Shemekia Copeland Clotildas On Fire

Preorder your copy today The true, tornfromhistory song the lead track from Shemekia Copeland s highly anticipated new album, Uncivil War, set for October 23 release tells of the very last slave ship to arrive in America (in Mobile Bay, Alabama) in 1859, 50 years after the slave trade was banned. The shipburned and sunk by the captain to destroy the evidencewas finally discovered in 2019. The songfeaturing Alabama native Jason Isbell playing ferocious blues guitaris a hairraising look at living American history delivered with power, tenderness, and jawdropping intensity. The video, put together by Copeland and her team, underlines the undying legacy of racism that has sparked protests around the world.