Dan DeLuca's picks: 'Show Me a Hero,' Kamasi Washington, Bootsy Collins, and more

Show Me a Hero. Paul Haggis, William F. Zorzi, and David Simon's six-part drama about a 1980s desegregation and housing battle in Yonkers, N.Y., not only features Winona Ryder, Bob Balaban, and Catherine Keener in supporting roles alongside the great Oscar Isaac; it's also full of well-chosen Bruce Springsteen songs, starting with the rescued-from-obscurity "Gave It a Name," which played as a full-length scene-setter in the debut episode. Sunday at 9 p.m. on HBO.

Alessia Cara. Canadian alt-R&B teen signed to Def Jam - the Lorde of the Great White North? - who speaks for the masses when she goes to a wild party but admits: "Really, I would rather be at home all by myself." All-ages show at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Underground Arts.

Jidenna, featuring Roman GianArthur, "Classic Man." Super-catchy, late-breaking Song of the Summer contender by Janelle Monáe-connected R&B singer featured on The Eephus EP.

Kamasi Washington. This Los Angeles sax man has released the three-hour modal blowout The Epic, currently the talk of the jazz world. He's also featured prominently on Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly and Flying Lotus' You're Dead! Thursday at 7:15 p.m. at World Café Live.

Bootsy Collins. This great bass player provided the bottom for many of James Brown's funkiest recordings before tearing the roof off the sucka with George Clinton. What's Bootsy doin'? Playing on a double bill with Larry Graham on Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Dell Music Center.