R&B
The Drifters
New Theatre Oxford
Tonight
Tickets £28.90-£75.90 from atgtickets.com

The ever-evolving, constantly renewing American vocal group return for a trip through their 60-year history under the leadership of the talented Michael Williams.

Look forward to such classics as Up On The Roof, On Broadway, Kissing In The Back Row of The Movies, Under The Boardwalk and Save The Last Dance For Me.

Irish folk
Cara Dillon
Cornerstone, Didcot
Tomorrow
Tickets £20, (£18 concs) from cornerstone-arts.org

She has been credited as having the world’s most beautiful voice. And anyone who has heard her beguiling vocal talents would have to agree that claim is not so far-fetched.

She brings fresh interpretations of traditional standards. Support comes from the extraordinary Oxford singer-songwriter Jess Hall, who will be joined by Duotone’s Barney Morse-Brown and Stornoways’ Jon Ouin.

Big Band
Five Star Swing
Cornerstone, Didcot
Sunday
Tickets £15 (£13.50 concs) from cornerstone-arts.org

There’s nothing quite like the sound of a big band in full swing, and few swing like this bunch.

The band follow their Poppy Appeal appearance at London’s Leicester Square Theatre for an evening of vintage swing, featuring classic songs from the likes of Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and Glenn Miller.

The show is led by bandleader Chris Smith Jr, composer and arranger for the BBC Radio Big Band and a former composer for Glenn Miller’s brother Herb Miller’s Big Band.

Blues
Laurence Jones
The Bullingdon, Oxford
Monday
Tickets £10 from wegottickets.com

Scorching blues-rock from one of the youngest top blues talents in the land.

Voted Young Artist of the Year, his style is described as a cross between Eric Clapton and Buddy Guy.

Local bands
Bear and the Woods
The Listening Room at the Old Fire Station, Oxford
Tuesday
Tickets: £7 from ticketsoxford.com

Enjoy a trio of quality unsigned Oxford bands courtesy of The Listening Room, who have lined up muscular folk singer Bear and the Woods, singer-songwriter Sylva Kay and powerful seven-piece indie-rock act We Aeronauts