Valerie June on pop music, plants and being rhythmically challenged

Tennessee singer-songwriter Valerie June is getting tired of reading the same thing in every article that’s written about her.Writers, and here we go, inevitably cite the fact that her dad was a concert promoter and she grew up under the influence of the R & B and soul artists he booked. We also like to mention that she learned to sing in church.It’s all true, and certainly comes across in her music. Her style is a roosty, evocative mix of gospel, blues, bluegrass and soul, as yo