America's child / Shemekia Copeland.
Material type:
MusicPublisher number: ALCD 4984 | Alligator RecordsPublisher: Chicago, IL : Alligator Records, [2018]Copyright date: ℗©2018Description: 1 audio disc (49 min., 14 sec) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - performed music
- audio
- audio disc
- Produced by Will Kimbrough.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult CD
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Main Library | CD | BLUES Copeland, Shemekia | Available | 33111009112539 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Titling an album America's Child in 2018 can't help but feel like a political move and, sure enough, Shemekia Copeland doesn't shy away from a statement on this, her eighth album. Copeland isn't interested in taking sides, per se. Instead, Copeland uses America's Child as a salute to how weird, wild, and wondrous America is at its best. Fittingly for an album whose aesthetic sees no borders, America's Child casts its net wide sonically, finding room for a number of rootsy sounds and a host of cameos. Working with producer Will Kimbrough, Copeland invites Rhiannon Giddens to play banjo on "Smoked Ham and Peaches," duets with John Prine on a new version of his old tune "Great Rain," sings harmony with Emmylou Harris, and is supported by a band that occasionally features guitarist Steve Cropper and members of the Time. Despite all of these stars, America's Child remains focused on Shemekia Copeland herself, who provides a powerful yet nuanced center for the album. It's not just that her singing is soulful and supple; it's how she views blues as a living, breathing art form, not a static sound. Chalk that up in part to the Americana twang that surfaces throughout the album, but America's Child also finds room for allusions to African music, swampy rock, the British Invasion, and sweaty soul. More importantly, Shemekia Copeland pushes empathy and understanding to the forefront of her record, all the while sounding defiant and strong. Consequently, America's Child doesn't simply address the tumult in 2018 America, it stands as a vital statement of purpose from a modern blues singer who is beginning to hit her stride. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Title from disc label.
Produced by Will Kimbrough.
Performed by Shemekia Copeland with additional musicians.
Recorded Butcher Shoppe, Nashville, TN.
Compact disc.
Ain't got time for hate (4:23) -- Americans (3:53) -- Would you take my blood? (3:49) -- Great rain (4:49) -- Smoked ham and peaches (4:37) -- The wrong idea (4:07) -- Promised myself (5:28) -- In the blood of the blues (4:54) -- Such a pretty flame (4:37) -- One I love (2:56) -- I'm not like everybody else (4:19) -- Go to sleepy little baby (1:56).