Grace Potter and The Nocturnals have popped up a couple other times on the site via our weekly Top 5 Most Played Songs series. I commented previously on how their sound was reminiscent of the great jam bands of the 60’s and 70’s, and Potter’s soulful, bluesy voice is just a joy to listen to. Bonnie Raitt described the band as “one of the most soulful new bands around,” and I tend to agree.
So, today I was quite pleased to come across this live show from the band that took place last weekend at Florence, MA’s Pines Theater. The show was part of the Royal Family Getdown, where Soulive hosted a one-day outdoor festival featuring several friends of theirs, including GPN. According to the announcement, the festival was in celebration of Soulive’s 10th Anniversary and the launch of their record label, Royal Family Records.
You can grab the show in the Dig-It section, but before you do, check out a couple videos from the show below. If you’re not familiar with the band, it’ll give you an idea of the atmosphere and the energy the band puts into their performance. The first video is of GPN’s show opener, “Some Kind of Ride”, and the second is of “Come Into My Kitchen” leading into “Ah Mary”.
With a couple additions to the band’s line-up, GPN is wrapping up work on their third studio album – their first with legendary producer T Bone Burnett (Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Elvis Costello, John Mellencamp, Gillian Welch, Roy Orbison, Counting Crows, Wallflowers). Potter describes the new album as “a soul record at its core, like the Velvet Underground backing Aretha Franklin.” The album is slated to be released this fall, but in the meantime, GPN will be hitting the road for a fall tour with Brett Dennen. Make sure to check out their website or MySpace for a complete tour schedule, which includes stops in markets all across the country. You can also follow the band on Twitter.
Your Dig-It Downloads:
Grace Potter and The Nocturnals: Live @ Pines Theatre (9-12-09)
(Many thanks to Corey the Groundhog for the recording)
Download: Zip file of full show
Download: Some Kind of Ride
Download: Joey
Download: Mastermind
Download: Big White Gate
Download: Come into My Kitchen
Download: Ah Mary
Download: Stop the Bus >
Download: 2:22
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Download: Medicine
Download: If I was From Paris
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