Welcome to the Wailin' Jennys press page. The press is split into two sections: CD
reviews and general articles relating to the
bands activities. Please note: the articles are displayed by publication date in descending
order.
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01/15/2010
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Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House by Michael Parrish (Dirty Linen)
Internet, Internet
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Vocal trio the Wailin’ Jennys have developed into one of the most exciting and polished acts in folk music. Its third release was recorded live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. ...read
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01/12/2010
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Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House by Garrett Bithell (MCV)
Melbourne, Australia
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The Wailin’ Jennys are a Juno Award-winning Canadian folk trio, comprising soprano Ruth Moody, alto Heather Masse and mezzo Nicky Mehta. ...read
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12/21/2009
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Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House by Michael Devlin (Music Matters Review)
Internet, Internet
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Founding members of the Wailin’ Jennys, Nicky Mehta and Ruth Moody along with relative newcomer Heather Masse and fiddler Jeremy Penner recorded this album live at a show at the Mauch Chunk Opera House in Jim Thorpe, PA. ...read
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12/15/2009
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Live at The Mauch Chunk Opera House by Bob Howe (Country Music Capital News)
, Australia
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NICKY MEHTA, RUTH MOODY, and relative newcomer HEATHER MASSE are THE WAILIN' JENNYS, joined here by virtuoso instrumentalist JEREMY PENNER on fiddle. ...read
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12/03/2009
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Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House by John Kendle (Uptown Magazine)
Winnipeg, MB
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Nicky Mehta, Ruth Moody and Heather Masse released a live album this past summer to keep their name in the public eye during Mehta's pregnancy (she gave birth to twins in July) and to give fans a chance to hear new girl Masse on record for the first time....read
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10/15/2009
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Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House by Andrew Zender (PopMatters)
Evanston, IL
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Equally perfect for sunny day, open highway cruises and reflective, late-night drives, Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House proves that The Wailin’ Jennys are on top of their game and at the top of their field. ...read
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10/12/2009
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Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House by David Costello (The Courier Mail)
Queensland, AU
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Along with Sarah Harmer, the Wailin’ Jennys sit at the mellow, tasteful end of the Canadian folk-roots scene. Ruth moody and Nicky Mehta write strong melodies and their soprano voices are clean and pure. ...read
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10/12/2009
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Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House by Jerome Clarke (Rambles.Net)
Internet, Internet
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Ordinarily, live albums exist because an act needs income-generating "product" -- the cynical industry term -- out there while he, she or it tries to figure out what his, her or its next "real," which is to say studio, album is going to be. Live at the Ma...read
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10/06/2009
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Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House by Gary Tippet (Review M Mag)
, AU
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Beautiful, in fact just about perfect. ...read
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09/18/2009
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Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House by Arthur Wood (Maverick)
, UK
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The Opera House is located in the oddly named borough of Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania and this fourteen song/eighteen track collection was recorded during the Jennys’ performance at the venue on Saturday 30th August 2008. ...read
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09/16/2009
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Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House by Graham Rockingham (The Hamilton Spectator)
Hamilton, ON
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The three-part harmonies of Winnipeg’s Wailin’ Jennys should be considered some kind of national treasure. ...read
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09/01/2009
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Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House by SS (Vintage Guitar Magazine)
Bismarck, ND
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First class music ...read
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08/10/2009
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Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House by Village Records (Village Records)
Mission, KS
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I’m sure it’s a revered and wonderful building, but how does the name of an opera house end up with the word chunk in it? ...read
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08/10/2009
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Wailin' never sounded so good live by Rick Teverbaugh (Country Standard Time)
Internet, World
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Blending is the key element for the Canadian folk/roots band The Wailin' Jennys. If you aren't already familiar with the group, up front they are Nicky Mehta, Ruth Moody and Heather Masse. ...read
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08/01/2009
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Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House by Morley Walker (Winnipeg Free Press)
Winnipeg, MB
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This disc offers an aural snapshot of the growth of the Winnipeg roots
trio just before they went into hibernation at the end of last summer. ...read
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07/16/2009
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Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House by Direct Current (Direct Current)
Internet, World
