Natalie Merchant Tickets

Natalie Merchant is a talented and brilliant artist. Her voice is rich and powerful, yet soft and gentle as an angel. She is a pleasure to watch as well as listen to. I go to many concerts and this was one of the best shows I’ve seen. It was fun and educational and I could have listened for hours. I look forward to seeing her again . . .

Great singing, very entertaining stories although maybe a little too much talking in between songs. Natalie Merchant was obviously very dedicated to this project which showed and was fun to see.

I have seen Natalie Merchant several times - and she always putys on a great show. She is an engaging performer and has a great set of pipes. Sweet , gentle , strong , powerful with a beautifully pure tone. An amazing night spent with a unique and gifted artist. Thank you Natalie -- will treasure the few hours I got to spend with you .

I've seen Natalie Merchant perform about 8 or 9 times in NYC over the past 12-13 years...while she's often presented mesmerizing moments in which she seduces the audience with her vocal range, power, and control, and a sincere and initially subdued stage presence which metamorphoses as the concert progresses into an increasingly wild dervish and trance-like solipsism...while this has remained her general in-concert "m.o." over the years, some of the concerts in recent years have been a bit "flat" almost as if she were phoning it in and didn't want to be performing (e.g., Hiro ballroom in 2008)... Last night's concert, which was done in conjunction with the official release of her remarkable new album, seemed to bring out a much more energized (and lighter and happier, though a tad less wild) performer. Normally, like most concert goers, I generally want to hear the old standards with which I'm most familiar. After the first 2 or 3 songs tonight off of her new album, however, I didn't want to lose the sense she was building of time recaptured via her variegated musical resurrection of "dead poets". She did sing one or two standard "oldies" at the end. But by then, it was merely as an after-the-fact amuse bouche to what was a remarkable main course of fresh and evocative songs. I look forward to looking back 25 years from now to say I was there when this body of work was first "released" (as Natalie said last night) live to the public.

This was such a beautiful time listening to an extremely gifted voice and intelligent person. The venue was a perfect size. The creativity of Ms. Merchant's new work is mesmerizing.

Maybe because it was the release day and never got to listen to th new CD that it felt very slow, a lot of string instruments. She sounded as good as ever, and the venue was intimate with only 800 people. The music is very folksy. She only sang 2 or 3 older songs, Motherland, I think Life is Sweet and Carnival which was great. Then she finished with two songs of house carpenters daughter, not exactly leaving here audience wanting more. I have seen her about a dozen times and probably won't seek out another show this time around unless there is more of a mix or I learn to love the new CD after giving it more of a chance.

This was a great show. Natalie connects with her audience and it seems it's important to her that we do so. She thrives on everyone feeling the music. I have seen Natalie several times, One time at Town Hall a few years ago, She was moving and gooving with a chick she brought upon stage to dance with. I was sitting in fhe front row last night so I was hoping she would do the same, but that's ok. Her new ALBUM is great. I recommend that we all buy it. You can see that Natalie is a natural who feels her music. Gotta Love Natlie

This was an amazing show. What was particularly meaningful was the way Natalie Merchant provided context for each song through both a visual presentation of the poet and some stories about who they were and why she chose that particular poem. It really helped me as an audience member to appreciate the music more.

Natalie Merchant's Monday April 12th, 2010 performance at the NY Society for Ethical Culture was stunning. Her repertoire of poetry --set to songs was stunning and powerful. She gave social history and gave alittle bio on each poet. Educational, informative, and an overall fun evening. Every seat in the house was great. The venue was beautiful and the overall experience was intimate and casual. The only disappointment was that she only sang 3 of her classic songs from her previous albums; Tigerlily, Ophelia, and Motherland . Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed the concert.

She was fabulous as was the venue chosen. She was engaging and her voice the same as it has always been. Too bad that the sound guys didn't realize that the band tended to drown her out, making it hard to decipher just what she was singing at times. But the intimacy of the venue and her performance still made it more than worth the ticket price. And thanks for the extended curtain call ... it was nice to hear some of the older hits!

The kick off to Natalie Merchant's latest tour to promote her new CD was absolutely incredible. She is witty and engaging and real. Her voice goes right to my soul.

The best part of the concert was after the encore. Natalie just performed too many songs from the new album. Although she did it in a good humored way, the hard sell for the new album was not funny. People enjoy the old familiar songs. The visuals of the poets, her informative comments, the great back up music, and Natalie's dancing made all the time devoted to the new songs tolerable. Without the long encore, the concert would have been a major disappointment..

Played lots from new album, encore was some older material. 800 people in the arena, very nice show.

Fantastic show displaying talents and depths of Natalie and the musicians that she assembled.