Ingrid Michaelson

Is there anything quite as whimsical as a girl with a ukulele? Well, yes, and those things are as follows: singing about sweaters as a metaphor for both love and happiness; a dangerously adorable addiction to triple meters; folksy handclaps and/or a tres francais accordion; quirky cats-eye glasses; and, especially, an acoustic cover of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" by a singer who pronounces her S's like Liza Minnelli. These items and more await you on Ingrid Michaelson's third album.

Last year, Staten Island acoustic singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson warmed hearts (and
shoulders) with "The Way I Am," a cutesy pop ballad where she promised her man, "If you
are chilly, here, take my sweater." (The song was picked up for an Old Navy ad.) On Be OK,
Michaelson's still generous: "You and I" finds her offering to buy pals dance lessons, her
parents a home in France and "everybody nice sweaters" (again?!). And she's stil... More >