All blues lovers are certainly aware of Shemekia Copeland’s amazing feeling and impressive vocal qualities, so nothing new could be added about her talent that has not previously been said or written In this new album you will find a renewed artist, on twelve superb songs where she mixes blues, rhythm and blues, ballads or gospel and whose lyrics tell us about the most actual problems United States is facing nowadays, sung in a totally convincing way full of moral authority and concern Topics like violence, civil rights, lost friends, with a special mention to Dr John in the song Dirty Saint or to his father Johnny Clyde Copeland in Love Song, are developed with a sincere and deep passion Let me recommend one of the album’s most impressive stories Clotilda’s On Fire song, which tells us about the last slave ship that arrived to Alabama in 1859, fifty years after slavery abolition The ship was burned and sunk by the captain to destroy the evidence and it was not until 2019 it was recovered from the ocean floor Shemekia is also surrounded by an excellent team of musicians like Will Kimbrough, Jason Isbell, Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram or Steve Crooper among others As usual on Alligator records, an album to be deeply appreciated by all music and blues followers