<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Grace-bowers ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/grace-bowers Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:01:13 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “It’s not the kind of music I want to make anymore”: Grace Bowers explains why she doesn’t want to be known as a blues guitarist ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/grace-bowers-explains-why-she-doesnt-want-to-be-known-as-a-blues-guitarist 5NzDWnfiD45Co28sYt2Xta Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:01:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Does this young lady get it or what?” Joe Bonamassa and Slash team up for blues classics in New York – but did their young special guests steal the show? ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/joe-bonamassa-slash-soho-sessions QNQesqHRdFW4hYGBDX6dyX Mon, 19 Jan 2026 17:04:01 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 10:51:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Learned the solo the other day – it’s not perfect, but I’ll be damned if it wasn’t fun to play”: Grace Bowers channels her inner shredder with a searing tribute to Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/grace-bowers-covers-crazy-train mDfcPkWgdQ5gkyh3Taqoyj Mon, 25 Aug 2025 17:52:56 +0000 Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:08:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We were on stools next to each other, going back and forth on the parts in front of the board. That was the first time we’d met”: How Grace Bowers ended up on Lamb of God guitarist Mark Morton’s latest solo record ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/how-grace-bowers-ended-up-on-lamb-of-gods-mark-mortons-latest-solo-record Yp6zCB9TKqkvgGXbVzPfFn Mon, 28 Jul 2025 15:00:56 +0000 Tue, 05 Aug 2025 11:58:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Not forgetting this one anytime soon”: Grace Bowers taps into her inner shredder with surprise All-American Rejects guest spot ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/grace-bowers-all-american-rejects-house-party WzcEjUMgX3gLrFFQB57DWf Wed, 28 May 2025 16:36:09 +0000 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 11:28:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He was opening for Bobby Darin and the audience were going, ‘We want Duane! We want Duane!’ Poor Bobby was backstage, almost in tears. From there on, Duane finished the show”: Albert Lee, Joe Bonamassa and Vince Gill on the life and legacy of Duane Eddy ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/concerts-gigs-tours/duane-eddy-tribute-concert-2025 MWSw7eeffzcrSBpG8MN6vP Thu, 15 May 2025 17:09:24 +0000 Wed, 21 May 2025 10:28:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’m a huge, huge fan of both of them”: Peter Frampton called Grace Bowers his favorite new guitarist. Now they’ve collaborated on a Beatles classic with Trey Anastasio ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/concerts-gigs-tours/peter-frampton-grace-bowers-trey-anastasio-in-new-york 7CzSLUVHrqSJNsBgiwZht8 Mon, 17 Mar 2025 13:53:30 +0000 Mon, 31 Mar 2025 08:01:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I get the label as a blues rock artist a lot, and I hate that. That's not the type of music I make, nor is it the kind of music I listen to”: Grace Bowers on moving past the blues guitarist label – and where she’s headed next ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/grace-bowers-on-moving-past-the-blues-guitarist-label muFg27yG8akyvHyDhu3kKQ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 12:11:36 +0000 Wed, 05 Mar 2025 16:07:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The solo he takes on that is one of the most perfectly crafted guitar solos ever. He's one of those players you can recognize right away. It's that distinct”: Grace Bowers names her favorite guitar player of all time ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/grace-bowers-names-her-favorite-guitar-player-of-all-time KUyphNBaCNhVjVPWaa6WL7 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:55 +0000 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 12:10:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I got a text asking if he could send my name over to an ‘artist’ for a ‘show.’ It ended up being Chris Martin”: Grace Bowers takes her chops to the biggest stage in music for a surprise Grammys appearance with the Coldplay frontman ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/concerts-gigs-tours/grace-bowers-chris-martin-grammys-2025 dtRDcTNNkAf7T7RgKvGHse Tue, 04 Feb 2025 12:14:01 +0000 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:14:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Her weapon of choice is, in fact, 45 years older than she is”: The unstoppable rise of Grace Bowers ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/the-rise-and-rise-of-grace-bowers-2024-year-in-review sbYychJJDzcBjEBgXtwixF Mon, 30 Dec 2024 10:23:00 +0000 Thu, 02 Jan 2025 11:44:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’m backing away from being a ‘blues guitarist’. It’s not what I wanted to be boxed into”: Grace Bowers took the blues world by storm – but she says there’s much more to her playing ready to be unleashed ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/grace-bowers-backing-away-from-the-blues ufxB8U6ByYKqCyTRdvXFpa Wed, 25 Dec 2024 09:30:10 +0000 Thu, 02 Jan 2025 11:32:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ “This is like Santana’s Soul Sacrifice at Woodstock or Hendrix’s Machine Gun, an act of freeform radicalism”: The best guitar solos of 2024, as chosen by Guitar World