A highlight of my SXSW week was catching the late night set by Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. In addition to previewing some great new material that'll be out on their new release this summer, they delivered, as Schultz said, a rare "true encore" with a killer acoustic, no microphone version of Mystery Train (you can even see me up front in the photo on the right from the show, I'm just to the right of the guy on the left side who is holding up the video camera). That alone was worth the trip to Austin!

Hot off the presses we've got our hands on a couple of tracks from the forthcoming record. One we must keep to ourselves for now, but we're happy to share "Ah Mary" with you today as a sign of sweet sounds to come from GPTN.



The band is also adding to their spring show list, by contributing to "Seven Days for the Earth" with a special benefit show on April 15th at the Big Picture Theatre in Grace's hometown of Waitsfield, Vermont. The Lowell Thompson Band from Burlington will be sharing the stage with GPTN. If you can't make that one, be sure to catch them soon, you won't be disappointed.

Labels: Grace Potter and The Nocturnals, Mp3s