A multi-talented "youngster" of 19, Nellie McKay is already
a seasoned performer/singer/songwriter/raconteur who
peppers her live shows with acerbic and witty banter in
between self-penned songs--and a well-placed standard or
two--from her ever-growing repertoire. She never performs a
song the same way twice, partly because she has difficulty
remembering lyrics, particularly her own, and partly
because she pledges allegiance to no rule other than to
keep her music and her performances as fresh and
non-repetitive as possible. "If I write the same song
twice, I'm dead," she has been known to say, although she
admits to revisiting certain themes, among them death,
poverty, anger, philosophy, politics, love in the abstract,
animal rights, frustration, sarcasm, self-ha More...
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