“Understanding the order of time is important to anyone hoping to manifest a dream,” says Valerie June. “There is a time to push, and a time to gently tend the garden.”

Since the release of her 2013 breakout Pushin’ Against A Stone, June has been patiently at work in the garden of song, nurturing seedlings with love and care into the lush bloom that is her stunning new album, The Order Of Time. Some songs grew from seeds planted more than a decade ago, others blossomed overnight when she least expected them to, but every track bears the influence of time. See, time has been on June’s mind a lot lately. It’s the only constant in life, even though it’s constantly changing. It’s the healer of all wounds, the killer of all men. It’s at once infinite and finite, ever flowing with twists and turns and brutal, churning rapids that give way to serene stretches of placid tranquility. Fight against the current and it will knock you flat on your ass. Learn to read it, to speak its language, and it will carry you exactly where you’re meant to be.

The world is my stage and I post songs for ALL of you.

Leave comments in your native language. Tell me what sort of music you would like to hear. If there is anything about my music that you like, share that with me. I tend to live in a vacuum and I could use some feedback. Once more, language is not a barrier. 

I am what I am

I am a tabula rasa, a blank slate.
Everything is new to me.
I am a Stranger in a Strange Land. 

Morning Ireland is the flagship news and current affairs radio programme of the Irish national broadcaster, RTÉ. Find us at www.rte.ie/morningireland

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