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Sometimes to define a musical vision it can all come down to a live performance. For Canada's roots/folk trio The Wailin' Jennys, any doubt that they have what it takes to deliver a stunning concert set is forever erased with their third album Live at the...read
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10/18/2007
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A warm Winnipeg welcome by Melissa Martin (Uptown Magazine)
Winnipeg, MB
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Last Sunday, after almost a year away from Winnipeg stages, The Wailin' Jennys finally came home - and they brought a new friend with them. ...read
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05/21/2007
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Falling in love with the Wailin’ Jennys by Phil (Resident Media Pundit)
online, USA
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Imagine if the crazy scientists from Jurassic Park put Gillian Welch, EmmyLou Harris, and the Dixie Chicks in a blender, and then formed a musical trio from the resulting puddle of DNA. ...read
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11/08/2006
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Firecracker - The Wailin' Jennys by Curt Nichols (Boise Weekly)
Boise, ID
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The Wailin' Jennys are Canada's latest export to the rest of the music world. The group first performed in a Winnipeg guitar shop in 2002. This year's release of their newest CD, Firecracker , is introducing them to a wider audience south of the 4...read
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09/23/2006
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Concert review by David Schmeichel (Winnipeg Sun)
Winnipeg, MB
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Everyone knows Winnipeg has an embarrassment of riches, at least where homemade folk and roots music is concerned. But leave it to the ladies to raise the bar even higher. ...read
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09/23/2006
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Concert review by Rob Williams (Winnipeg Free Press)
Winnipeg, MB
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It's always nice when Winnipeg is included on a band's world tour schedule. But it's even better when the group playing town is one of our own returning home after touring the world. ...read
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09/17/2006
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Lighting the Fuse by Paul Woodgate (Wears the Trousers Magazine)
online, UK
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Have just found Canada’s female answer to Crosby,
Stills and Nash. Would love to go into more detail, but
that would prevent me from listening to them. ...read
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08/27/2006
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The Wailin' Jennys - Firecracker by David McPherson (Exclaim!)
Toronto, ON
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Like three little birds singing softly and sweetly in the early morn, the harmony of the Wailin’ Jennys pleasantly rises from the speakers and greets the listener with a refreshing start to the day ...read
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08/10/2006
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Firecracker - The Wailin' Jennys by Tim (Quail Ridge Books & Music)
Raleigh, NC
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Forget The Dixie Chicks! The folk and country trio, The Wailin' Jennys, are back again transforming the instruments and the harmonies of folk and country into something wonderfully different. ...read
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08/03/2006
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Firecracker - The Wailin' Jennys by Brad Knickerbocker (Tri-City Herald)
Kennewick, WA
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Taking folk music in an entirely different direction are The Wailin' Jennys, three highly talented young singer-songwriters from Canada. ...read
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08/03/2006
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Firecracker - The Wailin' Jennys by Greg Glasgow (Dirt)
, US
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Beautiful vocal harmonies also highlight the second album from this Canadian trio ...read
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08/01/2006
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Firecracker - The Wailin'Jennys by David Kidman (NetRhythms.co.uk)
online, UK
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Aptly named indeed, this new release from Canada's Jennys (and only their second!) positively sparks, bristles and fizzes with an explosive vitality that takes their home-grown down-home rusticity onto a higher plane ...read
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08/01/2006
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The Wailin' Jennys Light a Musical Fuse by Ed Huyck (PopMatters)
Evanston, IL
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Firecracker indeed. This Canadian duo’s [sic] second album couldn’t have come out at a better time... ...read
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08/01/2006
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Firecracker - The Wailin' Jennys by Lee Zimmerman (Amplifier Magazine)
Westford, MA
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Etched with a sepia hue that reflects The Wailin’ Jennys’ rustic back porch view, Firecracker sounds like it might have had its origins in Appalachia. ...read
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08/01/2006
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Firecracker - The Wailin' Jennys by Frank Goodman (Puremusic.com)
online, US
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We were very blown away in our review of the last Wailin' Jennys CD, 40 Days. But Firecracker is a faster, bigger horse of a different color. Since last we left our heroines, that horse has run and won a lot of races. ...read
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08/01/2006
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Firecracker - The Wailin' Jennys by Joe Breen (Irish Times)
, Ireland
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It took me a long time to warm to this album. It wasn't that there was anything wrong; on the contrary, these three Canadian women are all wonderful singers ...read
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08/01/2006
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Firecracker - The Wailin' Jennys by Michael Devlin (Music Matters)
online, US
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The Wailin’ Jennys are singer-songwriters Ruth Moody, Nicky Mehta and Annabelle Chvostek and this is their second album on Red House Records. ...read
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07/28/2006
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The Wailin' Jennys - Firecracker by David Cowling (Americana)
, UK
