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One to hear: Brittany McKay

The opening scene in our Ones to Watch profile of Brittany McKay is taken from this YouTube video, in which McKay’s steamy alto stuns an audience gathered to watch Frankie Moreno perform at the Stratosphere.

 

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To listen to more Brittany Rose (her stage name), visit the YouTube channel of her guitar accompanist and collaborator, John Lloyd, or head to the View Wine Bar & Kitchen in Tivoli Village, where she sings every Thursday, 7-10 p.m. And check out the rest of our Ones to Watch in the September issue of Desert Companion.

Desert Companion welcomed Heidi Kyser as staff writer in January 2014. In 2018, she was promoted to senior writer and producer, working for both DC and KNPR's State of Nevada. She produced KNPR’s first podcast, the Edward R. Murrow Regional Award-winning Native Nevada, in 2020. The following year, she returned her focus full-time to Desert Companion, becoming Deputy Editor, which meant she was next in line to take over when longtime editor Andrew Kiraly left in July 2022. In 2024, Interim CEO Favian Perez promoted Heidi to managing editor, charged with integrating the Desert Companion and State of Nevada newsroom operations.