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.

@twebster179

3 жыл бұрын

She is amazing! I want to see her live so badly...

@thomasmcfeely8869

3 жыл бұрын

@@twebster179 this Covid has to end. I need to see her also

@garyscozzafava2849

Жыл бұрын

Gonna see her at the Mill Valley Music Festival in May

Tiny Desk has grown to the age that it has classics. This concert of Valerie June for sure is one of these classics!

@helenMUSEfan

3 жыл бұрын

truth be told

@amarijnn

3 жыл бұрын

To be fair

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.

@donnalittle7134

5 ай бұрын

Exactly!!! She is brilliant an unique. She should be a big star.

Not only is she incredibly talented, her personal style is rad!

I could watch her for hours. she is something so rare and genuine and lovely.

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.

How she went under my radar for so many years I'll never know. Now I'll never forget. Thanks Val

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.

It hasn't been since Tracy Chapman, that I've enjoyed a folk artist so much. Thank you for sharing your talent.

@keshafee6933

3 жыл бұрын

I swear you took the words out of my mouth.

@lesheath6216

3 жыл бұрын

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!

@twebster179

3 жыл бұрын

@Marcy Wells Leyla McCalla is very good.

@elainebuchsbaum4191

3 жыл бұрын

I do love her but put Rhinnan Giddens in there

@ThomasSmith-lz6mi

3 жыл бұрын

Yes.

Such a voice: unique, authentic, southern and a bee charmer for sure.

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.

This is some of the best 10 minutes a human can spend watching something.

@zachreilly247

Жыл бұрын

And the look she gives to someone at 3:25 makes me believe in God.

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.

@devinbret

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@_AtomicAngie_

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@chokinonashes61

4 жыл бұрын

@@_AtomicAngie_ I'm completely with you. She's quite a new discovery for me but I think she's fantastic.

I'm in love. Takes me back to the beautiful time before I was born, and to places I've never been.

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.

STANDING OVATION. She is amazing.

Shes got an old soul....and a sweet, sweet heart.

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.

Somebody To Love just about breaks your heart....and she gives 100% of herself. Thank you Ms June.

Listened to this 2 years ago and my feelings haven't changed. This is one of my favorites.

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 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!

I love her hair, her music, her voice, her soul

@beenn15

8 жыл бұрын

+Angel N Scott Ain't nothing pretty 'bout the hair

@calonstanni

8 жыл бұрын

+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.

@kylej.whitehead9773

8 жыл бұрын

+beenn15 We aren't all interested only in pretty things, princess.

@CutiePieZphi

7 жыл бұрын

Pretty is subjective. It's gorgeous to me

@AngelNScott

7 жыл бұрын

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

Ive been enjoying the KZread 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!

The rhythm of her guitar in the fist song is crazy! Awesome!

I love that she doesn’t need anyone to help her perform

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.

@qtip4747

6 жыл бұрын

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.

That last song really touched me; got me tearing up like a baby.

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 love Valerie June’s music, and that she’s true to herself. (Just as Shakespeare wrote, “To thine own self be true.”)

I come here when I need inspiration ‼️Thank you Valerie June 💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾🦋🦋🦋🦋

I don´t used to comment, but thanks NPR and Valerie June for amazing feelings about time and music.

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🌷

@jakebaba2149

5 жыл бұрын

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.

The great tradition continues: stories about a life sung from the heart. Her first song has the feel and sound of sub Saharan Africa

Reclaiming folk music!

Her voice is so beautiful

i've seen her twice,she's the BOMB!!!! her cds as well as the wandering are worth having....simply supreme!!!

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.

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

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.

@SohilNaik

10 жыл бұрын

I heard her on that show Fresh Meat, she is amazing!

@slippytiger

10 жыл бұрын

Sohil Naik what epp, can you remember?

@SohilNaik

10 жыл бұрын

slippytiger Fresh Meat: Series 3 - Episode 4

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!!

I enjoyed everything about this lady and performance

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 KZread to find some new people to listen to, and what are the odds that I run across this?! Lol. Amazing! Thanks NPR Music. :-)

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!

We need more of June! Her voice is so.......Beautiful!

The first note of each song, I'm immediately transported to my great grandparent's farm as a child. I love Junie!

I love her voice, she could sing I dictionary & sound great. Great performance again. Please come back to the UK again soon👍

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

@lazarddiankson1400

5 жыл бұрын

I thought she sounded like an Irish folk singer. Hope you enjoyed the show

this chick is counnntry, at times she sounds like a cartoon character mockn country music..but I couldn't stop listening because she's​ so unique..she play the hell out that guitar!! But when started playing the banjo, I envisioned her sitting on the porch singing as the sun goes down 😀👏👏👏

She has a Blue Grass kind of voice.

Valerie June is my new favorite.. She just makes me smile. Pure, natural, beautiful, organic... I could listen all day long. :-)

Totally fell in love with her voice and raw performance. Thanks Tiny Desk.

Unique. Oh man, the feels...

Something truly special about that "Rain Dance" song. @2:53

How did this beautiful creature come to be? Im completely hooked. :)

I just fell in love with this woman.

She so awesome. Just heard V June first time this morning, haven't stop listening to HER.

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 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.

all I want is more more more! I adore Valerie June and love the light she spreads.

I absolutely love her. It took a couple listens to get used to her voice but now i can't stop listening to her. And i get to see her in concert in a month.

Love her so much!! Listening to her for years and still can't get over her!

million-dollar talent and a million-dollar smile!

Terrific talent. Simply Stellar.I'm watchin u Val. U good girl.

I know I've seen Valerie June somewhere else - I watch a lot of music videos so I cannot recall; Love her voice: the tone, inflections - close my eyes & I am transported to 1930s

Love your voice and the songs are amazing, thanks for sharing your gift from GOD, be blessed

She's such an amazing artist and refreshing at the same time.

And thank you for introducing me to this wonderful music!! I appreciate it!!

Hearing her heartfelt song is a true bliss.

She's very pretty too!

@lindamaemullins5151

4 жыл бұрын

Honey she’s BEAUTIFUL!

WOW, watching this artist is a good way to end the day, thank you NPR thank you Valerie

Just so love seeing and listening to very interesting performers

wow....just wow! So glad to come across this beautiful sister... Love her music & her style

Thank you for your sweet sunshine soul, Val. I am so grateful for you and your music.

she is an amazing artist! Perfect music is colorless and unites us all!

Hypnotically beautiful, and that's just the her sound and the songs, to start with.

Love her, she's one of a kind. Such an individual and (sorry, so pretty).

Oh she is so lovely

That's a true artist, right there!

Just stunning! Grabs your heart immediately.

She is an amazing talent! I so hope to catch her perform live one day.

I love everything about her!!! Shook to the core.

Stunning.

Wow just WOW!!!! Tiny desk does it again... I'd buy her cd & take a scenic drive... beautiful! ❤😊

Valerie you are truly unique and awesome on so many levels!!!

I just love Valerie June and her music❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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 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

Be still, my heart.

Hypnotic.

'Are you watching the moon rising in the darkness of life' awesome lyrics, brilliant woman! 👏❤️

Love, love, love her! In everyday in every way!

Authentic, beautiful, soul.

Love this sound. Blessings June!

I just discovered her this year. I had no idea she's been grinding this long.

I love her so much it's overwhelming

This is so fantastic. So super. I love it.

What a treat! Such a great sound!

I just discovered Valerie from Wits podcast and I love her music! She is so gorgeous too!!!