
Make A Wish
Clip: Season 2026 | 1m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Joan talks about how her life has been touched by cancer.
Joan Kennedy talks about how her life has been touched by cancer.
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Make A Wish
Clip: Season 2026 | 1m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Joan Kennedy talks about how her life has been touched by cancer.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipI've got seven albums under my belt and you know, it's still performing today and a bazillion awards.
Lots and lots of awards.
I think probably one of my most memorable and favorite awards for me was the Humanitarian Award.
I was going to ask you about that.
So tell us.
Yeah, well, it was it's sort of stemmed from my work with the Children's Wish Foundation.
I was, there was a little girl.
Her name was April, and she lived in my hometown where I was born.
And so she was eight years old.
My birthday's April 8th.
It was just so strange, like how the karma and everything just sort of kind of went together, you know?
And so I was her last wish, and I went and I performed.
I went to her house and I sat with me and sang and we played.
And she was just she had the most beautiful big brown eyes you'd ever want to see.
And so it was probably maybe a year, maybe not even a year later.
I was on tour and I she was on my mind, very strong.
And, I called her mom and she passed away.
We lost her.
And so I just I was a real advocate for for the, you know, the chance for cancer and Make-A-Wish.
And, to this day, we've we've had a lot of in my own family.
I've had a lot of, cancer that it took my father and my brother had my brothers had it, my sisters.
So, you know, it's it's a cause that I'm very close to and with.
With that came the humanitarian award that I will cherish forever.
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Clip: S2026 | 5m 44s | Joan discusses shooting her music video for "Yeeha Hallelujah." (5m 44s)
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Clip: S2026 | 1m 46s | Joan talks about how her life has been touched by cancer. (1m 46s)
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Clip: S2026 | 3m 44s | A peek at what the editors see when they cut together a performance for broadcast. (3m 44s)
Joan Kennedy Introduces the Band
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Clip: S2026 | 1m 11s | Joan introduces her band members. (1m 11s)
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