Valerie June - Owls, Omens, and Oracles

 

Valerie June — Owls, Omens and Oracles

Produced by M. Ward and featuring contributions from The Blind Boys of Alabama, Norah Jones and others

Singer Valerie June presents her 2025 album Owls, Omens, and Oracles. The album was produced by M. Ward and features contributions from The Blind Boys of Alabama, Norah Jones and more.

The first single, "Joy, Joy!," is aptly named. Says Valerie: "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 after 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?"

 

Side A

1. Joy, Joy!

2. All I Really Wanna Do

3. Endless Tree

4. Inside Me

5. Trust The Path

6. Love Me Any Ole Way

7. Changed (ft. The Blind Boys of Alabama)

Side B

1. Superpower

2. Sweet Things Just for You

3. I Am In Love

4. Calling My Spirit

5. My Life is a Country Song

6. Missin’ You (Yeh Yeh)

7. Love and Let Go

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