Nellie McKay

Nellie McKay is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, activist, and a one-of-a kind artist with apparently a boundless sense of creativity and a natural ability to channel the vintage sounds and feel of mid-century pop and jazz. This was a defining feature of her music going back to 2004's Get Away From Me, where she emerged as a fully formed off-kilter pop artist who moves between major genres, whether it is softer shades of indie rock, jazzy tunes, Caribbean flavors, or light hip-hop, like an old school cabaret act who is just having a ball. Her songs are sweet and melodic, and she delivers them with plenty of charm. She is a gifted vocalist who has turned her attention to jazz standards in recent years, where her characteristic humor, playfulness, and sense of mischief continue to come through.