Audiobook ‘Rifts And Refrains’ From Co-Authors Tiye & Keisha Mennefee To Be Adapted For TV By Universal Television And Attica Locke & Tembi Locke

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EXCLUSIVE: Tiye and Keisha Mennefee’s audiobook Rifts and Refrains from the latter’s Honey Magnolia Media is being adapted for TV by Attica Locke and Tembi Locke for Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.

Rifts and Refrains centers on an aspiring Black female writer and musician who discovers a hidden legacy of love, betrayal and music in her estranged grandfather’s past, leading her on a journey of self-discovery and unexpected romance in the heart of Nashville’s country music scene and Memphis, the home of the blues. “We grew up listening to Charley Pride and Muddy Waters in our grandmother’s house in Texas, and have playlists full of Rhiannon Giddens, Mickey Guyton, Yola, and Brittany Spencer.

We know the twin sounds of blues and country and could not be more excited to explore a story that highlights the crosscurrents of these two sounds and cultural institutions in American life.

As always for us, love and family are the vehicles through which we tell stories that touch on larger themes of connection, stories that bring us closer together,” said the Lockes in a joint statement.