There is always something a bit magic about watching an artist play to a sold-out, standing room only crowd. The show at the Rockwood was special because the crowd was completely into Ingrid's set. The intimacy of the Rockwood (I think capacity is 75 people) added to the night and there seemed to be an almost personal connection between the band and the audience.

I wasn't that familiar with Ingrid Michaelson's music prior to the show so I couldn't put together a set list. Ingrid played for about an hour and the final song of the set was "Keep Breathing" (which is getting some radio play and is also on the Grey's Anatomy soundtrack). In doing some background research on Ingrid, I was completely impressed that, on her MySpace page, her songs have gotten 3 Million total plays and 55,000 plays today. To put this in perspective, the Indigo Girls have gotten 600,000 total plays on their MySpace page and 672 plays today. All I can say is "WOW"!

Ingrid has a new CD (released earlier this year) available through CD Baby entitled "Girls and Boys". She has obviously resonated well with the Grey's Anatomy audience as the CD writeup on CD Baby notes that two songs from this release were featured on the show.

Check out Ingrid's TV debut on Last Call with Carson Daly:


Ingrid is playing some dates with Matt Nathanson next month (October) and will be back in town for a show at the Knitting Factory on November 16th.

To wrap this up, here are some additional pictures from the Rockwood Music Hall show:



Links:
Ingrid Michaelson's Website