The Red Jacket Jamboree

Next Live Performance/Recording
June 27, 2021
Featuring singer-songwriter Nellie McKay
M. Bartley Seigel, the Poet Laureate of the U.P.

Nellie McKay

Nellie McKay exploded on the music scene in 2004 with her debut double album, "Get Away from Me". Since then, she's released 6 more albums which range from classical jazz standards to her original tunes which showcase her quick wit and comedic style.

Nellie has appeared on numerous radio and television shows including The Late Show with David Letterman, Conan, Ferguson, The View, NPR’s Mountain Stage, A Prairie Home Companion, eTown, and Marion McPartland’s Piano Jazz.

The Chase Brock Experience produced a ballet of her third album, Obligatory Villagers, and she contributed the forward to the 20th anniversary edition of The Sexual Politics of Meat. Her writing has appeared in The Onion, Interview and The New York Times Book Review. Read More.

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