Shemekia Copeland.
Shemekia’s a ball-of-fire vocalist with a voice that’s part Memphis, part Chicago and all woman …devastatingly powerful.She’s a great singer, period'',''Shemekia captures the timelessness of the blues while spinning it forward with remarkable maturity'',''Copeland embodies the blues with her powerful vocal chops and fearless look at social issues''... The daughter of renowned Texas blues guitarist Johnny Copeland , Shemekia Copeland began making a splash in her own right before she was even out of her teens. Projecting a maturity beyond her years, Copeland fashioned herself as a powerful, soul-inflected shouter in the tradition of Koko Taylor and Etta James , yet also proved capable of a subtler range of emotions. Copeland was born in Harlem in 1979 and her father encouraged her to sing right from the beginning, even bringing her up on-stage at the Cotton Club when she was just eight years old. She began to purs