Country
Cale Tyson
Fat Lil’s, Oxford
Tonight
Tickets £10 from wegottickets.com

Rolling Stone magazine described Cale as “old school outlaw country for a new generation of excited country fans.” Others point to his gentle, melancholy, whiskey-soaked sound. Fat Lil’s once again plays a blinder by hosting the Texan’s first UK tour. Unmissable.

Pop
U2 Tribe
Northcourt, Abingdon
Tomorrow
Tickets £8 musicatthenorthcourt.weebly.com

Acclaimed tribute band to the music of Bono and his mates, celebrating the launch of new Abingdon venue. Also on are local indie band 31hours.

Acoustic
All Tamara’s Parties
Missing Bean Coffee Roasters, Magdalen Road, Oxford
Saturday
Tickets £6, tamaraandthemartyrs.bandcamp.com

Acoustic loveliness courtesy of Tamara Parsons-Baker, who presents poet Caroline Bird, songwriter Jack Harris and folk trio Freada, who come armed with guitar, accordion, mandolin and steel drum.

Alternative rock
Balloon Ascents
Ultimate Picture Palace
Wednesday
Tickets uppcinema.com

Oxford’s bright young things continue their rise to fame with a show at the town’s UPP to follow its fancy dress screening of cult mock-rockumentary This Is Spinal Tap.

Cello
Duotone
North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford
Wednesday 
Tickets £12 from thenorthwall.com

Oxford cellist Duotone, aka Barney Morse-Brown, has performed with multi-platinum artist Birdy and BBC Folk Award winners the Imagined Village, Chris Wood, Eliza Carthy and Jackie Oates. On Wednesday he launches his third album, Let’s Get Low.

Avant-garde
Laura Moody 
Norrington Room, Blackwell’s Bookshop
Tomorrow
£8, wegottickets.com

Cellist Laura Moody’s emotive, acoustic magic is neither classical nor folk, but something beautiful, imaginative and stirring.