I never comment on videos, but I played a music festival last night, and Valerie June was next up after us. I have no words. Okay, I do: love, light, grace, joy. She held the audience in her hand, and hugged each and every one with her voice. New fan for life.
Still amazes me how rotten people can be on social media. You just have to wonder why a person is compelled to state their negative opinion. You'd think they would just move on if an artist doesn't appeal to their taste. Btw, keep playing your songs in your own special way beautiful lady🌷
THIS IS HOW GOD INTENDED HER TO WRITE HER MUSIC AND SING IT FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF ALL. THOSE COMPLAINING ARE SPOILT BY TOO MUCH COMMERCIAL MUSIC, RECORD SALES AND THE CHARTS.
Fantastic. Reminds me of Tracy Chapman, who I saw years ago. I have watched a number of Valerie's videos and this is just terrific. I think Valerie sounds best when she just accompanies herself on guitar or banjo. I think a full band just hides her gifted voices. These are perfect. Thanks so much.
I've got the working man's blues right now but this is putting a smile on my face... hell, this is so good I just might even do a rain dance and find somebody to love today. Thanks NPR and Val.
Thank you writers of P-Valley (S2:E6 -Savage) for introducing Valerie June to an audience of viewers who may not otherwise may have known her music, her voice, her style. Fan for life.
I just wonder what Dolly Parton would say (or do) if she heard this woman's songs and her singing them. How could she not love the sound--the soul--the energy and life a lot like Dolly grew up in. I know all about that tiny, rural life.
In an interview posted on his website, Bob Dylan said he’d been listening to June, whose latest album, The Order of Time, is a blend of spacey hippie soul, blues and folk with June’s pinched, modern-Appalachian voice at the center. “I lost it,” June says of the Dylan shout-out.
Devin Baur I first discovered Valerie June in 2013, I love her sound and voice so much. I feel like she does not get the credit, nor the exposure, in mainstream music that she deserves.
Shes taking me back, back. I did a final in college 18 years ago on how hymnals, gospel, country, and blues were are connected and she sounds EERILY similar to field hymnals that African Americans used to sing during slavery while working in the fields.
I came here from her current Ted Talk and I would love to see a second Tiny Desk. She hooked me with Love You Once Made, and now Astral Plane is my inner Artist's Mantra.
Can someone in the industry PLEASE hype this artist?? Admittedly, I have only followed her since Pushin' Against A Stone, but she's BEEN here for ages...
I feel like im listening to Joan Osborns ''what if God was one of us'' mixed with tracy chapmans ''fast car'' with a total 1930s porch sitting feel.I cant explain it but she is incredible! She is so different. Can we please have more of this!
Thanks to NPR's Tiny Desk series and Bob Boilen for constantly bringing new (to me) artists to my attention. Ms. June's music is so unique that the chances of hearing her music on commercial radio is very slim. I can't wait to hear what she produces in the future.
Her singing voice is admittedly an acquired taste, but I absolutely love listening to her speak. If sweet tea were a person, its voice would sound like Valerie June.
Ive been enjoying the TH-cam videos, and purchased her music so I can be supportive, and sing with her and have fun without embarrassing myself or anyone else. ha ha She's awesome. Love her!
So the 2nd song Rain Dance totally works... I cried, cried, cried sitting in my big city apartment so far from (like Dolly) my Tennessee Mountain home.
After listening to this all I want to do is listen to it more... I wish I could make it to Ann Arbor or Chicago to see you Ms. Valerie June. Enjoy the midwest! Hope you come back WOW!
She's cool! I love her tone! As a musician/singer, I've been trying to expand my listening library and delve deeper into other styles of music, and I have been scouring TH-cam to find some new people to listen to, and what are the odds that I run across this?! Lol. Amazing! Thanks NPR Music. :-)
If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. Did some of you forget this piece of wisdom? She is beautiful, original, and humble. 2 thumbs up for Valerie June.
I've seen mostly positive comments though. Really like her voice, as you said, original. Makes me think of something like Hell or High Water soundtrack. Awesome.
I remember when this sweet girl came into the coffee shop I was assistant manager at (while putting myself thru college). She was 16 & had just left home (MS). We worked together for about 2 years & I saw her off and on after that. During all that time I heard her sing at small gigs & whoever’s house we were hanging out at. Her voice brought me to tears more than a couple of times. I knew she’d go far…I love that she’s getting the respect & admiration she deserves.❤
Finally, an acoustic solo artist who doesn't copy that irritating throaty voice as a substitute for actual ability. She's awesome. Reminds me a little of Bob Dylan for whatever reason but that's the only comparison I can think of.