editors and pro players ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/music-releases/the-best-guitar-solos-of-2024 3SQMYrpU2n9ZDPK5HSZqfQ Tue, 17 Dec 2024 12:01:46 +0000 Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:17:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I get disrespected before I even play”: Guitar prodigy Grace Bowers on how she’s won over the critics who underestimate her ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/grace-bowers-on-how-she-has-dealt-with-being-underestimated-throughout-her-career VJ2V82Z3dgFznEowhENkU3 Tue, 03 Dec 2024 13:48:35 +0000 Fri, 06 Dec 2024 14:54:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “No, this is not a note for note rendition. And no I don’t care that a bunch of people online hated this”: Grace Bowers continues her winning streak with a wah-laden rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner at an NFL game ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/grace-bowers-plays-the-star-spangled-banner-at-nfl-game CMwb66E3XTwcpR2AYzmj7g Tue, 22 Oct 2024 11:39:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ Two of today’s brightest guitar talents, Marcus King and Grace Bowers, team up for a surprise solo-fueled rendition of a Kris Kristofferson classic on stage in New York ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/marcus-king-and-grace-bowers-team-up-for-kris-kristofferson-cover Ze6uRmWbBUFvUE7w2ud27F Thu, 17 Oct 2024 14:27:08 +0000 Fri, 18 Oct 2024 11:25:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I see people my own age in the audience, and their minds are blown. I’m making this stuff sound new to them”: Grace Bowers on her dizzying rise as the world’s next guitar hero, breaking the law to hone her chops, and why she’s “not a natural” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/grace-bowers-and-the-hodge-podge-wine-on-venus xFMyojhLrN7iFZmBRBC9vb Wed, 16 Oct 2024 15:54:05 +0000 Tue, 22 Oct 2024 14:36:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s always been such a special song to me, and I just love Jimmy Page’s playing on that”: Grace Bowers is the hottest name in blues right now – and she’s taken a rare acoustic turn to cover Led Zeppelin on her new single ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/grace-bowers-going-to-california-single GToE7xU42MHG3yoxDQBW4m Fri, 04 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +0000 Fri, 18 Oct 2024 15:12:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I discovered how I had full access to the neck”: Why Grace Bowers prefers the Gibson SG to the Les Paul ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/why-grace-bowers-prefers-gibson-sgs wfGdcb9osYUkPLWAnHRvwf Thu, 03 Oct 2024 15:56:50 +0000 Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:45:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He plays five notes, and those five notes said more than any of these metal shredders could ever wish they could say”: Grace Bowers on how B.B. King completely changed her perspective on what makes a good guitar solo ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/grace-bowers-on-how-bb-king-changed-her-perspective-on-guitar-solos WbByF4EJQmT7xr8KWBARDm Mon, 02 Sep 2024 09:12:00 +0000 Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:42:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “This is an artist who's not just carrying the torch for rock 'n' roll – she's igniting a whole new fire”: Grace Bowers trades her Gibson SG for a Fender Strat to cover Stevie Ray Vaughan classics ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/grace-bowers-covers-stevie-ray-vaughan QfpKSryaDQ7RLdAuo85R3P Thu, 29 Aug 2024 14:23:34 +0000 Wed, 11 Sep 2024 08:39:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ “People would book me for things, and I didn’t have a band. Then I found a winning combination of people and called the band Hodge Podge”: Grace Bowers solos her way through her late-night TV debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/grace-bowers-debut-late-night-tv-performance-on-jimmy-kimmel xaceag5bx5YHEgNv3YuqbC Wed, 14 Aug 2024 10:25:57 +0000 Tue, 27 Aug 2024 16:02:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Met my guitar hero last night”: Grace Bowers finally meets Slash – whose Welcome to the Jungle solo inspired her to pick up guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/grace-bowers-meets-slash 2QAQvUNKBsEGMxCiqrJdTK Tue, 02 Jul 2024 20:30:17 +0000 Tue, 16 Jul 2024 10:06:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Big riff energy is in this kid’s blood – and he might even solo better than his dad…” June 2024 Guitar World editor’s picks ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/june-2024-guitar-world-editors-picks yxkJBeM7ypgqSpCja62nVV Fri, 28 Jun 2024 15:31:47 +0000 Tue, 02 Jul 2024 16:41:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I would pick her out in a crowd... Like, ‘I know who that is,’ like David Gilmour”: Heart's Nancy Wilson says this “Clapton-type shredder” is her favorite contemporary guitarist ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/heart-nancy-wilson-favorite-new-guitarist F6KGQEtH2tV4tVUp49cGci Fri, 10 May 2024 16:05:28 +0000 Wed, 22 May 2024 14:44:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’ve been playing for seven years but I only learned the pentatonic scale three years ago!”: She’s only just started exploring music theory, but that hasn’t stopped 17-year-old Grace Bowers from grabbing her blues heroes’ attention ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/grace-bowers-hodge-podge zsLKyuRji5MGyP5q56VVh9 Mon, 05 Feb 2024 22:15:23 +0000 Thu, 27 Jun 2024 09:36:04 +0000