Take 5 WIth Shemekia Copeland

 Shemekia Copeland has a new album, "Uncivil Wars," coming out soon. She has been performing for over two decades, at first with her father, the Late Johnny Copeland. After his passing, she has become perhaps the most prominent woman blues singer. For this Take 5, I have selected some videos of her performing live.

We start with her singing "Turn the Heat Up," which I believe was on her first album. Her band included Barry Harrison (who was drummer in her father's band) on drums, pianist Doña Oxford on piano, Eric King on bass and Arthur Neilson on guitar.

Next up is another tune from her first album, "Married With the Blues" from a 2017 performance in Poland a few years ago.

Here is a duet with Robert Cray singing the Bobby Bland classic "I Pity the Fool."

During her live perfomances and recordings she usually includes one of her father's songs. Here she performs, "It's My Own Tears."

Another of her father's songs she usually sings is "Ghetto Child." We close out this Take 5 with this powerful performance.