“Un mundo moderno”

Es realmente importante que el blues siga creciendo y evolucionando. Esto es lo relevante en un mundo moderno que está en constante transformación. Por ello, intento cantar mi blues sobre hechos que son importantes hoy en día, y podréis oírlo todo cuando visite España el próximo verano.

Shemekia Copeland was interviewed by Hector Fernandez for Ruta 66 last year, when she release Outskirts of Love. The Spanish magazine published the story before Shemekia’s four upcoming performances in Spain: on July 9 at the Cazorla Blues festival, on July 10 at the Marula Café in Barcelona, on Friday 15 at the Hondarribia Blues Festival and on Saturday 16 at the Béjar Blues Festival.

A lengthy story about her label, Outskirts of Love and the intimacy in her latest album, her musical style(s), her vision of the future of blues music…

Read the full interview (in Spanish) on Ruta 66.