Music Picks: Dua Lipa's Studio 2054 encore, J Balvin documentary, Tom Jones' 41st album

Grammy-winning pop singer Dua Lipa's online concert Studio 2054 was a roaring success when it was streamed live in November last year. With more than five million viewers worldwide, it set a record for a paid live-stream music performance.

Fans who missed it the first time or want to watch it again can catch the encore stream.

This time, it comes with a new documentary, The Story Behind The Show, which features behind-the-scenes footage, as well as interviews with Dua Lipa and her guests including Elton John, Angele and The Blessed Madonna.

Backed by a team of dancers and retro-futuristic backdrops, the live show replaced a cancelled tour that was meant to support Future Nostalgia, the English singer's 2020 sophomore album that was nominated for Album of the Year and won Best Pop Vocal Album at the recent Grammy Awards.

Where: Dua Lipa's website

When: Ongoing

Admission: From US$20 (S$26.50) via this website

In December 2019, Grammy-winning reggaeton superstar J Balvin played what became one of the biggest shows in his career, a homecoming concert in front of 45,000 fans at the Atanasio Girardot Stadium in Medellin, Colombia.

The massive gig took place around the same time when people across Colombia took to the streets to protest against corruption and police brutality.

Director Matthew Heineman, who was nominated for an Oscar for Cartel Land, a 2015 film centred around the Mexican Drug War, filmed Balvin in the week leading up to his stadium show for the upcoming music documentary The Boy From Medellin.

The film's trailer promises an intimate look into Balvin's inner psyche as he grapples with anxiety and depression, set against the political drama playing out on the Colombian streets.

Where: Amazon Prime Video

When: From May 7

Rock/Soul

Surrounded By Time

Welsh icon Tom Jones turns 81 in June and is showing no signs of slowing down. Surrounded By Time is his 41st album and his fourth one featuring covers.

The singer puts his indelible stamp on the works of other artistes with his trademark baritone.

The selection is eclectic, ranging from classics like Bob Dylan's One More Cup Of Coffee (1976) to more recent fare such as Michael Kiwanuka's I Won't Lie (2012).

Many of the songs reflect on Jones' long career and the passing of years. Cat Steven's Pop Star (1970) could well describe his showbiz beginnings in the early 1960s, while traditional song Samson And Delilah, made famous by The Grateful Dead in the 1970s, is perhaps a nod to Jones' own 1968 hit Delilah.

In an emotional take on jazz singer Bobby Cole's 1967 tune I'm Growing Old, one detects a slight break in Jones' voice as he croons: "And though I save a lock of hair / I seldom dream about my wife".

He has found it hard to start singing again after his wife of 59 years, Ms Melinda Rose Woodward, died of cancer in 2016.