When pop music works like cuisine...

Last night we went to see Grace Potter in concert at Deer Valley. Ms. Potter began her carrer in 2002, with the Nocturnals, a rock band from Waitsfield, Vermont.

Some say that her style and energy are reminiscent of Janis Joplin's and I would agree with this statement. While she's a dynamo on scene, we didn't know any of her songs and were – as is always the case with an unknown entity – laboring to catching up.

Yes she was good, tireless, but she was also very, very loud. Seems to me that noise works for pop music like seasoning works for bland foods. If the ingredients are questionable, you add pepper, salt and grease, hoping that folks will eat it up.

That's right, too much noise killed her performance for us, and that's too bad, but we might have been in the minority. We aren't much into dancing anymore, can't hear the lyrics to make sense of the songs and are a bit too sober. Next time, we'll try something tamer!