Shemekia Copeland - Freeland

Dutchie Mason Blues Fest 2009
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This is one AMAZING PERFORMANCE by an energetic young lady who deserve a close listen to....I know I'm now a fan

Shemekia Copeland (born April 10, 1979)[1] is an American blues vocalist.

Copeland was born in Harlem on April 10, 1979. She is the daughter of Texas blues guitarist and singer Johnny Copeland.[2] She began to pursue a singing career in earnest at age 16, when her father's health began to decline; he took Shemekia on tour as his opening act, which helped establish her name on the blues circuit. Copeland graduated in 1997 from Teaneck High School in Teaneck, New Jersey.[3] She landed a record deal with Alligator Records, which issued her debut album Turn the Heat Up! in 1998, following it up with a tour of the blues festival circuit in America and Europe. Her second album, Wicked, was released in 2000 and featured a duet with one of her heroes, early R&B diva Ruth Brown. It earned her three Blues Music Awards W.C. Handy Awards.

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