Ms. Lauper proves she’s still so unusual with this fun collection of down-’n’-dirty blues tunes complete with piano, brass, and harmonica back-ups. She opens with the fun and basic “Just Your Fool” with Charlie Musselwhite’s help, and rolls into the smooth “Early in the Morning” with Allen Toussaint and B. B. King. Catch her August 12 at Houston’s House of Blues. Downtown Records (downtownmusic.com). — Nancy Ford
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