you’re one of my pandora stations, love your work!!

you have a beautiful voice……

Just got hitched a month ago and a friend did a rendition of Way I Am for our ceremony.
Thanks Ingrid!
Adam and Jenna

I’ve always loved “The Way I Am” … right up until the line about buying Rogaine. Doesn’t the guy get to be loved the way he is, even if the way he is involves less hair than it used to?? Isn’t there a double-standard there?

I can sympathize with young artists needing to make a living by getting their music “licensed” but I feel that this hour can be reduced to one word. “Marketing”. I’ve yet to hear the word “co-optation” in regard to how commercial television shows “place” songs. what’s so “Indie” about that? It’s also not to “public” radio’s credit that Tom is not offering any critical inquiry into corporate hijacking of music ,arts et al. But then again NPR has been promoting commercial telelvision for at least a decade ,now. So much for “independent journalism.

In the 90′s Northern Exposure was a hot show.  At the end of the final episode, a song by Iris DeMent, “Our Town,” was used.  Very similar to the wave Ingrid is riding.  Changes in communication and sharing of information has affected the music industry and how typically under the rader artists get discovered.  GREAT SHOW — I’m going to give my yearly donation ahead of time just for this show today!!  Thanks.

I came around to loving Ingrid when I saw a random You tube cover of one of your songs by some young girls- I love the lyrics and your message and stories- Even though I am a relative “old lady” It has inspired me to play guitar and sing some songs again.

While I only listen to music by regional artists and friends, I can appreciate commercial music and the work that artists put into their craft. 

Ms. Michaelson’s career and sound remind me of so many female recording artists these days…who was that one from Canada who had the hit “1,2,3,4″ or whatever it was called? I can’t remember her name just now…I am always interested in how people use their voices to convey emotion when they sing; I am a little tired, though, of the breathy, wispy style (that fluctuates between a falsetto and half-falsetto) used these days by many women singers, at times intentionally clipped where, say, a vibrato might sound fresh. It seems to be some kind of reaction to the ostentatious approach that is peppered with lots of vocal athleticism displayed by many Black women singers. I do think that this style of Indie Pop has a better chance than commercial Hip Hop or Rap at giving birth to some new kind of music (which is long overdue; it’s as if we’re stuck in the 1990′s). The only thing new in commercial music in the last 20 years is how it’s marketed. Commercial music has become stagnant for some time now.  

i didn’t actually hear this, but i saw it on ingrid’s twitter…. I LOVE INGRID MICHAELSON!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love Ingrid.  I first saw her at the mile high music festival.  She was great and funny.  I loved the valentine’s day concert she posted too.  Please come out west again soon.  Thank you for being yourself.  Real hair, boobs, and normal wardrobe.  You prove that you dont have to be ridiculous to get attention.  If you deserve it, you’ll get it for the right reasons. 

Thought Amanda Palmer was going to call her out on the creep uke cover that she does as well. . . 

As a truly independent musician, I find this casual use of the word “indie” somewhat insulting. “Indie pop sensation” is an oxymoron. If you’re a pop sensation and you’ve landed substantial backing through a record deal, agent, a publishing deal, etc, you are not “indie”. There’s no doubt that Ingrid is a talented musician, but let’s remember where the word “indie” comes from and what it really means. There are hundreds of thousands of talented musicians out there who continue to play to small audiences and struggle to do what they love, and are no less serious about it. And they are doing it all on their own. Most of them will never be noticed, and they will keep ay it. Those musicians are “indie”.