(Artist) Ingrid Michaelson

Where to begin about Ingrid Michaelson. She began as a MySpace sensation and wrote that charming 'sweater song' for the Old Navy commercial as well as composing "Keep Breathing" specifically for the Season 3 finale of Grey's Anatomy (where Burke leaves Christina at the altar). When I first found this lovely lady I was attracted most to her charismatic voice and her nonchalant delivery of music. She always seems to just roll up, drop something beautiful on the mic and roll back out. It is only recently that I had the chance to catch up on her live stuff and realize that she is INCREDIBLE live. Also, she is my facebook friend and that is awesome. Pick up her album "Be OK." You will thank me. In the meantime, enjoy Ingrid Michaelson.


"Oh What a Day" (This is actually the first time she ever played this for anyone. She talks at the beginning for like 7 minutes, just to warn you, so you might want to start it loading, then watch another song while this loads and come back to it. However, she IS very witty in person, so you can also listen to her be herself on stage and intro the song. Your choice.)


"You and I" (With Jason Mraz, but with another man on her album, but still awesome)


"Can't Help Falling in Love" (A cover of the classic. Beautiful)


"The Chain" (All four of these songs are on her new album "Be OK" which I assume I have now convinced you to purchase.)

(ARTIST) Sia

I am lame. Lame lame lame, I know. My commitment to these beasts known as blogs continues to wane sadly. However, I will here begin anew my pursuit of sharing my favorite musics with everyone on the internet. Meet Sia. You may already know her but not realize you do. Her song "Breathe Me" was featured as the finale song of Six Feet Under and has been used in a few other television shows, I believe. The thing that attracted me to her initially was her song-writing. She also did a lot of things with Zero 7 so you might recognize her voice from that. I had the random pleasure of watching a live concert of her a few weeks ago and could not believe how incredible she was live. On recording, she sounds good, but not great. Live, however, she has the soul of a young Stevie Nicks and the most pleasant personality. When she was talking about the obvious failure of her second album, she said she did almost no press for it because she thought she was "fucking Radiohead or something." If that doesn't say it all, nothing will. Also, her on-stage antics are hilarious. Lastly, her latest album cover-art was done via a contest where the entry had to be as crappy as you could possibly do. She wanted legitimate low-budget crap. Awesome. So the soulful songbird herself is here to delight you. Enjoy Sia.


"Buttons" (the costume makes it all okay)


"Breath Me" (I love how she completely enthralls the crowd. Also, she has some great uppers towards the end)


"You Have Been Loved"


"Don't Bring Me Down" (Live recording with a music video attached to support her live album Lady Croissant, which I highly recommend)