Funk-rock
The Fun Lovin’ Criminals
O2 Academy Oxford
Tonight
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Huey Morgan and his band of New York party-starters return to the Cowley Road for more feel-good tunes in a night to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their seminal album Come Find Yourself – featuring the Pulp Fiction-sampling Scooby Snacks and the swaggering King of New York.

Folk
Charlie Dore
The Unicorn, Abingdon
Tonight
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Best remembered for her 1979 hit, Pilot of the Airwaves, Charlie Dore deserves recognition for far more than that.

She is a talented singer-songwriter whose award-winning songs have been recorded for Tina Turner, Celine Dion, Joe Brown and even George Harrison.

Experimental folk
C Duncan
Old Fire Station, Oxford
Tomorrow
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Mixing lo-fi folk with choral harmonies, Duncan has carved out a reputation for bold and imaginative song writing – which is why he found himself nominated for the 2015 Mercury prize, with his album Architect.

Alt-rock
John Grant
O2 Academy Oxford
Tomorrow
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Michigan-born but Reykjavik-based, John Grant is a cult artist of extraordinary talent and commitment. The former members of 90s band The Czars went solo six years ago, having battled drug and alcohol problems. He has since hogged the Top 20, collaborated with the likes of Sinead O’Connor, Goldfrapp and Elton John, and won a Best International Male Solo Artist BRIT nomination.

Mongolian folk
Anda Union
St Barnabas Church, Jericho, Oxford
Tomorrow
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With its haunting melodies, and evocative rhythms, it’s surprising Mongolian folk music is not better known. If anyone can rectify that, however, it’s Anda Union – a group of young throat singers who are giving this ancient music a fresh, modern voice.

Soul-rock
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats
O2 Academy Oxford
Sunday
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Former Missouri blues-rocker serves delicious soul with the aid of some buddies from back home. Expect heartfelt songs from a guy who really has seen it all.