Looking at the current incarnation of the Jennys, soprano Ruth Moody, mezzo Nicky Mehta, and alto Annabelle Chvostek, it would seem like few groups could be so perfectly aligned, by fate or by design. It is no wonder that music critics are inclined to phrase their descriptions in honeyed phrases. The Jennys, music reviewers say, make music that is "lush," "luscious" and "sweet." Their masterful three-part vocal harmonies are "haunting" and they "shimmer." Behind the words, however, there are the songs: an informed mix of original and traditional tunes that visit a variety of roots styles, focusing on harmony but grounded by a moving and intricate instrumental base. Lighting up the skies for audiences at music festivals, Prairie Home Companion, and PBS viewers (of the Prairie Home Companion 2006 4th of July 4th special from Tanglewood), the Jennys' continue to make those heartbreaking harmonies they began with their debut CD, "40 Days."

Firecracker is the third album by The Wailin' Jennys.

The album was rated the #2 folk album of 2006 in North America by total airplay, and the #1 Canadian album. The initial track, "The Devil's Paintbrush Road" by Annabelle Chvostek, was rated the #1 Canadian song for 2006 by total airplay.

The album was nominated for the 2007 Juno Award for "Roots and Traditional Album of the Year by a Group" and for "Contemporary Folk Album of the Year" by the North American Folk Alliance.

References

Firecracker

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Artist/Band Information

The Wailin' Jennys are a Juno Award-winning Canadian folk trio from Winnipeg, Manitoba, and New York, and they consist of soprano Ruth Moody, mezzo Nicky Mehta and alto Heather Masse. Recently, the Jennys have also toured with fiddler and mandolinist Jeremy Penner, who is from Ruth's former band, Scruj MacDuhk.

The Wailin' Jennys have released several albums and tour regularly through North America and Europe. The group is also often featured on the American Public Media program, A Prairie Home Companion. Their album, Firecracker, made it to the number two spot on the Billboard Bluegrass charts, in 2006.

History

The group was founded in 2002, when a guitar shop in Winnipeg - called Sled Dog Music - brought three soloists - (Ruth Moody, Nicky Mehta and Cara Luft) - together for a joint performance. The show was well received and the owner scheduled a follow-up, which was also a great success. The owner then "offered that they might go on tour and call themselves the Wailin' Jennys." of A Prairie Home Companion, viewed 2006-10-10 The group's name is a pun on the country singer Waylon Jennings.

Luft left, in 2004, to pursue her solo career and was replaced by Annabelle Chvostek, a singer/songwriter from Montreal.

At the 2005 Juno Awards, the group won Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Group) for their 2004 album 40 Days. at Guilford

In 2007, Chvostek left the group and was replaced by Heather Masse, a Maine-born singer with a background in jazz and blues, as well as folk, who also fronts the Brooklyn-based Heather & the Barbarians.

All of the members of the Jennys maintain solo careers, in addition to their efforts with the group.

Discography

References

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