Angela McCluskey Information & Angela McCluskey Links at HealthHaven.com

Angela McCluskey
Angela McCluskey
Birth name	Angela McCluskey
Origin	Glasgow, Scotland
Genres	alternative, pop rock, singer-songwriter, scottish
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1992 - Present
Labels	Manhattan, Geffen
Associated acts	Wild Colonials; Télépopmusik; Curio; Glasvegas
Website	[1], [2]

Angela McCluskey is a Scottish singer-songwriter. She performs as a solo artist and as a member of the folk rock group Wild Colonials. McCluskey has also provided vocals for Curio and recorded the European dance hit and U.S. Mitsubishi commercial hit "Breathe" among other songs with Télépopmusik.

[edit] Biography

Angela McCluskey was born in Glasgow, Scotland, where she wasn't encouraged to become a vocalist. "Singing's just not a big deal there," she said, "so nobody ever turns 'round and goes 'you know what? you should sing when you grow up.'" McCluskey went to London and found work as a publicist and then in the video department of EMI Records. In 1991, Angela headed out to Hollywood.

Angela is now married to one Paul Cantelon.

[edit] Music career

In Los Angeles in 1992, Angela McCluskey and friend Shark formed a band called Wild Colonials. The group rapidly drew local and national attention and within the space of a year, went from their point of conception, an Irish Pub called Cafe Beckett, to the rarefied air of Geffen Records HQ. Two albums (1994's "Fruit of Life" and 1996's "This Can't Be Life" and much touring came of this, including performances with 1997's Lilith Fair road show.

During this period, Angela found the time to lend her voice to many film soundtracks, among other projects, and to work with an eccentric list of artists, including Dr. John, Cyndi Lauper, Deep Forest, Joe Henry, The The, Matt Johnson, and Triptych (which also featured her husband Paul Cantelon). Angela has also collaborated with French group Télépopmusik.

In 2001, Angela McCluskey began serious work on her debut 2004 album The Things We Do. The record was written and recorded in Manhattan and Sweden. The song "Long Live I" was recorded in a Tribeca apartment three weeks after 9/11. Collaborator Nathan Larson refers to the album as "a record about sex, death, joy, fear, love, pain, and beauty, delivered by one of the most exquisite modern voices."