Pitchfork

Amidst the chatter of the above-average children and the talk of Powdermilk Biscuits pouring out of your radio this Saturday evening, you may just hear a voice even more familiar to you than the gentle baritone of Mr. Garrison Keillor.

Kooky crooner Nellie McKay will perform as part of a broadcast version of Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion" tomorrow night (January 26) in St. Paul, Minnesota; she'll also take part in an un-broadcasted concert with the troupe tonight. Joining Garrison and Nellie will be BR549 frontman Chuck Mead, bluegrass belter Becky Schlegel, humorist Roy Blount Jr., and, as ever, a bunch of jokes only middle-aged Midwesterners find funny.

McKay has a ton of other dates to attend to over the coming months, including quite a few in similarly unorthodox spots. In addition to performances at a Family Planning Advocates Conference in Albany, a couple arts museums, and a record shop, she'll appear with comedy writer/producer Ben Karlin's "Things I've Learned From Women Who've Dumped Me" stage show twice. Wacky, sure, but that's the McKay way.

Nellie McKay:

01-25 St. Paul, MN - Fitzgerald Theater ("A Prairie Home Companion")
01-26 St. Paul, MN - Fitzgerald Theater ("A Prairie Home Companion")
01-31 Long Beach, CA - Fingerprints (in-store)
02-01 Los Angeles, CA - Largo
02-07 New York, NY - Upright Citizen's Brigade Theatre ("Things I've Learned From Women Who've Dumped Me")
02-08 Los Angeles, CA - Largo
02-09 New York, NY - Lincoln Center's Allen Room
02-16 Kalamazoo, MI - Kalamazoo Valley College
02-23 Los Angeles, CA - Bang Theatre
02-25 Los Angeles, CA - Steve Allen Theatre ("Things I've Learned From Women Who's Dumped Me")
02-27-03-01 Monterey, CA - TED Conference
03-06 Cleveland, OH - Nighttown
03-07 Detroit, MI - Detroit Institute of the Arts
03-10 Albany, NY - Family Planning Advocates Conference
03-31 New York, NY - Symphony Space
04-01 New York, NY - Joe's Pub
04-06 Minneapolis, MN - Dakota
04-07 Minneapolis, MN - Dakota
04-08 Minneapolis, MN - Dakota
04-12 Easton, MD - Talbot Country Auditorium
05-02 New York, NY - Rubin Museum of Art