Transcript: Nellie McKay's Love Letter To Doris Day

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MICHELLE NORRIS
NPR All Things Considered
10-06-2009
Nellie McKay's Love Letter To Doris Day

Host: MICHELLE NORRIS
Time 21:00-22:00 PM

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MICHELLE NORRIS, host:

Nellie McKay is a notoriously experimental singer-songwriter.

(Soundbite of song, "There You Are in Me")

Ms. NELLIE MCKAY (Musician): (Singing) Brother, brother can you hear me say, not that far, I've just gone undercover. Selfish, stupid, so self-serious. Balderdash, I got no money.

NORRIS: For her new album, McKay takes on the music of the notoriously conventional, the Hollywood actress and singer Doris Day. Reviewer Robert Christgau says the two actually have some common ground.

ROBERT CHRISTGAU: Nellie McKay first ...

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