Just hours before hitting the stage in Black Mountain, N.C., Grace gave A-Line a sample of her ideal playlist.

TRACK 1: Eric Burdon, “Spill The Wine”—“I first heard this when I was 13 years old on a family trip in Ireland in a great little Irish bar. It’s a story in itself, but you can create your own narrative.”

TRACK 2: Francis and the Lights, “It’ll Be Better”—“I just discovered these guys. They use a lot of synthesizers, which you wouldn’t think would be my thing, but they have a great stage presence; they kind of remind me of The Kinks.”

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