hopes to keep rolling Tuesday night when he makes his late-night TV debut on ABC鈥檚 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Alexander and will perform 鈥淟ike A Bird,鈥� the soulful ballad they co-wrote for the prison drama . Last month, the tune earned the duo an Oscar nomination for original song.
For Alexander, the Kimmel appearance is the latest milestone in a career that began in earnest with . While it wasn鈥檛 a big hit, the record earned him critical acclaim as an unflinching songwriter willing to tackle difficult topics like child abuse and suicide.
In writing 鈥淟ike A Bird,鈥� Alexander and Quesada were inspired by the true-life plot of Sing Sing, which focuses on a man incarcerated for a crime he says he didn鈥檛 commit.
鈥淭his is my mission as an artist, to help people wake up and see what鈥檚 really going on. These stories need to be told,鈥� the singer said in an 2023 interview with The Dallas Morning News.
Sing Sing also earned for adapted screenplay for Dallas-based writer Clint Bentley and Fort Worth鈥檚 Greg Kwedar, who also directed the film.
After the March 2 Oscar telecast, Alexander will perform a short Midwestern tour opening for the hip-hop/classical group Black Violin before he resumes work on his second album.
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