Valerie June In Winter - Pollstar News

Songstress Valerie June has a new album coming out in January, and she is spending two months on the road to introduce North American audiences to the new tunes.

The new dates start in Boston Feb. 7 at the Wilbur Theatre and move through the regional Northeast, South and Midwest. The last gig is currently booked for March 11 at Town Hall in New York, where the artist currently takes residence.

The new album, planned for Jan. 27, is called The Order of Time and follows 2013’s Pushin’ Against a Stone. The opening track “Astral Plane” was released through NPR last week. Check it out below.

The singer has two more gigs with Norah Jones this week and California and plays Town Hall in Michigan Jan. 27.

A Pollstar HotStar in 2014, June blends indie, folk, blues and gospel into her sound. She has collaborated with Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys and Booker T. Jones and has opened for Tedeschi Trucks Band, The Head And The Heart, and Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings.

Originally from Tennessee, June grew up singing in church and told InStyle magazine it took time to incorporate her many influences.

“It’s a good thing my church didn’t have a choir, because I probably never would’ve been accepted—my voice was so wild; it didn’t fit in anywhere. I jump around. I don’t really sing in a structured, tamed way,” she said.

She also comments in that interview how she is often known for her look, in which she wears her lengthy dreadlocks up.

Here is the routing:

Feb. 07 – Boston, Mass., The Wilbur
Feb. 08 – Montreal, Quebec, Club Soda
Feb. 09 – Toronto, Ontario, Great Hall On Queen Street
Feb. 10 – Cleveland, Ohio, Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame
Feb. 11 – Pittsburgh, Pa., Carnegie Lecture Hall
Feb. 13 – Columbus, Ohio, A&R Music Bar
Feb. 14 – Newport, Ky., The Southgate House Revival
Feb. 15 – Louisville, Ky., Bomhard Theater
Feb. 16 – Nashville, Tenn., 3rd & Lindsley
Feb. 17 – Memphis, Tenn., Hi-Tone Cafe
Feb. 18 – St. Louis, Mo., Blueberry Hill’s Duck Room
Feb. 20 – Chicago, Ill., Park West
Feb. 21 – Milwaukee, Wis., Turner Hall Ballroom
Feb. 22 – Minneapolis, Minn., Cedar Cultural Center
Feb. 24 – Omaha, Neb., The Waiting Room
Feb. 25 – Kansas City, Mo., Knuckleheads
Feb. 27 – Dallas, Texas, Granada Theater
Feb. 28 – Austin, Texas, Paramount Theatre
March 1 – Houston, Texas, The Heights Theater
March 2 – New Orleans, La., Republic NOLa.
March 3 – Birmingham, Ala., Saturn
March 4 – Atlanta, Ga., The Loft
March 5 – Charleston, S.C., Charleston Music Hall
March 6 – Asheville, N.C., The Orange Peel
March 7 – Durham, N.C., Carolina Theatre
March 9 – Washington, DC, Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
March 10 – Philadelphia, Pa., Trocadero Theatre
March 11 – New York, N.Y., Town Hall

Tickets are on sale now and those who buy through Music Glue get a discount on The Order of Time preorders. Learn more about the artist at ValerieJune.com.