Ingredients:
1 part Bjork vocalization (Starts at 1:45)
2 parts Martina McBride
Three cups full of bottled lightning
Four parts Black Keys mechanization
A Dash of Black Paint
Grace Potter at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston split her time between playing on a Hammond organ, a Rhodes piano and various electric guitars. Impressively, she arranges the keyboard instruments so she can sometime play both the organ and piano at the same time. Grace Potter and the Nocturnals are no less impressive in everything from the bass, to the lead guitar, to the drummer. Incredibly, they play one “song” where the entire band plays the drum together (see photo below). What’s not to love about a group that can pull that off?
And then the vocalizations? The studio tracks do not do Grace’s voice justice at all. This woman can sing, she can sing loudly and she can sing for hours. It’s simply stunning, which elicited the Bjork comparison above. The compliment is meant to say that you can imagine Grace Potter taking on any musical genre with her voice alone.
I’m converted. Go see them live before they blow up and you’re 50 people back.
Oh I see. I was wondering if you were talking about the picture. Really glad you liked it. Have you checked her out yet?
by Colin on Sun Mar 14, 2010 at 02.29 pm from the entry: Interview - Kelli Schaefer (Portland, OR; Winter, 2010)
yes! The interview is great, and the photo shows off the glow
by Ian on Sun Mar 14, 2010 at 01.29 pm from the entry: Interview - Kelli Schaefer (Portland, OR; Winter, 2010)
Great post! Really digging the new record a lot. The Rainwater LP has some gorgeous moments - definitely recommend checking it out. There are 3 of the new songs up on the myspace page: myspace.com/citizencope
by MattKlomp on Sun Mar 14, 2010 at 03.16 am from the entry: Citizen Cope - Paradise Theater (Boston, MA; Feb. 27, 2010 )
haha is that a compliment?
by colin on Sat Mar 13, 2010 at 06.49 pm from the entry: Interview - Kelli Schaefer (Portland, OR; Winter, 2010)
love that melophobe has more “couples” reviewers, and more “Ian/Ion/Ian/Iain” than the average site…
by Ian on Sat Mar 13, 2010 at 06.48 pm from the entry: sevendust + drowning pool + digital summer + the flood - showbox market (seattle, WA; Mar 07, 2010
you’re positively glowing in this interview, Colin
by Ian on Sat Mar 13, 2010 at 06.46 pm from the entry: Interview - Kelli Schaefer (Portland, OR; Winter, 2010)
Hey Merseilles did a live web show at sonicbirds office gig on Friday that was pretty spectacular. Can anyone find a copy of that?
by Smallweed on Sat Mar 13, 2010 at 11.40 am from the entry: SXSW Send Off Show - Visqueen + Hey Marseilles - Neumos (Seattle, WA; Mar. 5, 2010)
photo 6 with the whole band all hittin the drums is classic
I loved that part of the concert too. If you liked that photo, you’ll like photo 13 from the Paradise Rock Club show in 2007.
Grace Potter @ Paradise Rock Club