Giveaway: Tickets to Shemekia Copeland at Outpost in the Burbs on Friday Night

WINNER: Congratulations to jak!

Outpost in the Burbs presents contemporary blues, roots, and soul artist Shemekia Copeland on Friday, October 14 and Baristanet has a pair of tickets to give way to one lucky reader!

Whether she’s belting out a raucous blues-rocker, firing up a blistering soul-shouter, bringing the spirit to a gospel-fueled R&B rave-up or digging deep down into a subtle, country-tinged ballad, Shemekia Copeland sounds like no one else. Copeland’s return to Alligator Records with Outskirts Of Love finds her at her most charismatic, performing roots rock, Americana, and blues with power and authority, nuance and shading. The result is the most decidedly contemporary and musically adventurous album of Copeland’s still-evolving career.

Copeland has performed thousands of gigs at clubs, festivals and concert halls all over the world She has sung with Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Carlos Santana, James Cotton and many others. At the 2011 Chicago Blues Festival, the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois officially declared Copeland to be “The New Queen Of The Blues.” In 2012, she performed at the White House for President and Mrs. Obama.

Want to see Shemekia Copeland on Friday night? Tell us your favorite Blues song in comments by Wednesday, October 12 at 10 am EST and we’ll randomly choose a winner to see the show this Friday, October 14 at 8 pm.

Shemekia Copeland at Outpost in the Burbs
Friday, October 14 at 8 pm
Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 67 Church Street, Montclair
Tickets are $32 in advance / $35 at the door and can be purchased at Keil’s Pharmacy (732 Valley Road, Upper Montclair), Studio 042 – Super Business Printer, (423 Bloomfield Avenue, Montclair), or online here