The somewhat local Times Argus says "<a href="http://www.timesargus.com/article/20100430/FEATURES02/4300301/1011/FEATURES02">Grace Potter hits the big time with Medicine</a>"

This review, as I expect many to be in the near future, seems to be of two minds. First, the realization that the record is good.
<blockquote>The Nocturnals were a good band when they were a trio backing Potter's keyboard and guitar work. Popper and Burr seem to click as the rhythm section, but what really has changed the band's sound is the interplay of Yurco and lead guitarist Scott Tournet. With a strong rhythm guitar to work off, Tournet is set free to explore the fretboard and the sonic possibilities of his electric guitar. He now delivers some blistering leads which add another layer of sound. Unfortunately, Potter's keyboard playing now takes a subordinate role on most of the tracks.
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Then, the suggestion that this is all a put on, an image an music makeover meant to - well - to sell records.

<blockquote>Hollywood Records, also home to Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers, is priming GPN for bigger stages than the band has played in the past.

Potter has been <strong>given</strong> the Rodeo Drive touch. With long blonde tresses and skirts that barely cover, she is now a "babe."</blockquote>

American Songwriter <a href="http://www.americansongwriter.com/2010/04/on-track-grace-potter/">weighs in:</a>
<blockquote>Several of Potter’s new songs are of the tough-talking-woman variety, like the fiercely strutting album opener “Paris” and the soul-pop lecture “That Phone.” “I mean, I love singing sassy songs,” she says. “I love Etta James and Nina Simone, the footage of them when they just wagged their fingers at the audience. All I’m trying to do is capture the character within each song. Every song is different. I’m not like ‘Oh, I’m in my sassy mama mode.’ It depends on the song, and whatever the songs needs I try to deliver.”

Potter, a 27-year old Hammond B3 and Gibson Flying V player, has never been a timid singer. But, to her way of thinking, delivering a song means getting more out of her voice than ever; supple vibrato, throat-rending screams, downright sexual squeals and grunts, all of which can be heard on the album. “I want to be James Brown,” she declares with relish. “I’ve got my hero types that I keep going back to, and for some reason my voice keeps naturally going in that soul direction. So I might as well not fight it.”</blockquote>

and Grace tops the interview off with this . . .
<blockquote>“I mean, I’m not a precocious young thing anymore. I think I’m not as afraid of judgment. …And my dream, from the time I was two years-old on, was to be in a flashy dress with really awesome shoes and big bouncy hair and a lot of fabulous makeup and great dance moves, singing my heart out.”</blockquote>







