Firecracker is the second album by The Wailin' Jennys.
The album was rated the #2 folk album of 2006 in North America by total airplay, and the #1 Canadian album. The initial track, "The Devil's Paintbrush Road" by Annabelle Chvostek, was rated the #1 Canadian song for 2006 by total airplay.Richard Gillmann's Folk Music Charts (KBCS-FM)
The album was nominated for the 2007 Juno Award for "Roots and Traditional Album of the Year by a Group" and for "Contemporary Folk Album of the Year" by the North American Folk Alliance.
Track listing "The Devil's Paintbrush Road" (Annabelle Chvostek) "Glory Bound" (Ruth Moody) "Begin" (Nicky Mehta) "Things That You Know" (Ruth Moody) "Swallow" (Annabelle Chvostek) "Starlight" (Nicky Mehta) "Apocalypse Lullaby" (Annabelle Chvostek) "This Heart of Mine" (Ruth Moody) "Long Time Traveller" (Traditional) (Composed as the hymn tune "White" by Edmund Dumas) "Avila" (Nicky Mehta) "Some Good Thing" (Nicky Mehta) "Prairie Town" (Ruth Moody) "Firecracker" (Annabelle Chvostek)
Personnel Annabelle Chvostek: Vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin, violin Nicky Mehta: Vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica Ruth Moody: Vocals, acoustic guitar, accordion, banjo
With:
Christian Dugas: Drums Joe Phillips: Acoustic bass Mike Hardwick: Acoustic and electric guitars, dobro Kevin Breit: Electric guitar, National guitar, dobro, mandolin Richard Moody: Viola, violin Mark Mariash: Tambourine and additional drums Andrew Downing: Acoustic bass John Dymond: Electric bass Grant Johnson: Electric bass Jeremy Penner: Violin Brian McMillan: Electric and acoustic guitars Justin Abedin: Electric guitar David Travers-Smith: Trumpet, E-flat peck horn, Hammond M3 organ, percussion
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