SINGING SENSATION SHEMEKIA COPELAND APPEARS ON PBS' BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: FINDING AMERICA IN SONG

SINGING SENSATION SHEMEKIA COPELAND APPEARS ON PBS' BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: FINDING AMERICA IN SONG 30-Minute Special Includes Performance Footage And Interview With Copeland Award-winning blues and roots vocalist Shemekia Copeland appears in the new PBS television special, Bruce Springsteen: Finding America In Song.

 

Award-winning blues and roots vocalist Shemekia Copeland appears in the new PBS television special, Bruce Springsteen: Finding America In Song. Copeland eloquently discusses the power and meaning of the great spiritual Wade In The Water, and its purpose in America today. She performs the song to bone-chilling heights in footage from the June 5 all-star concert celebrating the opening of The Bruce Springsteen Center in Long Branch, NJ. 

Shemekia Copeland is the greatest blues singer of her generation." —The Washington Post   "Shemekia Copeland has established herself as one of the leading blues artists of our time. Profound and truly powerful...inviting you to think and to party." —NPR Music "Her voice is strong and soulful, her message comes from the heart." —Mavis Staples

Shemekia Copeland possesses one of the most instantly recognizable and deeply soulful roots music voices of our time. The multi-GRAMMY nominee is beloved and honored worldwide for the fearlessness, honesty and humor of her revelatory songs, as well as for her winning, engaging personality. The Chicago Tribune says, “Copeland is the greatest female blues vocalist working today. There’s no mistaking the majesty of her instrument, nor the ferocity of her delivery.”  Copeland's latest album is the GRAMMY-nominated Blame It On Eve. The songs all hit hard, with jaw-dropping performances that instantly take hold and command repeated listening. “There’s serious business on the album,” Copeland says, “but there are a lot of smiles here too, a lot of joyous moments. It’s my blues for sure but it’s the brighter side. Issues are always important to me, but so is rocking, dancing and just having fun. And that’s something we all can all agree on.”  Born in Harlem in 1979, Copeland first stepped on stage with her famous father, blues legend Johnny Copeland, at New York’s Cotton Club when she was eight. Upon release of her Alligator Records debut Turn The Heat Up in 1998 when she was only 18, Copeland instantly became a blues and R&B force to be reckoned with. The New York Times and CNN, among many others, praised her talent, larger-than-life personality, dynamic, authoritative voice and true star power. With each subsequent release, Copeland’s fame has continued to grow, while her music has continued to evolve.

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