Bio

The Ingrid Avison Band is the full-band home of Boulder, CO songwriter Ingrid Avison: five players, synth-pop hooks with indie-rock weight, and lyrics that get the whole room singing the uncomfortable line.

Avison is a four-time Songwriter Showcase honoree at Planet Bluegrass’s Rocky Mountain Folks Festival in Lyons, CO — as a 2026 finalist she played two songs on the festival main stage — and a 2025 Telluride Troubadour finalist. Her catalog has moved from Americana and soul-pop to the indie-pop/indie-rock of her latest singles. Early work drew comparisons to Jewel and Florence Welch; the new material sits closer to Chappell Roan, Olivia Dean and Alanis Morissette. Her most-requested live song, "The IUD Song," started as a late-night joke and became the set closer.

A self-described late bloomer, Avison released her debut, "Time Traveling Cowboy," at 34, after a pandemic, a breakup, surgery and a psychedelic desert experience. The band grew out of her duo with keyboardist and trumpet player Jeff Dean, and now fills out the songs the way they sound in Avison’s head.

With two-plus hours of original material, the band plays anything from a 30-minute support set to a full headline night. Recent shows include FoCo MX, Boulder Creek Festival, Greeley Arts Picnic Festival, Denver Porchfest, Swallow Hill, Longmont Winter Walkabout, Oskar Blues' Sunday Serenade listening room in Lyons and three nights at Roots Music Project in Boulder — among them a self-produced AMPlify showcase that drew 95.

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