It’s 1969. The Divine Darlings are riding high on their first studio recording when real life closes in. A humiliating scene in a school parking lot. The Vietnam War divides the nation. As the world outside grows louder and more volatile, the girls are forced to make difficult choices, and the future they once imagined begins to slip out of reach.

Written and produced by Kimberly Conway.

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Theme song: “Everything Changes” by Laura Jane Jones, available on Apple Music and Spotify.

Featuring performances by:

Laura Jane Jones as Sylvia Richardson

Cynthia Ergenbright as Joni McKay

Janice Lynn Sykes as Rozalyn Mitchell
Katy Yoder as Elle Harrison
Gervais Weekes as Charles Richardson

Kimberly Conway as Kat Singleton

Rachanee Lumayno as Opening and Closing Narration

Sound design and mixing by YellaBird Media.

Mixing and mastering by Rick Such.

Transcript and additional information available at:

www.yellabird.com

It’s 1967. Sylvia, Roz, Joni, and Elle form a singing group called The Divine Darlings. What starts on church stages quickly grows into something bigger. But as ambition begins to surface and first loves complicate loyalties, the four friends take their first real step toward the spotlight—unaware of where that step will lead.

Written and produced by Kimberly Conway.

Dive deeper into the story and explore upcoming YellaBird productions at: www.yellabird.com

Follow YellaBird Media:

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YouTube: YellaBird Media

Theme song: “Everything Changes” by Laura Jane Jones, available on Apple Music and Spotify.

Featuring performances by:

Laura Jane Jones as Sylvia Richardson

Cynthia Ergenbright as Joni McKay

Janice Lynn Sykes as Rozalyn Mitchell
Katy Yoder as Elle Harrison
Gervais Weekes as Charles Richardson

Kimberly Conway as Kat Singleton
Jennifer Tzoumas as Allison Andrews

Rachanee Lumayno as Opening and Closing Narration

Sound design and mixing by YellaBird Media.

Mixing and mastering by Rick Such.

Transcript and additional information available at:

www.yellabird.com

In the series premiere, journalist Kat Singleton arrives at Higher Grounds to speak with the women behind Nashville’s most infamous coffeehouse. Thirty years ago, the coffeehouse made international headlines when child star turned rock icon Elle Harrison was found dead in its parking lot. Six weeks later, mobster Carmine D’Orazio was gunned down in the same spot. Both cases were closed quickly, but questions have lingered for decades.

Now, for the first time, the women who built Higher Grounds are ready to speak.

Told through candid interviews, Higher Grounds traces four women’s lives across the decades—friendship, ambition, fame, and fallout—leading to the moment long-buried secrets erupted into one of Music City’s most explosive scandals.

The story begins here, in the summer of ’62.

Written and produced by Kimberly Conway.

Dive deeper into the story and explore upcoming YellaBird productions at: www.yellabird.com

Follow YellaBird Media:

Instagram: @yellabirdmedia

YouTube: YellaBird Media

Theme song: “Everything Changes” by Laura Jane Jones, available on Apple Music and Spotify.

Featuring performances by:

Laura Jane Jones as Sylvia Richardson

Cynthia Ergenbright as Joni McKay

Janice Lynn Sykes as Rozalyn Mitchell

Kimberly Conway as Kat Singleton

Tara Madison as Reporter

Brianne Buishas as Young Elle

Kyle Sanderson as Announcer

Rachanee Lumayno as Opening and Closing Narration

Sound design and mixing by YellaBird Media.

Mixing and mastering by Rick Such.

Transcript and additional information available at:

www.yellabird.com