Quirky Cult Singer Nellie McKay Returns for Yet Another Two-Night Stand at Nighttown

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Fri 2/10 @ 8:30PM

Sat 2/11 @ 8:30PM

Audiences at Nighttown can’t seem to get enough of musician/actress/comedienne Nellie McKay, one of those distinctive performers who’s a little off-the-wall for mainstream success but whose fans are incredibly devoted.

Her 2004 debut album Get Away From Me almost seemed like a fortuitous mistake that slipped into the release schedule by accident: a double-disc set on major label Columbia that was too adventurous and hard to categorize to be easily marketed.

Since then she’s released a series of intriguing projects on her own label, such as a tribute to sunny ’50s icon Doris Day, while doing stage work and advocating for progressive causes such as animal rights.

Her latest album, My Weekly Reader, released in 2015, features covers of ’60s songs, a bizarre collection of the familiar (“Itchycoo Park,” “If I Fell,” “Sunny Afternoon”) and the obscure (Moby Grape’s “Murder in my Heart for the Judge”), none of which seems like it would be suited to her style, which of course is what makes these renditions weird and wonderful.

Once again, she’ll be doing a two-night stand at Nighttown to accommodate all her admirers. Tickets are $30.

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[Photo by Rick Gonzales]

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