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These three Canadian songbirds knit together their distinctive personalities, songs and voices to create a coherent harmonious whole. ...read
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07/27/2006
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The Wailin' Jennys - Firecracker by Greg Quill (Toronto Star)
Toronto, ON
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Winnipeg folk trio The Wailin' Jennys are making no mistakes as they progress with grace, harmony and assurance ...read
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07/23/2006
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Firecracker - The Wailin' Jennys by NC (The Independent)
, UK
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The don't wail and their names are Ruth, Nicky and Annabelle. Not a Jenny among them. ...read
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07/21/2006
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The Wailin' Jennys - Firecracker by Greg Winkler (Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange)
Online, US
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I'm always excited when I get a new CD to listen to, especially if I'm going to review it. I put it in, turn it up, and wait for my very first reaction. In this case, it was, "Holy crap, is this good!" ...read
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07/13/2006
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Firecracker - The Wailin' Jennys by Jeremy Klaszus (FFWD Weekly)
Calgary, AB
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Folkin’ brilliant Canadian country with a touch of bluegrass. Folk artists walk a fine line between being original and being too pretentious and self-important. On Firecracker, Winnipeg’s The Wailin’ Jennys have walked that line with balance and gr...read
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07/13/2006
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The Wailin' Jennys - Firecracker by Kel Munger (Sacramento News and Review)
Sacramento, CA
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A punster might call this Canadian trio the Mason Chicks; comparisons to their Texas counterparts are inevitable. But the Wailin’ Jennys--Annabelle Chvostek, Nicky Mehta and Ruth Moody--put a folk spin on north-of-the border harmonizing that crosses genre...read
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07/07/2006
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The Wailin' Jennys - Firecracker by Bruce Sylvester (Goldmine Magazine)
Iola, WI
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Regardless of their clever name, The Wailin’ Jennys don’t wail at all ...read
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07/06/2006
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The Wailin' Jennys - Firecracker by Rod Nicholson (Scene)
London, ON
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Firecracker is the third record from Winnipeg songbird trio The Wailin’ Jennys. To their credit, they avoid the shiny commercial trappings of the Dixie Chicks and instead present honest, lyrically solid songs that are given a lightly-buffed roots-m...read
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07/05/2006
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The Wailin' Jennys - Firecracker by Christopher John Treacy (In Newsweekly)
Boston, MA
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Take the polished pop safety pins out of the Dixie Chicks shtick and you're left with something more organic like Canadian songbirds, The Wailin' Jennys ...read
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07/01/2006
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Firecracker - The Wailin' Jennys by Nigel Williamson (HMV Choice)
London, UK
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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. ...read
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06/28/2006
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The Wailin' Jennys - Firecracker by Mary Lamey (The Gazette)
Montreal, QC
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Catch lightning in a bottle once you're lucky. Catch it twice and magic comes into play. The Wailin' Jennys new album is a case in point ...read
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06/26/2006
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The Wailin' Jennys - Firecracker by Jeff Bateman (Western Living)
Vancouver, BC
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Three fine singer-songwriters from Winnipeg, the Jennys tap a breezy vein of folk-country tradition on their faultless second album ...read
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06/18/2006
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The Wailin' Jennys - Firecracker by Marke Andrews (Vancouver Sun)
Vancouver, BC
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Winnipeg vocal trio The Wailin' Jennys made two good moves since their inaugural 2004 CD: they found a solid replacement for departed founding member Cara Luft in singer and multi-instrumentalist Annabelle Chvostek, and they brought all-star instrumentali...read
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06/06/2006
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The Wailin' Jennys - Firecracker by Marissa Brown (All Music Guide)
Online, US
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Though Cara Luft, a founding member of the Wailin' Jennys, was replaced by Annabelle Chvostek, the band's tight harmonies and pretty folk songs haven't changed at all on their second album, Firecracker. In fact, they've even gotten better ...read
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06/01/2006
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The Wailin' Jennys - Firecracker by David Shmeichel (Winnipeg Sun)
Winnipeg, MB
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Local roots trio The Wailin' Jennys have a lot to sing about these days: a U.S. record deal, a Juno Award in 2005 and stints on the NPR radio show A Prairie Home Companion ...read
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07/13/2005
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40 Days Review by James Christopher Monger (All Music Guide)
Online, US
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Canadian folkies the Wailin' Jennys aren't opposed to throwing down the occasional sea shanty or English drinking song... ...read
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2/1/2005
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The Wailin' Jennys - 40 Days by Staff Writer (Fish Records)
Online , UK
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The Wailin’ Jennys are three Canadian contemporary singer/songwriters, and while Cara Luft, Nicky Mehta and Ruth Moody are all established artists in their own right, the combination of the three together has created an album that really stands out from t...read
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12/15/2004
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The Wailin' Jennys, 40 Days by Michael Simmons (Acoustic Guitar)
