Caveat Eartor!!!!: Friday Nights Alright For.....WXPN All About The Music Festival

Nothing like attending a sheer cornucopia of musical stylings....from bluegrass to rock funk to sheer glam...

Upong entering the Wiggins Park grounds for the WXPNfest the first act up was...

Grace Potter & The Nocturnes

http://www.gracepotter.com/

I had heard of Grace and seen her name on critics lists but never really heard her until Friday night. What a voice! Think Bonnie Raitt or Sheryl Crow fronting a jam band. Grace hails from Vermont (which begs the question....are Vermont and New Hampshire the Tigris and Euphrates of jam bands???). Grace alternated between a Hammon B3 (which she rocks on) and a Flying V guitar (the ghost of Albert King?) and went through a nice set of tunes. Definitely worth checking out.

After their set the band was most gracious at the meet and greet....

Yonder Mountain String Band

http://www.yondermountain.com/

Ok...is there some kinda checklist that when bluegrass jam bands play all their fans have to go through before attending? All of sudden the Yonder mosh pit was full of tie dyes, knap sacks, bandanas, Birkenstocks, and women wearing no bras (merely an observation!!!!). As for the band they were OK. I can handle bluegrass for a while but I just was not into it that night. Maybe some other time bearded ones....

Danielia Cotton

http://www.danielia.com/

Go back in time to last year's deal. Walked up later and heard this woman wailing away on a tune in a rock funk sorta way. Not too bad. All of a sudden she luanches into AC/DC's "Back In Black". Holy crap! Incredible. Why didn't I come earlier.

This year DC is a higher on the band list. She and her 3 piece band came and ROCKED. If you haven't heard of her it seems she hails from the NYC but grew up in a mainly white school so her music tastes are more rock than R&B. And it shows.