FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- January 3, 2017

CONTACT: Marc Lipkin / 773-973-7736 x235
EMAIL: publicity@allig.com
www.alligator.com

SHEMEKIA COPELAND DELIVERS ON CHRISTMAS EVE:

JOHNNY LEE COPELAND BORN IN CHICAGO

Alligator Records is excited to share the news: award-winning blues and roots vocalist Shemekia Copeland is the proud new mother to Johnny Lee Copeland, born in Chicago on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2016. Weighing in at 6 pounds, 11 ounces, Johnny Lee is said have his mother's pipes and does not like to be messed with.

Copeland's latest release, 2015's Outskirts Of Love received a Grammy nomination for Best Blues Album.

The prestigious UK publication The Blues says Outskirts Of Love is "a mature masterpiece of modern blues," and named it their 2015 #1 Album Of The Year. USA Today says, "Shemekia captures the timelessness of the blues while spinning it forward with remarkable maturity."

We wish the happy new family all the best.

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