News & Updates

  • 1/12/2010 Nellie on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson!

  • 3/3/2010 Q on Stage: New York's Performances & Arts Reviews

    American Songbook: Nellie in Blue

    By Sherri Rase

  • 2/22/2010 The Allen Room Review and Photos on Brooklyn Vegan

    Nellie McKay played Doris Day at The Allen Room

    By Chris La Putt, Brooklyn Vegan

  • 2/15/2010 Best CD's of 2009

    The Best CDs of 2009: It's Never Too Late to Hear Great Music

    By Michael Giltz, HuffingtonPost.com

  • 2/15/2010 Nellie on New York Entertainment

    Authentically Weird

    Nellie McKay on channeling Doris Day's sunshine.
    By Fred Kaplan, NYMag.com

  • 2/15/2010 Nellie on Boston.com

    McKay merrily mixes scrappy with wry

    By Sarah Rodman, Boston.com

  • 2/3/2010 In loving memory

    On January 31st, Velkro passed away from unknown causes.  He was my very best friend, loyal guardian, and the joy in my life.   I have never encountered a more loyal and devoted friend than my Velkro.   He was always on guard to warn and protect me, or...

  • 2/2/2010 Nellie on CityArts

    Nellie McKay, Normal as Blueberry Pie: A Tribute to Doris Day
    By Will Friedwald

  • 1/19/2010 Nellie interview by VegNews Magazine

  • 1/13/2010 The Dean's List: The Best Albums of 2009

    By Robert Christgau

  • 1/11/2010 Francis Davis Chooses Nellie for Best Vocal Album!

    Francis Davis of the Village Voice disagrees with the other critics and places Nellie at the top of his list for the Best Vocal Album.

  • 1/11/2010 Village Voice Jazz Critics Awards

    Nellie places number 3 in the Best Vocal Album category!

  • 1/11/2010 Nellie Performing at the Nightlife Awards

  • 1/11/2010 Nellie in the Perpetual Post

    Nellie McKay's New Album

    By Howard Megdal and Akie Bermiss

  • 1/11/2010 Sentimental Journey with Steel Pans

  • 12/31/2009 Jim Bessman's Top 10 albums for 2009

  • 12/26/2009 Toronto Artist paints wonderful tribute to Nellie

    A 30 foot tall Nellie has been spotted in Toronto Canada.  The Artist Allan Ryan painted a Mural of Nellie as a tribute to Nellie's Music.  "I love Nellie's Music and find her song's very inspiring." says Ryan.  The piece is located in the Alleyway south...

  • 12/21/2009 A review of Nellie's NY Times book review of "John Lennon: The Life"

  • 12/21/2009 Literary Kicks Review of Nellie's NY Times Book Review

  • 12/20/2009 Nellie's NY Times book review of "John Lennon: The Life"

  • 12/19/2009 Letters about Nellie on NPR

  • 12/19/2009 Notable Dispatches From the Edge of Jazz and Beyond

  • 12/17/2009 Nellie on NPR's Fresh Air

    Nellie McKay: Sweet And Sour In Equal Measure

    By Terry Gross of NPR's Fresh Air

  • 12/16/2009 Nellie McKay & Doris Day on Gather.com

    Nellie McKay and Doris Day

    By Stacey *Mamasaid* D.

  • 12/16/2009 Nellie in the LA Times

    Nellie performed in LA as a special guest of Aimee Mann for a Christmas Concert.  

  • 12/16/2009 Nellie on NPR Weekend Edition

    Nellie is interviewed by Liane Hansen, Host of NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday.

  • 12/9/2009 Nellie on Etown

    Nellie on Etown is broadcast on 97.3 KCBO in Boulder, CO from December 9th to December 15th. 


  • 12/6/2009 The Week In Reviews - December 6th, 2009

    Weekly Surge Pod Picks

  • 11/30/2009 Nellie on A Prairie Home Companion

    Nellie was a special guest on A Prairie Home Companion on the 21st of November. You can listen to a full broadcast of the show here. For highlights of the show, visit Prairiehome.publicradio.org.

  • 11/29/2009 The Week In Reviews - November 29th, 2009

    Here is a compilation of reviews of "Normal As Blueberry Pie" and Nellie's performances for the week of November 22nd, to November 29th, 2009. 

  • 11/24/2009 Nellie in the Philadelphia Inquirer

    Singer Nellie McKay, sweetness and fight.

