Blossoming folk group breaks into mainstream country radio Blossoming folk group breaks into mainstream country radio
Catch them at: Little Stage on the prairie, Fri., 12:30 pm; Snowberry Field, Sat., 12:45 pm (Cara Luft only); Green Ash, Sat, 2:30 pm (Nicky Mehta, Ruth Moody); Snowberry Field, Sun 11 am; Shady Grove, Sun, 3:45 pm
You’re being hailed as something a folk-pop supergroup, your first album is out on one of the country’s foremost folk labels and you release a gentle, acoustic version of a Neil Young song as your first single and video.
And what happens?
The Wailin’ Jennys’ cover of Old Man becomes a hit at country radio and gets added to the rotation at CMT, Canada’s country music video network.
Go figure, eh?
But what’s another curveball in the life of the Winnipeg folk trio comprised of Cara Luft, Nicky Mehta and Ruth Moody?
After all, this is a group that wasn’t even meant to be a group. So if country radio wants to help spread the word on this sweet-voiced threesome, then so be it. The road followed by the Jennys has been filled with similar happy accidents.
Still, being added to commercial country radio playlists across Canada is enough to give Mehta and Moody pause to think as they sit discussing their music in the caf_