More information can be found here.Ī recipient of PETA's Humanitarian Award in recognition of her dedication to animal rights, Nellie is an annoyingly vocal critic of endless war, capitalism, and the two-party system that sustains it. Nellie is a featured performer and composer in Ethan Coen’s, A Play Is a Poem, running now through Oct 13 at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Nellie McKay has released seven acclaimed albums, won a Theatre World Award for her Broadway portrayal of Polly Peachum in The Threepenny Opera, co-created and starred in the award winning off-Broadway hit Old Hats, and has conceived and performed musical biographies of Barbara Graham, Rachel Carson, Joan Rivers, & Billy Tipton (named one of the Best Concerts of the Year by the The New York Times). Produced and performed by Nellie, Bagatelles is the companion release to 2018’s Sister Orchid.
This is music for the come rain or come shine crowd - just a little something to wet your whistle. With autumn leaves comes longing, for what is gone and what's to come.
“her outwardly warm renditions of songs like “My Romance” contain haunting undercurrents.Nellie McKay to Release New EP Bagatelles on October 25 (Palmetto) Featured Performer & Composer in Ethan Coen’s A Play Is a Poem, Now through Oct 13 in Los Angeles Hear “The Best Things in Life Are Free” Herewith find a basket of freshly picked garden songs - just a merry and melancholy bouquet of music, as resilient as a wildflower, and as moody as a rose. Last year, with Sister Orchid, Nellie McKay delved into the standard. “a cunning blend of Blossom Dearie’s slyness, Julie London’s smokiness and Lee Wiley’s sophistication.” - JazzTimes Nellie McKay Bagatelles album release jazz rock pop The Threepenny Opera Joan. “The bottom line for McKay, it would seem, is that there’s always another level, a deeper layer…Could she be singing to a sense memory, or a ghost? Every possibility seems plausible.” - NPR Music “McKay is wonderfully unpredictable and spontaneous.” -Philadelphia Inquirer “The new record takes the concept of a ‘dark, foggy drive along Highway 1’ and evokes a sultry, wee-hourly landscape, thanks to McKay’s tinkly, jazzy piano and dreamy vocals.” -LA Weekly She has won a Theatre World Award for her portrayal of Polly Peachum on Broadway in The Threepenny Opera, performed onscreen in the films PS I Love You and Downtown Express, and her music was used in Rumor Has It, Monster-in-Law, PS I Love You, Gasland, Last Holiday and Private Life. Sister Orchid is Nellies seventh album, starting with Get Away From Me (a tour de force The New York Times), including Normal As Blueberry Pie: A Tribute. On Obligatory Villagers (“a brisk nine-song set that plays like the breathless first act of a stage musical decrying American fascism” – SPIN), local Poconos hometown jazz greats Bob Dorough, Phil Woods, and David Liebman contributed their exceptional talents.
The results are beautiful.” – PopMatters), her second collaboration with famed Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick. Sister Orchid is Nellie’s seventh album, starting with Get Away From Me (“a tour de force” – The New York Times), including Normal As Blueberry Pie: A Tribute to Doris Day (“among the killer overhauls of American standards” – The New York Times) and My Weekly Reader, music of the ‘60s (“…kicks serious butt. It comes from a place of quiet, a world of low lights and cool drinks, up against a hard wall. Sister Orchid was conceived in solitude, executed in darkness.
Member pre-sale begins Monday, January 14 at 10 am! On sale to general public Monday, January 21 at 10 am.Ĭonjuring the image of a lonely all night truck stop along Highway 1 on the California coast, all but lost in the fog that comes creeping along the shoreline…this album speaks of the night, the outsider, the plaintive wail of those lost at sea.
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