Presented by The SONA Foundation with our Backline partner, this month's Fireside Chat is devoted to long term, unexpected illnesses and how physical health impacts mental health and creativity. Join us and our special songwriter guest, four-time Grammy winner and Hits to Healing founder, Brian Kennedy; Songwriter/Photographer and L7 vocalist/bassist, Jennifer Finch; Backline Clinical Director, Ari Jacobson; Backline Community Manager, songwriter, and podcast host, Terra Lopez. ABOUT BRIAN KENNEDY 4X Grammy-winner, musical phenomenon, and founder of the Hits To Healing non-profit, Brian Kennedy has a career that spans over 20 years, with chart-topping hits that include Disturbia and Close To You - Rihanna; Forever and Don’t Want Me Up - Chris Brown; What it is - Doechii / Kodak Black; Easy - Rascal Flatts; Mr. Know It All - Kelly Clarkson; Here We Go again - The Weekend/Tyler the Creator; No Time For It - Fantasia. Kennedy earned his first Grammy as writer and producer for Best R&B Album in 2009 with Jennifer Hudson’s self-titled debut album, and an ASCAP award with her hit song “If This Isn’t Love.” Revered as a piano prodigy, he has worked with top artists and producers, including Smokey Robinson, The Weeknd, Timbaland, Lady Gaga, Rascal Flatts, Kelly Clarkson, Dallas Davidson, Dr. Dre, Backstreet Boys, David Foster, Clive Davis, Natasha Bedingfield, Diane Warren, Kodak Black, Sueco, Tyler The creator, Thomas Rhett, and Doechii. With Hits To Healing, Kennedy and his team address health equity using music and information to reach, teach and connect with the community. ABOUT JENNIFER FINCH Jennifer Precious Finch, a native of Los Angeles, CA, has been a prominent figure and profound influence in the music industry, alternative art scene, and cultural landscape since the late 1980s. Her band L7, renowned for their compelling and dynamic presence, has released eight studio albums, and Finch's songs have been featured in over 400 television and film releases. After departing from L7 in 1986, Finch formed the group Other Star People (A&M Records/Interscope) and produced a full-length self-release with The Shocker. Finch rejoined L7 in 2015 to produce the L7 documentary "Pretend We're De4ad" featuring the band's experiences through the 1980s/90s, and continues to tour, write, and record with L7 and other musical and visual projects. In 2011, Finch was unexpectedly diagnosed with both adenomyosis and thyroid cancer, and pivoted her relationship to her career of touring, creating, and producing music and art. She currently attends Antioch University in the Applied Media and Arts Department, with a focus on Critical Theory in Media, Art Music, and Pop Culture, and is a docent at the Punk Rock Museum in Las Vegas. Visit SONAFoundation.com and Backline.care to learn more