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Welcome to the Wailin' Jennys press page. The press is split into two sections: CD reviews and general articles relating to the bands activities. Please note: the articles are displayed by publication date in descending order. 

10/18/2007	A warm Winnipeg welcome  by Melissa Martin  (Uptown Magazine) Winnipeg, MB
	Last Sunday, after almost a year away from Winnipeg stages, The Wailin' Jennys finally came home - and they brought a new friend with them. ...read more
05/21/2007	Falling in love with the Wailin’ Jennys  by Phil  (Resident Media Pundit) online, USA
	Imagine if the crazy scientists from Jurassic Park put Gillian Welch, EmmyLou Harris, and the Dixie Chicks in a blender, and then formed a musical trio from the resulting puddle of DNA. ...read more
11/08/2006	Firecracker - The Wailin' Jennys  by Curt Nichols  (Boise Weekly) Boise, ID
	The Wailin' Jennys are Canada's latest export to the rest of the music world. The group first performed in a Winnipeg guitar shop in 2002. This year's release of their newest CD, Firecracker , is introducing them to a wider audience south of the 4...read more
09/23/2006	Concert review  by David Schmeichel  (Winnipeg Sun) Winnipeg, MB
	Everyone knows Winnipeg has an embarrassment of riches, at least where homemade folk and roots music is concerned. But leave it to the ladies to raise the bar even higher. ...read more
09/23/2006	Concert review  by Rob Williams  (Winnipeg Free Press) Winnipeg, MB
	It's always nice when Winnipeg is included on a band's world tour schedule. But it's even better when the group playing town is one of our own returning home after touring the world. ...read more
09/17/2006	Lighting the Fuse  by Paul Woodgate  (Wears the Trousers Magazine) online, UK
	Have just found Canada’s female answer to Crosby, Stills and Nash. Would love to go into more detail, but that would prevent me from listening to them. ...read more
08/27/2006	The Wailin' Jennys - Firecracker  by David McPherson  (Exclaim!) Toronto, ON
	Like three little birds singing softly and sweetly in the early morn, the harmony of the Wailin’ Jennys pleasantly rises from the speakers and greets the listener with a refreshing start to the day ...read more
08/10/2006	Firecracker - The Wailin' Jennys  by Tim  (Quail Ridge Books & Music) Raleigh, NC
	Forget The Dixie Chicks! The folk and country trio, The Wailin' Jennys, are back again transforming the instruments and the harmonies of folk and country into something wonderfully different. ...read more
08/03/2006	Firecracker - The Wailin' Jennys  by Brad Knickerbocker  (Tri-City Herald) Kennewick, WA
	Taking folk music in an entirely different direction are The Wailin' Jennys, three highly talented young singer-songwriters from Canada. ...read more
08/03/2006	Firecracker - The Wailin' Jennys  by Greg Glasgow  (Dirt) , US
	Beautiful vocal harmonies also highlight the second album from this Canadian trio ...read more
08/01/2006	The Wailin' Jennys Light a Musical Fuse  by Ed Huyck  (PopMatters) Evanston, IL
	Firecracker indeed. This Canadian duo’s [sic] second album couldn’t have come out at a better time... ...read more
08/01/2006	Firecracker - The Wailin' Jennys  by Lee Zimmerman  (Amplifier Magazine) Westford, MA
	Etched with a sepia hue that reflects The Wailin’ Jennys’ rustic back porch view, Firecracker sounds like it might have had its origins in Appalachia. ...read more
08/01/2006	Firecracker - The Wailin' Jennys  by Michael Devlin  (Music Matters) online, US
	The Wailin’ Jennys are singer-songwriters Ruth Moody, Nicky Mehta and Annabelle Chvostek and this is their second album on Red House Records. ...read more
08/01/2006	Firecracker - The Wailin' Jennys  by Joe Breen  (Irish Times) , Ireland
	It took me a long time to warm to this album. It wasn't that there was anything wrong; on the contrary, these three Canadian women are all wonderful singers ...read more
08/01/2006	Firecracker - The Wailin'Jennys  by David Kidman  (NetRhythms.co.uk) online, UK
	Aptly named indeed, this new release from Canada's Jennys (and only their second!) positively sparks, bristles and fizzes with an explosive vitality that takes their home-grown down-home rusticity onto a higher plane ...read more
