The official music video for Grace Bowers’ song, “Wine On Venus,” is out today. Directed, animated and edited by WARTELLA, the video captures the essence of Bowers’ unique live shows with her band, The Hodge Podge. Watch/share HERE.
Of the video, Bowers shares, “For the ‘Wine On Venus’ video, I wanted to create a colorful world that echoed the creativity of the song’s inspiration through animation. The band had a blast filming this and we hope you have fun watching.”
“Wine On Venus” is the title track of Bowers’ debut album, which was released last month in partnership with The Orchard (stream/purchase here). Produced by John Osborne (Brothers Osborne), Wine On Venus continues to receive widespread acclaim with Rolling Stone calling Bowers “Nashville’s new guitar hero,” while Forbes praised, “an infectious, joyous party and a worthy introduction to Bowers” and StyleBlueprint declared, “she explores what it means to be young, thought-provoking, soulful and empowered.”
In celebration of the new music, Bowers also recently made her late-night television debut on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” was featured on “CBS Mornings” and NPR’s “All Things Considered,” and will continue to tour through this fall including select dates with The Red Clay Strays, Gary Clark Jr. and The Allman Betts Family Revival. She will also perform headline shows in Japan and New York City, as well as at prominent festivals such as Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion, Bourbon & Beyond, XPoNential Music Festival and Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival. See below for a full tour itinerary.
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. In the years since, she’s been featured on “CBS Mornings” in a piece focused on a new wave of young female guitarists, performed alongside Dolly Parton as part of her Pet Gala special on CBS, joined Lainey Wilson as part of CBS’ New Year’s Eve Live celebration, performed as part of the “Men’s Final Four Tip-Off Tailgate Presented by Nissan” and been sought after by everyone from Devon Allman to Tyler Childers and Susan Tedeshi to Kingfish. 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.”
Earlier this summer, Bowers also joined artists such as Slash and Brothers Osborne on the road, performed alongside Billy Idol at the Fired Up For Summer benefit concert and raised $30,000 with her 2nd Annual “Grace Bowers & Friends: An Evening Supporting Love, Life & Music” benefit show, $15,000 of which was donated to MusiCares®.
WINE ON VENUS TRACK LIST
1. Won No Teg
2. Get On Now
3. Tell Me Why U Do That
4. Holding Onto Something
5. Madame President
6. Lucy
7. Dance To The Music
8. Mookie’s Blues
9. Wine On Venus
GRACE BOWERS & THE HODGE PODGE CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
September 10—Wichita, KS—WAVE+
September 11—Santa Fe, NM—The Santa Fe Opera House+
September 13—Telluride, CO—Telluride Blues & Brews Festival
September 15—Bristol, TN—Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion
September 18—Silver Spring, MD—The Fillmore*
September 19—Pittsburgh, PA—Stage AE*
September 20—Louisville, KY—Bourbon & Beyond
September 22—Camden, NJ—XPoNential Music Festival
September 29—Franklin, TN—Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival
October 11—North Charleston, SC—Riverfront Revival
October 15—New York, NY—Irving Plaza – WhyHunger’s Amplified: Annual Hungerthon^ Kickoff Concert
November 1—Ebisu, Japan—Blue Note Place
November 2—Tokyo, Japan—Blue Note
November 3—Tokyo, Japan—Blue Note
December 7—New York, NY—The Beacon Theatre#
December 8—New York, NY—Mercury Lounge
December 14—St. Louis, MO—The Factory#
December 15—Kansas City, MO—Uptown Theater#
December 16—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium#
December 21—San Francisco, CA—The Fillmore#
May 1, 2025—Miramar Beach, FL—Sun Sand and Soul
+supporting Gary Clark Jr.
*supporting The Red Clay Strays
^supporting The Roots
#as part of The Allman Betts Family Revival
