Garnering much attention, it was nominated for a Juno Award and won a 2007 Folk Alliance Award for “Contemporary Release of the Year.” It charted for over 56 weeks on the Billboard charts and established themselves at the premiere act on today’s folk/roots scene. Their next CD Firecracker was a powerful follow-up to their debut album and found The Jennys stepping out of the folk realm and into the world of alt-country, pop and rock. Bolstered by their frequent appearances on Garrison Keillor’s public radio show A Prairie Home Companion, The Jennys have exploded onto the roots music scene, performing at packed venues across the U.S. to great critical acclaim, and in 2005 it won them a Juno Award (Canadian Grammy) for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year. In 2004, Red House Records released The Wailin’ Jennys’ first full-length album 40 Days in the U.S. Cara Luft left the band to return to her solo career but was replaced with Montreal songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Annabelle Chvostek, who recorded and toured with The Jennys for two years before the Brooklyn-based Heather Masse joined the band. They had so much fun and obvious chemistry on stage that they decided to pursue a career together, forming The Wailin’ Jennys. The Wailin’ Jennys began as a happy accident, when Nicky Mehta, Ruth Moody and Cara Luft played together for a one-time-only performance at a guitar shop in Winnipeg. All established singer-songwriters in their own right, The Wailin’ Jennys are winning fast fans all over the world with their powerful singing and thoughtful rootsy songwriting.
The Wailin’ Jennys are Nicky Mehta, Ruth Moody and Heather Masse-three distinct voices that together make an achingly perfect vocal sound.
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