I’m excited to be a part of this new TV series with 3-time GRAMMY-winning legend Bill Miller! We are the featured act for the grand finale of the new series, Ear To The Common Ground, filming this April in a barn on historic Cash Lane in Music City — a truly special place that once was the home of Country Music Hall Of Fame royalty: June Carter, Carl Smith, Marty Stuart, Patsy Cline, Jim Denney, Mother Maybelle Carter — as well as Carlene Carter, Cindy Cash, and more. The series will air next fall and each of the 12 episodes will feature one artist and one topic. Eight super fans of each artist will come together and each will bring a dish to the table.
The series will highlight the wonderful diversity of America in many ways: ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, geography and, most importantly, the project will celebrate the diversity of thought and opinion. Other episodes will feature Kyshona Armstrong, Gustavo Guerrero, Sam Lewis, Louis York, She Returns From War, Sister Sadie, Frank Solivan, Minton Sparks, SUSTO, Sweet Lizzy Project, and Wu Fei.
We all know and feel the power that music has to bring people together and we all know and feel how distant many Americans feel from each other these days. While we can disagree with our fellow Americans on issues, we can also BREAK BREAD with them, LAUGH with them, RESPECT them, HAVE COMPASSION for them, and hopefully find some common ground. A show like this should be on television — now, it will!
Each episode is 30 minutes long and will feature a diversity of opinions on each issue: right, left, and middle. At the end of the dinner party, Bill Miller and I will bring a dessert to share and then perform a few songs in the spirit of bringing people together through music and food. The topic that will be discussed in our episode is “Freedom of Religion / Separation of Church & State” with a filming date of April 12, 2022 in the heart of Nashville, Tennessee.
