26 February 2008

Ingrid Michaelson Waltzes

Ingrid Michaelson is a talented young singer-songwriter. If you watch television, you may have heard the song "Keep Breathing" in the Grey's Anatomy Season 3 finale, or her hit single "The Way I Am" on Old Navy Commercials. Apparently after Grey's Anatomy ended there was a rush to find her song on MySpace, which catalysed her rise to success. Her songs are melodious and catchy, her vocal style is clean, and her lyrics are clever and introspective. At her concert in San Francisco last month, I found out that she is also quirky and unpretentious.

A number of Ingrid's songs are in waltz time, though not necessarily very danceable. Having never actually tried dancing to any of these, I'm listing them all because they're nice songs. Most of them are at a good tempo for rotary (moderate to fast) waltz.

Potentially more danceable
Breakable (full preview on last.fm)
Masochist (full preview on last.fm; tempo is borderline cross-step/rotary)

Potentially less danceable
Highway (full preview on last.fm)
Men of Snow (unfortunately not available for purchase anywhere that I could find)
Keep Breathing (not for individual purchase, but only as part of the Grey's Anatomy Soundtrack; full preview on last.fm)

0 comments: