Heather Masse Releases New Album with Dick Hyman

Hey everyone! Be sure to check out our wonderful Heather Masse's collaboration with Dick Hyman on "Lock My Heart". Available on Amazon, iTunes, and via the fabulous Red House Records. And stay tuned for some exciting Jennys news and tour date announcements coming soon! Thanks, as always, for your continued support. We'll see you soon!Much love,The Jennys

Winnipeg Harvest - Helping Out

Here's a shot of Winnipeg Harvest's executive director David Northcott with Nicky at the "Souper Lunch" fundraiser. The Jennys painted a bowl for the event and it was auctioned in a raffle alongside bowls painted by such personalities as artists Loreena Mckennitt, Great Big Sea and Maroon 5, author Miriam Toews, and curler Jeff Stoughton. All proceeds went to Winnipeg Harvest, Winnipeg's non-profit food bank and training centre. For more information about this much-needed organization, please visit www.winnipegharvest.org.

Juno Win!!!

Wow, we really weren't expecting that. It's a little over a month since we all headed to Ottawa for the  Juno awards. We had a fantastic weekend and we're so honoured to come home with the Juno for Best Roots Duo/Group. We've been overwhelmed and incredibly touched by the support and response to Bright Morning Stars. Whether it's an award, comments in our guest book, or kind words after a show - we cherish it all and feel so lucky.We've had some other wonderful honours since the Junos. Last week, the Indie Acoustic Project named Bright Morning Stars "Acoustic Ensemble" Album of the Year for 2011.  AND, the International Songwriting Competition awarded "Storm Comin'" 1st Prize in the Gospel Category.Finally, we wanted to share with you a little mini-documentary from the 2011 Newport Folk Festival Documentary.  It is beautifully made and features some amazing musicians.  We're thrilled to be a part of it.

More Awards News and Going to the Junos!

Hello Everyone!We're packing our bags again and heading to Ottawa on Saturday for the Junos! We're thrilled to be nominated and honoured to be performing at Saturday's Gala and Awards Ceremony. Mostly, we're looking forward to seeing lots of old friends and singing together for the first time since last September!Since the Juno nominations were announced in early February, we've had some other exciting awards news. "Bird Song" from Bright Morning Stars won 1st Prize in the Best Duo/Group category from the International Acoustic Music Awards. And "Storm Comin'", also from Bright Morning Stars, was named a finalist by the International Songwriting Competition (ISC). You can vote for "Storm" to win the People's Voice Award by visiting the ISC's Facebook page and clicking on People's Voice in the left hand column.As always, thanks for all your support and kind notes.Much love,~ The Jennys.

Juno Nominations

Exciting news this morning - Bright Morning Stars received a nomination for Best Roots & Traditional Album of the Year. And engineer/producer/partner in crime extraordinaire David Travers-Smith received an Engineer of the Year nomination for his work on "All the Stars" (co-engineer Mark Howard) off of Bright Morning Stars. Congratulations to all the nominees and thanks to everyone for all the support!