Catherine Popper
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Catherine Popper is an American musician best known as bass player/back up vocalist for Ryan Adams
's band The Cardinals as well as Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
.
Popper, from Charlotte, NC, attended the North Carolina School of the Arts
for high school and subsequently the Manhattan School of Music
.
From 2004 to 2006, Popper played bass, double bass, and sang back up vocals for Ryan Adams
with the group The Cardinals. She shared songwriting credits for many songs on the band's albums from those years.
Starting in 2009, Popper joined Grace Potter and the Nocturnals on tour and for the band's self-titled fifth album, released on June 8, 2010, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
. The album was produced by Mark Batson
and debuted at #19 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums for the week ending June 13, 2010.
On November 14, 2011, Popper announced her departure from Grace Potter and the Nocturnals for the "foreseeable future" on her Facebook page.
Ryan Adams
David Ryan Adams is an American alt-country/rock singer-songwriter, from Jacksonville, North Carolina. Initially part of the group Whiskeytown, Adams left the band and released his first solo album Heartbreaker in 2000...
's band The Cardinals as well as Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals is an American rock band from Waitsfield, Vermont.-Career:Grace Potter and the Nocturnals' lead vocalist is multi-instrumentalist Grace Potter, who attended St. Lawrence University for two years before pursuing music professionally...
.
Popper, from Charlotte, NC, attended the North Carolina School of the Arts
North Carolina School of the Arts
The University of North Carolina School of the Arts , formerly the North Carolina School of the Arts, is a public coeducational arts conservatory in Winston-Salem, North Carolina that grants high school, undergraduate and graduate degrees. It is one of the seventeen constituent campuses of the...
for high school and subsequently the Manhattan School of Music
Manhattan School of Music
The Manhattan School of Music is a major music conservatory located on the Upper West Side of New York City. The school offers degrees on the bachelors, masters, and doctoral levels in the areas of classical and jazz performance and composition...
.
From 2004 to 2006, Popper played bass, double bass, and sang back up vocals for Ryan Adams
Ryan Adams
David Ryan Adams is an American alt-country/rock singer-songwriter, from Jacksonville, North Carolina. Initially part of the group Whiskeytown, Adams left the band and released his first solo album Heartbreaker in 2000...
with the group The Cardinals. She shared songwriting credits for many songs on the band's albums from those years.
Starting in 2009, Popper joined Grace Potter and the Nocturnals on tour and for the band's self-titled fifth album, released on June 8, 2010, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals (album)
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals is the eponymous third studio album by American rock band Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, released on June 8, 2010. The album is the band's first release since the inclusion of two new members, rhythm guitarist Benny Yurco and bassist Catherine Popper...
. The album was produced by Mark Batson
Mark Batson
Mark Batson is an American record producer, arranger, and songwriter from Bushwick, Brooklyn, now based in Los Angeles.As a co-writer and producer with Dr. Dre, he is responsible for Jay-Z's 2006 single "Lost One", as well as tracks for Eminem, 50 Cent, Game and Snoop Dogg. As a co-writer and...
and debuted at #19 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums for the week ending June 13, 2010.
On November 14, 2011, Popper announced her departure from Grace Potter and the Nocturnals for the "foreseeable future" on her Facebook page.