Skip to Content, Navigation, or Footer.
Support the IDS in College Media Madness! Donate here March 24 - April 8.
Thursday, March 28
The Indiana Daily Student

arts

Ingrid Michaelson to play at Buskirk-Chumley

Ingrid Michaelson is performing at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater on Thursday at 8:00 p.m.

Singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson is making a stop on her “Lights Out” tour 8 p.m. Thursday at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.

Michaelson will be performing along with special guest Chris Koza as part of the MOKB Sun King ?Concert Series.

“Lights Out” is Michaelson’s fifth studio album, which was released in April.

According to the show’s press release, Michaelson collaborated with numerous songwriters and producers for this album as opposed to working with just one producer in the past.

The album was recorded in New York City, Los Angeles and Nashville, Tenn., featuring six producers and 10 co-writers including singer-songwriters Mat Kearney and A Great Big World.

“The album builds into intensity but is anchored by the swelling pop-affirmation ‘Time Machine’ and the sweetly buoyant ‘Girls Chase Boys,’” according to MOKB’s press release.

Michaelson’s other records have all been written by her.

She started out composing her own songs and co-releasing her albums, and she promoted herself on MySpace before she was discovered.

“I’ve been such a control freak about my songs,” Michaelson told MOKB. “But if you can get with the right person, there are ideas you could never come up with.”

Michaelson’s show at the Buskirk-Chumley will be slightly different from typical concert ?performances.

Josh Baker, owner of Do317 Lounge in Indianapolis and presenter of the MOKB Concert Series, said Michaelson’s performance is going to consist of a lot of acoustical performances and arrangements.

“It’s called ‘strip,’” Baker said. “So it’s a strip down instrument performance of her most popular songs.”

Also featured at the concert will be Chris Koza opening for ?Michaelson.

He will mainly be playing tracks from his new album “In Real Time.”

Koza said in an email that it will be a duo performance with acoustic and electric guitar as well as some harmonica and underwater vocals. His album was inspired from spending time touring on the road and playing music.

“On the road, there is the immediate moment of being in new physical places and meeting new people that has to coexist with a social world back home,” Koza said. “‘In Real Time’ is a kind of commentary on how to make sense of things.”

Doors open at 7 p.m. and the performance will begin at 8 p.m. Tickets are reserved seating and can be purchased at the Buskirk-Chumley box office, online at buskirkchumley.org or at mokbpresents.com .

Get stories like this in your inbox
Subscribe