Grace Pettis To Play Ardmore Music Hall 3/1/23
photo: Nicola Gell
Austin-based singer-songwriter Grace Pettis' debut album on MPress records, Working Woman, is a powerful testament to working women from all walks of life - all who essentially hold our communities together with their service and double-duties. Produced by lauded singer-songwriter Mary Bragg, and mixed by 2x Grammy award winner Shani Ghandi (Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical), the record features an all-female/non-binary band. The rest of the album credits are female/non-binary as well: co-writers, engineers, photographer, and graphic designer included. Guest contributions on 'Working Woman' come from Indigo Girls (“Landon”), Ruthie Foster (“Pick Me Up”), Dar Williams (“Any Kind of Girl''), The Watson Twins (''Never Get It Back”), Gina Chavez (“Mean Something”) and Mary Bragg (“Paper Boat'').
More on the album, she explains, "I thought a lot about what to call this album. I tossed around a lot of different titles, pulled from lines I liked or themes the record seemed to have. But in the end, it really had to be called Working Woman because the album, like the song, is not subtle. It's about recognizing and honoring the work that women do in every space in our society. It’s about claiming our own power and place in the world. This record is about the work women do and valuing that work.”
Grace is the winner of many of the nation’s most prestigious songwriting contests, including NPR’s Mountain Stage New Song Contest, and has received grants from the Buddy Holly Educational Foundation. Grace’s songs have been recorded by other esteemed artists, including Sara Hickman and Ruthie Foster. Her highly acclaimed independently released records, Grace Pettis (2009), Two Birds (2012), and the acoustic EP, Blue Star in a Red Sky (2018), have garnered praise from top-notch magazines, newspapers, and radio. She also holds down duties as a member (along with Rebecca Loebe and BettySoo) of the Americana/folk-pop trio Nobody’s Girl.
Kicking off her tour in Nashville, then performing in Cambridge, MA, Saratoga Springs, New Haven, and NYC, Pettis performs at Ardmore Music Hall on Wednesday March 1st, joining Ruthie Foster, tickets can be purchased here. After performing at the beloved Ardmore venue on the 1st, she continues on to Washington DC, Hattiesburg, MS, and closes her tour out in Austin for a 3-date run, with a performance at South by Southwest Festival & Conference on 3/18.
More on the album, she explains, "I thought a lot about what to call this album. I tossed around a lot of different titles, pulled from lines I liked or themes the record seemed to have. But in the end, it really had to be called Working Woman because the album, like the song, is not subtle. It's about recognizing and honoring the work that women do in every space in our society. It’s about claiming our own power and place in the world. This record is about the work women do and valuing that work.”
Grace is the winner of many of the nation’s most prestigious songwriting contests, including NPR’s Mountain Stage New Song Contest, and has received grants from the Buddy Holly Educational Foundation. Grace’s songs have been recorded by other esteemed artists, including Sara Hickman and Ruthie Foster. Her highly acclaimed independently released records, Grace Pettis (2009), Two Birds (2012), and the acoustic EP, Blue Star in a Red Sky (2018), have garnered praise from top-notch magazines, newspapers, and radio. She also holds down duties as a member (along with Rebecca Loebe and BettySoo) of the Americana/folk-pop trio Nobody’s Girl.
Kicking off her tour in Nashville, then performing in Cambridge, MA, Saratoga Springs, New Haven, and NYC, Pettis performs at Ardmore Music Hall on Wednesday March 1st, joining Ruthie Foster, tickets can be purchased here. After performing at the beloved Ardmore venue on the 1st, she continues on to Washington DC, Hattiesburg, MS, and closes her tour out in Austin for a 3-date run, with a performance at South by Southwest Festival & Conference on 3/18.
Listen 'Working Woman' by Grace Pettis on Spotify
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