Grace Potter

A musical child from an early age, Grace Potter sung in choirs, school musical productions and regional theatre productions while learning to play the piano from her mother. However, she wouldn't form a proper band until she went to college, where she met Matt Burr during an open-mic performance in 2002. Burr would later become the drummer of The Nocturnals, and also Potter's wife, and the duo would later recruit bassist Courtright Beard and guitarist Scott Tournet to complete the first true line-up of Potter's backing band in 2003. Rather than go the traditional route of searching for a label to release their music, the band formed their own label, Ragged Company, to release Potter's 2004 solo debut “Original Soul”.

Potter's second album and the band's first, 2005's “Nothing But The Water”, was also released on Ragged Company but by that point, they'd built up such a name for themselves via their records and their famed live shows, that Potter and the band signed with Hollywood Records in December of the same year. Ever since then, Potter has remained a massively acclaimed name in modern rock, with the seal of approval of everyone from The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach to Kenny Chesney, with whom Potter collaborated with to create “You And Tequila”, a top three hit on the Billboard country charts and to date, Potter's only appearance in the top forty of the Billboard Hot 100. She's an artist who's achieved far more in the first decade of her career than most achieve in a lifetime, and she's got so much more to offer as well. For that, Grace Potter comes highly recommended.

Originally recording and performing under the moniker Ambassadors, it wasn’t until singer-songwriter Sam Harris, keyboardist brother Casey Harris, and guitarist Noah Feldsuh all graduated from college, and moved to New York City that the band found success. In New York, Ambassadors also found drummer Adam Levin, who alongside the rest of the band crafted the debut output the EP “Ambassadors”, released in 2009. The record was led by the single “Tropisms” which later earned a music video and was supported by a tour alongside the likes of LIGHTS. The full-length album “Litost” was issued later that year, spawning the singles “Unconsolable” and “Litost”.

The single “Unconsolable” also made it on to the band’s “Love Songs Drug Songs” EP, which charted at No. 11 on the U.S. Heatseekers Chart in May 2013. The song and EP were later heard by popular rock band Imagine Dragons, who insisted that their label Interscope sign X Ambassadors, as they were now known. Following the release the band embarked on a national tour in support of Imagine Dragons, Jimmy Eat World, and The Mowglis. Also in 2013 the band was featured on Eminem’s “The Marshall Mathers LP 2” track “Wicked Ways”, and collaborated with Keljet on the single “Love of a Life”. X Ambassadors subsequently released the single “Jungle” alongside Jamie N Commons featuring Jay-Z, which was proceeded with “The Reason” EP in April 2014. Peaking at No. 7 on the U.S. Heatseekers Album Chart, the band supported the record opening fro Panic! at the Disco and Imagine Dragons.