Escondido, CA
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Despite what the band’s name suggests, the Wailin’ Jennys are not a feminine take on the music of the late country music outlaw Waylon Jennings. Rather, they are a Canadian trio of singer-songwriters with an engaging folk-pop sound and an eclectic range o...read
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11/20/2004
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The Wailin’ Jenny’s - 40 Days by Sara Terpeny (KyndMusic.com)
Alexandria, VA
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The next time you’re snowed in on a cold winter day, wrap yourself up in a nice throw, brew yourself a cup of tea, pop The Wailin’ Jenny’s into your stereo, sit back and enjoy ...read
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11/1/2004
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The Wailin' Jennys: Three of a Kind by Mick Skidmore (Relix Magazine)
New York, NY
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The Wailin’ Jennys aren’t a spaced-out jamband. They are three outstanding singer/ songwriters who put a twist on the folk/ rock genre. The “wailin’” refers to perfect harmonies, not searing instrumental passages ...read
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10/14/2004
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The Wailin' Jennys: 40 Days by Liz Carlisle (The Harvard Independent)
Cambridge, MA
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Despite the fact that they don't need each other, Canadian folk veterans Cara Luft, Nicky Mehta, and Ruth Moody never get in each other's way ...read
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10/1/2004
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The Wailing Jennys by Steven Stone (Vintage Guitar)
Bismarck, ND
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From their name and the album’s graphics I first assumed the Wailing Jennys were a reggae group. Wrong. This Canadian group, made up of three women with sublime voices, rejoices in the glorious sound of perfect three part harmonies placed in service of fi...read
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9/16/2004
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The Wailin' Jennys - 40 Days by Christine LaPado (Chico News and Review)
Chico, CA
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The women of Winnipeg, Canada’s Wailin’ Jennys are like a cross between Irish songstresses The Corrs (not counting brother Jim) and the country-harmony-queen trio of Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt ...read
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9/3/2004
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The Wailin' Jennys by Nate Dow (Boston Herald)
Boston, MA
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If you have never heard of the Wailin' Jennys, don't fret; it is a widespread condition for which the cure will soon be found ...read
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8/25/2004
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The Wailin' Jennys - 40 Days by Jay Votel (World Folk Music Association Quarterly)
Washington, DC
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This is the best folk trio record since “Cry Cry Cry” in 1998, hands down. Canadian singer-songwriters Cara Luft, Nicky Mehta and Ruth Moody together evoke that “greater than the sum of its parts” feeling in 13 tracks ...read
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8/15/2004
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Sweet-voiced trio will leave you howling for more by Wayne Bledsoe (Knoxville News Sentinel)
Knoxville, TN
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The history of female vocal trios stretches back at least to the early 1930s, when the Boswell Sisters were jazzing up pop music. And from the Andrews Sisters to The Supremes to The Roches to the Dixie Chicks, every generation seems to have a trio of swee...read
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8/1/2004
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The Wailin Jennys - 40 Days by Jeffrey Morgan (Creem Magazine)
Detroit, MI
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Sure they have a witty name. But don't be fooled into thinking that 40 Days is some kinda countrified hoe-down because Ruth Moody, Nicky Mehta and Cara Luft are on a mission to restore tasteful three part harmony and good old fashioned melody back to its ...read
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8/1/2004
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Reviews by Lissa Kiernan (Barnes & Noble)
Internet, US
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Cara Luft, Nicky Mehta, and Ruth Moody were each enjoying substantive individual careers on the Canadian folk music scene when they joined forces for an impromptu show at a friend’s guitar shop ...read
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7/25/2004
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The Wailin' Jennys - 40 Days by David Steinberg (Albuquerque Journal)
Albuquerque, NM
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"40 Days" (Jericho Beach Music) is the first full-length CD of The Wailin' Jennys, a Canadian folk-roots vocal trio that will startle you: Together singing in harmony their voices shimmer like clear lake water ...read
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7/25/2004
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Editorial Reviews--Amazon.com by Michael John Simmons (Amazon.com)
Internet, US
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The Wailin' Jennys--Cara Luft, Nicky Mehta, and Ruth Moody--are three Canadian singer-songwriters with already established careers who first got together for a one-shot gig in 2002 and, to their surprise, discovered that their voices blended in an almost ...read
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7/1/2004
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The Wailin' Jennys - 40 Days by Sarah Michaelson (Stylus)
Winnipeg, MB
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Our very own Cara Luft, Nicky Mehta, and Ruth Moody have finally put out a full-length album and yup, it's lovely ...read
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7/1/2004
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The Wailin Jennys - 40 Days by Marke Andrews (Vancouver Sun)
Vancouver, BC
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The Jets are gone from Winnipeg, but the city can still boast of harbouring
one of the country's best music acts: The Wailin' Jennys ...read
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6/24/2004
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The Wailin’ Jennys - CD Review by John Kendle (Uptown Magazine)
Winnipeg, MB
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The biggest challenge faced by any roots/folk act is the transition from show to recording studio. Performers with tremendous live reputations often seem smothered on disc, unable to capture the simple essence of their music through lack of spark, stiflin...read
