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Shemekia Copeland at Jimmy’s

Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club
135 Congress St
Portsmouth, NH 03801 US
Date: Wednesday Jun 7, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
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โ€œ๐‘ช๐’๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’Š๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’‘๐’๐’˜๐’†๐’“๐’‰๐’๐’–๐’”๐’†, ๐’‚ ๐’”๐’–๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’“โ€ฆโ€
โ€” ๐‘น๐‘ถ๐‘ณ๐‘ณ๐‘ฐ๐‘ต๐‘ฎ ๐‘บ๐‘ป๐‘ถ๐‘ต๐‘ฌ

๐Ÿ“๐ฑ-๐†๐‘๐€๐Œ๐Œ๐˜ยฎ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž๐, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐ฑ-๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐-๐–๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ & ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ•๐ฑ-๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐•๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐‡๐„๐Œ๐„๐Š๐ˆ๐€ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐„๐‹๐€๐๐ƒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‰๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฒโ€™๐ฌ ๐‰๐š๐ณ๐ณ & ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ฎ๐› ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ!

๐‚๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐Ÿ•๐ฑ-๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ โ€œ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐…๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซโ€ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ โ€“ winning the award most recently in 2020 & 2021! Copeland was also recently Nominated for a 2023 GRAMMYยฎ Award – her 5th GRAMMYยฎ Award Nomination for โ€œBest Contemporary Blues Albumโ€ โ€“ for the album โ€˜Done Come Too Farโ€™ (2022).

๐’๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ–, ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ & ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐-๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฏ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ค๐ข๐š ๐‚๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒโ€™๐ฌ ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ž. With each subsequent release, Copelandโ€™s music has continued to grow, cementing her reputation as a singer who, according to NPRโ€™s All Things Considered, โ€œembodies the blues with her powerful vocal chops…” Copeland never holds back and her instantly recognizable voiceโ€”capable of being sultry, assertive and roaringโ€”delivers every song with unparalleled honesty and passion.

๐ˆ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ, ๐’๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ค๐ข๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐ก ๐†๐‘๐€๐Œ๐Œ๐˜ยฎ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ โ€œ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐ฅ๐›๐ฎ๐ฆโ€ (โ€˜๐”๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ ๐–๐š๐ซโ€™) ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ฌ ๐Ÿ“ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ – ๐–๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ‘ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ: โ€œContemporary Blues Album of the Yearโ€ (โ€˜Uncivil Warโ€™); โ€œContemporary Blues Female Artist of the Yearโ€; and the most prestigious and coveted Blues Music Award every year โ€“ the โ€œBB King Entertainer of the Yearโ€ Award.

Copeland has received 5 GRAMMYยฎ Award Nominations for โ€œBest Contemporary Blues Albumโ€ for the following albums: โ€˜Wickedโ€™ (2000); โ€™33 1/3โ€™ (2012); โ€˜Outskirts Of Loveโ€™ (2015); โ€˜Uncivil Warโ€™ (2021); โ€˜Done Come Too Farโ€™ (2023).

๐‚๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ• ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ โ€“ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ. Highlights include: 6x-โ€œSong of the Yearโ€ Nominee โ€“ Winning the Award in 2001 (โ€œItโ€™s 2 AMโ€); 7x-โ€œContemporary Blues Album of the Yearโ€ Nominee โ€“ Winning the Award in 2003 (โ€˜Talking to Strangersโ€™), 2019 (โ€˜Americas Childโ€™), 2021 (โ€˜Uncivil Warโ€™); 19x-โ€œContemporary Blues Female Artist of the Yearโ€ Nominee โ€“ Winning the Award 7 times (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2016, 2020 & 2021); and 7x-โ€œB.B. King Entertainer of the Yearโ€ Nominee (which is the most prestigious and coveted Blues Music Award every year) โ€“ Winning the Award in 2021!

