Nellie McKay, Normal as Blueberry Pie: A Tribute to Doris Day. McKay will perform songs from Doris Day's songbook. The marvelous contemporary singer-songwriter has taken advantage of the opportunity to treat these songs with a forthrightness that Ms. Day would surely find admirable.

Running time is approximately 2 hours with no intermission, and the performance is suitable for all ages. Photo/video recording by patrons is not allowed.

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What people are saying about Nellie McKay

Nellie McKay Seizes The Day (NY Post) - Normal As Blueberry Pie:  A Tribute To Doris Day Earns Some Of The Best Review Of Her Career (October 13th / Verve) For Nellie McKay, producing, arranging, and performing Normal As Blueberry Pie – released today on Verve - was the natural outcome of all the years she has spent listening enraptured to Ms. Day’s music.  Handpicked from over 600 of Doris’ recordings with one original by McKay, the collection has been earning some of the best reviews of her career

The New York Times ‘Bless the Beasts and Doris Day’  - Nate Chinen (10/11/09)   “a knowing tribute, bright-eyed and sharp… “http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/arts/music/11chin.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

NPR All Things Considered  - Robert Christgau (10/6/09) - “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” http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113540442

“Ms. McKay, whose voice is blithe and supple, is a Doris Day fan, but a knowing one, well aware of the distance from Ms. Day’s era to ours. There’s yearning, wryness, and ingenuity in her arrangements.”   - Jon Pareles, The New York Times

 “…everything a tribute record should be. McKay shows a genuine love and respect for her subject, not to mention a seemingly intuitive understanding of the long-forgotten appeal of singer/actress Doris Day…[McKay gives the] old standards a new sense of purpose that transcends nostalgia and makes them feel at home in the modern world” – Steve LaBate, Paste Magazine

“The famously eclectic, idiosyncratic singer takes on the Great American Songbook via one of its sunniest interpreters. McKay channels Day's own underappreciated wit, as well as her tenderness.” – Elysa Gardner, USA Today

 “…an album free of cynicism, full of heart and more elegant than a mere nostalgia trip…I can honestly say that she's from another time”  – Bob Boilen, NPR All Songs Considered