Highlights - De La Soul, Fairport Convention, Pokey LaFarge and more

The Love and Affection singer returns to charm fans with her intimate, open-hearted songs dating back over 40 years in the business.

Hip-hop
De La Soul
O2 Academy, Oxford
Tonight
Tickets £25 from ticketweb.co.uk

Daisy Age hip-hop trio De La Soul bring a blast of late 80s urban fun to Cowley Road with tunes from classic 3 Feet High and Rising and more. Support from Pete Rock and Dr Erbz.

Jazz
Pokey LaFarge
O2 Academy, Oxford
Tonight
Tickets £17.50 from ticketweb.co.uk

Blues, jazz, ragtime, country and Western swing... the St Louis-based singer-songwriter crafts something that’s all his own with a dapper sprinkling of style.

African Dele sosimi afrobeat orchestra n The Bullingdon, Oxford n Tomorrow n Tickets from wegottickets.com Expect a show with political as well as musical punch, which could have come straight out of 1970s Lagos.

Jazz
Jazz on a Summer's Day
St Giles Church, Oxford
Saturday, 7.30pm
Tickets £12 (£10 concs, £5 students) on the door

The acclaimed David Gordon trio play a one-off summer jazz concert at St Giles, as a taster for the church’s autumn jazz season. See Soundbites.

Folk-rock
Fairport Convention
Didcot Cornerstone
Sunday
Tickets from Cornerstone

The band runs through old favourites along with new tunes from latest album Myths & Heroes.

Hip-hop/indie rock
Young Fathers
O2 Academy, Oxford
Tuesday
Tickets from ticketweb.co.uk

Mercury Prize-winning Edinburgh trio call in as part of a 19-date tour, following the release of album White Men are Black Men Too and new song Soon Come Soon.

Singer-songwriter
Chip Taylor 
The Bullingdon, Oxford
Wednesday
Tickets from wegottickets.com

Catch the brother of Jon Voight, uncle of Angelina Jolie, former professional gambler, and writer of such classics as Wild Thing and Angel Of The Morning.