http://valeriejune.com/the-order-of-time

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"I ain't no entertainer, and ain't trying to be one. I am 1 thing, a musician." � Miles

"When the music stops he falls back in the abyss."

https://soundcloud.com/concordmusicgroup/valerie-june-astral-plane

Ran into her last Summer in Nashville at one of the malls. Still down to earth and one of the best artist around right now. Was surprised she remembered who I was from her time getting started lol.

it was pretty cool, set up through Sing Out and a PR firm that was working on a product she was using. So I had to talk to her about that for a bit but mostly it was just talking music. She was as cool as expected.

Anyhow - the product's mfr dumped the PR firm that set it up right after the interview so I never got the transcript they'd promised and as a result it never got published :-(

Listened to the new tune, dreamy

Not sure if it was delayed or just a slow roll-out to streaming services, but I'm finally able to listen to this on Apple Music. Giving it my first go now --- I don't think this will be for everyone but I have a feeling it's going to get *a lot* of play in my house...

"The Front Door" is... um... crushing...

Production on this is standing out to me already, too.

Anyone listened yet?

-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~

Can't stop listening to it

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Big PEMFin H & z's
"I ain't no entertainer, and ain't trying to be one. I am 1 thing, a musician." � Miles

"When the music stops he falls back in the abyss."

I've been spinning the NPR First Listen all week, but finally got the hard copy this morning.

Her music is a warm blanket, and I can't get enough of it.

There is that part of me that would love to hear an album as "energetic" as the final track on the album (horn-driven, etc), but the generally melancholy, slow-burner feel is really her wheelhouse (think mid 90s Craig Street style production, then add banjo)

Rolling Stone has an article labeling them (w/Valerie June) as activist/folk or something or other --- I have a feeling we'll see a resurgence of "folk" in lieu of "Americana" or "roots" in the Trump Era...

Regardless of clickbait descriptions, the records do work really well together...


-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~

I'll be back to talk Valerie, but yeah she killed this one.

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Big PEMFin H & z's
"I ain't no entertainer, and ain't trying to be one. I am 1 thing, a musician." � Miles

"When the music stops he falls back in the abyss."

although it might have been released a few weeks ago.

A cool conceptual project, too:

http://www.nonesuch.com/albums/freedom-highway

I've only listened once and not very closely but I liked it a lot more than "Tomorrow is my turn," which had some great material but felt a little rigid. And this is almost all original material, so it's cool to hear more of her songwriting voice come through.




-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~

>Rolling Stone has an article labeling them (w/Valerie June)
>as activist/folk or something or other ---

that's a dumb label

but kaia's last album was very fine as well
check out the studio version of Little Pink when you get a chance.

There's somebody else I posted on here about a while back, can't remember her name though. Think she's also from Memphis.

>I have a feeling
>we'll see a resurgence of "folk" in lieu of "Americana" or
>"roots" in the Trump Era...

ehh, I dunno... don't really care either, I think. I'm fine with big-picture descriptors... the subcategories are for us nerd types.

Regardless I'm excited that the mini-boom in Black folk and roots rock seems to be getting along just fine, not a flash in the pan and more good new musicians coming out every year or two.

They're on Stax, not exactly as folky as the others mentioned in this post, rootsy with horns, but I've been playing their album nearly as much as Valerie and Rhiannon...

Checking out Kaia now.

She was lovely. Full of life and soul, great music, concert went by way too quick. Always a good sign of an artist.

That said, some Dylan lookin cat opened for her, bluegrass singer/songwriter type. I was like, word, this cat must be from Tennessee as well.... had that look and feel and sound. Then he announced he was from Brooklyn. ..... eh. His music wasn't as good after he admitted that. I know, fucked up to discriminate... I'm just just over the over-abundance of brooklyn artists. This cat literally started talking about how much more expensive it is to live in brooklyn than philly. FOH with that shit.
werd.

she's come a long way from the free shows in the cafes around here.