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6/1/2004
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CD Review - Feature Album by musicworkz.co.uk (musicworkz.co.uk)
Internet, UK
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Sometimes it is almost impossible to decide on which CD is going to be the feature album for the month. And sometimes you know, by the time you get to the second track of an album, that this is IT ...read
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5/7/2004
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40 Days - The Wailin' Jennys by Frank Goodman (puremusic.com)
Nashville, TN
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Unspeakably good. Literally stunning. I'm falling deep into the well of this record ...read
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4/30/2004
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The Wailin' Jennys - 40 Days by Daryl Sterdan (Winnipeg Sun)
Winnipeg, MB
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Sometimes, good things really do
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4/30/2004
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CD Review by Roddy Campbell (Penguin Eggs)
Edmonton, AB
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Good Lord! Can this really be the Wailin' Jennys? ...read
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4/24/2004
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Roots - CD Review by Patrick Langston (Ottawa Citizen)
Ottawa, ON
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An exceptionally auspicious debut album, this Winnipeg threesome's folk/roots maiden voyage is chock-a-block with sweet lead and sweeter harmony vocals, low-key, mostly acoustic instrumentation, and a smart mix of original and cover tunes including John H...read
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4/16/2004
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The Wailin' Jennys - 40 Days CD Review by Bartley Kives (Winnipeg Free Press)
Winnipeg, MB
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Stunning harmonies are the key to Winnipeg's Wailin' Jennys, a roots trio too acoustic to qualify as contemporary folk but too poppy to get tagged as a dusty trad act ...read
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4/1/2004
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CD Review by Greg Quill (Toronto Star)
Toronto, ON
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Winnipeg's Wailin' Jennys - singer/songwriters Cara Luft, Nicky Mehta and Ruth Moody - apparently proved greater than the sum of their parts with an ad hoc gathering in a hometown music store a couple of years back ...read
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02/08/2010
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One Voice by Jerry Lee Davis (Love Angeles)
Los Angeles, CA
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At times, we all need to have someone else express our thoughts and feelings, as the words will not come, or once they do come, we cannot speak them. ...read
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02/01/2010
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Let 'Er Wail by Sam Wiles (the inspired media)
Decorah, IA
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The Wailin’ Jennys might just have the coolest name in modern music. ...read
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11/16/2009
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Wailin' Live by Tony Hillier (Feature Rhythms)
Australia,
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The chorus of “One Voice”, the Wailin’ Jennys’ signature song, serves as a metaphoric mission statement for one of Canada’s best-loved groups. Its composer, Ruth Moody, was actually born in Australia to Australian parents, but has called Winnipeg home sin...read
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10/17/2009
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The Wailin Jennys by Andrew Watt (heyheymymy.com)
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They are neither grizzled country singers like their virtual namesake Waylon nor are any of them called Jenny but The Wailin’ Jennys are a Canadian trio making wonderful vocal based music. They are favourites on the international folk festival circuit and...read
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4/15/2008
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Jennyrations by Jefferson Robbins (Wenatchee World Online)
Wenatchee, WA
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Run the name of Nicky Mehta's three-piece band through the influential blog aggregator Hype Machine, and among the entries you'll find this title: "Why The F--- Is No On In America Blogging About The Wailin' Jennys." ...read
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2/15/2008
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The Wailin' Jennys set to make noise in Fairbanks by Christi Hang (Daily News Miner)
Fairbanks, AK
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Somehow The Folk Vixens didn’t have the same ring as The Wailin’ Jennys. Six years ago when three singer-songwriters got together for a show in Winnipeg, Manitoba at a guitar shop, the owner insisted the temporarily formed trio have a name. Ruth Moody, on...read
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10/20/2007
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Weekend will be Wailin' by James Reaney (London Free Press)
London, ON
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Heather Masse, left, Ruth Moody and Nicky Mehta play their first gig in the city tonight. Ruth Moody is pretty sure the Wailin' Jennys are playing London for the first time tonight -- and that's not the only reason the gig might make history. ...read
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10/11/2007
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Third time's the charm by David Schmeichel (Winnipeg Sun)
Winnipeg, MB
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As job interviews go, this one sounds pretty daunting: A tryout for acclaimed roots-trio Wailin' Jennys, conducted in a backstage bathroom, of all places. ...read
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07/12/2007
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Jennys wailin’ in new ways by Alexander Varty (The Georgia Straight)
Vancouver, BC
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For many Vancouver Folk Music Festival veterans, the 2004 debut of the Wailin' Jennys remains a vivid memory–both for what happened on-stage and for the off-stage frenzy that followed. ...read
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10/14/2006
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Folk trio from Canada quirky and delightful by Gary Budzak (The Columbus Dispatch)
Columbus, OH
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The Wailin’ Jennys have a great name and a great sound, as demonstrated in concert last night at the Fawcett Center. ...read
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09/28/2006
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Concert preview by Carl Wilson (goTriad)
