By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR Grace Potter and the Nocturnals were known for their live show. However, now, The Nocturnals half of the equation are on hiatus as Potter mines a solo career. But when Potter heads out on the road to support her new solo album, she said fans should not expect her to sit quietly alone on stage, singing gently to the crowd. “It’s not just me on the piano,” said Potter, in a phone call from Florida. “It’s basically a supercharged version of every stage show we’ve ever done.” “The band is bigger,” said Potter. “There are more instruments. There are more singers… It’s not just my voice… There’s a lot of awesome support (on stage),” she said. “It’s so fun,” said Potter of the new stage show. “It’s in your face.” When she pulled the band together for a solo tour, Potter said, she didn’t know how they would handle the material from the Nocturnals and from her solo tracks from her new album, “Midnight.” Potter said she thought she would have to structure the set list so that one half of the show would just be Nocturnals’ tracks and the other half only solo material. […]
By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR Grace Potter and the Nocturnals were known for their live show. However, now, The Nocturnals half of the equation are on hiatus as Potter mines a solo career. But when Potter heads out on the road to support her new solo album, she said fans should not expect her to sit quietly alone on stage, singing gently to the crowd. “It’s not just me on the piano,” said Potter, in a phone call from Florida. “It’s basically a supercharged version of every stage show we’ve ever done.” “The band is bigger,” said Potter. “There are more instruments. There are more singers… It’s not just my voice… There’s a lot of awesome support (on stage),” she said. “It’s so fun,” said Potter of the new stage show. “It’s in your face.” When she pulled the band together for a solo tour, Potter said, she didn’t know how they would handle the material from the Nocturnals and from her solo tracks from her new album, “Midnight.” Potter said she thought she would have to structure the set list so that one half of the show would just be Nocturnals’ tracks and the other half only solo material. […]