Cinnamon Girl - Music

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 Frontiers. "It Ain't Me Babe" Was Released As A Single From That Album Which Spent 3 Weeks In The Top Position On Billboard's World Music Charts. Also In 2007 McClelland's "Passenger 24" Won In The 6th Annual Independent Music Awards For Best Americana Song.
McClelland's Song "Rooftop" Was Featured On The 2005 Soundtrack CD Of The Television Series Degrassi The Next Generation. The Song Was Played On The Ending Montage Of The 2004 Episode "Time Stands Still Pt. 2" In Which A Main Character Jimmy Brooks Aubrey Graham Was Shot By A Bullied Student Rick Murray Ephraim Ellis . She Also Performed The Theme Song For The Children's Reality Show This Is Daniel Cook. Discography 2001 Melissa McClelland Daddy Warbucks Records/independent 20 April 2004 Stranded In Suburbia Orange/Universal 23 May 2006 Thumbelina's One Night Stand Orange/Universal 14 April 2009 Victoria Day Six Shooter Records Stranded In Suburbia In 2004 McClelland Released Stranded In Suburbia On Orange Record Label. In The Same Year Her Side-Band Ladybird Sideshow Released A Live Album Entitled Ladybird Sideshow Live At The Orange Lounge'.' Thumbelina's One Night Stand McClelland's Followup Album Thumbelina's One Night Stand Was Released In 2006. Reviews Drew Attention To The Eclectic Nature Of The Album. Exclaim! Magazine Described The Album As "impossible To Pin Down Stylistically As It Segues From Roots-Y Rock "Passenger 24" To Country "Taxi Ride" To Chamber Pop "Solitary Life" To Folk A Cover Of Randy Newman’s "Dayton Ohio" And Blues "Go Down Matthew" ." Victoria Day In Late 2008 Melissa McClelland Began Work On Victoria Day Her Fourth Album And First For Six Shooter Records. Victoria Day Was Scheduled For Release On April 14 2009. The Album Was Recorded At Canterbury Music By Jeremy Darby And Was Produced By Luke Doucet. Victoria Day Has A Vintage 1950s Sound Combining Dixieland With "high Lonesome Twang". "Seasoned Lovers" From Victoria Day Features Vocals From Canadian Singer-Songwriter Ron Sexsmith. read less