Scottish folk
Emily Smith
Fat Lil’s, Witney
Tonight
fatlils.co.uk

Award-winning Scottish folkie, Emily has a huge fanbase on account of her gorgeous voice and engaging playing style. 

Don’t miss the former BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year and Scots Singer of the Year in this great venue.

Rock-pop
The Amazons
Bullingdon, Oxford
Tomorrow
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Reading four-piece (including old Oxford Brookes boy Chris Alderton) top off a blistering summer of festivals and gigs with a show at The Bully to launch single Junk Food Forever Expect jagged riffs which will embed themselves in your subconscious from this time forth and on to eternity. 
 
Scottish Folk
Rura
Cornerstone Didcot
Friday
cornerstone-arts.org

More top-notch music from north of the border. 

A leading light of the new Scottish folk scene, Rura combine talented instrumentation, songcraft and a balance of musical traditions and contemporary ideas.

So expect looping melody lines from fiddler Jack Smedley and haunting Highland pipes and whistle from Steven Blake, alongside David Foley’s bodhran and Adam Brown’s guitar tempered by the earthy vocals of Adam Holmes. 

It’s Gaelic folk, but not as we know it. 

Jazz
Art Themen
St Giles Church, Oxford
Saturday
Jazzatstgiles.com

Top saxophonist Art Themen opens this season’s programme of Jazz at St Giles. 

Described as Britain’s greatest living jazz sax player, Art is joined by fellow virtuosos Martin Pickett, Paul Jeffries and Ben Twyford.

Blues
Grainne Duffy
The Bullingdon, Oxford
Monday
Wegottickets.co.uk

The Haven Club presents another international blues star in the shape of this acclaimed Irish artist, who has been described as a powerhouse of soul and rock & roll, with a voice reminiscent of Bonnie Raitt.

Folk
Paul Downes & Phil Beer
Nettlebed Folk Club
Monday
nettlebedfolkclub.co.uk

All-star lineup for 40th anniversary celebration of influential folk club.