This my first time listening valerie june. I have to say at the beginning of the song "Somebody To Love" I got tears in my eyes. Her voice is so so gentle, yet so strong. I love it when someone can touch your ears, brain, heart & soul with their voice. :)
+beenn15 She didn't SAY it was "pretty".. she said she loved it. YOU may only love stuff that's PRETTY, but many of us love stuff that is striking, or unique, or majestic, or outrageous or any number of things that aren't "PRETTY" You know, like loving a rock song or the smell of a campfire.
Compared to what's hot on the radio now, people are going to come and listen to this and go what's this? Music? Instruments? No auto-tunes on her voice?
4mydearlady I don't care for her whiny voice. especially the song about climbing through the stratosphere. that's what I feel people won't like. there is no range or change in her voice throughout her songs, and the lyrics aren't catchy.
Nick Golden I grow up listening to music from the 60-70s, and do not care for artists who can't match the sound of their albums. I this case I just don't like this artist voice.
Nick Golden, after listening to several of VJ's videos, I agree with Aaron. Her voice is thin and reedy, it has no range. There's a difference between a talented voice, and one that's been engineered. If you want to hear talent, listen to Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, or Linda Ronstadt, or even Jessie Mae Hemphill. I realize I've thrown a lot of names at you, but this is merely a shallow scratching at the surface. Dig in and expand your horizon .
A few names, none of which I'd disagree with, but I think you are narrow. This is an extraordinary voice doing amazing things. Sad for you that you can't hear it. Shallow listening I' d say. Dig in and expand your horizon.
listening to her on Hardly Strictly Bluegrass right now - that voice, you're so right - HOOKED! Diggin her guitar style, tone, etc. Thanks for sharing this Tiny Desk Concert!!
This wonderful woman's music found itself on UK TV! I was so shocked to hear her but I'm very proud. Her music is amazing and she deserves so much credit.
Yes......her voice is an aquired taste but I dig it......I like to her sisters singing various genres of music. And she can play that guitar. What a beauty
I never comment on videos, but I played a music festival last night, and Valerie June was next up after us. I have no words. Okay, I do: love, light, grace, joy. She held the audience in her hand, and hugged each and every one with her voice. New fan for life.
She is amazing! I want to see her live so badly...
@@twebster179 this Covid has to end. I need to see her also
Gonna see her at the Mill Valley Music Festival in May
It hasn't been since Tracy Chapman, that I've enjoyed a folk artist so much. Thank you for sharing your talent.
I swear you took the words out of my mouth.
She's kind of like a mix between Chapman and Macy Gray. The mix of bluegrass and soul in her music is such a joy to listen to!
@Marcy Wells Leyla McCalla is very good.
I do love her but put Rhinnan Giddens in there
Yes.
Such a voice: unique, authentic, southern and a bee charmer for sure.
I just fell in love with a voice on Spotify, then came to put a face with that voice. Now I’m head over heals.
Still amazes me how rotten people can be on social media. You just have to wonder why a person is compelled to state their negative opinion. You'd think they would just move on if an artist doesn't appeal to their taste. Btw, keep playing your songs in your own special way beautiful lady🌷
THIS IS HOW GOD INTENDED HER TO WRITE HER MUSIC AND SING IT FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF ALL. THOSE COMPLAINING ARE SPOILT BY TOO MUCH COMMERCIAL MUSIC, RECORD SALES AND THE CHARTS.
love this old root sound. Great to hear a young artist pull from that tradition and bring it into this fast moving high tech world.
Fantastic. Reminds me of Tracy Chapman, who I saw years ago. I have watched a number of Valerie's videos and this is just terrific. I think Valerie sounds best when she just accompanies herself on guitar or banjo. I think a full band just hides her gifted voices. These are perfect. Thanks so much.
I've got the working man's blues right now but this is putting a smile on my face... hell, this is so good I just might even do a rain dance and find somebody to love today. Thanks NPR and Val.
I could watch her for hours. she is something so rare and genuine and lovely.
Love her, she's one of a kind. Such an individual and (sorry, so pretty).
all I want is more more more! I adore Valerie June and love the light she spreads.
million-dollar talent and a million-dollar smile!
Thank you writers of P-Valley (S2:E6 -Savage) for introducing Valerie June
to an audience of viewers who may not otherwise may have known her music, her voice, her style. Fan for life.
Exactly!!! She is brilliant an unique. She should be a big star.
I love her voice and I'm mostly mainstream hip hop R&B fan but there's something so organic and simple about her voice I think it's beautiful.
I'm in love. Takes me back to the beautiful time before I was born, and to places I've never been.
Wow, this is why I love channels like NPR, I find so many great artists! This lady is a joy for my ears! And eyes!
I just wonder what Dolly Parton would say (or do) if she heard this woman's songs and her singing them. How could she not love the sound--the soul--the energy and life a lot like Dolly grew up in. I know all about that tiny, rural life.
In an interview posted on his website, Bob Dylan said he’d been listening to June, whose latest album, The Order of Time, is a blend of spacey hippie soul, blues and folk with June’s pinched, modern-Appalachian voice at the center. “I lost it,” June says of the Dylan shout-out.
