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I've been wanting to go to one of the WXPN Free at Noon concerts, but having a day job has gotten in the way. Mark has been to a bunch including last week's Toots show which I wanted to go to, but I didn't make it. When I saw that Nellie McKay was the performer, I had to go.

Lady and I saw her in concert at the TLA about 3 years ago right around the 2004 election. She was already a fan, I was a quick convert. Over on the XPN blog, they have the set list. I've only listened to her fist album so all the songs were new to me, except for one or two, which was cool. Her joyful style is still the same. She was doing some funny moves during "Zombie" which had the absolutely packed house laughing along.

After her 8 song set, she was called out for an encore and she gave the crowd one more ditty.

After the encore, she grabbed up her songbook and said goodbye to the crowd. She was at World Cafe Live for a performance last month and I'm sure she'll be back soon enough. She lives in NYC, but she's got family in the area - she went to high school in the Poconos.

But until then, the WXPN stage will play host to more talented artists.

For now, WXPN is making a tour through Central PA in a Get to Know us Tour next week.

UPDATE: More from The Long Cut and the archive of the show here.

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