08/01/2006	Firecracker - The Wailin' Jennys  by Frank Goodman  (Puremusic.com) online, US
	We were very blown away in our review of the last Wailin' Jennys CD, 40 Days. But Firecracker is a faster, bigger horse of a different color. Since last we left our heroines, that horse has run and won a lot of races. ...read more
07/28/2006	The Wailin' Jennys - Firecracker  by David Cowling  (Americana) , UK
	These three Canadian songbirds knit together their distinctive personalities, songs and voices to create a coherent harmonious whole. ...read more
07/27/2006	The Wailin' Jennys - Firecracker  by Greg Quill  (Toronto Star) Toronto, ON
	Winnipeg folk trio The Wailin' Jennys are making no mistakes as they progress with grace, harmony and assurance ...read more
07/23/2006	Firecracker - The Wailin' Jennys  by NC  (The Independent) , UK
	The don't wail and their names are Ruth, Nicky and Annabelle. Not a Jenny among them. ...read more
07/21/2006	The Wailin' Jennys - Firecracker  by Greg Winkler  (Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange) Online, US
	I'm always excited when I get a new CD to listen to, especially if I'm going to review it. I put it in, turn it up, and wait for my very first reaction. In this case, it was, "Holy crap, is this good!" ...read more
07/13/2006	Firecracker - The Wailin' Jennys  by Jeremy Klaszus  (FFWD Weekly) Calgary, AB
	Folkin’ brilliant Canadian country with a touch of bluegrass. Folk artists walk a fine line between being original and being too pretentious and self-important. On Firecracker, Winnipeg’s The Wailin’ Jennys have walked that line with balance and gr...read more
07/13/2006	The Wailin' Jennys - Firecracker  by Kel Munger  (Sacramento News and Review) Sacramento, CA
	A punster might call this Canadian trio the Mason Chicks; comparisons to their Texas counterparts are inevitable. But the Wailin’ Jennys--Annabelle Chvostek, Nicky Mehta and Ruth Moody--put a folk spin on north-of-the border harmonizing that crosses genre...read more
07/07/2006	The Wailin' Jennys - Firecracker  by Bruce Sylvester  (Goldmine Magazine) Iola, WI
	Regardless of their clever name, The Wailin’ Jennys don’t wail at all ...read more
07/06/2006	The Wailin' Jennys - Firecracker  by Rod Nicholson  (Scene) London, ON
	Firecracker is the third record from Winnipeg songbird trio The Wailin’ Jennys. To their credit, they avoid the shiny commercial trappings of the Dixie Chicks and instead present honest, lyrically solid songs that are given a lightly-buffed roots-m...read more
07/05/2006	The Wailin' Jennys - Firecracker  by Christopher John Treacy  (In Newsweekly) Boston, MA
	Take the polished pop safety pins out of the Dixie Chicks shtick and you're left with something more organic like Canadian songbirds, The Wailin' Jennys ...read more
07/01/2006	Firecracker - The Wailin' Jennys  by Nigel Williamson  (HMV Choice) London, UK
	Heavenly vocals from sublime female singer-songwriting team. This Canadian trio of Ruth Moody, Nicky Mehta and Annabelle Chvostek are almost too good to be true. ...read more
06/28/2006	The Wailin' Jennys - Firecracker  by Mary Lamey  (The Gazette) Montreal, QC
	Catch lightning in a bottle once you're lucky. Catch it twice and magic comes into play. The Wailin' Jennys new album is a case in point ...read more
06/26/2006	The Wailin' Jennys - Firecracker  by Jeff Bateman  (Western Living) Vancouver, BC
	Three fine singer-songwriters from Winnipeg, the Jennys tap a breezy vein of folk-country tradition on their faultless second album ...read more
06/18/2006	The Wailin' Jennys - Firecracker  by Marke Andrews  (Vancouver Sun) Vancouver, BC
	Winnipeg vocal trio The Wailin' Jennys made two good moves since their inaugural 2004 CD: they found a solid replacement for departed founding member Cara Luft in singer and multi-instrumentalist Annabelle Chvostek, and they brought all-star instrumentali...read more
06/06/2006	The Wailin' Jennys - Firecracker  by Marissa Brown  (All Music Guide) Online, US
