Ingrid in a stripped-down acoustic setting

Staten Island, New York songstress Ingrid Michaelson started out singing mellow, moody, often very funny folk-pop confections like "The Way I Am" ("I'd buy you Rogaine when you start losing all your hair"). "I like obvious, catchy songs, but done in a non-obvious way," she told Paste, which was among the first to note the tremendous buzz around this songwriter, and recommended her to fans of Regina Spektor, Feist, and Tina Fey. Ingrid's success mushroomed, and lately her songs have been all over the soundtracks of hit television series like "Grey's Anatomy," "One Tree Hill," and more. As a composer of pure infectious melody Ingrid is still second to none, but with her fifth album, "Human Again," she pushed herself harder as both a vocalist and writer. Now Ingrid comes to the Power Center (121 Fletcher, Ann Arbor) with an acoustic quartet, putting her voice and songs front and center, in a show that marks the maturing of one of today's generation's favorite artists.