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- Born: April 10, 1979, New York, NY [Harlem]
- Active: '90s, 2000s
- Genres: Blues
- Instrument: Vocals
- Representative Albums: "Turn the Heat Up!," "Wicked," "Talking to Strangers"
| Artist: Shemekia Copeland |
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| Discography: Shemekia Copeland |
| Wikipedia: Shemekia Copeland |
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Copeland at the 1996 Riverwalk Blues Festival
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| Background information | |
| Born | April 10, 1979 Harlem, New York, United States |
| Genres | Blues, gospel, R&B |
| Occupations | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1998 – Current |
| Labels | Alligator Records |
| Website | Shemekia Copeland.com |
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.
The follow-up record, Talking to Strangers, was produced by Dr. John, and in 2005 she released The Soul Truth, produced by Steve Cropper.
In 2008 Copeland signed with Telarc International and released her first album, "Never Going Back" with that label in February 2009. She recently won "Rising Star - Blues Artist" in DownBeat magazine's critics poll, with the award scheduled to be announced in the December 2009 issue.
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