I love youLike a fall leaf dancingAnd twirling in the windSoftly landing,Returning to the warm earthRestMake newBeginAgain-comfortably A poetic call for mindfulness, creativity, and analog real-world connection in an increasingly disconnected world from singer-songwriter Valerie June. Maps for the Modern World is a collection of poems and original...
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Backstory Her beautifully deep voice might be sexy now, but it didn't always hold such allure: "As soon as I could talk, I was bellowing at the top of my lungs," June says. "My parents couldn't get over how weird I sounded—like an old man when...
The Memphis, Tenn.-born singer-songwriter’s “The Order of Time” is among the most irresistible albums of the year. June’s armed with a voice that can slip into the drawling, sandy-edged tributaries of Southern R&B or the creaky folk-blues of Karen Dalton, and her music defies easy...
We Say: Her second LP is louder and more confident than her beguiling debut, steeped deep in electric blues and old-time folk, gilded in country twang and gospel yearning, with a hypnotically gnomish voice that suggests a brawnier Joanna Newsom. Near-perfect front to back, its...
Americana goddess Valerie June is a model for patience and timing in life and music. Her 2013 breakout Pushin’ Against a Stone left us all wanting more, but June knew better than to rush her next musical move. Instead, she entered a season of waiting, listening...
If you haven’t heard the love-lorn, soulful, rich, powerfully beautiful, country twang-induced, rurally recognizable voice of this week’s First Look Friday subject then can you really call yourself an audiophile? Fresh from Humboldt, Tennessee, Valerie June is a product of her environment + embodies pure strength, resiliency and confidence...
Valerie June arrived on stage looking like she had come down from Mendocino for the night, wearing a fringe jacket and glistening skirt, all topped by organic locs (dreadlocks) spun round her head. By the second song, her shoes were off. And somewhere around the...
Brad Pitt hit the El Rey Theatre on Wednesday night ready for a “Shakedown.” The actor was spotted solo outside of the Los Angeles venue after singer-songwriter Valerie June’s sold-out performance. Pitt kept it simple and wore jeans and a zip-up jacket with his white t-shirt for...
Valerie June grew up in Tennessee. The 35-year-old singer/songwriter was influenced as much by the gospel of her church as she was helping her music-promoting father hang posters for the likes of Prince and Bobby Womack. She relocated from the outskirts of town to Memphis and...