Valerie June: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

[@Sevylladm]

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]

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

[@thomasmcfeely8869]

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

[@garyscozzafava2849]

Gonna see her at the Mill Valley Music Festival in May

[@rotnpumpkin]

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.❤

[@watson10431]

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]

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

[@marcywells3726]

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

[@keshafee6933]

I swear you took the words out of my mouth.

[@lesheath6216]

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]

@Marcy Wells Leyla McCalla is very good.

[@elainebuchsbaum4191]

I do love her but put Rhinnan Giddens in there

[@ThomasSmith-lz6mi]

Yes.

[@silbiesbroek3146]

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

[@helenMUSEfan]

truth be told

[@amarijnn]

To be fair

[@naomiledet3474]

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

[@thomasmcfeely8869]

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

[@kristenkoyi]

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.

[@christina-kd1dp]

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

[@dancewomyn1]

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.

[@zachreilly247]

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

[@zachreilly247]

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

[@PlayOnTheTracks]

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.

[@AngelNScott]

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

[@beenn15]

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

[@calonstanni]

+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]

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

[@CutiePieZphi]

Pretty is subjective. It's gorgeous to me

[@AngelNScott]

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

[@CultureKingdomKids]

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

[@randydepew830]

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

[@jennyfolk9934]

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

[@rossjohn414]

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]

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_]

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]

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

[@jestinrobinson5115]

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.

[@LeticiaRenee81]

STANDING OVATION. She is amazing.

[@DiscGolfFA]

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]

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.

[@ThaDirtyVicar]

I cry every time on that last track, and I have watched this often in the last 10 years.

[@lmca08]

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.

[@jennyfolk9934]

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

[@LaurenAndersonMusic]

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

[@ameliabloometnoahprice9670]

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!

[@cyndimaitri1901]

Ive been enjoying the KZbin 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!

[@maplover]

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

[@ZenFox0]

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

[@PinkCoils]

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

[@adriennewoodfork273]

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

[@lilaaepfel]

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. :)

[@royleinfuss7222]

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

[@tarponmonkey39]

I think this is her best recording of Raindance. It has a faster tempo than the other versions I've come accross.

[@innocentspectator610]

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 😀👏👏👏

[@jenniharrison6759]

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]

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

[@slippytiger]

Sohil Naik what epp, can you remember?

[@SohilNaik]

slippytiger Fresh Meat: Series 3 - Episode 4

[@susiebarrett3529]

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!!

[@amandagarrison3783]

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

[@mochabee1863]

Her voice is so beautiful

[@angelicapaigeridley6796]

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.

[@voodoartprojectTM]

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

[@elephantgop]

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

[@braindaddy]

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.

[@natnirvana4098]

braindaddy i think she is sweet tea embodied

[@MrAllsportsnews]

+braindaddy lemon and ginger with three sugars

[@Istaly17]

i agree. If sweet tea were a person, it would be V. June

[@Joshualbm]

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

[@TreavorUnion]

Reclaiming folk music!

[@dawnibolical]

I enjoyed everything about this lady and performance

[@anfiorsceal]

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]

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

[@maritamcelroy7111]

this is the best music i have heard in a while

[@WhitfieldSinclair]

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.

[@shakiyamorris6763]

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

[@hokietoes]

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!

[@greateralexander]

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

[@minasongs1]

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]

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.

[@gIftEdsOul09]

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

[@tonandlolozwaan7083]

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.

[@kaylyngruber5775]

I just fell in love with this woman.

[@33amputee]

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

[@beachjunkey5378]

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

[@rosekween1]

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

[@alonewithalones]

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!

[@claudiahaon1973]

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

[@tacogillespie4561]

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

[@TheRadman107]

Unique. Oh man, the feels...

[@martinforrester8249]

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

[@zzzave]

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

[@PaPaFresh]

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

[@BraidedLady]

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

[@hawkman4828]

million-dollar talent and a million-dollar smile!

[@lithium771]

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

[@timotheusn.h.nakashona1001]

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

[@happiestonion]

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

[@twebster179]

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...

[@maciasl6921]

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

[@larryadams458]

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.

[@ComicGurl_Joli]

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

[@haroldsmith7001]

She's very pretty too!

[@lindamaemullins5151]

Honey she’s BEAUTIFUL!

[@michellegarforth-venter6483]

Stunning - I'm a new Fan of Valerie June. Working Blues is a Mother and Wife's curse....

[@H67530n]

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

[@heathergodwin7641]

Just stunning! Grabs your heart immediately.

[@TheTree3]

you are somebody i love! soooo much tree love valerie.... that a huge honor among treefolk

[@theMahtahild]

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

[@roobbeerrttmotzkus4480]

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

[@3039576202]

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

[@LGnLA]

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

[@helenlizzystewart4908]

Just so love seeing and listening to very interesting performers

[@lindamaemullins5151]

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

[@sf5823]

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

[@rhondasilver3582]

Authentic, beautiful, soul.

[@itk3933]

Beautiful, original and inspiring.......be yourself,

[@AnotherSixStringerChannel]

Valerie is truly amazing; just discovered her through an article on the Martin Guitars journal (btw, that's a 000-15M). Loving all the package, her compositions are great, and I get a Billie Holiday vibe on her singing and voice that is just wonderful...!

[@terrywbreedlove]

She has a Blue Grass kind of voice.

[@kea1234]

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

[@maddycoles-cox8096]

Oh she is so lovely

[@leuzhuo]

Hearing her heartfelt song is a true bliss.

[@BHallBrowser]

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

[@sickmike0739]

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

[@SallyGore]

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

[@wadeh777]

God took his time with this incredible talent!! I can't wait to see her live in St Louis!!!

[@bryanb1485]

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

[@PLYC4EVER252]

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!

[@mariejohnson732]

Valerie is beautiful inside and out...her music rally moves me.