With song topics that address water pollution, bad brakes, Bible-toting politicians, and the trials of single parenthood, Never Come Back definitely isn’t your father’s blues CD. Musically it isn’t either, as at times the backing is all but free form, but not in the Fat Possum style. Copeland certainly didn’t check her emotion in the recording studio lobby, as she often all but attacks the lyrics to the material. On “Rise Up,” and “Dirty Water,” she sounds downright pissed off, while on “Big Brand New Religion” and “The Truth is the Light,” she goes to church. Yet on tracks such as “Broken World,” she sounds vulnerable. A couple songs verge on progress jazz, which won’t make an blues purists happy, but they can pass over those and listen to her faithful cover of Percy Mayfield’s “River’s Invitation.” Obviously, Ms. Copeland has stepped out of her father’s shadow and become a powerful musical messenger. Never Go Back is another giant step in that direction.