An update directly from GPN to address a few of the inaccuricies of the Jambands article. Following is a quote from Scott Tournet

<blockquote> Just want to go on record saying that making the record with Mark was my favorite recording experience EVER!!!  The album will speak for itself.  To those worried about the hip-hop/R&B background Mark brings, this album sounds more like GPN than ANY other album...Any influence he brought only made us stronger, but to be honest, Mark just kept on saying..."Im just trying to stay out of the way!!?  Just play!!!"...He produced us perfectly.</blockquote>



<a href="http://www.jambands.com/news/2009/11/13/grace-potter-enlists-producer-mark-batson-for-new-album">via jambands.com</a>

<blockquote>Grace Potter and the Nocturnals will release a new studio album this spring. The album, a collaboration with songwriter/producer Mark Batson, is the first to feature the Nocturnals current lineup. It is unclear what happened to an earlier series of recording sessions the band did with producer T-Bone Burnett. Baton is best known in the hip-hip/R&B world for his work with Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys. He branched out in 2005 to work with Dave Matthews Band on Stand Up.
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The band entered Los Angeles’ Westlake Studios with Batson in early September. The group recorded a dozen tracks in 17 weeks, brining her new song total to 17. The group is currently mixing the album and deciding which songs to include, though the Obama-inspired “Colors,” the new “Oasis,” “Tiny Light” and the first Batson/Potter collaboration “Medicine” will all make the cut.</blockquote>

That clears it all up doesn't it?

American Songwriter posts just about the <a href="http://www.americansongwriter.com/2009/11/grace-potter-readies-new-album-hits-the-road/">same article</a>.