    By A.D. Amorosi

  • 11/19/2009 Nellie on Cleveland.com

    Nellie McKay salutes Doris Day on 'Normal as Blueberry Pie'

    By John Soeder, The Plain Dealer

  • 11/19/2009 Nellie McKay on NPR's Mountainstage

    Recently Nellie McKay stopped by NPR's Mountain Stage on November 1 for a performance/interview. Tune in to hear it live on NPR November 27-29. Check local listings for stations and times. Watch an interview with Nellie from Mountain Stage here.

  • 11/18/2009 Backstage at Mountain Stage Video Interview

    Nellie is interviewed by Larry Groce of Mountain Stage.

  • 11/18/2009 Nellie on Planet Green

    Politics Is Show Business for Ugly People

    By Rachel Cernansky

  • 11/18/2009 Nellie McKay at Nighttown in Cleveland November 23rd

  • 11/18/2009 Mountain Stage Broadcast Times

    Nellie's Mountain Stage Performance will be broadcast the weekend of November 27th to the 29th. 

  • 11/16/2009 Nellie on Head Count

    Interview: Nellie McKay's Animal Objective

    By Richard Gehr

  • 11/16/2009 Nellie on EdgeBoston.com

    "Normal As BlueBerry Pie" on CD from Nellie McKay!

  • 11/16/2009 Nellie in the St. Louis Riverfront Times

    Nellie McKay at the Kranzberg Arts Center

    By Todd McKenzie

  • 11/15/2009 Nellie in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Nellie McKay sings Doris Day

    By Calvin Wilson

  • 11/7/2009 Nellie on NoDepression.com

    Nellie McKay, or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Doris Day

    By Amos Perrine

  • 11/5/2009 Nellie on A Blog Supreme/NPR Jazz

    Jazz(y) Singers, Gone To The Dogs

    By Patrick Jarenwattananon 

  • 11/5/2009 Nellie on All About Jazz

    Matt Marshall of All About Jazz reviews Normal as Blueberry Pie.  

  • 10/28/2009 Nellie in the Charleston Gazette

    Nellie McKay channels Doris Day on latest CD

    By Bill Lynch

  • 10/21/2009 Nellie on NPR.org

    "Nellie McKay's 'Blueberry Pie,' A Tribute to Doris Day" Reviewed by Ken Tucker on NPR.org.

  • 10/19/2009 Nellie in the Seattle Times

    Nellie McKay pays quirky homage to the music of fellow animal-lover and singer Doris DayBy Misha Berson

  • 10/16/2009 Nellie in NBC New York

    Five Minutes with Nellie McKayBy Elizabeth Bougerol

  • 10/16/2009 Nellie in the Courier-Journal.

    A review of "Normal as Blueberry Pie: A tribute to Doris Day"By Jeffrey Lee Puckett

  • 10/15/2009 Nellie in the Huffington Post

    Nellie McKay Talks About Her Best Album Yet.  

  • 10/13/2009 Watch The Making of Normal As Blueberry Pie

  • 10/13/2009 Normal As Blueberry Pie A Tribute To Doris Day Out Today

    Nellie's new album, Normal As Blueberry Pie A Tribute A Tribute to Doris Day is available today! Pick up your copy

  • 10/13/2009 Nellie in MSN Entertainment News

    Kurt Reighley of MSN Music reviews Normal as Blueberry Pie. 

  • 10/13/2009 Nellie in the NY Post!

    Singer Nellie McKay is 27, but she’s got the feel of an earlier era. And it’s not just because of the demure, secondhand outfit she wore to dinner at a Columbus Avenue vegan spot the other night.

  • 10/13/2009 Nellie in Vanity Fair

    Another terrific piece on Nellie! 

  • 10/12/2009 Nellie McKay in The New York Times

    "Bless the Beasts and Doris Day Too"by Nate Chinen

  • 10/7/2009 Nellie McKay in The New York Times

    Nellie McKay hadn't made it a block from her Upper West Site apartment when she stopped abruptly, leash in hand, halfway across Central Park West.  "Oh," she said, eyes widening.  "I forgot Hank's 'Adopt Me' vest.  Can we go back and get it?

  • 10/6/2009 NPR FIRST LISTEN

    Tune in today to listen to the Nellie’s new album exclusively at NPR.org!

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