Wailin' Jennys - Firecracker
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Winnipeg’s Wailin’ Jennys have released a deeply personal set of songs on Firecracker. This new recording reaches back to honour the tradition of both the place they come from and the traditions of the female folksinger genre. There are echoes of other Winnipeg songwriters here like Heather Bishop and Nancy Reinhold formerly of the Wyrd Sisters. Yet it presents each of the Jenny’s three writer’s individual style clearly and creatively. Nicky Mehta’s direct songs of love and growth, Ruth Moody’s beautiful and delicate images sung with her country tinged soprano and newcomer Annabelle Chvostek’s complex and crafted offerings. Musically these women continue to explore as Nicky adds harmonica to her usual guitar work. Annabelle brings fiddle and mandolin to the mix and Ruth adds banjo to a couple of tracks. Even with the exit of the talented Cara Luft the Jenny’s have delivered a recording that cements their place as Canada’s finest folk vocal group.
Chris Brown
Winnipeg’s Wailin’ Jennys have released a deeply personal set of songs on Firecracker. This new recording reaches back to honour the tradition of both the place they come from and the traditions of the female folksinger genre. There are echoes of other Winnipeg songwriters here like Heather Bishop and Nancy Reinhold formerly of the Wyrd Sisters. Yet it presents each of the Jenny’s three writer’s individual style clearly and creatively. Nicky Mehta’s direct songs of love and growth, Ruth Moody’s beautiful and delicate images sung with her country tinged soprano and newcomer Annabelle Chvostek’s complex and crafted offerings. Musically these women continue to explore as Nicky adds harmonica to her usual guitar work. Annabelle brings fiddle and mandolin to the mix and Ruth adds banjo to a couple of tracks. Even with the exit of the talented Cara Luft the Jenny’s have delivered a recording that cements their place as Canada’s finest folk vocal group.
Chris Brown
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