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ALLIGATOR RECORDS
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JULY 18, 2002
CONTACT:
publicity@allig.com
"AUSTIN CITY LIMITS" TO REBROADCAST SHEMEKIA COPELAND PERFORMANCE!
"LIVING BLUES" READERS POLL
NAMES SHEMEKIA COPELAND BEST BLUES ARTIST!
This weekend (July 20 and July 21) the Public Television program
"Austin City Limits" will rebroadcast Grammy-nominated blues
sensation Shemekia Copeland's astounding performance taped last
August. The show - which also features Jimmie Vaughan - first aired
on November 17, 2001. Check local listings for specific channels and
airtimes, or check
http://www.pbs.org/klru/austin/tvschedule/index.html
Copeland is currently finishing work on a
follow-up to her Grammy-nominated CD, WICKED. The as-yet-untitled
album was recorded in New York and produced by Dr. John, and will be
released on September 17. The CD features members of both Dr. John's
and Shemekia's touring bands.
In other news, Copeland was named Best
Blues Artist (Female) in the 2002 Living Blues Readers Poll,
less than two months after winning the W.C. Handy Blues Award for
Contemporary Female Artist Of The Year.
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