Melissa McClelland

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Melissa McClelland (born c. 1979) is an American-born Canadian singer and songwriter who lived in Burlington, Ontario in her youth and now bases her career from Toronto. McClelland's music is influenced by blues and americana. A writer on CMJ's staff blog wrote that McClelland has "a persona reminiscent of a female Tom Waits." Biography Melissa McClelland was born in Chicago, Illinois. She spent her youth in Burlington, Ontario before developing her career in Toronto. McClelland married Luke Doucet on June 24, 2006; the two have played together on numerous stages, including at the 2006 Calgary Folk Music Festival. He has produced three of her records, Stranded in Suburbia, Thumbelina's One Night Stand and Victoria Day. In 2006 McClelland opened for Matthew Good's solo acoustic tour across Canada. During the tour the two singers closed Matthew Good's set with a duet performance of the Nine Inch Nails song "Hurt". She also works with Sarah McLachlan, providing backing vocals at her live shows. McLachlan makes a guest appearance on the song "Go Down Matthew" from McClelland's album Thumbelina's One Night Stand. Performing live. "Skyway Bridge" (off of Thumbelina's One Night Stand) features Greg Keelor from Blue Rodeo. Additionally, McClelland is the only guest artist on Blue Rodeo's 2008 live album, "Blue Road". In 2007 McClelland opened a tour with Jesse Cook and sang on his recording of "It Ain't Me Babe" (a Bob Dylan cover) which was released on his 2007 album Frontier

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Victoria Day

Thumbelina's One Night Stand

Stranded In Suburbia

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SXSW 2010 Showcasing Artists

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SXSW 2009 Showcasing Artists

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Indoor Picnic Music

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One Week - The Unofficial Soundtrack

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SXSW 2007 Showcasing Artists

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Do You Hear What I Hear?

Thumbelina's One Night Stand [Bonus Tracks]

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Seriouly Westcoast Vol. 2

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