Moody’s work with the Jennys is only part of her portfolio these days. Wailin’ Jennys live shows feature a healthy dose or originals and covers like “Deeper Well,” the David Olney song made famous by Emmylou Harris, “Wildflowers” by Tom Petty, “Orphan Girl’ by Gillian Welch, and “Light of Clear Blue Morning” by Dolly Parton. Their other release is also a stunner, “Live at The Mauch Chunk Opera House,” from 2009.
They’re longtime favorites on Prairie Home Companion.
Two of their three studio albums, “40 Days” and 2011’s “Bright Morning Stars” won Juno Awards for Roots and Traditional Album of the Year. From the beginning with their 2004 album, “40 Days,” those magical harmonies have been the signature of the Wailin’ Jennys, whose name is a play on Waylon Jennings suggested by a friend. The band came together in 2002 as a one-off performance at a tiny guitar shop in Winnipeg, Manitoba. There, the three slipped away to harmonize. Moody and Nicky Mehta, the other founding Jenny, invited Masse to see the band at the World Cafe Live in Philadelphia. Donovan suggested Heather Masse, a New York-based singer who grew up in Maine. The arresting three-part harmonies flowing from the current lineup of The Wailin’ Jennys were born in a bathroom.įounding member Ruth Moody sought recommendations for the departing Annabelle Chvostek from a friend, Aoife O’Donovan of Crooked Still and more recently a brilliant solo debut.
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