Valerie June fulfills creative vision ‘The Order of Time’ – WBNews

A trip home to her working-class roots in Jackson, Tenn., contrasts Valerie June’s earthy, holistic outlook and incense-scented faith, which is infused with occasional bouts of melancholy. Alan Spearman/The Commercial Appeal File Valerie June returns to Memphis for a homecoming show on Friday.(Photo: Danny Clinch) There’s been a certain sound rattling around Valerie June’s brain for a long time. “It’s like I hear a symphony in my head, but it’s only voices,” she says. “That’s how I get the songs: I hear the voices and then go from there.” June’s forthcoming album, “The Order of Time,” marks her second full-length since signing with Concord Music Group, and the new record adds to those voices with an expansive production, including strings and horns. “Everything you hear on the album has always been bouncing around in my head,” says June, a Jackson, Tennessee, native and longtime Memphis resident, now based in New York City. “It’s just a matter of finally having the time and resources to fully realize and express that. That’s the biggest growth I’ve experienced: getting to the place where I can finally afford to be me.” On Friday, ahead of the album’s March 10 release, June will headline a homecoming show at the Hi-Tone Café. She’ll be performing with her road band along with a local horn section (led by saxophonist Hope Clayburn). Her brother Patrick Hockett will open. June, who moved East seven years ago, began work on the album last year at a studio in rural Vermont,…more detail