Anya Marina: "Miss Halfway"

What a drought! The winter thus far has brought not just very few shows I'm interested in to Madison, it feels like fewer shows in general are going on. Could be the economy hitting the live music industry, or maybe just a confirmation bias-fueled misperception on my part. Whatever it is, the drought came to a dramatic end when the Virgins came to town for a frigid mid-week show. Opening things up was a singer/songwriter who reminded by a lot of Inara George (The Bird from The Bird and the Bee), Anya Marina.

I'm guessing she developed her act in the coffeehouse scene, because her set featured a lot of interstitial storytelling. I don't usually include a three-minute lead-in on my clips, but on this one I felt it was worth keeping her extended acupuncture story as she introduced a song from her first album about L.A. This song was on Grey's Anatomy (or at least one of its soundtrack releases) so you may recognize it from there.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• madison
• concert
• anya
• marina
• annex
• singer
• songwriter

[letLOVEout]

I love her. :D

I never thought that I'd get anything good out of watching New Moon, but discovering Miss Anya definitely was good.

[spinemelter2000]

It was really funny when her doctor thought she had diarrhea. I have the same problem with my doctors, except the reason I don't tell them what's wrong with me is because I don't know. I go there TO FIND OUT what's wrong. I hate my health insurance.

[sckitels96]

love her singing but i think she should become a comedian

[JanMarie1007]

I like...

[zampanosappendix]

she's like .. a female elliott smith

[blondedinoduck]

shes asian?

[rodcrime]

yeah. that was epic.

[scorekeepn]

Anya's more in her element in small dives in San Diego. Gotta love the spilled dring sound around 6:30

[GettoBux]

nice

[samwisePWNSyou]

creeeepy asian voice