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Melissa McClelland - Victoria Day
She’s the girl next door with an edge: tender and sweet one moment, tough and sassy the next. Melissa’s third CD has both qualities in abundance, from the gentle parlor song “Segovia” and “Seasoned Lovers,” a gorgeous, folky duet with Ron Sexsmith, to the gritty twang of “Glenrio” and “When the Lights Went Out in Hogtown,” a bluesy ode to Toronto’s 2003 blackout. Produced by her musician-husband Luke Doucet, the album establishes Melissa as a rising Canadian diva with a taste for darker, quirkier material.
April 2009
