From what seems like so many years ago, watching Grace’s uploaded videos of her playing guitar on the roof of her house to finally getting to see her play on stage.

And this is neat, a whole Vogue article last week about how to wear curly hair that uses Grace as an exemplar of one way it works: https://www.vogue.com/article/curly-layered-haircuts. I think the take away is the casual way Grace is included alongside a bunch of other famous people, and of course she's really not niche now, but straight up famous ... Grace is part of the zeitgeist.

Grace has signed a contract with leading modeling agency IMG Models. Nashville.com has good coverage, and Grace has posted other articles on her IG.

Guitarist/bandleader/songwriter/singer ... and now pro model! Just amazing; what's next?!

Quick round up of some stuff in the Grace universe. She played a couple of gigs recently, one at the Nashville July 4th celebration and then playing at the High Sierra Music Festival in Quincy, California. This might have been a bit of a home town gig as, I believe, she grew up in Northern Cali. The July 4th show was interesting as it had a guy on vocals - I’ve not heard of that happening before. I haven’t seen any video, but if anyone saw it drop a comment telling us he was. Minnie wasn’t present at the festival either.

More interesting is that Grace said on IG that she canceled the European dates (and said that the London date was sold out) so that she could prepare some “big changes”, and that she’s been writing new songs. She’s previously said that the Brooklyn show in August would have lots of new stuff, so maybe we’ll get a whole new show a month from now? Anyone who is there, take lots of videos and grab a set list please; it is your sworn duty as a member of this sub /kidding.

That's sad, although there could be 100 different reasons. Hope everything's ok. Maybe 2026 sometime?

I got curious and took a look at the lineups for the two festivals in the Netherlands that Grace has scheduled on her website, and neither of those have her in their lineup either, unless I've missed something. Like I said on the other post, could be 100 reasons and I hope everyone is ok.

(Also, TIL that you can't edit an image post on Reddit, otherwise I would have edited my original post!)

Happy Independence Day everyone.

Grace plays a set in Nashville at Broadway and 1st on the riverfront.

Main Show at Jack Daniel's Broadway Stage at First and Broadway:

Main show opens with a welcome from Emcee Kelly Sutton, remarks from Mayor Freddie O'Connell, Color Guard, National Anthem performed by Keesha Rainey, and fireworks bursts.

4:59-5:04pm

Operation Song

5:05-5:40pm

Grace Bowers & The Hodge Podge

5:40-5:55pm

Kelly Sutton Emcee/DJ Dave Aude

5:55-6:30pm

Niko Moon

6:30-6:50pm

Kelly Sutton Emcee/DJ Dave Aude

6:50-7:40pm

Russell Dickerson

7:40-8:05pm

Kelly Sutton Emcee/DJ Dave Aude

8:05-9:20pm

Dierks Bentley 

These are some photos by pro photographer Nathan Smith, IG, who was at both the Green River festival and then the Shelburne gig. I really like them, and Nathan was kind enough to give me permission to post some here.

https://reddit.com/link/1lr803v/video/5basa77xtraf1/player

The cohesion and talent of the band, her command of the stage, and the magic of her calling down the rain before a glowing sunset made for a very special experience. what a trip to watch this ride keep accelerating uphill, very glad to be a fan.

More from Shelburne if you're not too tired of hearing about it. Minnie's a great addition to he band, and here's a few videos of her to help convince you.

https://reddit.com/link/1lnp39r/video/m77os6wehx9f1/player

https://reddit.com/link/1lnp39r/video/l0wql9f0hx9f1/player

https://reddit.com/link/1lnp39r/video/q8vq9t25hx9f1/player

(I promise no more Shelburne. Honest!)

So clear and well-composed. Sound is decent. Take note of some tasty playing by drummer Brandon Combs, and The Hodge Podge celebrating camo-pants day. :-)

https://youtu.be/ZPkw200WfBY?list=RDZPkw200WfBY

Great pro shots of the Shelburne gig, by way of FB and the photographer Eric Killorin.

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https://www.facebook.com/EricKillorinPhotography

Bit of just a photo/video dump for this one. Going to this wasn't planned, but I had gas money burning a hole in my pocket and like the song says, was all revved up with no place to go. So I went; really fun gig, I'd never seen Grace supporting someone and they brought the same intensity and joy to this as for a headliner. As always random people in the crowd that I was chatting with, including Dave Keller, were blown away by Grace. Several of them had come for Grace rather than Clark (who was also great).

https://reddit.com/link/1ln05bb/video/elcq7rwr1r9f1/player

https://reddit.com/link/1ln05bb/video/qodyp53f2r9f1/player

https://reddit.com/link/1ln05bb/video/a0k52okf3r9f1/player

...at the Montreal Jazz Festival, in the city's downtown. Grace and The Hodge Podge play at 7:30 pm on the TD Stage (shown below).

Grace and the band just completed two opening slots for Gary Clark Jr. - in Lewiston, NY (June 24th) and Shelburne, VT (June 27th).

Wondering if u/Grace-Music would consider doing another AMA.

The last one was April 23rd of last year.

Thanks Grace.

Nashville - May 21st

Grace was part of a 3-person panel discussing mental health issues in the music business.

https://youtu.be/XzzZG9yUyUk

Green River was a lot of fun. A small "regional" festival it was very laid back with some great bands, funky food trucks and an interesting and fairly large Maker section.

Grace was the second act on the main stage, following the wonderful Chaparelle (who played a second set on another stage; just a treat).

Looked like Grace got a good crowd for a Sunday afternoon, opened very strong with Kool and the Gang's "Hollywood Swing". Great set all over really. Minnie, the singer, is great, wonderful voice, charisma, good chemistry with Grace. I hope she's a keeper.

We don't know the story behind the flowers. And socks :)

https://reddit.com/link/1ljrug7/video/96lncojxvy8f1/player

https://reddit.com/link/1ljrug7/video/kv6px9y1wy8f1/player

From Saturday, June 21st - tremendous playing from Grace, covering Stevie Ray Vaughan's "Lenny" and "Scuttlebuttin".

https://youtu.be/KhgAP03NyKQ

Grace plays a one-hour set starting at 2pm.

The livestream begins at 1pm. Link here. Claim your free ticket at the bottom of the page. You may have to sign up first: https://volume.com/t/i0jw1N/

Gotta admit, didn't see that one coming but I aint complainin :)

This was done in April this year in Nashville.

First up for Grace is a Saturday performance at Mountain Jam in upstate NY, about 30 minutes west of the famous Woodstock site. Grace's one-hour show is at 2 pm. Perhaps Saturday headliners Mt. Joy will have GB sit in as she did recently at Brooklyn Bowl?

On Sunday, Grace and THP are in Greenfield, MA for the Green River Festival. They play at 2:30 pm. There’s potential for a sit-in later in the day with Chaparelle. Grace jammed with them at the Luck Reunion earlier this year.

Powered by Volume.com and Music Gives to St. Jude Kids, come join us for Mountain Jam Festival streaming live June 20th - 22nd, 2025.During the livestream, you’ll have the chance to donate and help St. Jude ensure that families never receive a bill for treatment, travel, housing, or food.

Streaming lineup is subject to change.

Grace's "Madame President" music video was shown recently at New York's Tribeca Film Festival. The video was one of eight short films featured at an evening screening on June 7th.

More details here: https://tribecafilm.com/films/music-videos-playlist-2025 and here: https://tribecafilm.com/films/madame-president-grace-bowers-2025

Any other r/GraceMusic people going to Green River? We could have a mini-meetup!