Dorothy Potter is a singer-songwriter from Sugar Hill, Harlem.

In September 2007, she returned to New York City after almost four years touring overseas. Now she is writing and arranging all new songs for her next CD to be released by winter 2008.

As a vocalist, Dorothy has shared stages with many world-renowned musicians including composer Philip Glass, folk legend Pete Seeger, Puerto Rican songwriter/producer Papo Gely, Brazilian phenomenon Tico Da Costa, and world-renowned guitarist Larry Baeder. In the 1990s, she worked in the Latin music scene in New York, both as an artist and concert promoter: Her musical sensibility is influenced by her personal experience with such Latin American artists as Leon Gieco, Ibrahim Ferrer, Mercedes Sosa and scores of the best young artists working in the New York Latin jazz, folk and rock scene today.

In 2001, Dorothy returned to the American pop idiom and began writing songs in English.

From 2003-2007 Dorothy toured Europe and the USA with singer songwriter Aaron Gilmartin as one half of the songwriting and performing team, The GilmartinPotter Band. The band developed a loyal following in Germany, France and Scandinavia, and they were heard on German radio in a recording made with the hit German rock group, Mariannenplatz. The group went to Cologne in April 2007 recorded the tracks for the independent album "Just Before Rising" and those tracks have been receiving continuous play on internet radio worldwide.

In July 2008, Dorothy opened as an acoustic act for The Dave Mason Band on July 16, 2008 playing to a sold-out Tarrytown Music Hall.

In a recent interview Dorothy remarks, "I've played small venues and big ones, festivals and bars and even the NYC Subway System. Funny how some of the best gigs are the ones you wouldn't expect to be so good: Singing for convicts at The San Bruno Prison in San Francisco, to a living room-full of intentional community dwellers on the plains of Kansas, or to soldiers heading off to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some of those have been the most memorable gigs for me. I guess anywhere there are people who need encouragement and a sound to soothe is where I want to be."