Turn the Heat Up is a powrhous of Blues and R&B, proving without a doubt that Shemekia Copeland is the real deal. The daughter of the late great Texas blues man, Johnny copeland, brings huge, dynamic... more

Nominated for 2022 Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album. Winner of Blues Music Award for Contemporary Blues Album Of The Year. Celebrated blues, R&B and Americana vocal powerhouse blazes an... more

Johnny Clyde Copeland's daughter is more than 20 years into her career, and her new release is her most potent, resonant one yet. She puts power and passion into these songs inspired by these... more

Shemekia returns to Alligator with a new release celebrating her continuing mastery of roots music styles from blues and soul to rock and Americana. ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons (guitar on a smoldering... more

More than an hour from the Alligator albums of this soul-shaking singer, one of the finest female blues/R&B vocalists of our time: "Turn the Heat Up," "Livin' on Love," "Ghetto Child," "It's 2 A.M.,"... more

Grammy-nominated vocal dynamo Shemekia Copeland release a powerful new album produced by R&B legend Steve Cropper. The SOUL TRUTH isShemekia Copeland's funkiest, deepest and most exciting effort... more

Just 21 years old when this 2000 album came out, Copeland proved herself to be one of the most potent female forces in blues with "Wicked." Raves poured in when Shemekia let loose with these... more

Among the performing/songwriting guests on Shemekia's new album: John Prine, Rhiannon Giddens, Mary Gauthier, Emmylou Harris, Steve Cropper and Katie Pruitt. Copeland continues to stake her claim as... more