๐’๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ค๐ข๐š ๐‚๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐„๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐จ๐ง, ๐๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ž ๐‘๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ญ, ๐Š๐ž๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‘๐ข๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ, ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’๐š๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ง๐š, ๐‰๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ. She opened for The Rolling Stones and entertained U.S. troops in Iraq and Kuwait. Jeff Beck calls her โ€œamazing.โ€ Santana says, โ€œSheโ€™s incandescent…a diamond.โ€ Copeland can even be heard hosting her own popular daily blues radio show on SiriusXM’s Bluesville.

“๐‘บ๐’‰๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’Œ๐’Š๐’‚ ๐‘ช๐’๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’Š๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’”๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’๐’–๐’†๐’” ๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’“ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’.โ€
โ€” ๐‘พ๐‘จ๐‘บ๐‘ฏ๐‘ฐ๐‘ต๐‘ฎ๐‘ป๐‘ถ๐‘ต ๐‘ท๐‘ถ๐‘บ๐‘ป

“๐‘บ๐’‰๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’Œ๐’Š๐’‚ ๐‘ช๐’๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’Š๐’” ๐’๐’๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’๐’–๐’†๐’” ๐’—๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’†.”
โ€” ๐‘ช๐‘ฏ๐‘ฐ๐‘ช๐‘จ๐‘ฎ๐‘ถ ๐‘ป๐‘น๐‘ฐ๐‘ฉ๐‘ผ๐‘ต๐‘ฌ

โ€œโ€ฆ๐‘ช๐’๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’…๐’๐’†๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’•, ๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’…๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’†๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‰๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’•. ๐‘ป๐’˜๐’ ๐’…๐’†๐’„๐’‚๐’…๐’†๐’” ๐’‡๐’–๐’“๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’‚๐’๐’๐’๐’ˆ, ๐’”๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’—๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’•๐’๐’† ๐’…๐’๐’–๐’ƒ๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’”๐’‰๐’† ๐’Š๐’” ๐’๐’๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‡๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’”๐’• ๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’.โ€
โ€” ๐‘ฉ๐‘ณ๐‘ผ๐‘ฌ๐‘บ ๐‘ฉ๐‘ณ๐‘จ๐‘บ๐‘ป ๐‘ด๐‘จ๐‘ฎ๐‘จ๐’๐‘ฐ๐‘ต๐‘ฌ

“๐‘บ๐’‰๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’Œ๐’Š๐’‚ ๐‘ช๐’๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‰๐’‚๐’” ๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’‰๐’†๐’… ๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’†๐’๐’‡ ๐’‚๐’” ๐’๐’๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’ƒ๐’๐’–๐’†๐’” ๐’‚๐’“๐’•๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’†.โ€
โ€” ๐‘ต๐‘ท๐‘น ๐‘ด๐‘ผ๐‘บ๐‘ฐ๐‘ช

๐“๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ“๐ฑ-๐†๐‘๐€๐Œ๐Œ๐˜ยฎ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž๐, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐ฑ-๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐-๐–๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ & ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ•๐ฑ-๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐•๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐‡๐„๐Œ๐„๐Š๐ˆ๐€ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐„๐‹๐€๐๐ƒ at Jimmyโ€™s Jazz & Blues Club on ๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ• ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ•:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐.๐Œ. are NOW On-Sale on Ticketmaster, Facebook Events at: https://fb.me/e/WBtBMAJY and the Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club website at: https://jimmysoncongress.com/event/shemekia-copeland-5/ โ€“ ๐‘ซ๐’๐’๐’“๐’” ๐’๐’‘๐’†๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚ ๐’…๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’” ๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’๐’†๐’“ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’”๐’†๐’“๐’—๐’†๐’… – ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’”๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’† ๐’…๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’Œ๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’„๐’๐’„๐’Œ๐’•๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’” – ๐’‚๐’• 5:30 ๐’‘๐’Ž!!

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