Nellie McKay at Swallow Hill

Nellie is coming to play on the 19th of June. the concert is $18 and tickets can be purchased at http://events.swallow.... She is also hosting a Ukulele workshop from 4-6PM called "UKULELE: THE ART OF FAKING IT". The workshop cost $35.

Nellie McKay has released three critically acclaimed albums: Get Away From Me, Pretty Little Head, and her most recent, Obligatory Villagers. Her music has been heard on the television shows Weeds, Grey’s Anatomy, NCIS and Privileged, she created original songs for the Rob Reiner-directed film Rumor Has It, and made her feature film debut in P.S. I Love You, performing the song of the same name.

On the stage, Nellie won a Theatre World Award for her portrayal of Polly Peachum in the Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera. She has performed on numerous television and radio shows while touring the world, opened for Bo Diddley and Sting, dueted with Eartha Kitt, Trey Anastasio and Taj Mahal, interviewed Doris Day, and shared the stage with Gloria Steinem, Odetta, Lou Reed, Elvis Costello, Cyndi Lauper, and other notables in aid of various progressive pursuits.

In addition to her music, Ms. McKay is a contributor to The New York Times Book Review. A recipient of the Humane Society’s 2005 Doris Day Music Award for her dedication to animal rights, she has also participated in benefits for groups ranging from Planned Parenthood and Fair Fund to the ACLU and Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary. Ms. McKay has been active in supporting get-out-the-vote efforts, the campaign to close primate laboratories and working to ban carriage horses throughout the country.