I highly recommend going to one of her shows. We've also seen her in Charlottesville, VA (back in the day) and she puts on such a good, intimate gig. Her sets always include both fast and slow songs, various covers that she likes to sing along with the crowd, and time in the middle of the concert where her band exits the stage and she talks/sings with just her ukulele or keyboard.
As you can see, our seats were excellent! G surprised me with VIP tickets; we were only about 6 rows from the front, and dead center stage, which is my favorite perspective! I don't know what demographic(s) I was expecting for the audience, but it's worth pointing out that there seemed to be an even split between 20-30 yo's and 30-60 yo's. No joke. G and I kind of half expected to be in the "older" half of the audience, surrounded by people my students' age, but instead, we found that many people sitting around us had silver hair! It was super fun to sing, sway, and bounce along with everyone else to her music.
As adventurous as I may (or may not) be on the weekends, it takes a pretty big deal for me to shuffle around my weeknight schedule. And by "schedule" I mean that bunny mama is usually in bed, deep into a VW novel by - BY - 9:00 p.m. But not last night. And the late bed time and early morning grumbles were so worth it.
Ingrid writes most (all?) of her own songs, plays a variety of instruments, covers a breadth of styles from folk to playful to melancholy to rock, and does it all while seeming - dare I say it? - normal. She seems like a down to earth person who is in touch with the human experience (rather than some delusional state of fame and celebrity) and enjoys her music, performing it, and connecting with people who want to hear it, and who want to sing along!
We had such a great time. Here are a few more pics, if you're interested.
Thanks, G, for such a great gift!
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