A New Series Celebrating Everyday Heroes With Original Songs Written and Performed by Country Music’s Biggest StarsSix-Episode Music-Driven Documentary Series Features Grammy Winner Jennifer Nett
Premieres Fridays, June 24 - July 29, 2022 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / On demand with PBS Video App. Each episode follows a different featured artist, including Grammy Award-winning country artist Jennifer Nettles, as they turn a local hero’s transformative story into a powerful and deeply personal anthem. These heroes are then surprised with a once-in-a-lifetime performance of the original song at an intimate event in their honor.
In the fall of 2019, the last time I spoke with her, Nashville songwriter Michaela Anne was floating. Her album Desert Dove, full of songs of freedom and self-determination, was a new Americana hit, and she had a full calendar of good show and festival dates, the reward for years of grinding it out on the road as an emerging artist. Today she’s in a more complicated place, adjusting to events both bitter and beautiful that all seem to point to the same conclusion, that carefree youth has an expiration date and that even hard transitions come with profound rewards.
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