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When singer Shaina Shepherd<\/a> was growing up in Tacoma, she savored the opportunity to watch her mom sing in church. It was there, belting on-stage with the choir, where her mother would “shine”\u2014and where Shepherd learned what was possible for herself, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I could see her be her true self,” she tells Audiofemme<\/em>. “[It] got me thinking about who I wanted to be.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Today, Shepherd’s the one on stage, drawing in joyful eyes. Since moving to Seattle in 2014, she has turned heads as the powerful lead vocalist in Seattle rock outfit, Bearaxe<\/a>, in her own Shaina Shepherd Band, and most recently, as the solo performer of “Never Be Another You,” a cover of the soulful 2016 hit from Lee Fields & The Expressions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shepherd’s version of “Never Be Another You,” released November 18th, is the result of a collaboration between major Seattle businesses Nordstrom and Sub Pop, the work of community-minded nonprofits like Black Fret and Africatown Community Land Trust, and the talent of a cast of additional Seattle music greats. “Never Be Another You,” is featured prominently in Nordstrom’s 2021 “Closer to You” holiday campaign<\/a> and will benefit the Seattle nonprofit Africatown Community Land Trust<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n