Red Hot Blues

 Shemekia Copeland sings electric blues, gospel, and R&B like her heart and soul depend on it. Whether she’s belting out a raucous blues-rocker, firing up a blistering soul-shouter, bringing the spirit to a gospel-fueled R&B rave-up, or digging down into a subtle, country-tinged ballad, the Harlem-born chanteuse sounds like no one else. Catch her in Northampton this week as she tours in support of her Grammy-nominated album Outskirts of Love.

 Shemekia Copeland: Friday at 7 p.m. $22.50-$25. Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center St., Northampton. (413) 586-8686, iheg.com.

 — Hunter Styles