In fact, for this session, Nicolay brought out both a banjo and an accordion.

NPR: The Hold Steady: Rock Stripped Bare

Finn stood at the mic, but guitarist Tad Kubler and keyboardist Franz Nicolay made themselves comfortable in nearby chairs instead.

NPR: The Hold Steady: Rock Stripped Bare

Nicolay, a private secretary to Lincoln and co-author with John Hay of a formidable ten-volume Lincoln biography, called it a bald, unblushing forgery.

ECONOMIST: Letters

But David Frayer and Chris Nicolay at the University of Kansas have, over the past couple of years, shown that it is at least equally plausible that Neanderthals possessed a vocal tract similar to a modern adult's.

ECONOMIST: What is music for?