"Songs have hopes and desires bigger than me," says Memphis blues-folk artist Valerie June. "Just like a person does. I think everything is living. If you didn't notice, I'm totally emotional and everything has feelings."
For June, music is a living, breathing thing. So is everything, really – from the instruments she strums to the rooms she plays in. On The Order of Time, the
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Valerie June: Why the Brilliant Folk Artist Doesn’t Write Protest Songs