Critics' picks - pop music

Chaka Khan - at Showcase Live, tomorrow night. The great R&B singer is still touring behind last year's excellent covers collection spanning Prince, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, and Khan's own former band, Rufus. The show starts at 8. Tickets are $55 at 617-931-2000 or www.ticketmaster.com.

Jana Hunter - at T.T. the Bear's, Tuesday night. The eclectic Texas singer-songwriter, a disciple of the Devendra Banhart/Vetiver school of left-field folk, brings woozy musings and fringe meditations from her two albums to T.T.'s, with opener Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez. The show starts at 10:15. Tickets are $8 at 866-468-7619 or www.ticketweb.com.

"Still Black, Still Proud: An African Tribute to James Brown" - at the MFA's Calderwood Courtyard, Wednesday. Longtime James Brown sidemen Pee Wee Ellis and Fred Wesley have put together a pan-continental supergroup - including JB Horns alumni and special guests Cheikh Lo and Vieux Farka Touré - to pay tribute to the Godfather of Soul. There are two sets, at 6:30 and 9 p.m. Tickets are $35, $28 for MFA members, seniors, and students, at 617-369-3306 or www.mfa.org.

- Joan Anderman