The Good Graces

"Really emotional and really good" -Noisey

"It’s no stretch to call Kim Ware an Atlanta treasure. Fans of her songs have always been delighted by her keen eye for subtle images and toe-tapping arrangements.” -Immersive Atlanta

"The music is excellent. Some of the words are too sad." -Kim's mom

2019 LEAF Festival Singer-Songwriter Competition finalist
2017 Great American Song Contest finalist, Folk/Americana - "7-Year Sentence (Going to Hell)"
2016 Great American Song Content finalist, Folk/Americana - "Cold in California"
Official showcases at NXNE (2014), 30A Songwriters Festival (2017, 2020)

Drummer-turned-songwriter Kim Ware started the Good Graces on a whim in 2006, after purchasing a beat up, old acoustic guitar she named Buzzy at the Lakewood Antiques Market in Atlanta. The songs quickly poured out of her, melodic stories of heartache and hope, set to three chords that she often didn’t know the names of. Since then, Kim and tGG have toured the east coast multiple times; paid musical visits to Texas, over to California, through the Midwest; and showcased at such festivals as 30A, NXNE, and LEAF, where Kim was a finalist and placed in the top three at the NewSong Singer-Songwriter Competition in 2019. She’s been praised as a “songwriter’s songwriter” as well as “an Atlanta treasure” by local musicians and press alike, with songs that blend the gritty realness of 90s-era alternative rock with the straightforward charm of country and folk.