SHEMEKIA COPELAND — Blame It On Eve

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Album · 2024

Filed under RnB
By SHEMEKIA COPELAND

Tracklist

1. Blame It On Eve 4:32
2. Tough Mother 4:15
3. Only Miss You All The Time 4:10
4. Broken High Heels 3:48
5. Wine O'Clock 4:03
6. Is There Anybody Up There? 3:44
7. Cadillac Blue 3:40
8. Belle Sorciere 4:32
9. Tell The Devil 3:24
10. Tee Tot Payne 3:08
11. Down On Bended Knee 4:36
12. Heaven Help Us All 4:02

Total length: 44:26

Line-up/Musicians

Shemekia Copeland: Vocals
Will Kimbrough: Guitar; Organ on Is There Anybody Up There?, Tell The Devil and Heaven Help Us All; Percussion on Tell The Devil; Mandolin on Tee Tot Payne and Down On Bended Knee
Lex Price: Bass
Pete Abbott: Drums

Pascal Danae: Vocals on Belle Sorciere
Luther Dickinson: Guitar on Blame It On Eve and Tough Mother
Jerry Douglas: Lap Steel Guitar on Cadillac Blue; Dobro on Tee Tot Payne
Alejandro Escovedo: Vocals on Is There Anybody Up There?
Cara Fox: Cello on Belle Sorciere
Kevin Gordon: Guitar on Cadillac Blue
Dashawn Hickman: Sacred Steel Guitar on Tell The Devil
Jim Hoke: Saxophone on Blame It On Eve
Charlie Hunter: Guitar on Wine O’Clock
Lisa Oliver Gray and Odessa Settles: Background Vocals on Heaven Help Us All; Background Vocals, Percussion on Tell The Devil
Lucinda Spence and John Hahn: Percussion on Tell The Devil

About this release

Alligator CDAL5022 (US)

Recorded and mixed by Dylan Alldredge at Skinny Elephant.
Additional recording engineered by Benj Johnson at Earthtones Recording, Greensboro, NC.

Thanks to snobb for the addition



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snobb
Shemekia Copeland is one of the better-known representatives of modern American blues-related music around the globe. Surprisingly, she was announced as the nominee of the prestigious British Jazz FM Awards 2025 in the category, "Blues Act of the Year".

"Blame It On Eve", is Shemekia's last album to date, from the very first minutes it sounds exactly as one can expect from her more modern works. Title-track, the opener, is seriously based on some of the Bible's citations. Still, like almost all Copeland songs, it contains her very own sort of feminist urban blues-rock. Song after song, Shemekia tells everyday life's stories, from a woman's perspective. The regular listener, familiar with Shemekia's back-catalog will find a few new themes here. Still, she sounds as energetic as usual, and the band is very good too.

Musically, of the twelve album songs, there are some rockers, some bluesy r'n'b pieces, and a few ballads too. Traditionally, Shemekia is strong on ballads, never too melancholic or sweetly sad. "Only Miss You All the Time" is one of the best songs here for my ear.

Rockers (like "Broken High Heels") or country-rock-n-roll ("Wine O'Clock") are the least successful songs on the album. The pieces with a strong country feel are not very memorable either. Will Kimbrough plays great heavy metal-like electric guitar solos on " Is There Anybody Up There? ".

In all, "Blame It On Eve" offers a few surprises. For Copeland's fans it is one more strong work from their beloved artist.

Members reviews

Metatools
Released August 30, 2024, the album doesn't seem like her style...especially based on the cover. It was country music overtones and influences. Her vocal ability and range are just okay. She would have been served better to have some writers or producers custom select her tracks.

If you have an ear for music, she baresly misses a few flat or off notes and her vocal control could be much much better. If you like that sort of jazzy-country feel, then this is the album for you, but if you compare her to Jennie Bryson, Ledisi or Kandance Springs...you'd be surely disappointed.

The one silver lining is you can listen to the entire album yourself on bandcamp and judge for yourself.

https://shemekiacopeland.bandcamp.com/album/blame-it-on-eve

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