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Emily Kinney a lively singer-songwriter outside of ‘Walking Dead’

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If there’s a singing voice you want to hear before you succumb to zombie plague, Emily Kinney’s would probably do just fine.

The “Walking Dead” actress has been a fan-favorite addition to the cast of the AMC hit show since 2011, playing the doe-eyed yet often brutal Beth Greene. Show regulars know she can sing -- she’s covered Waxahatchee’s “Be Good” in the series, as well as Tom Waits’ “Hold On.”

But right after the show’s Sunday night Season 5 premiere, she’s taking her vocal talents out of post-apocalyptic Atlanta and into Silver Lake on Tuesday. Kinney headlines the Satellite in a solo show that will showcase tunes off her e.p. “Expired Love,” which she just re-released to include her cover of “Be Good.”

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Kinney is a semi-regular around New York’s folk and piano bar scene, but she has a sense of humor about the split between her day job stabbing pustulant zombies in the head and her winsome pop-folk sound.

She just premiered her new video for the cover, which finds her pulling off some charming choreography with friends on a rooftop at magic hour -- a markedly different setting from the last time her fans heard her sing this tune on-screen.

“I wanted it to be more of a little window into me and my personality and how I view the song, which was, ‘Oh we’re all cool today,’ ” she told Spin. “There are different things that go on between your friends and relationships, but we’re all here, working and making music, and it’s all good.”

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That’s probably the first time she’s been able to say that in the context of her acting work -- at least until the last zombie gets slayed.

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