McKay in New York

High-brow publication New York Magazine features vegan balladeer Nellie McKay in this week’s “Spring Fashion” issue, in which the eccentric songstress opens up about her recent album Normal as Blueberry Pie, a 1950s-inspired Doris Day tribute. The 27-year-old singer says she first encountered Doris Day as a high-school student—after participating in an animal-welfare protest at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, she wandered into a record store and bought It’s Magic, one of Day’s classic albums. Six years ago, McKay burst onto the music scene with Get Away From Me—a rap, disco, jazz, and funk fusion album—featuring her hit ”The Dog Song,” a sweet tune about her companion animal, a rescue pit bull, which she performed at the 2005 Genesis Awards.