My good friend and OurStage PR guru Jessica Morris, affectionately dubbed “J-Mo” in the OurStage offices, was so enthusiastic about Ingrid Michaelson’s set at Bumbershoot, I asked if she’d write a quick review of her show. As J-Mo always does, she took the assignment seriously and knocked it out of the park. Here’s her review (with more pictures below):
J-Mo’s Biggest Fan Experience:
“I’m at Bumbershoot for work, but I wasn’t going to let that stop me from seeing my favorite artist on stage. This is my “Biggest Fan” experience brought to you by OurStage…
I Love Ingrid Michaelson… I first discovered her through Grey’s Anatomy and have been a fan ever since. I recently caught her show at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston and she did a great job engaging the audience. So, I was curious to see how she fared at a music festival where her audience isn’t quite so captive and she had to compete with many distractions. Again, she dazzled.
Ingrid’s concerts are like a buy one, get one free sale. You pay for a great concert and you get a bonus comedy show just for the hell of it!
While you ‘re watching her on stage, you come to an almost immediate realization that she is just a girl – just like everybody else in the crowd – she just happens to be the one with a microphone… and gobs of talent.
From her clumsy, yet charming strip tease, to her complaints about her muffin top waist, Ingrid isn’t necessarily helping the audience relate to her (although, we do). She’s actually doing the reverse: she is relating to her audience. She is looking out into a sea of adoring faces and seeing a group of her closest friends, at least for the next 45 minutes, and she isn’t going to hesitate to tell you all of her troubles, hopes and dreams. This time, she is so excited to tell us that Dave Matthews told her she gave him a musical woody… she’s blushing the whole time she’s telling the story.
I am definitely looking forward to her next comedy show!”
Thanks J-Mo! BTW, you can all see Ingrid’s next “comedy” show, tomorrow night (9/2/08) on Jay Leno. You should also check out her review on Daytrotter w/ free downloads. Here are more Ingrid pics from Bumbershoot:
Great review! Ingrid was so likeable and so talented! I was just wondering if you could remember the songs that Ingrid played in her set, I am trying to collect them all together for a bumbershoot playlist on itunes. Your input would be so helpful. Thanks so much!
Please tell us the whole story of Dave Matthews getting a musical woody, I would love to hear the whole story! Is there anywhere where I can download this clip? thanx
Hi Sarah and Ann,
thanks for commenting!
Here’s what I can remember from the set list. It is incomplete and probably not in order, but I hope it helps:
– Die Alone
– Overboard
– Be OK
– Breakable
– Far Away
– Starting Now
(this is when I had to slip away to catch some STP; oh, how I wish I had stayed for the full set!)
Ann, I wish I had more dirty details about Dave Matthews’ musical woody
but, with true class, all Ingrid said that Dave confessed to her that the piece of her song “Overboard” at about 1:20 was so beautifull that it gave him a musical woody. In my opinion, that’s about the best compliment a musician could get!
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