Indie-folk
Daughter
O2 Academy Oxford
Saturday
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North London indie-folk act Daughter spent 2015 making waves with their widely-acclaimed debut for 4AD records, If You Leave.

Now Elena Tonra and her band are back for more of that dreamy loveliness. Even if their name is unfamiliar, you’ll probably know their song Youth, which has appeared on all manner of TV programmes. It’s rolling, gently epic strains summing up the beauty of this enigmatic collective.

They return with tunes from their second album Not To Disappear – out later this month.

Country
Johnny Cash Roadshow
New Theatre Oxford
Tuesday
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Look forward to dark-edged country, Johnny Cash style, with the ultimate homage to the Man in Black. Expect Ring of Fire, San Quentin and all the rest.

Jazz
Fresh Dixie 
The Bullingdon
Monday
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If you like your jazz blended with pop and soothed with a dash of soul, then there are worse places to be, on Monday, than The Bully, which plays host to one of the UK’s most exciting cross-over jazz acts.

Cool while also energetic and infectiousness, the band have spent the past 18 months doing their ‘thang’ everywhere from Ronnie Scott’s to the Cheltenham Jazz Festival. They have also sold-out Pizza Express jazz club in Soho and recorded at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios. Impressive then.

Blues
Rebecca Ferguson
New Theatre Oxford
January 22
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She may have made her name as a runner-up on the X Factor, but Rebecca Ferguson has since established a reputation on her own impressive credentials. Now the smoky-voice diva is back with third album Lady Sings the Blues – a reinterpretation of Billie Holiday’s classic songs, recorded at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles – where the legendary blues singer herself recorded.

Indie-pop
Eliza & The Bear
The Bullingdon
January 30
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There may be no Eliza, and certainly no bear, but this all-lad five-piece do have a great line in breazy indie-pop. The band release their debut album in April, but have already unveiled their new single It Gets Cold.