Greensboro, NC
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09/28/2006
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Concert preview by Bryan Borzykowski (NOW Magazine)
Toronto, ON
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Winnipeg's Wailin' Jennys are still relative folk-scene newcomers, but with
a critically acclaimed debut disc and a Juno already under their belts,
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09/21/2006
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Rant 'n' Roll column by John Kendle (Uptown Magazine)
Winnipeg, MB
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The Wailin' Jennys new album, Firecracker, was officially released on June 6 but - although the folk/pop trio played a mainstage show at the Winnipeg Folk Festival in early July the record has yet to be officially "launched" in Winnipeg. ...read
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09/21/2006
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It's a slow burn to success for folk trio by Rob Williams (Winnipeg Free Press)
Winnipeg, MB
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With their new album Firecracker, the Wailin' Jennys' career is exploding. Four years of hard work and lengthy tours by the local folk trio are paying off. They've earned attention and acclaim in folk circles around the world. ...read
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09/14/2006
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WJs Turn Famous Canadian Troll Into a Fan by Sherry Dawn Kettle (VUE Weekly)
Edmonton, AB
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A few years ago, singer/songwriter Ruth Moody gathered a trio of female musicians together for a one-night gig at the back of a Winnipeg guitar shop called Sled Dog Music. ...read
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09/07/2006
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The Wick is Burning by Matt J. Simmons (Monday Magazine)
Victoria, BC
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Seems like Winnipeg’s Wailin’ Jennys are playing in town every time I look at a gig-poster plastered pole. ...read
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09/01/2006
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The Wailin' Jennys set off a "firecracker" by David McPherson (Country Standard Time)
Newton Centre, MA
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From meeting Meryl Streep while on tour with Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion to headlining the venerable Winnipeg Folk Festival, it's been quite a summer for The Wailin' Jennys ...read
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08/18/2006
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Wailin’ Jennys band finds harmony in wacky name by Terry Rombeck (Lawrence Journal World)
Lawrence, KS
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The band name “The Wailin’ Jennys” is enough to get some people to buy a concert ticket — even if they don’t know who they’re going to see. ...read
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07/21/2006
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Acoustic Harmonies by Mike Butle (Metro)
, UK
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The backporch resurgence can't solely be attributed to the success of O Brother, Where Art Thou? ...read
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06/29/2006
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The Wailin' Jennys on PBS by staff writer (manitobamusic.com)
online, MB
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Award-winning folk trio The Wailin’ Jennys will make its American television debut this weekend performing in a special Independence Day edition of Garrison Keillor’s famed A Prairie Home Companion along with the regular cast and guest star, Oscar-winning...read
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06/06/2006
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Songs with a bang by Jay Votel (The Washington Times)
Washington, DC
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With a baker's dozen of fresh, rootsy songs and their signature heart-stopping harmonies, the Wailin' Jennys' second recording should prove explosive for their careers ...read
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06/06/2006
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A Prairie Home explosion by Melissa Martin (Uptown Magazine)
Winnipeg, MB
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U.S. radio appearances drive album sales for The Wailin’ Jennys
It helps to have friends in high places ...read
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05/01/2006
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The Sound of Voices Three by Roddy Campbell (Penguin Eggs)
Edmonton, AB
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The meteoric rise of The Wailin’ Jennys came to a screaching holt
with the departure of Cara Luft a year go. But now they are retooled
and set to release Firecracker –a recording with monumental
potential ...read
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05/01/2006
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Serendipity Sings by Michael Parrish (Dirty Linen)
Baltimore, MD
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The afternoon before the Wailin’ Jennys were scheduled for their Chicago debut, opening for Loudon Wainwright III at the Old Town School of Folk Music, their old friend serendipity dealt them another card ...read
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02/10/2006
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The Wailin’ Jennys - Southport Arts Centre by Barry Jones (Americana-uk.com )
online, UK
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Considering the sheer beauty of the sound that can be achieved by harmony singing it’s surprising that there isn’t more of it about. ...read
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02/01/2006
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The Wailin' Jennys by staff writer (Folk and Roots.com)
online, UK
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Looking at the current incarnation of the Jennys, soprano Ruth Moody, mezzo Nicky Mehta, and alto Annabelle Chvostek, it would seem like few groups could be so perfectly aligned ...read
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7/28/2005
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Folk Fest: Winnipeg Inspiration by Emily Senger (University of Calgary Gauntlet)
Calgary, AB
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The Wailin' Jennys are the quintessential folk-group--their vocal talents blend in beautiful three-part harmonies ...read
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5/26/2005
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Talking with the new Jenny by Jennifer Feinberg (The Chilliwack Progress)
Chilliwack, BC
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Joining Canadian folk trio, The Wailin' Jennys, last year was so seamless it was like a "homecoming," says multi-instrumentalist Annabelle Chvostek...