Devin Baur I first discovered Valerie June in 2013, I love her sound and voice so much. I feel like she does not get the credit, nor the exposure, in mainstream music that she deserves.
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I'm completely with you. She's quite a new discovery for me but I think she's fantastic.
Shes taking me back, back. I did a final in college 18 years ago on how hymnals, gospel, country, and blues were are connected and she sounds EERILY similar to field hymnals that African Americans used to sing during slavery while working in the fields.
I found out about her because she has a few songs on P-Valley and her songs make these strong woman seem stronger. It’s just really cool to see
I came here from her current Ted Talk and I would love to see a second Tiny Desk. She hooked me with Love You Once Made, and now Astral Plane is my inner Artist's Mantra.
Can someone in the industry PLEASE hype this artist?? Admittedly, I have only followed her since Pushin' Against A Stone, but she's BEEN here for ages...
How she went under my radar for so many years I'll never know. Now I'll never forget. Thanks Val
Terrific talent. Simply Stellar.I'm watchin u Val. U good girl.
I feel like im listening to Joan Osborns ''what if God was one of us'' mixed with tracy chapmans ''fast car'' with a total 1930s porch sitting feel.I cant explain it but she is incredible! She is so different. Can we please have more of this!
Tiny Desk has grown to the age that it has classics. This concert of Valerie June for sure is one of these classics!
truth be told
To be fair
STANDING OVATION. She is amazing.
Thanks to NPR's Tiny Desk series and Bob Boilen for constantly bringing new (to me) artists to my attention. Ms. June's music is so unique that the chances of hearing her music on commercial radio is very slim. I can't wait to hear what she produces in the future.
Not only is she incredibly talented, her personal style is rad!
Her singing voice is admittedly an acquired taste, but I absolutely love listening to her speak. If sweet tea were a person, its voice would sound like Valerie June.
braindaddy i think she is sweet tea embodied
+braindaddy lemon and ginger with three sugars
i agree. If sweet tea were a person, it would be V. June
'Are you watching the moon rising in the darkness of life' awesome lyrics, brilliant woman! 👏❤️
Ive been enjoying the TH-cam videos, and purchased her music so I can be supportive, and sing with her and have fun without embarrassing myself or anyone else. ha ha She's awesome. Love her!
Stunning.
So the 2nd song Rain Dance totally works... I cried, cried, cried sitting in my big city apartment so far from (like Dolly) my Tennessee Mountain home.
What a soul...
This is some of the best 10 minutes a human can spend watching something.
And the look she gives to someone at 3:25 makes me believe in God.
Just so love seeing and listening to very interesting performers
you are somebody i love! soooo much tree love valerie.... that a huge honor among treefolk
After listening to this all I want to do is listen to it more... I wish I could make it to Ann Arbor or Chicago to see you Ms. Valerie June. Enjoy the midwest! Hope you come back
WOW!
Love this so much!
Somebody To Love just about breaks your heart....and she gives 100% of herself. Thank you Ms June.
She's cool! I love her tone! As a musician/singer, I've been trying to expand my listening library and delve deeper into other styles of music, and I have been scouring TH-cam to find some new people to listen to, and what are the odds that I run across this?! Lol. Amazing! Thanks NPR Music. :-)
Lovely woman with a unique and moving voice.
You make me cry, girl.
I just discovered Valerie from Wits podcast and I love her music! She is so gorgeous too!!!
Sings to your soul, love it
She has a Blue Grass kind of voice.
She is an amazing talent! I so hope to catch her perform live one day.
Shes got an old soul....and a sweet, sweet heart.
If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.
Did some of you forget this piece of wisdom?
She is beautiful, original, and humble.
2 thumbs up for Valerie June.
I've seen mostly positive comments though. Really like her voice, as you said, original. Makes me think of something like Hell or High Water soundtrack. Awesome.
I remember when this sweet girl came into the coffee shop I was assistant manager at (while putting myself thru college). She was 16 & had just left home (MS). We worked together for about 2 years & I saw her off and on after that. During all that time I heard her sing at small gigs & whoever’s house we were hanging out at. Her voice brought me to tears more than a couple of times. I knew she’d go far…I love that she’s getting the respect & admiration she deserves.❤
I first heard Val on a jumbotron in the shopping mall by my house i was instantly hooked Pushing against a stone is an incredible album
Adam Benigni Agreed 😊
Love this sound. Blessings June!
Holy shit, this is fantastic
The rhythm of her guitar in the fist song is crazy! Awesome!
Valerie, where have you been...?
I love your songs and voice.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️Valerie June ✌️✌️✌️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
"Rain dance" is incredible. Anymore songs out there similar?
what a Beautiful spirit
Finally, an acoustic solo artist who doesn't copy that irritating throaty voice as a substitute for actual ability. She's awesome. Reminds me a little of Bob Dylan for whatever reason but that's the only comparison I can think of.