	Though Cara Luft, a founding member of the Wailin' Jennys, was replaced by Annabelle Chvostek, the band's tight harmonies and pretty folk songs haven't changed at all on their second album, Firecracker. In fact, they've even gotten better ...read more
06/01/2006	The Wailin' Jennys - Firecracker  by David Shmeichel  (Winnipeg Sun) Winnipeg, MB
	Local roots trio The Wailin' Jennys have a lot to sing about these days: a U.S. record deal, a Juno Award in 2005 and stints on the NPR radio show A Prairie Home Companion ...read more
07/13/2005	40 Days Review  by James Christopher Monger  (All Music Guide) Online, US
	Canadian folkies the Wailin' Jennys aren't opposed to throwing down the occasional sea shanty or English drinking song... ...read more
2/1/2005	The Wailin' Jennys - 40 Days  by Staff Writer  (Fish Records) Online , UK
	The Wailin’ Jennys are three Canadian contemporary singer/songwriters, and while Cara Luft, Nicky Mehta and Ruth Moody are all established artists in their own right, the combination of the three together has created an album that really stands out from t...read more
12/15/2004	The Wailin' Jennys, 40 Days  by Michael Simmons  (Acoustic Guitar) Escondido, CA
	Despite what the band’s name suggests, the Wailin’ Jennys are not a feminine take on the music of the late country music outlaw Waylon Jennings. Rather, they are a Canadian trio of singer-songwriters with an engaging folk-pop sound and an eclectic range o...read more
11/20/2004	The Wailin’ Jenny’s - 40 Days  by Sara Terpeny  (KyndMusic.com) Alexandria, VA
	The next time you’re snowed in on a cold winter day, wrap yourself up in a nice throw, brew yourself a cup of tea, pop The Wailin’ Jenny’s into your stereo, sit back and enjoy ...read more
11/1/2004	The Wailin' Jennys: Three of a Kind  by Mick Skidmore  (Relix Magazine) New York, NY
	The Wailin’ Jennys aren’t a spaced-out jamband. They are three outstanding singer/ songwriters who put a twist on the folk/ rock genre. The “wailin’” refers to perfect harmonies, not searing instrumental passages ...read more
10/14/2004	The Wailin' Jennys: 40 Days  by Liz Carlisle  (The Harvard Independent) Cambridge, MA
	Despite the fact that they don't need each other, Canadian folk veterans Cara Luft, Nicky Mehta, and Ruth Moody never get in each other's way ...read more
10/1/2004	The Wailing Jennys  by Steven Stone  (Vintage Guitar) Bismarck, ND
	From their name and the album’s graphics I first assumed the Wailing Jennys were a reggae group. Wrong. This Canadian group, made up of three women with sublime voices, rejoices in the glorious sound of perfect three part harmonies placed in service of fi...read more
9/16/2004	The Wailin' Jennys - 40 Days  by Christine LaPado  (Chico News and Review) Chico, CA
	The women of Winnipeg, Canada’s Wailin’ Jennys are like a cross between Irish songstresses The Corrs (not counting brother Jim) and the country-harmony-queen trio of Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt ...read more
9/3/2004	The Wailin' Jennys  by Nate Dow  (Boston Herald) Boston, MA
	If you have never heard of the Wailin' Jennys, don't fret; it is a widespread condition for which the cure will soon be found ...read more
8/25/2004	The Wailin' Jennys - 40 Days  by Jay Votel  (World Folk Music Association Quarterly) Washington, DC
	This is the best folk trio record since “Cry Cry Cry” in 1998, hands down. Canadian singer-songwriters Cara Luft, Nicky Mehta and Ruth Moody together evoke that “greater than the sum of its parts” feeling in 13 tracks ...read more
8/15/2004	Sweet-voiced trio will leave you howling for more  by Wayne Bledsoe  (Knoxville News Sentinel) Knoxville, TN
	The history of female vocal trios stretches back at least to the early 1930s, when the Boswell Sisters were jazzing up pop music. And from the Andrews Sisters to The Supremes to The Roches to the Dixie Chicks, every generation seems to have a trio of swee...read more
8/1/2004	The Wailin Jennys - 40 Days  by Jeffrey Morgan  (Creem Magazine) Detroit, MI
	Sure they have a witty name. But don't be fooled into thinking that 40 Days is some kinda countrified hoe-down because Ruth Moody, Nicky Mehta and Cara Luft are on a mission to restore tasteful three part harmony and good old fashioned melody back to its ...