Indie Music Video - Ingrid Michaelson

Ah ladies with your ukulele’s and your chirpy old timey tones, will I ever have enough of you! This gal Ingrid Michaelson is one of those voices you’ve heard on Grey’s Anatomy and on commercials on the tv and then you find out she’s determinedly indie and it’s like ah! of course. How else to imagine a sound so quirky confident, oddly self-like and unforced?!

This from a Washionton Times article out today featuring Ingrid Michaelson:

It’s easy to forget that Ingrid Michaelson is an independent artist. Record labels have courted the songwriter since 2006, when her mix of coffeehouse folk and brainy pop/rock first found its way onto prime-time television. (…)

She released her debut album “Girls and Boys” on her own dime. When the initial pressing of 1,000 copies sold out, she founded her own label and issued a beefed-up, remastered version in 2007. Lacking the financial support of a major label, she also worked several day jobs to make ends meet. (…)

She (has) aligned herself with an organization called Stand Up to Cancer, whose mission inspired her to donate to charity. Accordingly, she funneled B-sides, live performances, covers and unreleased tunes into “Be OK,” whose proceeds benefit the cancer organization.

“It’s just a fun appetizer for my upcoming record and a chance to give money to charity,” she says, emphasizing that “Be OK” should not be considered a full album.

Here’s the charity she’s supporting if you can help, and here’s the song Be OK live:

And an official music video:

And one quick extra one because I can’t resist the Radiohead cover:

And there’s more over on Video.Indyish.com including a pretty hilarious live “remix.”