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Nellie McKay @ Alex Theatre
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Sunday Mar 28, 2010 (9pm)
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- Price
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$23 advance, $26 day of show
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Nellie McKay || Listen || Watch
What could notoriously eccentric young New York singer-songwriter Nellie McKay have in common with notoriously normal Hollywood icon Doris Day? The comparison only begins with McKay’s new album, Normal as Blueberry Pie: A Tribute to Doris Day.
McKay first declared her love of Doris Day in a 2007 book review she wrote for The New York Times. McKay wrote of the exemplary pop singer, whose wholesome persona made her Hollywood’s biggest female draw: “Her music is uncluttered, sensual and free, driven by an irrepressible will to live.”
But while Normal as Blueberry Pie wouldn’t be a Nellie McKay album if it weren’t a little kooky, McKay’s arrangements find a graceful midpoint between her postmodern cabaret and Day’s popped-up big-band singer with chops for miles. It emphasizes the purity McKay’s voice shares with Day’s. It, too, is uncluttered, sensual and free. – NPR
Alex Theatre
216 North Brand Boulevard
Glendale, CA 91203
FMI: The Alex Theatre
9pm / $23 advance, $26 day of show / All Ages
