night, and the record is available at CoOp and Ragged Records locations as well as all online music stores.

Mike Thoms is the incumbent Rock Island mayor facing off against challenger Ashley Harris for the Rock Island mayoral election to be held April 1. (Early voted has already started) As part of our ongoing commitment to providing fair, comprehensive and contextual conversation with local newsmakers, particularly surrounding important elections, QC Uncut has hosted Mr. Thoms and Mr. Harris in separate episodes. To keep the playing field as even and fair as possible, both candidates were asked exactly the same questions, were interviewed on the same day, and their time to speak was within the same parameter of roughly 75 minutes.

We talked to both of them about a wide-ranging number of topics, with many questions submitted by Rock Island residents. Conversation included discussion on the Rock Island downtown, 11th Street development, growing car theft and crime in the city, negative perceptions of the city, the Jakarta Jackson case, and more. Both conversations were in-depth and substantive and offer a wealth of information to help local residents make their own decision on the future direction of the city in their mayoral election. We hope you listen to both and get out the vote on April 1.

Ashley Harris is challenging incumbent Mike Thoms for the Rock Island mayoral election to be held April 1. (Early voted has already started) As part of our ongoing commitment to providing fair, comprehensive and contextual conversation with local newsmakers, particularly surrounding important elections, QC Uncut has hosted Mr. Harris as well as Mr. Thoms in separate episodes. To keep the playing field as even and fair as possible, both candidates were asked exactly the same questions, were interviewed on the same day, and their time to speak was within the same parameter of roughly 75 minutes.

We talked to both of them about a wide-ranging number of topics, with many questions submitted by Rock Island residents. Conversation included discussion on the Rock Island downtown, 11th Street development, growing car theft and crime in the city, negative perceptions of the city, the Jakarta Jackson case, and more. Both conversations were in-depth and substantive and offer a wealth of information to help local residents make their own decision on the future direction of the city in their mayoral election. We hope you listen to both and get out the vote on April 1.

Scott Beck talks about the opening of the new Last Picture House, his new theater project with creative partner Bryan Woods. The local filmmaker, best known for “A Quiet Place” and “65” also talks about his upcoming project with Hugh Grant and other plans for the future for their filmmaking careers as well as the Picture House.

Emily Kate Long returns to QCUncut to talk about her career with Ballet Quad Cities, as a dancer and behind-the-scenes, including her work with the group’s latest show, “The Rite of Spring, Bolero, and More” as well as her inspirations and creative and thematic thinking behind her choreography.

Quad-Cities musician William Campbell has been nominated for two Oscars and an Emmy, and has won a number of awards for his various soundtracks and symphonic works. He’s celebrating the release of a new album, “Together We Rise,” with a concert at 7:30 p.m. April 29 at Galvin Fine Arts Center, St. Ambrose Campus, Davenport. We talk about his career in music, his encounter with Elton John at the Oscars, working on a zombie film soundtrack, and more.

At age 20, Maddy Kreszenz is one of the youngest members of Ballet Quad Cities, seeing the performance world through new eyes and enjoying her experience. She talks about how she got involved in dance, her career up to this point and ambitions for her future, and her roles in this coming weekend’s shows at 2:30 and 7:30 April 22 at Davenport’s Adler Theatre.

Ballet Quad Cities’ Jill Van Cura and Joe Chonto talk about the powerful and moving new ballet, “Our Will to Live,” taking place at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8 at Davenport’s Adler Theatre.