Shemekia Copeland - Never Going Back
Never Going Back / Shemekia Copeland
For more than a decade, Shemekia Copeland has been paving a road that will inevitably lead to her reign as Queen of the Blues. By some standards numerous blues awards in the U.S. and elsewhere, a GRAMMY nomination, a resume that includes work with musical titans like Dr. John and Steve Cropper and film giants like Martin Scorsese and Wim Wenders she may already be there. For as appealing and regal as it may sound, though, and for as much as she respects the rich legacy of artists like Bessie Smith, Etta James or Koko Taylor, Copeland insists that theres more to who she is and what she does than a 12-bar ballad or a Chicago shuffle could ever covey. Never Going Back, her Telarc debut, captures Copeland at a crossroads on that artistic path, a place where numerous new avenues are open to her. While Copeland will always remain loyal to her blues roots, Never Going Back takes a more forward view of the blues, and in so doing points her music and her career in a new direction.
Shemekia Copeland’s Never Going Back is due at retail on February 24, 2009.
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