Ingrid Michaelson's Holiday Hop 2009 at City Winery, 12/21/09

Ingrid Michaelson, her wonderful band and friend Greg Laswell held their third annual Holiday Hop at City Winery on Monday, December 21st, 2009.

Her good friend (very very good friend?) Greg Laswell opened the show.

This is a really talented, very tight band. The multi-talented Bess Rogers is hidden in this shot unfortunately.

See more high-rs shots in my Flickr photoset.

This was show number 50. I'll post more about the project and an incredible year of music after Xmas. The amazing Nick Sonderup of 100bandsin100days and his muse Sunshine joined my wife and I for dinner and the show. Make sure you check Nick's blog for the soon-to-be-released short documentary of his project. Stay tuned for a new music blog by Nick with some photography by me if I'm lucky.

Show # 50!

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Guster at the Beacon Theatre, 11/28/09

Guster played the Beacon Theatre on
11/28/09. It was the second night of a
two night run celebrating the 10 year
anniversary of their album 'Lost and
Gone Forever." They played it in
its entirety in the second set.

For the 'Lost and Gone Forever' set, the band added strings, horns and a choir from a Washington, DC school. A good time was had by all.

Both the band and the fans were into it from the first notes to the last.

More high resolution photos in my Flickr photoset.

Show # 45

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Amanda Palmer at Music Hall of Williamsburg 11/14/09

Amanda Palmer paraded to the stage with Nervous Cabaret Satuday, November 14th.

Amanda played songs from her latest album "Who Killed Amanda Palmer" as well as Dresden Dolls favorites.

She took advantage of having a full band an friends like Skip Shirey and Franz Nicolay to cover songs and just have lots of fun in general.

More in my Flickr photoset.

Show # 42

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Ingrid Michaelson at Webster Hall 9/16/09

Ingrid Michaelson and her great band (and friends) Allie Moss, Bess Rogers, Chris Kuffner and Elliot Jacobson toured supporting her new album Everybody at Webster Hall on 9/16/09.

She played to a sold-out crowd that knew and loved everything she played including all of her new material.

More in higher resolution on Flickr.

Show # 41

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Ingrid Michaelson at City Winery 3/12/09

Ingrid Michaelson and her band at City Winery 3/12/09

The night after her moving performance at the R.E.M. Tribute at Carnegie Hall, Ingrid brought the whole band to City Winery.

Ingrid by herself is a great artist, but she has surrounded herself with very talented people who complement her music perfectly.

Ingrid's band is:

Ingrid Michaelson -- vocals/piano
Allie Moss -- guitar/vocals
Elliot Jacobson -- drums
Chris Kuffner -- bass
Bess Rogers -- guitar

Bess Rogers

One of the highlights was Ingrid and Chris performing her amazing cover of R.E.M.'s Nighswimming. Here's their version from Later with Jools Holland.

Allie Moss

Sorry to Elliot Jacobson. Just never got a good shot of him all night.

Better viewed on Flickr.




Listen to 'Breakable'

Here's a video of Ingrid's cover of Nightswimming. This'll have to do until we get an official recording of Carnegie Hall.

Show # 15

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Ingrid Michaelson at Town Hall 12-18-08

Ingrid_Michaelson w Uke 12-18-08
Originally uploaded by OpenEye

So I'm starting the official 50showsat50 year six weeks before my 50th Birthday with this show. Whereever I can I'll post my own photos like this one.

I discovered Ingrid Michaelson just a couple of weeks ago. I'm a subscriber to RadioIO on the net, and kept hearing her and thinking "I like this." I bought "Be Ok" and within a day added "Girls and Boys."

Her Holiday Hop '08 was going to be the last show before she took a break from a year and a half of touring and I jumped on the last official tickets available. Ticketmaster's 'TicketsNow' premium seating. I paid a lot, but ended up front row center. Won't be able to go to a lot of shows buying tickets this way.

Ingrid is a great performer. Comfortable in her own skin and very entertaining even when she's not singing. She has assembled a great band whose playing and singing complement her voice perfectly. They are:

Allie Moss - Guitar/Vocals

Bess Rogers - Guitar

Chris Kuffner - Bass/Vocals

Elliot Jacobson - Drums

-Ingrid Michaelson's official site

- You can hear her for yourself. NPR and WXPN are streaming a show.

- Don't miss this nice review at Venuszine

Listen to "Breakable"

More photos from this show in my Flickr stream

Show #1

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