The seven time CMA-winning instrumentalist Mark O’Connor teamed up with his wife Maggie, and Country Music Hall of Fame songwriter inductee Gary Nicholson to pen “Madam President.” It’s a song about the 2024 Presidential Election and Vice President Kamala Harris. Mark and Maggie recorded the song in the studio and filmed an official music video available below.
Mark O’Connor says, “Maggie and I had the idea to write a song “Madam President” about the fact that Vice President Kamala Harris could break that final glass ceiling in America."
The duo called their good friend, legendary Nashville songwriter Gary Nicholson and shared the title and some potential lines for the song, and as Mark shares, "He took off running with it, a writer of so many hit songs!" The songwriters went back and forth on lyrics a few times until it all came together. Mark further adds, "I set it all to music with Maggie delivering on the message of this song in the beautiful way she can. We hope it inspires more people to the polls to vote for freedom and democracy!”
About Mark and Maggie O’Connor
Mark O’Connor, a three-time Grammy winner and seven-time CMA Musician of the Year, is a legendary multi-instrumentalist famous for his work on fiddle, guitar and mandolin. He is also a ground-breaking American classical composer known for pieces like “Appalachia Waltz” and “The Fiddle Concerto.” Georgia native Maggie O’Connor, also a Grammy winner, earned a master’s degree in classical violin performance from the famed Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore before returning to her own Americana music roots in the O’Connor Band and releasing the album with Mark, Life After Life.
