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Shemekia Copeland Wiki Information
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 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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References
- "Today in History - April 10", Fox News, April 10, 2008. Accessed November 22, 2008.
- "Open Up and Say ... Aptos" Metroactive May 19, 2004 Accessed November 22, 2008
- Beckerman, Jim WHERE STARS ARE BORN", August 19, 2000: ''The Record (Bergen County)'' Accessed July 3, 2007
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