Kevin Bacon & Jennifer Nettles on The Bondsman, Writing From a Character’s Soul, and That Helluva Soundtrack

Kevin Bacon and Jennifer Nettles join Kyle Meredith to talk about The Bondsman, Prime Video’s new supernatural dramedy where Bacon plays a dead bounty hunter who gets resurrected to do the devil's bidding. It’s a Blumhouse show, so expect a dash of horror, a dollop of weird, and a good amount of twang. Nettles, best known as half of Sugarland and her role in The Righteous Gemstones, finally plays a musician on-screen — something she’s avoided until now for fear of being accused of, well, playing herself. Listen now.Bacon and Nettles talk about the awkward charm of writing songs via voice memo ping-pong, the joys of channeling trauma into duets, and how most actors aren’t writing character-based albums because, frankly, they can’t. Bacon credits Nettles’ songwriting chops. Nettles calls Bacon a great lyricist. Somewhere in the middle, they form a spooky Americana dream team you didn’t know you needed.Listen to Kevin Bacon and Jennifer Nettles chat about all this and more or watch it on YouTube. Please take the time to like, review, and subscribe to KMW wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network.Read lessOur Sponsors:* Check out Effecty and use my code KMW for a great deal: https://www.effecty.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Om Podcasten

Kyle Meredith With... is an interview series in which WFPK's Kyle Meredith speaks to a wide breadth of musicians. Meredith digs deep into the artist's work to find out how the music is made and where their journey is going, from legendary artists like Robert Plant, Paul McCartney, U2, and Bryan Ferry, to the newer class of The National, St. Vincent, Arctic Monkeys, Haim, and Father John Misty.