Grace Bowers Drops Video for ‘Madame President”

Grace Bowers Drops Video for ‘Madame President”

Grace Bowers, 18 year old, meteorically fast rising guitarist, songwriter and bandleader dropped a music video (directed by Athena Kulb) for “Madame President,” the timely song from her breakout album Wine On Venus, the video celebrates her unity at this time of division and keeping our hope for a better future.

“Madame President”

 
Bowers epic year continues with recent landmark moments which following winning “Instrumentalist of the Year” at The Americana Honor & Awards has continued her upward swing with additional TV appearances on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and appearing at the WhyHunger 2nd annual Amplified concert Presented by EY on October 15 at NY’s Irving Plaza, alongside the Roots. The landmark moments continue for this singular young artist. Bowers’ isn’t slowing down any time soon. Her fall tour is currently underway including shows in Japan. Grace will also appear at a GRAMMY Museum event in LA on Nov 13, and The Allman Betts Family Revival and Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir at his Dead Ahead Fest in Mexico. She also recently announced and SOLD OUT headline shows at Mercury Lounge in New York on December 8 and the legendary Troubadour in West Hollywood on January 30, 2025, and will be part of the Innings Festival lineup on February 21 & 22, 2025 in Tempe, AZ. Tickets on sale now HERE

Bowers also recently made her late-night television debut on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” was featured on “CBS Mornings” and NPR’s “All Things Considered.”  In January, Grace will be joining The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir at his Dead Ahead Fest in Mexico for five nights of curated collaborations celebrating the Grateful Dead songbook. She has further headline shows in Japan and New York City, as well as at prominent festivals such as Bourbon & Beyond, Telluride and Bottlerock and Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival.

The release of Wine On Venus is just another milestone in a breakout year for Bowers, who made her Grand Ole Opry debut on her eighteenth birthday, was recently named a U.S. Global Music Ambassador by the U.S. Department of State and YouTube’s Global Music Diplomacy Initiative and is nominated for Instrumentalist of the Year at the 2024 Americana Music Association Honors & Awards.

Originally from the Bay Area and now calling Nashville home, Bowers began garnering attention after sharing videos of herself playing guitar on social media during the pandemic. Of her 2023 Newport Folk Festival debut, Rolling Stone declared, “Her 20-minute performance gave the distinct sense that everyone lucky enough to have attended was witnessing a star in the making,” while The Tennessean calls her “a 17 year old Blues guitar prodigy,” with a, “heart as big as her talent is vast.”

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