Valerie June Pushin Against A Stone on LP + DownloadProduced byDan Auerbach,Kevin Augunas & Peter Sabak and featuring Booker T & Jimbo MathusPushin Against A Stone (Concord Music Group) is the genre-defying debut album from Tennessee-born singerValerie June. The album which brings together the talents of acclaimed producers Kevin Augunas (Edward Sharpe, Florence + The Machine), Dan Auerbach, and Peter Sabak, along with an all-star cast of musicians ranging from Booker T. and Jimbo Mathus to some of Hungarys top session players was recorded at Easy Eye in Nashville, Fairfax Recording in Van Nuys, CA, and Studio H in Budapest.June, whose voice percolates somewhere between Dolly Parton and Billie Holiday, wrote or co-wrote all but one of the records 11 tracks, blending rural roots, country, rock, and blues into an astonishing and singular sound that bridges Alan Lomax and Jack White. June grew up in the small town of Humboldt, TN, before moving to Memphis, and she pays tribute to her home with charismatic Southern charm on Tennessee Time.She spent years honing a distinctive sound that effortlessly shifts between eras and genres: from the indie-blues slide guitar shuffle of Cant Be Told and the heavenly harmonies of traditional spiritual Trials, Troubles, Tribulations, to the stark, acoustic Workin Woman Blues and the uncanny darkness of Twined and Twisted.June can be haunting and melancholy, singing of loneliness on Somebody To Love, or fiery and defiant, taking a life to save her own on You Cant Be Told. At one moment seductive in a sensual come-on, fragile and vulnerable the next in a display of naked honesty, Junes voice transports you to another world the moment she opens her mouth.Valerie counts Booker T. and Eric Church among her fans. The former performs on two tracks on the album, the mesmerizing Somebody To Love and On My Way, which he also co-wrote, and June recently performed a stunning duet of Like Jesus Does with Church at the 2013 ACM Awards.The albums US release follows Junes breakout year in the UK, where she has performed on Jools Holland, toured with Jake Bugg, and earned critical raves, with the London Evening Standard calling her a major star in waiting and The Sunday Times hailing her as this years big new voice.Valerie June Pushin Against A Stone Track Listing:1. Workin Woman Blues2. Somebody To Love3. The Hour4. Twined And Twisted5. Wanna Be On Your Mind6. Tennessee Time7. Pushin Against A Stone8. Trials, Troubles, Tribulations9. You Cant Be Told10. Shotgun11. On My Way Track Listing 1. Workin Woman Blues 2. Somebody To Love 3. The Hour 4. Twined And Twisted 5. Wanna Be On Your Mind 6. Tennessee Time 7. Pushin Against A Stone 8. Trials, Troubles, Tribulations 9. You Cant Be Told 10. Shotgun 11. On My Way
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