On Monday, August 10th at 1pm, Ears of Maize speaks with Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and three-time Americana Music Honors and Awards nominee, Valerie June, before she arrives in the Bay Area for two shows at The Chapel in SF on August 17th and 18th.
Known for her distinctive voice and singing style, June weaves fresh medicinal downloads of love, sweetness, goodness, and joy with songs that have flowed through her for years.
She has recorded three best-selling solo albums and written songs for legendary artists such as Mavis Staples and The Blind Boys of Alabama. She has been praised by Bob Dylan and shared the stage with myriad artists including John Prine, Norah Jones, Tyler Childers, Dinosaur Jr., Booker T. Jones, Emmylou Harris, M. Ward, Robert Plant, Meshell Ndegeocello, Avett Brothers, Dave Matthews, Angelique Kidjo, Willie Nelson, Brandi Carlile, and Elvis Costello.
Valerie June has opened her deepest channel yet to create her fourth studio album, Owls, Omens, and Oracles. Halfway through a decade of immense and rapid global change, she asserts a multidimensional Blackness steeped in laughter, truth, magic, delight, and interdependence.
June is not alone in crafting this sacred field for the contemplation of love and being human. Her dynamic and distinct voice centers an incredible circle of collaborators, including producer M. Ward and special guests Blind Boys of Alabama, Norah Jones, and DJ Cavem Moetavation.
