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| From | Ken Kase <kenkase@nighttimes.com> |
| Subject | Re: Nellie jack |
| Date | Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:11:33 -0600 |
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On 3/23/06 3:50 PM, "Dave Seaman" <seamand@upmc.edu> wrote:
> Nellie McKay - Get Away From Me - I loved this one on first listen! She is
> way cool, a great mix of personality, hooks, lyrics wit, humor, melody,
> playing a great mix of pop/lounge/lite jazz and dare I say it an occasional
> touch of rap! What else has she done? (and by the way, at first it bugged
> me a bit when I realized this 2 CD set clocks in at a total of 65 or so
> minutes and could easily fit on one CD, but then I thought, it's much more
> digestible as 2 CDs, more like the old days of LP vinyl - and that's a good
> thing!)
I agree--Nellie McKay is wonderful. You can get an EP of six songs she did
for the bomb Rob Reiner film "Rumor Has It" exclusively on iTunes. Her
second album for Sony, "Pretty Little Head" was to be released in December,
but she was dropped by Sony in a very public battle. There has been
speculation of a Spring drop for the album, but that seems unlikely. She's
currently on Broadway in a staging of "Three Penny Opera"
Here's my review of the EP if you're interested.
http://www.nighttimes.com/nt_main.asp?aID=791
You can also hear her interviewed on NPR when "Get Away From Me" was
released.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1700688
--Ken
--Ken
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