This band of Cuban and Canadian musicians -- an eight-piece, but only six pictured on the cover, but an additional nine Cubans on the sessions - bring to a boil a boisterous Afro-Cuban/Latin sound of horns, percussion, guitars, son, samba, flamenco and jazz.

In 2014, Valerie June released her acclaimed album Pushin' Against a Stone. Now she is back with the follow-up. The first single, Astral Plane, was highlighted on NPR.com's Songs We Love feature.