Name: Shemekia Copeland
Start: 2024-05-17T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club

"𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒌𝒊𝒂 𝑪𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆.”
— 𝑵𝑷𝑹 𝑴𝑼𝑺𝑰𝑪
“𝑪𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆, 𝒂 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓…”
— 𝑹𝑶𝑳𝑳𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑵𝑬
𝟓𝐱-𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝟏𝟓𝐱-𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝-𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 & 𝟒𝟕𝐱-𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐕𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐊𝐈𝐀 𝐂𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲’𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞.
𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝟕𝐱-𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 “𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫” 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 – 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 & 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏!! Copeland was also recently Nominated for a 2023 GRAMMY® Award - her 5th GRAMMY® Award Nomination for “Best Contemporary Blues Album” – for the album ‘Done Come Too Far’ (2022).
𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞, 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝’𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰, 𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨, 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐏𝐑’𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝, “embodies the blues with her powerful vocal chops..." Copeland never holds back and her instantly recognizable voice—capable of being sultry, assertive and roaring—delivers every song with unparalleled honesty and passion.
𝐈𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏, 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 “𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦” (‘Uncivil War’) as well as 5 Blues Music Awards Nominations - Winning 3 of them: “Contemporary Blues Album of the Year” (‘Uncivil War’); “Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year”; and the prestigious and coveted Blues Music Award given every year to the most outstanding live performer – the “BB King Entertainer of the Year” Award.
𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟒𝟕 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 – 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏𝟓 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. Highlights include: 6x-“Song of the Year” Nominee – Winning the Award in 2001 (“It’s 2 AM”); 7x-“Contemporary Blues Album of the Year” Nominee – Winning the Award in 2003 (‘Talking to Strangers’), 2019 (‘Americas Child’), 2021 (‘Uncivil War’); 19x-“Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year” Nominee – Winning the Award 7 times (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2016, 2020 & 2021); and 7x-“B.B. King Entertainer of the Year” Nominee – Winning the Award in 2021!!
𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝟓 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 “𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦” 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦𝐬: ‘Wicked’ (2000); ’33 1/3’ (2012); ‘Outskirts Of Love’ (2015); ‘Uncivil War’ (2021); ‘Done Come Too Far’ (2023).
𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐧, 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐭, 𝐊𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐚, 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬. She opened for The Rolling Stones and entertained U.S. troops in Iraq and Kuwait. Jeff Beck calls her “amazing.” Santana says, “She’s incandescent...a diamond.” Copeland can even be heard hosting her own popular daily blues radio show on SiriusXM's Bluesville.
"𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒌𝒊𝒂 𝑪𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.”
— 𝑾𝑨𝑺𝑯𝑰𝑵𝑮𝑻𝑶𝑵 𝑷𝑶𝑺𝑻
"𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒌𝒊𝒂 𝑪𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆."
— 𝑪𝑯𝑰𝑪𝑨𝑮𝑶 𝑻𝑹𝑰𝑩𝑼𝑵𝑬
“𝑪𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕, 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕. 𝑻𝒘𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.”
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