It is two days after what is perhaps the biggest upset in presidential election history and the streets of New York City are unnaturally quiet. The city’s overarching feelings are pivoting between stunned, scared and sad. But sitting in her apartment in Brooklyn, Tennessee-born Valerie...
On her forthcoming album The Order of Time (due from Concord on March 10) Tennessee-bred singer-songwriter Valerie June settles into a more naturalistic groove, adjusting from her 2013 breakout Pushin’ Against a Stone—influenced by the heavy hand of producer Dan Auerbach—to something that feels morelike...
There has never been a voice quite like Valerie June’s, and it seemed to come out of nowhere in 2013. But there was a reason it was so full of wonder and yet so seasoned. She had a few years, clubs, coffeehouses and studios behind her before...
From the gospel hymns she sang alongside her siblings at weekly church services, to hearing hits by icons like Bobby Womack and Prince, much of Tennessee native Valerie June's childhood was defined by music. At the age of eighteen, Valerie left her hometown of Humboldt...
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...