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Interview: Australian Blues Guitarist Gus Mckay
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Harry Watters
Q: Where did the interest in music originate from? A: I have always had a love of music from as early as I can remember.Both sides of the family were musical; not professional, but keen and passionate. Q: Were your parents supportive of your musical ambitions? A: My parents supported me in the form of lessons and there was always music in my life growing up, but I really have kept my ambitions to myself. Q: Growing up, what artists ...
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Forgotten Series: Nellie McKay - Get Away from Me (2004)
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Something Else!
By Tom Johnson This spunky singer, 19 years old at the time, was a lot smarter and had a much more mature ear than her age indicated. Incorporating everything from saccharine Bacharachian melodies to husky jazz to edgy hip-hop, it might have seemed that Get Away From Me was all over the map sonically. But Nellie McKay's smooth, seasoned vocals and wry, subtle sense of humor bonded it all together. She was having a lark on all the overly serious, ...
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Nellie McKay at Feinstein's
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Miller Wright & Associates
FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed “Best of New York" by New York Magazine and “an invaluable New York institution" by The New York Post, continues its star-studded Winter 2011 season with “I Want To Live!"—an evening with NELLIE McKAY, a woman with dubious moral standards, often a guest in seedy bars... The return engagement of the critically acclaimed singer, songwriter and actress, featuring songs from her latest CD Home Sweet Mobile Home, will run from March 22 to ...
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Nellie McKay Returns to Feinstein's
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Miller Wright & Associates
FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed “Best of New York" by New York Magazine and “an invaluable New York institution" by The New York Post, continues its star-studded Winter 2011 season with “I Want To Live!"—an evening with NELLIE McKAY, a woman with dubious moral standards, often a guest in seedy bars... The return engagement of the critically acclaimed singer, songwriter and actress, featuring songs from her latest CD Home Sweet Mobile Home, will run from March 22 to ...
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Jacques Schwarz-Bart Featuring Stephanie McKay: 'Rise Above' on Dreyfus Jazz August 31
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Chris M. Slawecki
Soulful sax man Jacques Schwarz-Bart makes his Dreyfus Jazz recording debut with Rise Above, an eclectic blend of jazz and neo-soul featuring the stirring vocal stylings of former Brooklyn Funk Essentials singer Stephanie McKay. Rise Above is an epic culmination of this son of a Black Guadeloupean mother and a French Jewish father's diverse experiences. “The great common denominator between all the styles I love, being Funk, Jazz, Soul and R & B, is that the music starts with the ...
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Jazz This Week: Christian McBride and Inside Straight, Nellie McKay, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Rockpile Poetry and Music Festival, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
We've got an interesting variety of jazz and creative music events in St. Louis over the next few days, starting with the eclectic singer, songwriter, pianist and multi-instrumentalist Nellie McKay, who's in town tonight and Thursday to perform at Kranzberg Arts Center for the Cabaret St. Louis series.Also tonight, bassist Christian McBride (pictured) and his new acoustic jazz group Inside Straight will begin a four-night engagement just around the corner at Jazz at the Bistro. For more on ...
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Nellie McKay Texas
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JamBase
Nellie McKay :: 08.07.08 :: Stubb's BBQ :: Austin, TX
Nellie McKay :: 08.07 :: Austin, TX The brazen Nellie McKay that released Get Away From Me in 2004 doesn't seem to be going through a mid-twenties mellow-out phase. Her amusing stage banter about being undecided in who to vote for, the Austin bats and her half-joking relief that no one was eating BBQ in front of her (she's veggie), shows she's still packing politics dosed with wry humor ...
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Nellie McKay Texas
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JamBase
Nellie McKay :: 08.07.08 :: Stubb's BBQ :: Austin, TX
Nellie McKay :: 08.07 :: Austin, TX The brazen Nellie McKay that released Get Away From Me in 2004 doesn't seem to be going through a mid-twenties mellow-out phase. Her amusing stage banter about being undecided in who to vote for, the Austin bats and her half-joking relief that no one was eating BBQ in front of her (she's veggie), shows she's still packing politics dosed with wry humor ...
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Wide World of Sports Jim McKay Career
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All About Jazz
'Wide World of Sports' Host Dead at 86 Jim McKay, Host of ABC's 'Wide World of Sports' and 12 Olympics Has Died in Maryland
Jim McKay longtime television sports journalist, has died of natural causes in Maryland, according to a statement from the McKay family. McKay is best known for hosting “ABC's Wide World of Sports" and 12 Olympic Games. McKay won numerous awards for journalism, including the George Polk Memorial Award and two Emmys -- one for ...
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Jim McKay Veteran and Eloquent Sportscaster Dies
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All About Jazz
Jim McKay, longtime ABC sportscaster, who broke the news of the 1972 Munich Olympics tragedy to American television viewers, died today. He was 86. Jim McKay, the veteran and eloquent sportscaster thrust into the role of telling Americans about the tragedy at the 1972 Munich Olympics, has died. He was 86. McKay died today, said ABC, the network with which he was long affiliated. The cause of death was not immediately given. McKay was host of ABC's “Wide World of ...
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