The Meditations Of Valerie June The Southern vocalist is conjuring outernational vibrations.
Valerie June seems to bring out the beauty of her surroundings.
A green-fingered soul queen, she s spent lockdown conjuring all manner of creations for her mother s Tennessee garden, completely at one with her surroundings.
Indeed, there s a zen-like quality to her gnomic songwriting that feels slightly at odds with the grit her Southern soul influences usually imbue. It s this slight contradiction that lends her work such power - Valerie is able to move with emotional directness, while also channelling something otherworldly.
New album The Moon & Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers lands this week, and it s a fascinating, nuanced, multi-texted experience.