The first thing people tend to notice about Valerie June is her voice: a reedy warble, touched by a Tennessean twang. On June’s 2014 breakout album "Pushin’ Against A Stone," that voice carried her across varied terrain, from old-time country and blues to doo-wop and...
Valerie June’s new album, The Order of Time, will be released March 10, 2017. It is totally stunning. It is understated and confident, pairing June’s incredible vocals and sharp lyrics with instrumentation that is on the surface fairly simple, but reveals its subtle layers with repeated...
Get familiar with the name, Valerie June, Mainstream America. The electric dynamo has come right in the nick of time with a strong batch of original songs. One of which, “Shakedown,” makes its music video debut courtesy today. A highly anticipated offering from her second full-length...
et familiar, America, as the name Valerie June will be called up to grab awards very soon. After breaking through with Pushin’ Against A Stone, this First Look Friday alum doubles down on her dopeness with her highly anticipated effort, The Order of Time, which...
Valerie June’s acclaimed 2013 debut, Pushin’ Against a Stone, was a crucial stage in a meteoric rise from selling home recordings from a car to supporting the Rolling Stones and winning a fan in Michelle Obama. Her second album finds the Tennessean again blending genres...
Hailing from Tennessee, Valerie June has been actively making music since 2000, the labor of which laid a foundation for success in Europe, where her 2013 single “Workin’ Woman Blues” charted at No. 63 in Belgium. “It’s been a long night if that’s what happened,” she writes on her...
Adriane Pontecorvo: Valerie June brings us a gospel that speaks in tongues and gets down and dirty on “Shakedown”. A bluesy twang gives her folk sounds grit while June sings up a storm and unfettered keyboards rock without getting slick. If you’re not catching serious...
The sweet sounds of Southern songbird Valerie June are sure to knock you off your feet. The Tennessee-bred singer-songwrite is set to release her highly anticipated sophomore album, ‘The Order of Time’ on March 10th 2017 on Concord Records/Caroline Music, and boy are we excited...
Valerie June is set to release new album 'The Order Of Time' on March 10th. The singer's blend of folk, blues, soul, and classic pop made her debut album a delight on its release back in 2012. Taking a short break to focus on her music, Valerie...
Tennessee native Valerie June learned to sing by listening closely to all the voices in local Church of Christ congregations — first in a predominantly black church and later in a mostly white church. But it was another voice that sang “Workin’ Woman Blues” to...