Kyle J. Whitehead Ever listened to Joanna Newsome? Not exactly the same, but many similar elements, vocally.
Lol.... I see where you're going with this one.... Lol
I like her voice as well
Dylan likes her too
I know right!
I love Valerie June’s music, and that she’s true to herself. (Just as Shakespeare wrote, “To thine own self be true.”)
This my first time listening valerie june. I have to say at the beginning of the song "Somebody To Love" I got tears in my eyes. Her voice is so so gentle, yet so strong. I love it when someone can touch your ears, brain, heart & soul with their voice. :)
I don´t used to comment, but thanks NPR and Valerie June for amazing feelings about time and music.
She's a force of nature! ... I'm going to see her perform next month in a converted church in Cork City Ireland just 2 minutes walk from my house :-D
I thought she sounded like an Irish folk singer. Hope you enjoyed the show
What a lovely soul
Something truly special about that "Rain Dance" song. @2:53
I love her hair, her music, her voice, her soul
+Angel N Scott Ain't nothing pretty 'bout the hair
+beenn15 She didn't SAY it was "pretty".. she said she loved it. YOU may only love stuff that's PRETTY, but many of us love stuff that is striking, or unique, or majestic, or outrageous or any number of things that aren't "PRETTY" You know, like loving a rock song or the smell of a campfire.
+beenn15 We aren't all interested only in pretty things, princess.
Pretty is subjective. It's gorgeous to me
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, she is gorgeous. Her hair is gorgeous. I love her display of black pride she is magical
Amazing voice!! Love love love!
Compared to what's hot on the radio now, people are going to come and listen to this and go what's this? Music? Instruments? No auto-tunes on her voice?
4mydearlady I don't care for her whiny voice. especially the song about climbing through the stratosphere. that's what I feel people won't like. there is no range or change in her voice throughout her songs, and the lyrics aren't catchy.
Aaron is crazy. Too used to that engineered sound.
Nick Golden I grow up listening to music from the 60-70s, and do not care for artists who can't match the sound of their albums.
I this case I just don't like this artist voice.
Nick Golden, after listening to several of VJ's videos, I agree with Aaron. Her voice is thin and reedy, it has no range. There's a difference between a talented voice, and one that's been engineered. If you want to hear talent, listen to Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, or Linda Ronstadt, or even Jessie Mae Hemphill. I realize I've thrown a lot of names at you, but this is merely a shallow scratching at the surface. Dig in and expand your horizon .
A few names, none of which I'd disagree with, but I think you are narrow. This is an extraordinary voice doing amazing things. Sad for you that you can't hear it. Shallow listening I' d say. Dig in and expand your horizon.
The great tradition continues: stories about a life sung from the heart. Her first song has the feel and sound of sub Saharan Africa
So good! Rock n soulful
The first time I heard your voice I knew you were special,
I love that she doesn’t need anyone to help her perform
Didn't expect that voice from that body. Great show!
How did this beautiful creature come to be? Im completely hooked. :)
gorgeous and a fantastic voice
That last song really touched me; got me tearing up like a baby.
listening to her on Hardly Strictly Bluegrass right now - that voice, you're so right - HOOKED! Diggin her guitar style, tone, etc. Thanks for sharing this Tiny Desk Concert!!
Reclaiming folk music!
That was fantastic!
I love her voice! : )
Just saw her live tonight in Austin, TX - amazing! I had no idea who she was before today, but I can truly say she sings from her soul to yours!
This wonderful woman's music found itself on UK TV! I was so shocked to hear her but I'm very proud. Her music is amazing and she deserves so much credit.
I heard her on that show Fresh Meat, she is amazing!
Sohil Naik what epp, can you remember?
slippytiger Fresh Meat: Series 3 - Episode 4
Why do I think of Miriam Makeba when I Valery June sing? 😁😘
Still love it.
♥️
i've seen her twice,she's the BOMB!!!! her cds as well as the wandering are worth having....simply supreme!!!
She opened up for Sturgill last night, I was transfixed.
This is fantastic!
I love her voice, she could sing I dictionary & sound great. Great performance again. Please come back to the UK again soon👍
Yes......her voice is an aquired taste but I dig it......I like to her sisters singing various genres of music. And she can play that guitar. What a beauty
As a live performance, this rates with early Dylan, nuff said
I think this is her best recording of Raindance. It has a faster tempo than the other versions I've come accross.
this is the best music i have heard in a while
I'm in love.
Brilliant.
Her voice is so beautiful
I cry every time on that last track, and I have watched this often in the last 10 years.
endless, let it flow babe
She's very pretty too!
Honey she’s BEAUTIFUL!
I enjoyed everything about this lady and performance