When a person inspires a song, the stakes are high, Grammy winner Jennifer Nettles says.
When there is a personal connection, “those are the things we are the most moved and touched by,” she explains.
“The series celebrates the extraordinary stories of everyday Americans who are making a positive change in their communities,” says Bill Gardner, vice president of multiplatform programming and head of development at PBS. When Nettles heard about the concept, she was excited. “As a songwriter, as an actress, as a musical writer – whatever it might be, I am always a storyteller. This melds a couple of my favorite different worlds. The stories are here in the lives of these people.”
Nettles says that kind of response has been a part of all that she does. “I have built my art and my career off writing stories that are transformative to other people and writing stories that help them change.” Nettles says she can track her life by songs that had an impact: “Jagged Little Pill,” “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” “Closer to Fine.” “I can go back to Dolly Parton’s ‘Coat of Many Colors’ and the lessons that are there for us and what’s important in life.”
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