{"id":1319730,"date":"2020-05-01T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T14:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1820771"},"modified":"2020-05-01T08:00:37","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T14:00:37","slug":"the-voice-winner-chevel-shepherd-introduces-her-southern-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/the-voice-winner-chevel-shepherd-introduces-her-southern-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Voice Winner Chevel Shepherd Introduces Her \u201cSouthern Boy\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:692521?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\"> by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/cmtcomstaff\/\" title=\"Posts by CMT.com Staff\" rel=\"author\">CMT.com Staff<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\"><br \/>\n54m ago<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Like the country stars she grew up listening to, <em>The Voice<\/em> winner Chevel Shepherd knows what she wants \u2014 and so do we, after checking out her brand new single, \u201cSouthern Boy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI grew up listening to these powerhouse country singers who were so savvy and knew exactly what they wanted to say in their music,\u201d she stated in a release. \u201cSongs that in just three minutes have the ability to transport you into these other worlds with characters that feel so real.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\"> Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hA6Krn7qQKk?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hA6Krn7qQKk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\t<\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<p>Written by Cassidy Lynn Alexander and Kellys Collins, the new track bubbles over with confidence, not to mention the teenager\u2019s enthusiasm that charmed Kelly Clarkson on <em>The Voice<\/em>. Shepherd notes, \u201cI have grown up in a town on the outskirts of Farmington, New Mexico, with a population of less than 1,500 people, so I <em>know<\/em> a lot of those characters, yet at the end of the day, I do see myself with someone who has that southern charm in \u2018Southern boy\u2019.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Shepherd cites enduring female artists like Loretta Lynn, Tanya Tucker, Trisha Yearwood and the Dixie Chicks as inspiration, though she\u2019s sure to put her own spin on country music, too. Look for her new EP later this year.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1820771\/the-voice-winner-chevel-shepherd-introduces-her-southern-boy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by CMT.com Staff 54m ago Like the country stars she grew up listening to, The Voice winner Chevel Shepherd knows what she wants \u2014 and so do we, after checking out her brand new single, \u201cSouthern Boy.\u201d \u201cI grew up listening to these powerhouse country singers who were so savvy and knew exactly what they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1319730","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-16 00:58:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1319730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319730\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1319730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1319730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1319730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}