Grace Potter’s Buried Treasure

Biscuits & Jam

Meredith Corporation

Music Interviews, Arts, Food, Music

4.8 • 608 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Grace Potter was raised in rural Vermont by parents who were seeking a different way of life, one with an emphasis on the arts and a connection to the land. Thanks to her parents’ extensive record collection, Grace grew up listening to a lot of soul and gospel by artists like the Staple Singers and Mahalia Jackson. You can still hear those influences in her music now, even as she’s created her own distinctive bluesy sound. Often compared to Bonnie Raitt or Janis Joplin, Grace has a powerful voice and the stage presence to match. And now she has a new album called Medicine that’s actually not new at all. It was produced with T Bone Burnett 17 years ago before her record label decided to shelve it in favor of a different direction. And even though it was recorded when she was just 24, it sounds as fresh and timely as if she cut it yesterday. Sid talks to Grace about the vision issues that shaped the way she sees the world, the impact of motherhood on her songwriting, and how she’s preparing to sing the national anthem at the 2025 Kentucky Derby. For more info visit: southernliving.com/biscuitsandjam Biscuits & Jam is produced by: Sid Evans - Editor-in-Chief, Southern Living Krissy Tiglias - GM, Southern Living Lottie Leymarie - Executive Producer Michael Onufrak - Audio Engineer & Editor/Producer Jeremiah McVay - Producer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.4	Hey y'all, welcome to Biscuits and Jam from Southern Living.
0:34.5	I'm your host, Sid Evans.
0:36.2	And today I'm talking with someone who doesn't
0:38.6	actually come from the South, though her music might make you think otherwise. Grace Potter was
0:44.3	raised in rural Vermont by parents who were seeking a different way of life, one with an emphasis
0:49.9	on the arts and a connection to the land. Thanks to her parents' extensive record collection,
0:55.9	Grace grew up listening to a lot of soul and gospel
0:58.6	by artists like the Staples Singers and Mahalia Jackson.
1:02.0	You can still hear those influences in her music now,
1:05.3	even as she's created her own distinctive bluesy sound.
1:09.4	Often compared to Bonnie Rae or Janice Joplin, Grace has a powerful voice
1:14.8	and the stage presence to match. And now she has a new album called Medicine that's actually not new at all.
1:22.0	It was produced with T-Bone Burnett 17 years ago before her record label decided to shelve it in favor of a
1:29.6	different direction. And even though it was recorded when she was just 24, it sounds as fresh
1:35.2	and timely as if she cut it yesterday. We'll talk about all that, plus the vision issues that
1:41.2	shaped the way she sees the world, the impact of motherhood on her
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