Biography

Clare Maree Bowen was born on an island in the middle of the Pacific. Years before landing the role of Scarlett O'Connor on the CMT/HULU TV series Nashville (2012) and launching her career as a singer/songwriter, Clare Bowen was growing up in Dharawal Country on the Minnamurra River in rural Australia, miles from the nearest city, writing down everything she felt, heard, saw and dreamed. "Music was my connection to the rest of the world," she says. As a child who spent more time around animals than people, she often "Didn't do 'social' very well... but music is the universal language. I felt no barrier there. I was brought up on my parents' vinyl collection - everything from Paul Simon to Gilbert & Sullivan, Vivaldi to Elvis to Dolly to Springsteen, Edith Piaf and Etta James." Those references quickly expanded to include country legends like Loretta Lynn and Johnny Cash. Bowen heard her first broadcast of the Grand Ole Opry on the wireless in her grandad's kitchen. Soon after, her cl

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