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Nellie McKay Releasing New Album, Starring in Indie Feature

Not too long ago, Nellie McKay contributed to our long-running Ears We Trust feature, giving us a taste of what’s keeping her ears occupied. Now we’ve got a hint of what she’s been doing with the rest of her time. TwentyFourBit reports that McKay recorded her new album in Jamaica, Los Angeles, New York and the mountains of Pennsylvania, dropping her first LP composed of entirely original songs in three years. Last year’s Normal as Blueberry Pie was a tribute album featuring cover songs of latter-day actress Doris Day; on Sept. 28, Home Sweet Mobile Home hits shelves. “I have...  read more

Death Cab for Cutie, Exene Cervenka, Todd Snider, 23 More Musicians Respond to Health Care Reform Bill

Last Sunday, after more than a year...  read more

Ears We Trust: Nellie McKay

In this long-running feature, music-industry tastemakers tell us what they’re listening to and loving. Today’s columnist: New York songstress Nellie McKay…...  read more

Fifteen Musical New Year's Resolutions for 2010

Hey, there's only one week left the year! Must mean its time to...  read more

Nellie McKay: Normal as Blueberry Pie: A Tribute to Doris Day

Sweet as pie, or pie in the sky? Two writers debate...  read more

Seventeen Songs By Which To Snack

Food and music are the two great loves of most people I know. Strangely, though, there seem to be very few songs written about food, perhaps because people are too busy eating it-- or, if you're Tina Fey, working it into the plotlines of your amazing and wonderful and hilarious television show-- to sing about it. Hmm. Doesn't seem fair. While you're pondering this, take a bite out of these 17 songs I've cobbled (mmm, cobbler!) together, all with titles referencing food or related to the consumption thereof, most of which aren't actually about food or the consumption thereof, but...  read more

Outside Lands 2008 - Days 1 and 2

Above: BeckPhotos taken at Outside Lands 2008 by April Brimer...  read more

Rhymes With Five: Ladies love their mamas, too

As Ben Gibbard ponders the meaning of life in our May issue, Brian Howe explores the nature of mother through the song lyrics of rap stars, indie rockers and, uh, Glen Danzig. Though the most important conclusion I drew from the piece is that I am really glad Danzig is not my son, it also reinforced for me the notion that, much like armpits, everybody has a mom—and like armpits, some people’s moms stink. Like, really stink—Ghostface Killah’s mom beat him for peeing the bed! Harsh, Mama Killah! Quite unlike armpits, though, mothers are the subject of a few great...  read more

Nellie McKay to embark on Obligatory tour

Adorable songstress Nellie McKay will pay a visit to over a dozen U.S. cities to support her upcoming fall release Obligatory Villagers (September 25). The wit-prone activist is receiving quite the praise for her shows, which the Washington Post says have “buckets of comedic moments.” Get doused in giggles: August 22 - New York, N.Y. @ Joe’s Pub September 24 - Northampton, Mass. @ Iron Horse 25 - New York, N.Y. @ Williamsburg Music Hall 27 - Alexandria, Va. @ Birchmere 28 - Philadelphia, Pa. @ World Café Live October 2 - Boston, Mass. @ Paradise Rock Club 4 -...  read more

Nellie McKay announces Obligatory release

Songstress and closet comedian Nellie McKay is set to release Obligatory Villagers on September 25. Like its one-year-old, Broadway-tinted sibling Pretty Little Head, the songs were written, produced and arranged by McKay, and will come out via the activist’s own label Hungry Mouse imprint. The British-born, States-raised pop jazz songwriter recruited jazz greats like Phil Woods and David Liebman to a recording studio nestled in the Pocono Mountains. McKay has also been known to contribute to The Onion and has appeared on Broadway. Related links: NellieMcKay.com Nellie McKay: Princess of the Protest Ditty Nellie McKay on AllMusic Got news tips...  read more