concert Whitehorse at Le Petit Campus

Arguably the first couple of Canadian roots music, Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland have toured and recorded together extensively over the last six years. The newly released self-titled CD introduces Whitehorse as a band, as an entity and as a musical marriage.

New jointly written originals include the dramatic "Killing Time is Murder" and dreamily poetic "Night Owls,". Doucet states,' We have a more definable sound as Whitehorse than individually. There is chemistry - an artistic union does produce something larger than the sum of its parts. We have often gone out on the road as a duo act, trading songs back and forth, singing harmonies, but now we are a band.'

When asked about her role models - McClelland's response is clear, ‘Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash have that epic musical love story. There is something very beautiful about that. That final video Johnny Cash made brings me to tears every time I see it. Such a beautiful final mark, and there's the legacy of that marriage. There's something not very rock'n'roll about growing old together, but when you see that, you can't deny the romance.'

In this CBC Radio 2 recording at Le Petit Campus in Montreal, Whitehorse brings in loops, keyboard samples and a video projection that clearly makes an impression on the crowd.