''Firecracker'' is the second album by

The Wailin' Jennys The Wailin' Jennys are a Canadian music group. They have released several albums and received two Juno Awards. The group has been featured several times on the American Public Media program ''A Prairie Home Companion'' and their album ''Firecr ...

. 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 Annabelle Chvostek (born October 5, 1973) is a Canadian singer-songwriter based in Toronto, Ontario. Life and career Born in Toronto, she is the daughter of Canadian television producer Milan Chvostek (''The Nature of Things'') and journalist ...

, was rated the #1 Canadian song for 2006 by total airplay. 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" (

) #"Glory Bound" (

Ruth Moody Ruth Moody is an Australian-born soprano singer-songwriter and member of the Canadian folk trio The Wailin' Jennys. Biography Moody grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, with her parents, Charles and Marcelline, and three siblings, older brothe ...

) #"Begin" (

Nicky Mehta Nicky Mehta is a mezzo singer-songwriter, and member of Canadian folk trio The Wailin' Jennys. Early life Before fully entering into a life of music, Mehta attended Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario where she attained an honours degree i ...

) #"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 Edmund Dumas (February 15, 1810 – October 22, 1882) was an American Primitive Baptist minister, politician, and musician today remembered for his association with the Sacred Harp movement. Dumas was the son of Benjamin F. Dumas and Martha Usse ...

) #"Avila" (Nicky Mehta) #"Some Good Thing" (Nicky Mehta) #"Prairie Town" (Ruth Moody) #"Firecracker" (Annabelle Chvostek)

References

2006 albums The Wailin' Jennys albums Festival Distribution albums {{2000s-folk-album-stub