By Ed Oliver:

Although the show didn’t seem to be sold out, the people who were there definitely got their money’s worth. Greg Laswell sang some of his self-admittedly sad songs. And even when he told the audience that he was going to play happier songs, afterward he followed up noting that even he happier songs seemed sad. He even managed to extend this darkness when he performed a cover of “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.” It was quite interesting to hear that song in such a slow and moody delivery way, to say the least.

After a short break, Ingrid came out and welcomed the crowd telling everyone she had just finished up at Monty’s Blue Plate Diner and that she loved the food. Especially the desserts.

She started out with “Breakable” and played through many (if not all) of the songs on her album. She also tossed in a few yet to be released songs - which she pointed out were floating around on YouTube. Each song was followed up with either audience interaction or an anecdote that served as a nice segue into the following.

Her rendition of “Over the Rainbow” was just fantastic.

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Myspace: Ingrid Michaelson

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