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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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