Melissa McClelland (born 1979) is an American-born Canadian
singer-songwriter who lived in
Hamilton, 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.
"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".Blue Road...
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