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The Wailin' Jennys
This is the sound of voices three
Singing together in harmony
Surrendering to the mystery
This is the sound of voices three--From the song “One Voice,” Ruth Moody
The Wailin’ Jennys are Nicky Mehta, Ruth Moody and Heather Masse—three distinct voices that together make an achingly perfect vocal sound. All established singer-songwriters in their own right, The Wailin’ Jennys are winning fast fans all over the world with their powerful singing and thoughtful rootsy songwriting.
The Wailin’ Jennys began as a happy accident, when Nicky Mehta, Ruth Moody and Cara Luft played together for a one-time-only performance at a guitar shop in Winnipeg. They had so much fun and obvious chemistry on stage that they decided to pursue a career together, forming The Wailin’ Jennys. Cara Luft left the band to return to her solo career but was replaced with Montreal songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Annabelle Chvostek, who recorded and toured with The Jennys for two years before the Brooklyn-based Heather Masse joined the band.
In 2004, Red House Records released The Wailin’ Jennys’ first full-length album 40 Days in the U.S. to great critical acclaim, and in 2005 it won them a Juno Award (Canadian Grammy) for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year. Bolstered by their frequent appearances on Garrison Keillor’s public radio show A Prairie Home Companion, The Jennys have exploded onto the roots music scene, performing at packed venues across the U.S. and throughout the world. Their latest CD Firecracker was a powerful follow-up to their debut album and found The Jennys stepping out of the folk realm and into the world of alt-country, pop and rock. Garnering much attention, it was nominated for a Juno Award and won a 2007 Folk Alliance Award for “Contemporary Release of the Year.”
Although known primarily as an acoustic outfit, The Wailin’ Jennys have a wide range of musical backgrounds that have formed their musical sensibilities. Soprano Ruth Moody (vocals, guitar, accordion, banjo), former lead singer of the Juno Award-nominated roots act Scrüj MacDuhk, is a classically trained vocalist and pianist known first as an accomplished, versatile singer of traditional and Celtic music. Mezzo Nicky Mehta (vocals, guitar, harmonica), who won a Canadian Music Award for her 2002 solo album Weather Vane, is a trained dancer raised on classical music and heavily influenced by alternative pop. Alto Heather Masse (vocals, upright bass) comes steeped in both bluegrass and jazz traditions. She is a Jazz Voice graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music and has also performed with the Wayfaring Strangers, Joy Kills Sorrow and Heather & The Barbarians. With their varying backgrounds, each of the Jennys are unique in their individual expression. Together they forge a unified folk-pop sound—all delivered with the irresistible vocal power of three.
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