Wailin' Jennys' Moody gets wilder
Friday, April 5, 2013 – Ruth Moody, one third of The Wailin' Jennys, will release "These Wilder Things," on May 7 on Red House.
A follow-up to her debut, "The Garden" (Red House Records, 2010), Moody's new album includes the gospel sounds of Trouble and Woe to the bluegrassy One Light Shining (featuring Jerry Douglas) to the Irish-flavored Life Is Long.
Moody covers Bruce Springsteen's Dancing in the Dark. Recorded in Ontario by producer David Travers-Smith, the album features performances by Moody's touring band as well as special guests Mark Knopfler, Crooked Still's Aoife O'Donovan and fellow Wailin' Jennys Nicky Mehta and Heather Masse.
Although the CD is not coming out until May 7, the album will be available digitally on April 11 and can be pre-ordered now on iTunes and Amazon.
More news for Wailin' Jennys
CD reviews for Wailin' Jennys
There's nothing lovelier in this world than the sound of human voices huddled in harmony. That's immediately apparent when listening to the close knit collaboration that's rooted in the Wailin' Jennys, a well-versed folk trio whose three members - Nicky Mehta, Ruth Moody and Heather Masse - have celebrated a special kinship for the better part of the past 15 years. Although each can claim a solo career, different habitats and individual family responsibilities, it's ...
What's in a name? In the case of the Wailin' Jennys, not much. They sound more like Simon and Garfunkle than any Texas outlaw band. Even the feminine surname is off by a quarter on this collection. Sideman Jeremy Penner, who is not distinguished as such in the album notes, plays a piquant fiddle that wanders in and out of these 14 subtly compelling songs recorded at a concert in Jim Thorpe, Pa. on Aug. 30, 2008 in a way that puts it on par with the 3 Jennys' tightly interspersed, ...
As one of those acts that don't fit neatly into any single classification, there's a temptation to place the Wailin' Jennys into that all-encompassing "Americana" category of mainly acoustic, roots-based music that speaks not only to country music fans, but to folks who aren't quite sure they're willing to admit they like country music. The hitch here, of course, is that the all-female Jennys trio are from Canada, though, of course, a whole
lot of great ...
©Country Standard Time • Jeffrey B. Remz, editor & publisher • countrystandardtime@gmail.com
About • Copyright • Newsletter • Our sister publication Standard Time
Country News
CD Reviews
Follow us on
