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ALLIGATOR RECORDS PRESS RELEASE

SHEMEKIA COPELAND'S "TALKING TO STRANGERS" DEBUTS AT
#1 ON THE BILLBOARD BLUES CHART!
 

Shemekia Copeland's new, Dr. John-produced CD, Talking To Strangers, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Blues Chart for the week ending September 22, 2002. Since its September 17 release, Copeland has been featured and/or reviewed in The New York Times, Ebony, Time Out New York, CDNow, Amazon.com, The Chicaqo Sun-Times, the Associated Press (review) and Billboard. Stories and/or reviews are slated to run in Vibe, USA Today, DownBeat, the Associated Press (feature), The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, Women Who Rock, Honey, Black Beat, OffBeat, Blues Review, Living Blues and many other publications.

In addition to all of the publicity, the album has received massive national radio support, as follows:

#1 Most Added Album Network Adult Rock (36 adds) - #1 Commercial (15 adds) & #1 Non- Com (21 adds)
#1 Most Added FMQB AAA (28)
#1 Overall Most Added on the R&R AAA Panel (15 adds) - #1 Indicator (12 adds) & #13 Non-Com (3 adds)
*Shemekia is also featured this week as the R&R AAArtist Of The Week

On September 16, Copeland, along with Dr. John, opened for the Rolling Stones at Chicago's Aragon Ballroom. Beginning tonight, she will open a series of dates for Buddy Guy, as follows:

Sept. 25 Denver Filmore Auditorium
Sept. 27 Vancouver Commodore Ballroom
Sept. 28 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
Sept. 29 Seattle Moore Theatre
Oct. 2 San Francisco Fillmore
Oct. 3 Agoura Hills Canyon
Oct. 4 Los Angeles House of Blues
Oct. 5 Scottsdale Cajun House
Oct. 6 San Diego 4th & B
Oct. 8 Anaheim House of Blues
Oct. 9 Las Vegas House of Blues

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