To the Moon, Stars and Beyond with Musician Valerie June

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🗓️ 7 December 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Singer and songwriter Valerie June defies genre – she can be a little country and a little rock and roll and there’s also folk, blues, soul, Appalachian and a sound that’s downright ethereal. But her music is all her own, she’s called it, "organic moonshine roots music," and it’s beautiful. She joins us to play a few songs on her banjolele and to talk about her latest album "The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers," her West Tennessee roots, her poems and her new children’s book, "Somebody to Love." Guests: Valerie June, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist; author of the new children's book "Somebody to Love" - and a recent book of poetry, "Maps for the Modern World" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.3	From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Alexis Madrigal.
0:38.9	This morning, get ready to hear one of the most distinctive ethereal voices in the world.
0:48.3	That's Valerie June, West Tennessee native,
0:55.7	who's recombined the elements of the entire history of American music
0:59.4	into something utterly new and irresistible.
1:03.3	Last year, she released the album, The Moon and the Stars,
1:06.5	and a book of poetry, Maps for the Modern World.
1:09.5	This year, she's releasing a children's book, Somebody to Love.
1:12.9	She joins us with her banjolala this morning after this news.
1:18.0	Mm-hmm.
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