Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House is the third album by the Canadian folk trio

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 ...

Production

In the last week of August 2008, alt-folk group The Wailin' Jennys arrived at the

Mauch Chunk Opera House The Mauch Chunk Opera House, formerly known as the Capitol Theater, is a theatre in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania in the United States. Built in 1881 by architect Addison Hutton on "millionaires row" in the former community known as Mauch Chunk, the ...

with the goal of laying down a live recording to capture their performances in the famous Mauch Chunk Opera House, in the town of

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. "Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House" was recorded during a single day, rather than being compiled from an entire tour. The album was the Wailin' Jennys' first live album, and their first album since Heather Masse, the group's third alto, joined founding members soprano Ruth Moody and mezzo Nicky Mehta, and since they added instrumentalist Jeremy Penner as sideman. The Mauch Chunk album features two originals from each of the three members, including Mehta's "Begin," which features prominently in the soundtrack of the movie "The Cake Eaters." Also included are two previously unrecorded long-time concert staples: Jane Siberry's "Calling All Angels" and Ella Jenkins' "Racing with the Sun." The album also features a cappella rendition of

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's "Bring Me a Li'l Water Silvy," previously recorded by the group on their 2003 debut EP.

Reception

It received positive reviews, with

frequently performing music from it and their other albums on

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and other such programs.

Track listing

# "Deeper Well" # "Summertime" # "Intro To Driving" # "Driving" # "Bold Riley" # "Intro To Glory Bound" # "Glory Bound" # "Arlington" # "Bring Me Li’l Water Silvy" # "One More Dollar" # "Racing With The Sun" # "Paint A Picture" # "Intro To Begin" # "Begin" # "Motherless Child" # "Calling All Angels" # "Intro To One Voice" # "One Voice"

References

External links

Mauch Chunk, PA, Opera House
2009 live albums The Wailin' Jennys albums Red House Records albums {{2000s-folk-album-stub