Grace Potter

While performing her solo work at local cafes and coffee shops in Waitsfield, VT Grace Potter attracted the attention of drummer Matt Burr, who suggested that the two form a band. After the addition of a few more musicians, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals was born in 2002. The band self-releasing a blues-rock album called Nothing But the Water in 2005, and captured the attention of Hollywood Records, who immediately signed the five-piece band. Less than a decade into its career, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals had released six more studio albums, including 2012's The Lion the Beast the Beat, of its infectious folk-leaning, rock and roll blues.