Valerie June Announces New Album Owls, Omens, and Oracles

Owls, Omens, and Oracles will arrive April 11 via Concord Records. Listen to "Joy, Joy!" below.

Valerie June Announces New Album Owls, Omens, and Oracles

Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Valerie June will return on April 11 with a new album, Owls, Omens, and Oracles. Due out via Concord Records, the project is, according to a press release, “rooted in the belief that what we focus on is what we manifest.” She and her band (Kaveh Rastegar, Steven Hodges, Nate Walcott) sound especially clear-eyed and radical on lead single “Joy, Joy!,” a staggering demand for Black triumph in the wake of skepticism, lost connections and ongoing media exhaustion.

June says of the project, particularly “Joy, Joy!”: “Everyone has felt moments of darkness, depression, anxiety, stress, ailments, or pain. Some say it takes mud to have a lotus flower. This song reflects on the hard times we might face: to fail, to fall, to lose, to be held down, to be silenced, to be shut out yet still hold onto a purely innocent and childlike joy. I come from a heritage of ancestors who lived this truth by inventing blues music. Generations aer they’ve gone, the inner joy they instilled in us radiates and lifts cultures throughout the world. From the world to home, what would a city council focused on inspiring inner joy for all of a town’s citizens look like? As the times are changing across the planet, what would it look like to collectively activate our superpowers of joy?”

Check out the music video for “Joy, Joy!,” the Owls, Omens, and Oracles artwork and tracklist, and Valerie June’s upcoming tour dates below.

Owls, Omens, and Oracles Artwork:

Owls, Omens, and Oracles Tracklist:
Joy, Joy!
All I Really Wanna Do
Endless Tree
Inside Me
Trust The Path
Love Me Any Ole Way
Changed ft. The Blind Boys of Alabama
Superpower
Sweet Things Just for You
I Am In Love
Calling My Spirit
My Life Is A Country Song
Missin’ You (Yeah, Yeah)
Love And Let Go

Valerie June’s Upcoming Tour Dates:
Thu, Mar. 27 – Gettysburg, PA @ Majestic Theater
Tue. Apr. 15 – Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live
Wed. Apr. 16 – Alexandria, VA @ The Birchmere Music Hall
Thu. Apr. 17 – Richmond, VA @ The National
Fri. Apr. 18 – Annapolis, MD @ Ram’s Head Onstage
Sat. Apr. 19 – Annapolis, MD @ Ram’s Head Onstage
Tue. May 6 – New York, NY @ Town Hall
Wed. May 7 – Norwalk, CT @ District Music Hall
Thu. May 8 – Brownfield, ME @ The Stone Mountain Arts Center
Fri. May 9 – Albany, NY @ Swyer Theatre @ The Egg
Sat. May 10 – Northampton, MA @ Iron Horse Music Hall
Sun. May 11 – Boston, MA @ City Winery
Tue. May 27 – Ferndale, MI @ The Magic Bag
Wed. May 28 – Chicago, IL @ Park West
Thu. May 29 – Milwaukee, WI @ Vivarium
Fri. May 30 – Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
Sat. May 31 – Minneapolis, MN @ State Theatre
Sun. June 1 – Iowa City, IA @ The Englert Theatre
Tue. June 3 – Indianapolis, IN @ Hi-Fi Annex
Wed. June 4 – Louisville, KY @ Headliners Music Hall
Fri. June 13 – San Diego, CA @ Music Box
Sat. June 14 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre
Sun. June 15 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Lobero Theatre
Tue. June 17 – Santa Cruz, CA @ Rio Theatre
Wed. June 18 – San Francisco, CA @ Palace of Fine Arts Theatre
Fri. June 20 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall
Sun. June 22 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox

 
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