An Evening with Valerie June with Support by Nicole Atkins
Venue: Lyric Theatre, Blacksburg
Organizations: Nicole Atkins, Valerie June
Date: Friday, September 22, 2017
Time: 7:00 - 11:00 PM
Event Types: Music, Drink Specials
Cost:

Description:
Lyric Theatre presents An Evening with Valerie June with support by Nicole Atkins on Friday, September 22, 2017.

In her heart, Valerie June is a songwriter first and foremost, willing and able to blur the lines between genres and eras of sounds. The result is an eclectic blend of folk and soul and country and R&B and blues that is undoubtedly the finest work of her career.

Hailed by the New York Times as one of America’s “most intriguing, fully formed new talents.” The New Yorker was captivated by her “unique, stunning voice,” while Rolling Stone dubbed her “unstoppable,” and NPR called her “an elemental talent born with the ability to rearrange the clouds themselves.”

By the time she released her debut album, 'Pushin' Against A Stone,' the Tennessee native had already performed on Later… with Jools Holland, sung a stunning duet with Eric Church at the ACM Awards, toured with Jake Bugg, graced spreads in top music and fashion magazines, and earned some of the year's most glowing reviews.

The determined June not only taught herself guitar, but also banjo and ukulele, developing a distinctive style inspired by her heroes from a century before. "I really fell in love with 1920's and 30's music when I moved to Memphis," says June. "Mississippi John Hurt, Elizabeth Cotten, The Carter Family. I have almost everything with Alan Lomax's name on it. Once I discovered country blues and straight-up old time country, I never left it."

The nurturing musical community in Memphis embraced June's timeless songwriting from the outset, and she went from coffee house gigs to touring across the South and beyond. She cut a homemade record in a friend's 1800's farmhouse to sell at shows, and followed that up with a disc she knocked out in 8 hours at the famed Ardent Studios, where she earned a free day of recording as payment for a gig. She opened for Old Crow Medicine Show at Rhodes College, and the band was so enraptured that they invited her back to Nashville to record an EP, 'Valerie June and the Tennessee Express.'

Links:

• http://valeriejune.com
• https://www.facebook.com/valeriejunemusic
• https://www.twitter.com/thevaleriejune
• https://www.instagram.com/thevaleriejune/

After more than a decade as the de facto queen of Asbury Park, New Jersey, Nicole Atkins packed up and moved to Nashville, Tennessee. Her voice recalls a classic vinyl collection, untethered to decade or movement or the whim of the hipster elite; an heir to the legacy of Roy Orbison, Lee Hazelwood, Sinatra, Aretha, Carole King, Candi Staton.

Links:

• http://www.nicoleatkins.com
• https://www.facebook.com/NicoleAtkinsOfficial
• https://www.twitter.com/NicoleAtkins
• https://www.instagram.com/nicoleatkins/

Tickets can be purchased online, by phone and in person at the Lyric. To purchase tickets online, visit: https://public.ticketbiscuit.com/Lyric/Ticketing/311489.

Student will receive a $5.00 discount with a valid student ID.

Online ticket sales will end two hours before the scheduled start time for the event and remaining tickets will be sold at the door.

Doors open at 7:00 pm and the music starts at 8:00 pm.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.imgur.com/qf5xAsE.jpg.

For more information, visit: http://www.thelyric.com/live-at-the-lyric/ or https://www.facebook.com/lyric.blacksburg or call 540-951-4771.