Nellie McKay has released six acclaimed albums, won a Theatre World Award for. 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. Thats solo in all senses of the word: McKay accompanies herself on the album. Sister Orchid Conjuring the image of a lonely all night truck stop along. Of late, she has written a trio of musical portraits dedicated to “infamous” women Barbara Graham, Billy Tipton, and Joan Rivers. The track comes from McKays forthcoming solo album, Sister Orchid. Nellie McKay has released seven acclaimed albums, won a Theatre World. 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. Last year, with Sister Orchid, Nellie McKay delved into the standard.
Nellie McKay returns to SFJAZZ for the first time in over a decade with music from across her career including standards from her 2018 album Sister Orchid and 2020 EP, Bagatelles.įrom the release of her acclaimed debut Get Away From Me and her breakout performance at the 2004 SXSW Festival, McKay has moved from strength to strength, touring the world innumerable times, recording eight albums, appearing on Broadway in The Threepenny Opera, and performing on the late night shows of David Letterman and Conan O’Brien as well as NPR’s A Prairie Home Companion and Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz. performed by Nellie, Bagatelles is the companion release to 2018s Sister Orchid. Nellie McKay Bagatelles album release jazz rock pop The Threepenny Opera Joan. Artful subterfuge is still the name of her game: McKay’s skillful tunes and vocal delivery enchant while her lyrics slyly disembowel” (The New Yorker). The bolder blooms on Sister Orchid are Angel Eyes, with ivy-twists of piano and electric piano Lazybones, with a ukulele and harmonica lei and In a Sentimental Mood, which ends in a garden of subtle strings. 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. “Couching her stiletto wit behind a honeyed smile and beguiling melodic charm, the singer and composer Nellie McKay has been disarming listeners since the release of her wryly titled album Get Away from Me, in 2004. Find album credit information for Sister Orchid by Nellie McKay on AllMusic. McKay aims for intimacy, addressing mostly 1930s standards with little more than a piano and a quiet vocal.