“Sturdy blues
from the genre’s young queen”

The story was published in June 2018, but acknowledges “NPR Music’s 100 Favorite Songs Of 2012”. And among those, is Shemekia Copeland’s “Ain’t Gonna Be Your Tattoo”, a song which is part of her 33 1/3 album, released in 2012.

Sturdy blues from the genre’s young queen opens up slowly, like the slowly raising consciousness of the abused and finally self-preserving narrator…

Read the full listing on NPR.