Des Moines artist Dan Tedesco brought his alternative-folk sound to the M-Shop on Saturday, entertaining a crowd of all ages.

The opener, Fred Love, started off the night with a low-key country sound, that simultaneously soothed and excited the audience. Accompanied only by his guitar and tapping foot, Love’s songs ranged from stories about “those permanent goodbyes” to odes to his 5-year old son, and their emotional power was only amplified by the rising and falling of the sound of his guitar. Love played for about thirty minutes before proclaiming that “Dan Tedesco and his righteous band are up next,” leaving the audience to wait for them to take the stage.

After about ten minutes, Dan Tedesco and his band came out. The three unassuming guys started plugging in cords and tuning their guitars and basses, and without a word, launched into their first song. While the crowd was not the largest the M-Shop had ever seen, Tedesco played like he was in a packed venue, his voice and riffs soaring through the room.

After a couple songs with his full band, Tedesco switched guitars and played a couple more acoustic, stripped down songs.

Most of the songs on the setlist were from his 2016 album “Dan Tedesco II”, his fifth album. One of the highlights of this portion of the show was his song “Let Me Play My Guitar (I Will Not Do You Wrong”). Before he began to play, Tedesco told the story of his college years at Arizona State University, and how he made the decision to let go of his desk job and continue to pursue music; the song was about “the thing that you love that keeps you up at night.”

After a couple solo songs, Tedesco brought the full band back out for the last leg of the set. The final few songs were guitar driven alternative rock with a country twang, with Tedesco’s guitar riffs getting more and more elaborate and impressive as the songs progressed.

The final song ended with a riff off between Tedesco and his bass player, culminating in one loud, final chord. After it resolved, the crowd went nuts, and Tedesco took it all in humbly, thanking the crowd and smiling widely, the energy still filling the M-Shop even after the end of the show.