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Dan DeLuca's Mix Picks: Mavis and Loretta on TV, plus Rickie Lee Jones, Conan and Alex Shaw in concert

Mavis Staples. The 76-year-old gospel great with the rumbling bass voice is celebrated in the HBO music doc Mavis!, whose talking heads include her ex-boyfriend Bob Dylan. And there's Livin' on a High Note, her new M. Ward-produced album with new songs by Ben Harper, Bon Iver, Aloe Blacc, among others. On HBO on Demand.

Gospel singer Mavis Staples.
Gospel singer Mavis Staples.Read more

Mavis Staples. The 76-year-old gospel great with the rumbling bass voice is celebrated in the HBO music doc Mavis!, whose talking heads include her ex-boyfriend Bob Dylan. And there's Livin' on a High Note, her new M. Ward-produced album with new songs by Ben Harper, Bon Iver, Aloe Blacc, among others. On HBO on Demand.

Rickie Lee Jones. The longtime Los Angeles-based "Chuck E.'s in Love" and Pirates singer-songwriter's 2015 The Other Side of Desire was her first album of new material in 10 years, inspired by her new home, New Orleans. Monday at World Cafe Live.

"Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl." Two-hour bio of the 83-year-old Butcher Hollow, Ky., protofeminist country singer is a companion piece to her new album, Full Circle, and features such guests as Jack White, Sissy Spacek, and Miranda Lambert. On DVD and PBS on Demand.

Conan. No, not the redheaded late-night host. This Conan is a heavy-rock power trio of Liverpudlians whose sound has been labeled "caveman battle doom" and who play Wednesday at Kung Fu Necktie on their way to SXSW.

Alex Shaw: "The Mandinga Experiment."

Alo Brasil founder Shaw's entry into the "Intercultural Journey: The Artistry of Identity and Transformation" series explores the legacy of the Afro Brazilian martial art Capoeira Angola, with musicians, dancers, and capoeiristas. Friday at International House.