Grace Pettis, Rachel Kilgour
The Bur Oak 2262 Winnebago St., Madison, Wisconsin 53704
Nicola Gell
Grace Pettis
$15 ($12 adv.).
media release: Grace Pettis' debut album on MPress, 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 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'').
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. For more information, visit gracepettis.com.