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A prolific singer/ songwriter who's current discography boasts four full length albums ("Head aches, heart breaks and drink problems", "Seventeen Part 1", "Seventeen Part 2" and "Les Album Arrogante") as well as a wide selection of EP's and Singles (most notably "The wilderness and back home again" and "Viva las misery"). He is currently working on a new solo EP, taking Alt.Country to the masses with touring band The Rackets and writing for post-Arrogant Whale grunge band Tiny Bronco.

The Kirkland Turn combine the expressive guitar playing and weathered voice of Daryl Kirkland supported by the idiosyncratic talents of his wife, Katie, who creates an undercurrent of drama with her minimal two-drum set up and haunting trumpet lines. With the stoic presence of Cousin Ian Wallhead on bass, the Kirkland Turn make a music both hushed and psalm-like, shot through with a jagged darkness. Making wonderfully ragged home recordings they release them on their own 'BadJack Recordings' label.

Melissa McClelland (born c. 1979) is an American-born Canadian singer-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.