“I'm from Vermont, where to be stylish and cool is to have a dirty pair of hiking boots and know how to change a tire, hang drywall, and bale hay. Those people are my home, and every time I come home, it reminds me that there's something to be said for being in the spotlight, but it can never be a whole part of me.”

American singer-songwriter and musician

Grace Evelyn Potter is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Born in 1983, she is known for a solo career and for fronting Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, the band she formed in 2002. She has released six solo albums, beginning with Red Shoe Rebel and Original Soul, and continuing with Midnight, Daylight, Mother Road, and Trespasser. With Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, she released four studio albums before the group disbanded in 2015. Her work moves between rock, soul, and roots-inflected songs.