Nellie McKay is a British-American singer-songwriter, actress, and former stand-up comedian, noted for her critically acclaimed albums and for her Broadway debut in The Threepenny Opera.

“She writes lyrics like a gonzo Cole Porter,” according to New York Nightlife magazine, “and sings like an attitudinal Peggy Lee.” See why The Washington Post declared that “this supremely gifted, charming, and darkly funny New York oddball has all the makings of the first great singer-songwriter of the young century.”