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. Heavenly vocals from sublime female singer-songwriting.
This Canadian trio of Ruth Moody, Nicky Mehta and Annabelle Chvostek are almost too good to be true. All are lead singers of angelic purity, while together their exquisite three part-harmonies make them sound like a heavenly choir. All write memorably melodic songs in a timeless folk/country vein and between them they play guitar, banjo, mandolin, accordion, fiddle and harmonica.
Firecracker, their second album and first since Chvostek joined the line-up, is an exquisite gem, featuring 13 songs that burn and ache with almost unbearable emotion. Moody’s “Prairie Town” is probably the most heartbreaking song you will hear this year, though Mehta’s “Begin” runs it close. “Apocalypse Lullaby,” from the pen of Chvostek, is a lovely, gentle acoustic wonder, while “Some Good Thing” finds them rocking with carefree, rootsy abandon.
Imagine Alison Krauss fronting a down-home Dixie Chicks with the Be Good Tanyas providing the backing vocals and you get somewhere close. Yes, improbable as it may sound, The Wailin’ Jennys really are that good.
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