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, … Continued
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 How new act blends great … Continued
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 … Continued
You could say that it was like three winding roads merging in the night, coming into the light and becoming a newly laid path The Wailin’ Jennys aren’t complaining about their busy touring schedule You could say that it was … Continued
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 Nicky Mehta would like to believe that her band’s star-making … Continued
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 It was just their luck the Winnipeg … Continued
A familiar voice will once again echo in valley A familiar voice will once again echo in valley. Cara Luft, who was a regular on the acoustic music scene here in the mid- to late-90’s, is coming back to the … Continued
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 … Continued
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 It was an unwanted lesson in bad timing that hit … Continued
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 Three of Winnipeg’s finest folk performers, Cara Luft, Nicky Mehta and Ruth Moody, have banded together … Continued