Shemekia Copeland has never had a problem making herself heard. She fully inhabits any venue she appears in, live or on record. Her instrument is as awe-inspiring as a pipe organ, her vocals delivered with such intensity that you can […]
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Shemekia Copeland has never had any trouble being heard. With her blast furnace, in-your-face delivery, she gets her message across loud and clear. Although she’s usually tagged as a blues singer, Copeland transcends that label with a mix of styles […]
Shemekia Copeland doesn’t need any amplification. As anyone who’s seen her live can attest, her message comes across loud and clear, lyrically and sonically. She can fill a room with her voice without raising it, and raise the roof when […]
Shemekia Copeland America’s Child Alligator Records Shemekia Copeland put forth an effort this time that is both introductory and ground breaking, as she is stretching beyond the ground she has covered to include brand new dimensions and facets […]
This week we’ve got a double-header from Jim Lauderdale. One album of new songs — Time Flies is his 31st of those — and a collection of recently unearthed recordings he made at the very beginning of his tour, in 1979, with […]
“I’m not like everybody else,” Shemekia Copeland announces rather unnecessarily on her latest, America’s Child. Copeland’s sound has always been unique, bold, and brassy, attitude coming off her in waves. Since her ’98 debut, Turn The Heat Up, the 39-year-old […]
“I’m not like everybody else,” Shemekia Copeland announces rather unnecessarily on her latest, America’s Child. Copeland’s sound has always been unique, bold and brassy, attitude coming off her in waves. Since her ’98 debut, Turn The Heat Up, the 39-year-old […]
Shemekia Copeland @ Philadelphia Folk Festival 2014
Shemekia Copeland @ Philadelphia Folk Festival 2014
Margaret Glaspy is from Califonia but now lives in New York City’s Upper West Side, by way of Boston’s Berklee College of Music. While she was born to two guitarists, she originally took up the fiddle before finally seeing that guitars were her future. […]
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