The Wailin Jennys
The Wailin' Jennys are a Juno Award-winning Canadian folk trio from Winnipe… Read Full Bio ↴The Wailin' Jennys are a Juno Award-winning Canadian folk trio from Winnipeg, Manitoba, and New York, and they consist of soprano Ruth Moody, mezzo Nicky Mehta and alto Heather Masse. Recently, the Jennys have also toured with fiddler and mandolinist Jeremy Penner, who is from Ruth's former band, Scruj MacDuhk.
The Wailin' Jennys have released several albums and tour regularly through North America and Europe. The group is also often featured on the American Public Media program, A Prairie Home Companion. Their album, Firecracker, made it to the number two spot on the Billboard Bluegrass charts, in 2006.
The group was founded in 2002, when a guitar shop in Winnipeg - called Sled Dog Music[1] - brought three soloists - (Ruth Moody, Nicky Mehta and Cara Luft) - together for a joint performance. The show was well received and the owner scheduled a follow-up, which was also a great success. The owner then "offered that they might go on tour and call themselves the Wailin' Jennys."[2] The group's name is a pun on the country singer Waylon Jennings.
Luft left, in 2004, to pursue her solo career and was replaced by Annabelle Chvostek, a singer/songwriter from Montreal.
At the 2005 Juno Awards, the group won Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Group) for their 2004 album 40 Days.[3]
In 2007, Chvostek left the group and was replaced by Heather Masse, a Maine-born singer with a background in jazz and blues, as well as folk, who also fronts the Brooklyn-based Heather & the Barbarians.
All of the members of the Jennys maintain solo careers, in addition to their efforts with the group.
The Wailin' Jennys have released several albums and tour regularly through North America and Europe. The group is also often featured on the American Public Media program, A Prairie Home Companion. Their album, Firecracker, made it to the number two spot on the Billboard Bluegrass charts, in 2006.
The group was founded in 2002, when a guitar shop in Winnipeg - called Sled Dog Music[1] - brought three soloists - (Ruth Moody, Nicky Mehta and Cara Luft) - together for a joint performance. The show was well received and the owner scheduled a follow-up, which was also a great success. The owner then "offered that they might go on tour and call themselves the Wailin' Jennys."[2] The group's name is a pun on the country singer Waylon Jennings.
Luft left, in 2004, to pursue her solo career and was replaced by Annabelle Chvostek, a singer/songwriter from Montreal.
At the 2005 Juno Awards, the group won Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Group) for their 2004 album 40 Days.[3]
In 2007, Chvostek left the group and was replaced by Heather Masse, a Maine-born singer with a background in jazz and blues, as well as folk, who also fronts the Brooklyn-based Heather & the Barbarians.
All of the members of the Jennys maintain solo careers, in addition to their efforts with the group.
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The Wailin' Jennys Lyrics
Across The Sea I see your face across the sea, you're in the…
All The Stars All the stars in the sky burn the black, close…
Apocalypse Lullaby Hurricanes will come Earthquakes break the walls Oceans ri…
Arlington Where do you go little bird When it snows, when it…
Asleep At Last Be my asleep at last, Kiss me slow and hold me…
Avila Oh sweet peace, never have you fallen Never have you fallen…
Away But Never Gone The moon's on its way to its nightly shift, the…
Barefoot Floors Sleep, baby, sleep I know your day has been oh so…
Beautiful Dawn Take me to the breaking of a beautiful dawn Take me…
Begin Hey, maybe the time Just wasn't right to hang on When are…
Bird Song I hear a bird chirping up in the sky, I'd like…
Bold Riley Oh the rain it rains all day long, Bold Riley-o, Bold…
Boulder to Birmingham I don′t want to hear a love song I got on…
Bright Morning Stars Bright morning stars are rising Bright morning stars are ris…
Bring Me Li'l Water Silvy Chorus: Bring me li'l water, Silvy. Bring me li'l water no…
Come All You Sailors Come all you sailors Sail upon my sea Swim in these salty…
Deeper Well The sun burned hot, it burned my eyes Burned so…
Devil's Paintbrush Road I held on for so long Dusty quaint old song Things attach…
Firecracker A is for apple, B is for blind I jumped so…
Glory Bound When I hear that trumpet sound I will lay my burdens…
Heaven When We're Home Don't know what time it is, I've been up for…
Intro To One Voice This is the sound of one voice One spirit, one voice The…
Keep Me in Your Heart Shadows are falling and I′m running out of breath Keep me…
Light of a Clear Blue Morning It′s been a long dark night And I've been waiting for…
Long Time Traveller These fleeting charms of earth Farewell, your springs of joy…
Loves Me Like a Rock When I was a little girl And the Devil would call…
Mona Louise I'm going to sing till my feet turn blue, I'll sing…
Motherless Child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sometimes I feel li…
Not Alone She sees him laying in the bed alone tonight. The only…
Old Churchyard Come, come with me to the old churchyard I so well…
Old Man Old man, look at my life, I'm a lot like…
One More Dollar A long time ago, I left my home, For a job…
One Voice This is the sound of one voice One spirit, one voice The…
Prairie Town When it rains it snows in this prairie town There's a…
Racing With the Sun Get your day?s work done Get your day?s work done Or soon…
Row Him Home (Nicky Mehta) Across that river through the orange square…
Saucy Sailor Come me own one, come me fair one come now unto…
Some Good Thing Think of this heart as an old accident A hardened hit…
Something to Hold Onto There's a light on in your house but you're not home…
Starlight I have come back to you broken Take me home And my…
Storm Comin When that storm comes don't run for cover When that storm…
Summertime Summertime, and the livin' is easy. Fish are jumpin' and th…
Sun's Gonna Rise (Ruth Moody) I have lines under my eyes that I didn't…
Swallow Oh swallow What did you swallow? You swoop so low You com…
Swing Low Sail High I have failed you, I have failed you, I have lost…
Take It Down Take everything that we've had Take it and burn it to…
Ten Mile Stilts Imagine you're a girl on ten mile stilts You travel round…
The Devil's Paintbrush Road I held on for so long Dusty quaint old song Things attach…
The Parting Glass Oh all the money that e'er I spent I spent it…
The Valley I live in the hills You live in the valley And all…
Things That You Know It's been a long time since you saw your home Even…
This Heart of Mine If all is fair in love and war I haven't seen…
This Is Where The wind howls 'cross the ice floes Send the frozen snow…
Untitled To the man who lost his mind Left home for the…
Weary Blues From Waitin' Oh weary blues from waiting Lord I′ve been waiting so long T…
Wildflowers You belong among the wildflowers You belong on a boat out…
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on Starlight
This song is about the practice of Starlight Tours in Canada.