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Dan DeLuca's picks: Prince, C.J. Chenier, The Who, and more

The Who/Joan Jett & the Blackhearts. Half a Who is better than none, and recent Pete Townshend-Roger Daltrey tours under the name brand of one of the four greatest 1960s British Invasion bands - along with the Beatles, Stones, and Kinks - have been robust. The always forthright and impassioned Jett sweetens the pot. Sunday at Wells Fargo Center and Friday at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.

The Who/Joan Jett & the Blackhearts. Half a Who is better than none, and recent Pete Townshend-Roger Daltrey tours under the name brand of one of the four greatest 1960s British Invasion bands - along with the Beatles, Stones, and Kinks - have been robust. The always forthright and impassioned Jett sweetens the pot. Sunday at Wells Fargo Center and Friday at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.

Prince, "Baltimore." "Does anybody hear us pray/For Michael Brown and Freddie Gray?" On this pointed protest song, Prince is empathetic and philosophical ("Peace is more than the absence of war"), but he's also making exceedingly catchy pop music, which is what will ensure that his message song will be heard. Streaming on SoundCloud.

Darrell Scott, "Country Music (I'm Talkin' to You)." On Ten: The Songs of Ben Bullington, country-to-the-bone singer Scott, who's toured with Robert Plant and released several albums of his own tunes, sings the songs of a Montana doctor who died of pancreatic cancer in 2013. This rousing highlight tune takes to task the genre the singer still loves deep down in his heart but is fed up with after so many songs "about having rum drinks by the pool/You treat us like we're all a bunch of fools." Available on iTunes.

C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band/Philly Gumbo. This zydeco scion comes from excellent stock: His Creole father, Clifton, was the acknowledged father of accordion-pumped jumping- bean music.Sunday at Ardmore Music Hall.

Miley Cyrus, Joan Jett, and Laura Jane Grace, "Androgynous." Cyrus recently inducted Jett into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and with Grace, the leader of the punk band Against Me!, they cover Paul Westerberg's ode to in-betweenness. It's from The Backyard Sessions, an album to benefit Cyrus' Happy Hippie Foundation, whose mission is "to rally young people to fight injustice facing homeless youth, LGBT youth, and other vulnerable populations." Viewable at happyhippies.org.