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4/1/2005
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Now We Are Three (Again) by Jim Gillan (Songbook)
, UK
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Owing to a breakdown in communication, the planned interview with the Wailin’ Jennies had to be shoehorned ... ...read
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2/2/2005
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The Wailin' Jennys - Live Review, Newcastle by Rolf Bachelor (Americana-UK.com)
Online , UK
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The Wailin' Jennys (not Waylon Jennings) kicked off the 20th year of Jumpin' Hot club gigs in at the Cluny, Newcastle ...read
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10/30/2004
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The Wailin' Jennys: They're Not Lisa by Patrick Langston (Sing Out!)
Bethlehem, PA
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Pretty good name. The Wailin’ Jennys. Saying it aloud for the first couple of times, you have to stop and think for a second or you’ll blurt out, “Waylon Jennings.” Makes the name stick in your head ...read
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9/30/2004
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Jennys' goal: Never compromise by Mike Devlin (Times Colonist )
Victoria, BC
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They are compared to The Dixie Chicks, but The Wailin' Jennys play the music they like best ...read
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9/22/2004
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Hot Picks - The Wailin' Jennys by JDR (Good Times )
Santa Cruz, CA
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It's been said that a solid relationship can only exist between people who are already independently whole. So much the truer for a three-part-harmony vocal group. Fortunately, the Wailin' Jennys, a folky trio whose music is far more lulling than their na...read
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9/7/2004
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ACT welcomes wailin' wall of sound by Unknown (Maple Ridge Times)
Maple Ridge, BC
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It's not Waylon Jennings - it's Wailin' Jennys ...read
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7/29/2004
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Alibi's Best Picks for This Week by Michael Henningsen (Alibi)
Albuquerque, NM
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Just an observation here; but every time a musical genre makes a resurgence, its purveyors tend to mill about in rather amorphous territory for awhile, flirting with different influences until one or a few of these "revivalists" gets it right ...read
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7/27/2004
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Thrillside Festival by Doug Hallet (Guelph Tribune)
Guelph, ON
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My 30 years of enjoying music/folk festivals goes back to the first Winnipeg Folk Festival in 1974 in my hometown. But if I've ever had a better time at a festival than this weekend at Hillside, the memory has faded ...read
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7/08/2004
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A wail of a trio by John Kendle (Uptown Magazine)
Winnipeg, MB
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Blossoming folk group breaks into mainstream country radio ...read
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6/20/2004
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40 Days sounds like a Juno winner by Patrick Langston (The Ottawa Citizen)
Ottawa, ON
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Wailin' Jennys debut disc sounds like a Juno winner ...read
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5/20/2004
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Prairie Pride by Sarah Liss (NOW Magazine)
Toronto, ON
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The Wailin' Jennys get the folk out ...read
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5/20/2004
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Winnipeg trio laughing more than wailing by Greg Quill (Toronto Star)
Toronto, ON
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Women the toast of festival circuit ...read
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4/22/2004
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Thrice the talent by Mike Bell (Calgary Sun)
Calgary, AB
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Chemistry is a science. So why then is it impossible to know or predict how the chemistry between people will work out ...read
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4/22/2004
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Weep no more, Wailin' Jennys by Peter North (Edmonton Journal)
Edmonton, AB
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Tantalizing trio stands legitimate chance at international success ...read
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4/22/2004
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In perfect harmony by Cam Fuller (The StarPhoenix)
Saskatoon, SK
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The Wailin' Jennys knew they had a good thing going from the start ...read
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4/14/2004
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One Night in Winnipeg by FFWD Staff (FFWD)
Toronto, ON
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The Wailin' Jennys go from one-off folk concert to full-time job A one-night stand featuring three women named Jenny ...read
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4/7/2004
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It was lovely at first sight for the Jennys by Bart Kives (Winnipeg Free Press)
Winnipeg, MB
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Distinct voices meshed into folk-roots stew. Many groups spend years together before they realize their potential. The Wailin' Jennys hit their stride a little earlier - like, at their very first gig ...read
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4/1/2004
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Born to wail by Tim Inkster (The Medicine Hat News)
Medicine Hat, AB
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Wailin' on a whirlwind, these three women are at the beginning of a promising career ...read
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2/6/2004
