{"id":52488,"date":"2020-07-25T16:03:10","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T22:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/farmington-resident-and-the-voice-winner-to-hold-virtual-concert\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:59:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:59:48","slug":"farmington-resident-and-the-voice-winner-to-hold-virtual-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/farmington-resident-and-the-voice-winner-to-hold-virtual-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmington resident and \u2018The Voice\u2019 winner to hold virtual concert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=384be4ca-194d-436e-89c0-3de33c5e908d&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"Chevel Shepherd, then 16, performs during the 2018 finale of \u201cThe Voice.\u201d\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Chevel Shepherd, then 16, performs during the 2018 finale of \u201cThe Voice.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Associated Press file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>FARMINGTON \u2013 Farmington native and \u201cThe Voice\u201d winner Chevel Shepherd announced she will hold a virtual concert Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Shepherd won Season 15 of the \u201cThe Voice,\u201d a popular reality television singing competition when she was 16.<\/p>\n<p>Shepherd, now 18, recently graduated from Farmington High School. She was scheduled to perform a concert at the Farmington Civic Center on June 19, a highly anticipated performance in the community.<\/p>\n<p>But the concert was ultimately postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic and restrictions on large gatherings. Currently, the performance is scheduled on the venue\u2019s website for Oct. 2, but there is still a public health order from New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham restricting large-scale gatherings. It\u2019s uncertain if the health mandate would be lifted before the concert.<\/p>\n<p>This month\u2019s concert was announced on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/officialchevelshepherd\/posts\/?ref=page_internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shepherd\u2019s Facebook page<\/a>, and tickets are $25. Tickets for the show, scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday, will be good for two viewings of the performance within 48 hours after its premiere.<\/p>\n<p>During her time on \u201cThe Voice,\u201d Shepherd was mentored by singer Kelly Clarkson. Her debut album, \u201cEverybody\u2019s Got a Story,\u201d was produced by Todd Tidwell, who previously worked with Clarkson. The release date of the album has not yet been announced.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video wp-block-embed-youtube naviga-video-embed\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h1kvOzH18r8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Shepherd also released a new single, \u201cThe Letter,\u201d earlier this year. The accompanying music video was released July 24. The video was filmed in the last couple of months during the pandemic\u2019s restrictions and includes a family friend in one of the roles.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, she announced the song had entered the country music charts.<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\"><a href=\"mailto:lweber@durangoherald.com\">lweber@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In-person show with Chevel Shepherd was postponed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[799,28,29,443,337],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-52488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-farmington","tag-headlines","tag-newsletter","tag-san-juan-county-new-mexico","tag-television"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52488"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88093,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52488\/revisions\/88093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52488"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=52488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}