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Adrian Spinelli March 11, 2021Updated: March 14, 2021, 6:51 pm Valerie June performs at New York’s Carnegie Hall in 2019. June’s latest album, “The Moon & Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers,” draws dreamy scenarios. Photo: Bobby Bank, Getty Images The Chronicle’s guide to notable new music. NEW ALBUMS Valerie June, “The Moon & Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers” (Fantasy) The fifth album from the Memphis singer-songwriter is more than just a roots music release. Blending the gospel and Appalachian folk sounds June has come to be known for, her latest release brings in...

The Meditations Of Valerie June The Southern vocalist is conjuring outernational vibrations... Valerie June seems to bring out the beauty of her surroundings. A green-fingered soul queen, she's spent lockdown conjuring all manner of creations for her mother's Tennessee garden, completely at one with her surroundings. Indeed, there's a zen-like quality to her gnomic songwriting that feels slightly at odds with the grit her Southern soul influences usually imbue. It's this slight contradiction that lends her work such power - Valerie is able to move with emotional directne...

Published Mar 08, 2021 8 An endorsement from legendary Stax Records singer Carla Thomas would be a dream come true for most musicians, but Valerie June attains much more than that. The Tennessee-bred rising soul star is backed up by that Queen of Memphis Soul on "Call Me a Fool," a highlight from June's latest album,  The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers. No wonder Thomas was keen to pass the torch — June brays that song's chorus with rafter-shaking passion and brazen, open-wound vulnerability. Much of the album features enough storied R&B, roots, gospel and soul motifs to instan...

David Shaw Releases Two New Singles 'Heavy Soul' and 'Shivers' Today, February 25th, Shaw will appear on NPR’s World Café performing tracks from his solo venture.by TV News Desk After teasing fans last fall with his first-ever solo music, platinum-selling singer, songwriter, musician and producer David Shaw has returned with his new singles "Heavy Soul" and "Shivers," the latest offerings from his forthcoming studio album due out later this year - PRESS HERE to download/stream both tracks. "Heavy Soul," produced by Tim Pagnotta, elevates Shaw's signature sound, fusing classic guitar l...