3.1.18 In a pre-release promo mini-doc about Justin Timberlake's new album Man of the Woods JT says, I'll paraphrase, he's going back to the roots and incorporating R&B and country, calling it Americana. I love me some JT but Man of the Woods still just sounds like new pop. 

With this here record The Order of Time Valerie June beautifully and authentically combines these genres. Pedal steel & acoustic guitar country (the closing track has fiddles and banjos) and bluesy soul organ, horns and vox flow perfectly together. Mashing up genres is nothing new but I believe only folks that have truly existed in each style can naturally pull this off. Bonnie Raitt has been doing this for nearly four decades.