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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-02-07 11:24 AM
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If you like the Dixie Chicks you'll love the Wailin' Jennys
Edited on Fri Feb-02-07 11:25 AM by bif
Fantastic group. Here's their bio from Allmusic.com...

The Canadian folk trio the Wailin' Jennys began as a onetime-only grouping of three singer/songwriters, but musical chemistry and audience response turned it into an ongoing band. Alto Cara Luft, the daughter of professional folksingers, had played with the Lilith Fair tour in Calgary and released her own album; mezzo-soprano Nicky Mehta also had her own disc, Weather Vane; and soprano Ruth Moody, the lead singer for the roots band Scruj MacDuhk, had issued Blue Muse. But when they played together at a guitar shop in Winnipeg, the results led to more bookings. In 2001, they released an EP, Wailin' Jennys. American independent folk label Red House Records licensed their full-length debut CD, 40 Days, and issued it in the U.S. in August 2004. That same year, Luft left the band to pursue her solo career, but the Jennys soon found her replacement in Montreal-based Annabelle Chvostek, who added her own alto to the group's sophomore album, Firecracker.
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Shine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-02-07 12:07 PM
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1. I LOVE the Wailin' Jennys!! I've been fans of theirs for a while.
ironically, I am not familiar with any of the Dixie Chicks' music. I haven't gotten around to checking them out yet.

But the Wailin' Jennys' harmonies are soooo tight.

I keep hoping they'll come give a concert in our neck o' the woods sometime.

:hi:
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-02-07 05:28 PM
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3. I heard them a couple weeks ago on Canadian radio
I live right near the border. What a great network!
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zingaro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-02-07 12:10 PM
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2. ok I'm listening now and I'm diggin it. Thanks for the rec.
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