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Shemekia Copeland Live From Nashville
12/4/2002
Catch a live concert exclusive of Shemekia Copeland this Sunday Night on the web. Shemekia and her band will be performing live for WRLT "Lightning 100" at 3rd & Lindley in downtown Nashville. The broadcast will start at 9 PM ET this Sunday, December 8th.
Shemekia Copeland-Live Concert Exclusive!
11/5/2002
Shemekia Copeland will be broadcasting her entire live performance on 11/7 at the Orange Peel in Asheville, NC this Thursday, November 7th! This live radio exclusive will air at 10:15 PM EST on WNCW-FM in the North Carolina area and it will be available live on the web at www.wncw.org. Shemekia will be performing tracks from her critically acclaimed new release, TALKING TO STRANGERS. Join her live on WNCW or on the web this Thursday!
Shemekia Copeland on House Of Blues Radio Hour
10/22/2002
Shemekia Copeland will be the featured artist on the nationally syndicated program, The House of Blues Radio Hour, with host Dan "Elwood Blues" Aykroyd. The show will air the weekend of December 7th & 8th. Shemekia will discuss the making of her exciting new release, Talking To Strangers, and lots more. The House Of Blues Radio Hour appears weekly on over 175 stations in the US and Canada!
Shemekia Copeland Live on World Cafe
10/3/2002
Shemekia Copeland will be the featured artist on the nationally syndicated, Public Radio Internation (PRI) program, World Cafe. She'll be performing songs with her band from her new release, Talking To Strangers. Join Shemekia, her band and World Cafe's host David Dye for a rousing live set and interview on Thursday, October 10th. World Cafe airs at 2 PM EST from its homebase at WXPN in Philadelphia but it also airs at various times across the country. Look for the link below to check your local listings or listen on the web. Don't miss this exclusive live performance!
SHEMEKIA COPELAND'S TALKING TO STRANGERS DEBUTS AT #1 ON THE BILLBOARD BLUES CHART!
9/25/2002
Shemekia Copeland's new, Dr. John-produced CD, Talking To Strangers, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Blues Chart for the week ending September 22, 2002. Since its September 17 release, Talking To Strangers has been featured and/or reviewed in The New York Times, Ebony, Time Out New York, CDNow, Amazon.com, The Chicaqo Sun-Times the Associated Press (review) and Billboard. Stories and/or reviews are slated to run in Vibe, USA Today, DownBeat, the Associated Press (feature), The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, Women Who Rock, Honey, Black Beat, OffBeat, Blues Review, Living Blues and many other publications
Shemekia Copeland's Talking To Strangers Reviewed in Billboard
9/18/2002
Shemekia Copeland's new Dr. John-produced CD, Talking To Strangers, received a rave review in the 21 September issue of Billboard. On September 16, Shemekia, along with Dr. John, opened for The Rolling Stones at Chicago's Aragon Ballroom.
ALLIGATOR RECORDS SIGNS CANADIAN DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT WITH DISTRIBUTION FUSION III
7/9/2002
Alligator Records has announced a new exclusive Canadian distribution agreement with Distribution Fusion III. Based in Montreal, Distribution Fusion III began carrying the entire Alligator catalog as of July 2, 2002. The first new release for Distribution Fusion III will be HEADS UP!, the house-rocking new album from Chicago's Lil' Ed And The Blues Imperials.
ALLIGATOR TO RELEASE BUDGET SAMPLER
7/9/2002
Alligator Records will release LET THERE BE...BLUES, a 12 track sampler with a budget price of $3.99, on August 20. The CD will be available exclusively at over 500 Transworld retail record stores (Coconuts, FYE, Planet Music, Spec's and Strawberries) across the country.
LITTLE CHARLIE AND THE NIGHTCATS FEATURED ON HOUSE OF BLUES RADIO HOUR
7/9/2002
Alligator's Little Charlie And The Nightcats will be the featured artists on the nationally syndicated program, The House of Blues Radio Hour, with host Dan "Elwood Blues" Aykroyd, the weekend of July 20-21. The program will run on nearly 200 stations across the U.S. Since the March 12, 2002 release of THAT'S BIG!, Little Charlie And The Nightcats have toured relentlessly and have been featured on National Public Radio's Weekend Edition, in Guitar Player magazine, and in many other national and regional publications and radio programs.
THREE ALLIGATOR ARTISTS RECEIVE W.C. HANDY BLUES AWARDS!
5/24/2002
Alligator Records is pleased to announce that three of the label's artists have received W.C. Handy Blues Awards from the Blues Foundation. The 23rd Annual W.C. Handy Awards were presented by the Blues Foundation on May 23rd in Memphis at the Orpheum Theatre. Marcia Ball: Blues Album Of The Year- Presumed Innocent (This is Ball's 2nd career W.C. Handy Blues Award.)////Shemekia Copeland: Contemporary Blues - Female Artist of the Year (This is Copeland's 4th career W.C. Handy Blues Award.)////Koko Taylor: Traditional Blues - Female Artist of the Year (This is Taylor's 22nd career W.C. Handy Blues Award.)
Listen to Little Charlie & the Nightcats' appearance on West Coast Live May 2002
5/15/2002
Little Charlie & the Nightcats performed several songs from their latest Alligator Records release, That’s Big! on West Coast Live last weekend. Host Sedge Thompson also talked with guitarist Little Charlie Baty and vocalist/harmonicist/songwriter Rick Estrin about their new record, touring and musical influences.
W.C. Clark CD Review in Austin Chronicle
5/1/2002
Read Jay Trachtenbert's stellar review of W.C. Clark's new Alligator CD, From Austin With Soul, in the April 26 edition of The Austin Chronicle.