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Wailin' their way North by Jennifer Geens (Yellowknifer)
Yellowknife, NWT
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Folk trio enjoying 'crazy whirlwind' of a year, hit Yellowknife for Gumboots show ...read
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11/27/2003
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Local Trio Building on Strong Start by Jeff Robson (The Uniter)
Winnipeg, MB
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In the middle of January 2002, a trio of Winnipeg singer/songwriters got together for a one-time show at Sled Dog Music in Wolseley. The immediate interest in that show spawned a second night, and the interest in both nights would go on to spawn a very pr...read
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12/18/2002
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Three of a Kind by Warren Footz (See Magazine)
Edmonton, AB
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Three singer/songwriters were comfortably pursuing careers, recording albums, playing concerts and festivals, until Ruth Moody, then a member of the soon-to-be-defunct folk/bluegrass band Scruj MacDuhk considered the possibility of hooking up and s...read
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12/12/2002
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The Wailin' Jennys by Chuck Molgat (Planet S)
Saskatoon, SK
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None of them is actually named Jennys and they don't play Waylon Jennings covers , either. Instead, The Wailin' Jennys are the trio of Winnipeg musicians Cara Luft, Nicky Mehta, and Ruth Moody-all of whom are singer-songwriters in their own right, and eac...read
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12/12/2002
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Wailin' Jennys prove there's strength in numbers by Peter North (Edmonton Journal)
Edmonton, AB
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What was billed less than a year ago as a one-time-only concert featuring three of Winnipeg's best known female singer/songwriters has become one of the hottest new acts on the Western Canadian roots music scene ...read
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12/6/2002
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Tell me about the Jennys! by Jenny Feniak (Vue Weekly)
Edmonton, AB
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You could say that it was like three winding roads merging in the night, coming into the light and becoming a newly laid path ...read
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12/6/2002
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What's In A Name? by Ron Forbes-Roberts (Monday Magazine)
Victoria, BC
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It's arguably the catchiest name to grace a folk band since Scruj MacDuhk appeared on the Canadian folk scene. But while The Wailin' Jennys-Nicky Mehta, Ruth Moody, and Cara Luft-admit they'd love to be able to claim credit for their inspired moniker, Meh...read
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12/5/2002
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It's a great name, but talent helps by Mike Devlin (Times Colonist)
Victoria, BC
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Nicky Mehta would like to believe that her band's star-making performance at a music conference in Florida was based on talent alone. But she's guessing that wasn't entirely the case ...read
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12/1/2002
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Wailin' Jennys in town by Staff Writer (The Province)
Vancouver, BC
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It was just their luck the Winnipeg female folk trio The Wailin' Jennys happened to be at a music conference in Florida last February when country superstar outlaw Waylon Jennings breathed his last ...read
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11/13/2002
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Former resident wails with new trio by Kristin Froneman (The Morning Star)
Vernon, BC
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A familiar voice will once again echo in valley ...read
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11/1/2002
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Wailin' Jennys back for an encore by Staff Writer (Comox Free Press)
Comox, BC
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Recently Selected as performers to induct Neil Young into the Prairie Music Hall of Fame, The Wailin' Jennys are a soul stirring Winnipeg based musical trio made up of some of the hottest young musicians in the Canadian folk scene ...read
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8/14/2002
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Wailin' Jennys overcome name confusion by Eric Volmers (Guelph Mercury)
Guelph, ON
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It was an unwanted lesson in bad timing that hit Winnipeg three-piece folk act the Wailin' Jennys after its members settled on its cutesy and seemingly inoffensive name in February ...read
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8/1/2002
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Wailin' in Winnipeg by Brent Hagerman (Tri-City Review)
Waterloo, ON
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Three of Winnipeg’s finest folk performers, Cara Luft, Nicky Mehta and Ruth Moody, have banded together in a folksinging trio called The Wailin’ Jennys ...read
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4/18/2002
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The Next Big Thing: Bound For Glory by Bartley Kives, Music Writer (Winnipeg Free Press)
Winnipeg, MB
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All aspiring musicians like attention. But hype is a double-edged sword. Getting called The Next Big Thing can turn an obscure artist into a household name-or it can crush young bands under the weight of unreasonable expectations ...read
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4/1/2002
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Every Little Once in a While by Rob Vaameyer (NewWinnipeg.com)
Winnipeg, MB
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Every little once in a while I hear something that changes everything, when all the right forces and elements combine into a truly beautiful, clear and true musical experience ...read
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