DAVID G SMITH

I will be appearing with Angela Meyer, on her Muddy Water Radio show which she hosts every week on WQUD Vintage Radio this Saturday between 2-3p CDT. The show can be streamed from ANYWHERE on the planet! She and I have known each other for like about 2 lifetimes. She works hard as a radio deejay, and even harder as a successful singer-songwriter. We are going to talk shop, talk songs, and talk about my latest release, Hero Street. We might even talk about AI...oh my!

Thanks to Bill Hillman at Shenandoah's The Depot, I got a call from Dusty Skahill at KMA Radio to come in and do what he described as a "Tiny Desk-like" concert called CENTURY SESSIONS. There will be a live in-studio with potential parking-lot-audience looking in and the show will be broadcast with audio airing LIVE on both their AM (960) and FM (91.1) stations. Video of the show will also be broadcast on Facebook and YouTube. This will indeed be a fun setting to debut some of the new Hero Street album that will release later this year! Please note the offset air-time: 5:40-6:40p. For more info visit their KMA website or call 712-246-5270. Did I mention, this station is located in the boyhood home of the Everly Brothers....talk about a cool vibe!

From the upcoming Hero Street album release (June 26, 2026) Co-Writer Tom Favreau brought this idea to the table about how scientists were surprised when rust was discovered at the moon's poles as it has no atmosphere and was thought to have no water. Turns out the moon picks up bits of oxygen when it passes through Earth's magnetotail, which combines with traces of water trapped in the lunar soil. Add a little iron and VOILA! Who knew! And who knew you could come up with a love song outta that mess! Visit https://davidgsmithmusic.com/home to purchase your copy of the soon to be released Hero Street album and sign up for the newsletter while you are there to keep posted about what's going on in the world of Hey Dave Music!

On May 21, Emmy Award winners, Fourth Wall Films, will offer a free screening to the public of "Hero Street: The Last To Fall" at BPL via Bettendorf Public Library Community Connections program. For those who haven't heard, the title cut of my new album HERO STREET is part of this film's soundtrack. Show time is 1:30PM. Visit https://www.fourthwallfilms.com/ for more information about this and other films these fine folks have created!

The concert happens in the boyhood town of the Everly Brothers. It always feels like a homecoming for me too when I return to one of my fave places on the planet to perform.The food, the setting, the PEOPLE, is all stellar. It's an outdoor show under a big top tent. And on a summer's night the aroma of bar-b-q will make your mouth water and heart melt. I like this place so much I hang around way past my usual two set limit to play music. This is a pre Memorial Day weekend show. Might as well extend your weekend by one more day and let er rip at The Depot. Great time guaranteed!

Play Music....and Play Ball! Home of the Duluth Huskies baseball team: Northwoods League. I'll be enjoying myself with two of my favorite pastimes: performing original songs to a live audience and sitting in the bleachers watching a little baseball! Throw in a beer and a hotdog and what's not to like!!! 5-7p for my show and it's FREE! BTW, the food at Sir-Ben's is absolutely excellent and the desserts to die for!

Green Fire Song-Video will premiere on Twangville! This song was inspired by a fellow native Iowan, Aldo Leopold. He was instrumental in surveying the land in New Mexico that was to become the first federally sanctioned wilderness area in the US, known as The Gila Wilderness, in 1924. His philosophy and actions embodied the idea that humans are part of, no separate from, the natural world. The title "Green Fire" is taken directly from Leopold's " A Sand County Almanac" whereby he relays a life, and philosophy changing event. An avid hunter, he shot a wolf in the Gila from a distance and reached the still-breathing animal in time to "watch a fierce green fire dying in her eyes." Visit https://davidgsmithmusic.com/home to grab your pre-release (June 26, 2026) album of Hero Street and sign up to the newsletter while you are there to keep posted for what's going on in the world of Hey Dave Music!

(SHOW BROADCAST TIMES ARE LISTED BELOW.) This bi-weekly radio and podcast show's byline reads: "Talking Art" is a partnership between WVIK, Quad Cities NPR and Quad City Arts in which Ben Gougeon interviews artists from the Quad Cities and beyond!

We'll be talking about my new Hero Street album, the recent film the title track appears in, and the Hero Street FUNdraiser release party to benefit the Mexican-American community in the Quad Cities.

The show airs new episodes every other Thursday. Excerpts are broadcast at 8:01 AM on WVIK Classical (98.3 FM) and 2:01 PM on WVIK News (90.3 FM), with the full interview available as a podcast produced in partnership with Quad City Arts. Stay tuned for more details!

The day has finally arrived! David's 12th album HERO STREET launches today! The title track is featured on PBS in the just-released episode "Hero Street: The Last To Fall" created by FourthWallFilms.com. The Hero Street song and 9-part film series were inspired by 8 Mexican-American soldiers, their stories and their community. They exemplify courage and sacrifice. They inspire! This street and community is real and located in Silvis, IL. In the bigger picture, the potential hero lives in each of us...if and when we are willing to embrace it! Please visit https://davidgsmithmusic.com/home to purchase this new album, to see the tour schedule, and to find out more about the very compelling Hero Street story! We will continue posting about Hero Street related shows and events as they become known to us! While you're there, sign up for the David's newsletter and you'll be getting the inside scoop about what's going on in the Hey Dave world of music!

If you are not a member of Quad Cities Tennis Center you can be. There are indoor/outdoor hard courts. There are 3 grass courts. I will be playing music during the morning of women's Wimbledom Finals. QCTC's grass courts will also be open and on display. For more information regarding this show and/or membership please visit QCTC's website or call (309) 762-2400