Americana Revolution Review #004: Melissa McClelland

Victoria Day At the risk of confusing you with similar names, we bring you a review from Melissa McClelland, she of a voice like a  cool breeze, produced by her husband  Luke Doucet. Her new album "Victoria Day" celebrates all kinds of rootsy Americana flavors: a mélange of country, big band, jazz, with a rock and roll sensibility. And of course, anything we can do to bring more women into the spotlight, we are all about that. She recently took a road trip on Route 66 from Chicago to The Santa Monica Pier, which was chronicled for a documentary called "Pedal To Steel." Her new album is available on her website, as well as iTunes. Check out these tracks.

A Girl Can Dream - stripped down soft shoe blues

Glenrio - take a jaunty walk

God Loves Me - haunting gospel

Victoria Day (April Showers) - yum! my favorite track on the album

Victoria Day (May Flowers) - honky tonky part deux

I Blame You - incongruous influences on this great American songbook style track

Brake - heartbreakingly beautiful in its simplicity

-With love from Jessie Scott

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Catherine MacLellan "Take A Break"

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The Jessie Scott Vortex is always an interesting place to be. The most recent victim was Canadian artist Catherine MacLellan. 

You'd think that when Jessie calls you and says a Canadian artist is meeting us at a firehouse in Virginia that George Washington founded you might raise your eyebrows slightly. I have to say, this kind of surreal occurrence has become our everyday reality. 


That said, here's a video of Catherine performing the first song off of her new album called "Water in the Ground." I've never met a woman who could make a song about potatos interesting, until now...


-Ben Krech


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