Earlier this month, Grace Bowers joined Chris Martin onstage at the Grammys to play “All My Love,” a well-earned spotlight for the 18-year-old artist who has garnered accolades and awards in recent years as the next great guitar slinger. Her debut album, Wine on Venus, unloads incredible riffs that smoke burning blues and jam wicked funk from her band Grace Bowers & the Hodge Podge, but it’s her live performances, folding in subtle jazz tones and roaring rock, that has set the Nashville guitarist in elite company, including a current slot on tour opening for Gary Clark Jr. – Doug Freeman
