Ashton Shepherd Announces The Birth Of Her Second Child

Posted by Melanie Agee on 09/12/2011
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MCA recording artist Ashton Shepherd and husband Roland Cunningham welcomed their second child, a daughter named Raden Delilah Cunningham. She joins proud 5-year-old big brother James. She was born Sept. 9 in Demoplois, Ala. and weighed 7lbs 7oz and 19 ½ inches.

 
Proud Mama Ashton says, “She’s perty!”
 
Ashton’s current single and title track “Where Country Grows” is currently climing the country charts. With rave reviews from Rolling Stone for her sophomore album with four stars and naming Shepherd as the “Artist to watch,” saying, “her debut, Sounds So Good, was one of the best country releases of 2008. Where Country Grows is even better … the Alabama spitfire matches killer voice to immaculate tunes…She can be as rugged as Miranda Lambert and Jamey Johnson, and sings better than each.”
 
Entertainment Weekly rated the album an impressive A- and added it to their “Must List,” saying, “Among strong, young hardcore-country women, Miranda Lambert is Ashton’s only real competition.” Vanity Fair picked it as a Hot Track in their latest issue and critical praise was received by the Washington Post when they selected Ashton as one of their five top new artists to watch in 2011 in all genres.