Higher Grounds

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.

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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 
Robert Fleet as Gentry Wilder
Janice Lynn Sykes as Roz Richardson
Timothy Stonedancer Coleman as Gordon Jenkins
Kimberly Conway as Kat Singleton
Rachanee Lumayno - Opening and Closing Narration

Sound design and mixing by YellaBird Media.
Mixing and mastering by Rick Such.

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What is Higher Grounds?

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.