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. . . a sly, articulate musician who sounds comfortable in any era The New York Times
A renegade songwriter with an ultraflexible Great American Songbook sensibility, McKay finds modern resonances everywhere . . . Rolling Stone
. . . full of delightful surprises, welcomed curveballs and a WTF moment Minneapolis Star-Tribune
I dont think she has been well served having her mom manage her career (also the opinion of some music industry folks I know). Steve Hoffman
Inimitable . . . a starburst of humor, talent, skill and insight . . . a superb and courageous singer/songwriter. Jack Shalom, WBAI
Under the lonesome cry of the midnight train, stars twinkling over hillbilly lights in the mountain fog, Nellie McKay returns with her new album, Hey Guys, Watch This. Recorded in Charleston, West Virginia with The Carpenter AntsMichael Lipton, Ted Harrison, Jupie Little, and Mark Batesand a roving retinue of musical compadres, Hey Guys, Watch This traces the haunted sounds of Appalachia through lush sonic textures.
So unpack your washtub bass, fill up your red cup, and pull on your shitkickerscos the night is young and the moon is bright, even if were not. Hey Guys, Watch This will be available for the first time as an LP, with updated artwork and remastering by multiple Grammy winner Michael Graves. ABOUT NELLIE McKAY Nellie has produced an array of wildly varying albums, including her groundbreaking 2004 debut Get Away From Me and Normal as Blueberry Pie: A Tribute To Doris Day (among the killer overhauls of American standardsThe New York Times).
On Obligatory Villagers (2007), local Poconos hometown jazz greats Bob Dorough, Phil Woods, and David Liebman contribute their exceptional talents, and McKays album of saloon songs, Sister Orchid, speaks of the night, the outsider, the plaintive wail of those lost at sea. (The Star-Tribune calls Sister Orchid the most lonely, romantic album imaginable.) Her TV appearances include David Letterman, Conan OBrien, Craig Ferguson and The View, and her music has been heard on Mad Men, Weeds, Boardwalk Empire, Greys Anatomy, NCIS, and Nurse Jackie.
Nellie has earned an Ovation nomination for her work as composer/performer in Ethan Coens A Play Is A Poem and won a Theatre World Award for her portrayal of Polly Peachum on Broadway in The Threepenny Opera. McKay co-created and starred in the award-winning off-Broadway hit Old Hats and has written and produced three acclaimed musical biographiesI Want to Live!, the story of Barbara Graham, third woman executed in the gas chamber at San Quentin, Silent Spring: Its Not Nice To Fool Mother Nature, an exploration of environmental pioneer Rachel Carson, and A Girl Named BillThe Life and Times Of Billy Tipton, named one of the years Best Concerts by The New York Times. A recipient of PETAs Humanitarian Award and the Humane Societys Doris Day Music Award in recognition of her dedication to animal rights, Nellie is an annoyingly vocal critic of capitalism, endless wars, and the two-party system that sustains them, and, oh who gives a shit.
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