Whitehorse (album)

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Whitehorse
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Studio album by Whitehorse
Released August 9, 2011 (Digital)
August 30, 2011
Genre Indie rock, country
Length24:18
Label Six Shooter Records
Whitehorse chronology
Whitehorse
(2011)
The Fate of the World Depends on This Kiss
(2012)

Whitehorse is the self-titled album from Whitehorse, a band consisting of Melissa McClelland and Luke Doucet. The album was released on August 30, 2011 in Canada by Six Shooter Records. [1] It was made available for digital download on August 9, 2011.

Melissa McClelland Canadian singer-songwriter

Melissa McClelland is an American-born Canadian singer-songwriter who lived in Hamilton, Ontario, in her youth and now bases her career from Toronto, Ontario. 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."

Luke Doucet Canadian musician

Luke Doucet is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He has written and performed as a solo artist and as a member of the indie rock band Veal and the folk rock band Whitehorse.

Six Shooter Records is an independent record label based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that uses an artist-centric business model, focussing on art before commerce combined with extensive touring. Six Shooter Records was founded in 2000 by Shauna de Cartier. The mission statement of the company is, Life is Too Short to Listen to Shitty Music.

Contents

Personnel

Pat Steward singer and drummer

Pat Steward is a Canadian drummer and singer who is a member of the band Odds, and has recorded and toured with Bryan Adams and Matthew Good, among many others.

Doug Elliott (musician) singer and guitarist

Douglas Robert Elliott is a Canadian musician best known for his work in the alternative rock group Odds. As a child growing up in the Rocky Mountain town of Jasper, Alberta, he took piano lessons and later played trombone and then bass in the Jasper Jr-Sr High School band. At the age of 14 he was playing professionally in local bands. Upon graduating high school in 1980, Elliott went to Malaspina University-College for 2 years and then to New York city to live with, and be mentored by, his cousin renowned jazz bassist Rick Kilburn. He then moved to Vancouver, B.C.

Track listing

  1. "Eulogy for Whiskers, Part I"
  2. "Killing Time is Murder"
  3. "Emerald Isle"
  4. "Passenger 24"
  5. "Broken"
  6. "I'm On Fire"
  7. "Night Owls"
  8. "Eulogy for Whiskers, Part II"
Bruce Springsteen American singer and songwriter

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen is an American singer-songwriter and leader of the E Street Band. Nicknamed "The Boss," he is recognized for his poetic lyrics, his Jersey Shore roots, his distinctive voice, and lengthy, energetic stage performances.

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