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Shemekia Copeland – America's Child (CD)

$ 21.95
$ 21.95
Est. 1974, Curated by Heads
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Daughter of Texas blues legend Johnny Copeland, Shemekia has spent three decades evolving well beyond her Harlem-raised roots into one of the most uncompromising voices in American roots music. Released during a particularly charged cultural moment, America's Child finds her leaning into that tension directly, with Mary Gauthier's songwriting partnership giving the album a raw, confessional backbone that suits Copeland's fearless delivery perfectly.

With America's Child Shemekia stakes her claim as a riveting Americana singer of striking authenticity. The album features eight new songs from Gauthier, Kimbrough and more, plus brilliant covers of Prine's "Great Rain," The Kinks' "I'm Not Like Everybody Else," Johnny Copeland's "Promised Myself" and the traditional ballad "Go To Sleepy Little Baby."

Tracklist
1. Ain't Got Time for Hate (4:23)
2. Americans (3:53)
3. Would You Take My Blood? (3:49)
4. Great Rain (4:49)
5. Smoked Ham And Peaches (4:37)
6. The Wrong Idea (4:07)
7. Promised Myself (5:28)
8. In The Blood Of The Blues (4:54)
9. Such A Pretty Flame (4:37)
10. One I Love (2:56)
11. I'm Not Like Everybody Else (4:19)
12. Go To Sleepy Little Baby (1:56)

UPC: 014551498421
Label: Alligator Records
Release Date: 8.3.18
Format: CD