Last year's Portrait of an American Girl shows Judy Collins in fine form as she takes on great songs and elevates lesser ones: She's perfectly chilly on Joni Mitchell's "That Song about the Midway" and she graciously warms up Train's "Drops of Jupiter." But her take on "Send in the Clowns" — a Grammy winner back in '75 — still gives me nightmares.
—M.J. Fine
Thu., July 20, 8 p.m., free, Cooper River Park, North Park Drive, Pennsauken, N.J., 856-216-2170, www.ccparks.com.
rock/pop
Angie Stone
With enough jams to fill a greatest-hits collection after just three albums, it may seem like Angie Stone is stalling. But understand this: It takes a while to accumulate relationship drama and turn it into radio gold. In the meantime, a sweaty outdoor show is the right place to get down to "I Wasn't Kidding" and "Brotha."
—M.J. Fine
Fri., July 21, 7:30 p.m., free, Great Plaza at Penn's Landing, Columbus Blvd. and Market St., 215-922-2386, www.pennslandingcorp.com.
singer-songwriter
Rachel Sage
East Village singer-songwriter, poet and multimedia maven Rachel Sage has been building her fan base with edgy, piano-driven folk-pop. For Tuesday's gig, she'll likely focus on tracks from her recently released second disc, the self-produced The Blistering Sun (Mpress Records), an unflinching musical mediation about living an authentic life.
—Nicole Pensiero
Tue., July 25, 9 p.m., $8, World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., 215-222-1400, www.worldcafelive.com.
rock/pop/folk
Robbie Schaefer
Eddie From Ohio's bald-headed wonder Robbie Schaefer is known for giving the group a good deal of its lyrical wit and vocal warmth. He's also the guy behind that supple guitar work. The understatedly talented Schaefer is out plugging his second solo CD, In the Flesh, a concert album that includes his own songs, a few interesting covers and a smattering of EFO favorites.
—Nicole Pensiero
Thu., July 20, 9 p.m., $15-$17, World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., 215-222-1400, www.worldcafelive.com.
soul/R&B
Patti LaBelle
From her early work with the Bluebelles to the molten hot sounds of the futuristically dressed Labelle, Patti's had it going on like nobody's business. At 62, this sassy vet — who last year recorded with Mary J. Blige and Sir Elton — shows no signs of slowing down, and that four-octave voice can still raise the rafters.
—Nicole Pensiero
Fri., July 21, 8 p.m., $49-$75, with Charlie Wilson, Mann Center for the Performing Arts, 5201 Parkside Ave., 215-893-1999, www.manncenter.org.
Latin/rock/world
Joe Vasconcellos
Half Chilean, half Brazilian, Joe Vasconcellos, né José, lived the first 20 years of his life in Italy. The story only gets more interesting. His first visit to Chile as a young man felt like a homecoming, so he stayed. For a while. Then there were the years of samba in Brazil. Today he's back in Chile, filling the big halls with his pan-Latin rock-jazz-pop originals.
—Mary Armstrong
Wed., July 26, 9 p.m., $18, World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., 215-222-1400, www.worldcafelive.com.
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