Kirsty McGee & The Hobopop Collective

Kirsty McGee is an established singer-songwriter who emerged as part of the "new acoustic" scene (including such alumni as Elbow and I Am Kloot in her native Manchester. No.5 is Kirsty McGee's first album with her full band the Hobopop Collective, it was recorded live, in one take, at the Contact Theatre in Manchester. The Hobopop Collective include Mat Martin, Nick Blacka and Rob Turner. The special guests performing with them on the No. 5 record are James Steel of The Brute Chorus, Christopher Cundy from Guillemots and Clive Mellor (Richerd Hawley Band).