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URL:https://coolcleveland.com/events/blind-boys-of-alabama-and-blues-singe
 r-shemekia-copeland-share-a-bill-in-kent/
SUMMARY:Blind Boys of Alabama and Blues Singer Shemekia Copeland Share a Bi
 ll in Kent
DESCRIPTION:\nSat 3/29 @ 6:30PM\nTwo powerhouse acts with deep roots in two
  traditional American roots music genres will be sharing an evening at the
  Kent Stage that’s bound to be passionate and memorable.\nThe Blind Boys
  of Alabama vocal ensemble was formed in the mid ’40s at the Alabama Ins
 titute for the Blind and enjoyed popularity on the gospel circuit in the 
 ’50s\, ’60s and ’70s. But mainstream audiences became increasingly a
 ware of them in the mid ’80s and beyond\, especially after they signed w
 ith Peter Gabriel’s label in the late ’90s\, began scooping up awards 
 (capped by a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009) and opportunities 
 to appear on special events and collaborate with a range of blues\, jazz\,
  folk\, country and pop artists. Obviously it’s not the same members tod
 ay but it’s still the same expansive but gospel-based sound.\nShemekia C
 opeland hit the music scene 26 years ago as a teenager performing in an ag
 ing genre: blues. But on her 1998 debut album she showed an unusually seas
 oned approach for a 19-year-old\, undoubtedly in part because she’d alre
 ady earned her road miles touring with her father\, blues guitar great Joh
 nny Copeland\, as his health declined. She’s now 45 with hundreds of tho
 usands of mile and a dozen albums under her belt including last year’s B
 lame It on Eve.\nGo here for information and tickets.\n[mappress mapid="89
 0"]
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