NEW ORLEANS SAINTS NFL GAME ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
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singer Shemekia Copeland will
perform the national anthem on Sunday, September 30 at the NFL game between the
New York Giants and the New Orleans Saints. The game, broadcast live on CBS
Television, begins at 4:25pm Eastern time at MetLife Stadium in East
Rutherford, New Jersey.
Copeland is currently on tour, bringing music from her critically acclaimed,
powerful new album, America’s
Child (released
August 3), to fans all across the country. NPR Music says Copeland is
“head-turning and outspoken.
America’s Child is a true hybrid of simmering, real-talking
spirit and emphatic, folkie-and soul-style statement-making. Copeland sings
slow-burning soul and rollicking country-blues with growling vigor and potent
conviction.”
Produced by Americana Instrumentalist Of The Year winner Will Kimbrough (who
also plays guitar on the album) and recorded in Nashville, America’s Child is a
courageous and fiery statement of purpose, a major step forward for the singer
whose musical consciousness continues to expand as her star continues to rise.
With guests including John Prine, Rhiannon Giddens, Mary Gauthier, Emmylou
Harris, Steve Cropper, J.D. Wilkes, Al Perkins and members of the Time Jumpers,
America’s Child
bursts with Copeland’s bravado and embraces with her tenderness.
declares, “Shemekia Copeland is an antidote to artifice. She is a
commanding presence, a powerhouse vocalist delivering the truth.”