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Higher Grounds

Higher Grounds

YellaBird Media 12 episodes Latest Apr 29, 2026

In 1993, rock frontwoman Elle Harrison was found dead at Higher Grounds, the Nashville coffeehouse she owned with her three best friends. Authorities ruled it a suicide. Few believed that. Thirty years later, the remaining women break their silence for the first time. Told through candid interviews, Higher Grounds is an intimate oral history of lifelong friendship, ambition, and impossible choices, tracing four women’s lives from girlhood to the explosive moment everything came undone.

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Trailer Jun 19, 2025 60 In 1993, rock frontwoman Elle Harrison was found dead at Higher Grounds, the Nashville coffeehouse she owned with her three best friends. Authorities ruled it a suicide. Few believed that. Thirty years later, the remaining women break their silence for the first time. Told through candid interviews, Higher Grounds is an intimate oral history of lifelong friendship, ambition, and impossibl
The Summer of '62 | Episode 1 Feb 24, 2026 2223 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 qu
The Divine Darlings | Episode 2 Feb 25, 2026 2094 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 st
The End of an Era | Episode 3 Mar 4, 2026 2404 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.Di
Nineteen Dollars and Eighty-Three Cents | Episode 4 Mar 11, 2026 2449 It’s 1970. The girls are scattered across the country, trying to hold onto each other through letters as their lives start to split at the seams. In Louisiana, Sylvia is pushed into survival mode by a relentless series of events. In Nashville, Joni is left to navigate a new kind of loneliness, when a day of celebration turns into a night she will never forget.Written and produced by Kimbe
You Can't Go Home Again | Episode 5 Mar 18, 2026 2258 In the aftermath of a devastating year, the girls begin finding their footing in lives that look nothing like the ones they once imagined. A wedding brings Roz and Elle back to Nashville for the first time in years. Old friendships are rekindled, but the distance between their worlds is impossible to ignore. And in New Orleans, Sylvia wrestles with the growing divide between the girl she
Luck Be A Lady | Episode 6 Mar 25, 2026 2218 In Las Vegas, Sylvia meets a young musician named Gentry Wilder, but her attention is quickly claimed by another man. After a violent encounter leaves her shaken, her life begins to take a different path.Dive deeper into the story and explore upcoming YellaBird productions at: www.yellabird.comFollow YellaBird Media:Instagram: @yellabirdmediaYouTube: YellaBird MediaTheme song: “Everything
The House Always Wins | Episode 7 Apr 1, 2026 2451 *This episode contains depictions of domestic violence and may be disturbing to some listeners.In Nashville, Joni begins to rediscover a sense of purpose amid the demands of motherhood. In Las Vegas, as Sylvia settles further into life with Carmine, the truth of who he is begins to reveal itself.Dive deeper into the story and explore upcoming YellaBird productions at: www.yellabird.comFol
Between Here and Chicago | Episode 8 Apr 8, 2026 1776 *This episode contains depictions of domestic violence and other forms of violence that may be disturbing to some listeners.In Las Vegas, Sylvia’s life with Carmine reaches a breaking point, and the consequences are impossible to undo.Dive deeper into the story and explore upcoming YellaBird productions at: www.yellabird.comFollow YellaBird Media:Instagram: @yellabirdmediaYouTube: YellaBi
Not Your Sweetheart | Episode 9 Apr 15, 2026 2275 Gentry joins the house band on The Monte & Elle Comedy Hour. As tensions between the show’s stars mount, Elle starts pushing back against the image that made her famous.Dive deeper into the story and explore upcoming YellaBird productions at: www.yellabird.comFollow YellaBird Media:Instagram: @yellabirdmediaYouTube: YellaBird MediaTheme song: “Everything Changes” by Laura Jane Jones,
The Upward Way | Episode 10 Apr 22, 2026 2105 Elle’s Playboy cover sends shockwaves through the country, launching Wilder to unimaginable heights—but behind the scenes, the cost of that success begins to surface. As fame spirals out of control, Sylvia reaches a breaking point, and makes a quiet, desperate plea for something more.Dive deeper into the story and explore upcoming YellaBird productions at: www.yellabird.comFollow YellaBir
I'm Coming Home | Episode 11 Apr 29, 2026 1913 After a devastating loss brings Charles home to Nashville, he’s faced with a major decision about his future. In Las Vegas, a brush with the past and a sudden turn of events change Sylvia’s life forever.Dive deeper into the story and explore upcoming YellaBird productions at: www.yellabird.comFollow YellaBird Media:Instagram: @yellabirdmediaYouTube: YellaBird MediaTheme song: “Everything

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