Mary Colurso, music columnist for the Birmingham news, has a <a href="http://blog.al.com/mcolurso/2008/06/amazing_grace_singer_grace_pot.html">nice interview and writeup</a> about Grace Potter and the Nocturnals as a run up to their performance at <a href="http://www.citystages.org/">Birmingham's City Stages Festival</a> next weekend. The band hits the stage at 4:15 on Saturday the 14th.

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Q: Fans say the band has gotten louder, heavier and bluesier over the past few years. Is the sound changing that much?
A: I think every band goes through these transitions, even just from one show to the next. I can only hope we're going in the right direction. I think I've become a gutsier singer. When you come from a jazz or choir background, as I do, everything is always so careful and calculated. But when the band get louder, and the amps get turned up to 11, I have to get louder, too.</blockquote>