Experience One of the
Most DYNAMIC
Touring Blues Performers
on the World-Wide
Blues Circuit Today!
Most DYNAMIC
Touring Blues Performers
on the World-Wide
Blues Circuit Today!
The new album from contemporary blues singer Shemekia
Copeland – aptly titled America’s Child – is a record for its time
and place. It hits hard – musically, lyrically, spiritually.
- REDDIRTREPORT re: AMERICA’S CHILD,
Shemekia's August Release which is currently NUMBER TWO
on The Roots Music Report's Top 50 Blues Album Chart for
the Week of Oct 27, 2018!
Saturday, November 10, 2018 ~ 7pm Door, 8pm Show
SHEMEKIA COPELAND
at
Ponte Vedra Concert Hall
1050 A1A North
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082
$30.00 – Rows A through K
$27.00 – All Remaining Rows
$27.00 – All Remaining Rows
The Ponte Vedra Concert Hall proudly announces that the
Grammy nominated “New Queen of the Blues” Shemekia Copeland
will play the Concert Hall on Saturday, November 10, 2018.
“Shemekia captures the timelessness of the blues while spinning it forward with remarkable maturity.” – USA Today.
Grammy nominated “New Queen of the Blues” Shemekia Copeland
will play the Concert Hall on Saturday, November 10, 2018.
“Shemekia captures the timelessness of the blues while spinning it forward with remarkable maturity.” – USA Today.
Whether she’s belting out a raucous blues-rocker, firing up a blistering soul-shouter, bringing the spirit to a gospel fueled R&B rave-up or digging deep down into a subtle, country-tinged ballad, Shemekia Copeland sounds like no one else. With a voice that is alternately sultry, assertive and roaring, Shemekia’s wide-open vision of contemporary blues, roots and soul music showcases the evolution of a passionate artist with a modern musical and lyrical approach. The Chicago Tribune says Copeland delivers “gale force singing and power” with a “unique, gutsy style, vibrant emotional palette and intuitive grasp of the music.” NPR Music calls her “fiercely expressive.”
Shemekia Copeland was born in Harlem, New York on April 10, 1979, and came to her singing career naturally. Her bluesman father recognized his daughter’s talent early on. He always encouraged her to sing at home and even brought her on stage to sing at Harlem’s famed Cotton Club when she was just eight. At that time Shemekia’s embarrassment outweighed her desire to sing. But when she was 15, and her father’s health began to slow him down, she received the calling. “It was like a switch went off in my head,” recalls Shemekia, “and I wanted to sing. It became a want and a need. I had to do it.” Shemekia stepped out of her father’s shadow in 1998 with her groundbreaking debut, Turn The Heat Up, recorded when she was only 18. Critics from around the world celebrated her music as fans of all ages agreed that an unstoppable new talent had arrived. News outlets from The New York Times to CNN took note of Copeland’s talent, engaging personality, and true star power.
Copeland followed up with 2000’s Grammy-nominated Wicked, 2002’s Talking To Strangers and 2005’s The Soul Truth. In that short period of time, she earned eight Blues Music Awards, a host of Living Blues Awards (including the prestigious 2010 Blues Artist Of The Year) and more accolades from fans, critics and fellow musicians. Two highly successful releases on Telarc, including 2012’s Grammy-nominated 33 1/3, cemented her reputation as a singer who, according to NPR’s All Things Considered, “embodies the blues with her powerful vocal chops and fearless look at social issues.”
Copeland has performed thousands of gigs at clubs, festivals and concert halls all over the world and has appeared on national television, NPR, and in newspapers, films and magazines. She is a mainstay on countless commercial and non-commercial radio stations. She has sung with Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Carlos Santana, James Cotton and many others. At the 2011 Chicago Blues Festival, the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois officially declared Copeland to be “The New Queen of the Blues.” Copeland’s latest release Outskirts Of Love finds her at her most charismatic, performing roots rock, Americana, and blues with power and authority, nuance and shading.
Reserved seating tickets for Shemekia Copeland are available for purchase ONLINE, at the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall and St. Augustine Amphitheatre Box Offices, and by phone at (800) 745-3000.
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