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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. Guitar whiz Kevin Breit (Norah Jones) adds another spark to the Jennys’ musical journey throughout. ‘Swallow,’ ‘Apocalypse,’ and ‘Long Time Traveller’ are just three of the many harmonious highlights. Overall, Firecracker provides more than 50 minutes of pure musical bliss with nary a blemish.”
–David McPherson, Exclaim, July 2006.

“Winnipeg folk trio The Wailin’ Jennys are making no mistakes as they progress with grace, harmony and assurance — and a great deal of industrial smarts behind the scenes — to inevitable musical stardom. The songs are rich in melody, melancholy, wit and narrative, and the three-part harmonies — augmented at times by little more than gently plucked banjo, at others by a great wall of acoustic instrumentation and percussion — are perhaps more beautiful than ever. The Wailin’ Jennys are the darlings of the North American roots music arena.”
–Greg Quill, The Toronto Star, July 2006.

“Firecracker is, first and foremost, gosh darn pretty. Whether leading with Moody’s sweet soprano, Mehta’s supple mezzo-sporano, or Chvostek’s solid alto, the Jennys engage on a purely delightful level of melody and harmony. Despite their strong individual personalities, they’ve put together a coherent and thematically consistent record. Firecracker is filled with images of loss, both natural and man-made, yet rarely gives in to despair.”
–Steve Pick, No Depression, July-August 2006.

Label

Jericho Beach Music

Released

2006

Genre

Folk/Roots