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Ruth Moody is a Juno Award winning songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Founding member of the internationally renowned, Billboard-charting trio The Wailin' Jennys and former lead singer of the Canadian roots band Scruj MacDuhk, she has performed in sold-out venues around the world, made numerous critically-acclaimed albums, and has appeared more than a dozen times on the American national radio show A Prairie Home Companion.
Although best known for her work with The Wailin' Jennys, Ruth is an artist of exceptional depth and grace in her own right. Critics have lauded her ethereal vocals, impressive multi-instrumentalism (she plays guitar, banjo, accordion, piano, and bodhrán), and her talent as a songwriter. Writing with a maturity and wisdom that belies her age, her songs are timeless, universal, and exceptionally well-crafted, all sung with an intimacy and honesty that is unmistakably her own.
In 2010, Ruth released her highly-anticipated solo album, The Garden, produced by Juno nominee David Travers-Smith. It received rave reviews, was nominated for a Juno award and Western Canadian Music Award for roots & traditional album of the year (solo) and its title track was the fourth most played song of 2010 on North American Folk Radio.
Age
110
Hometown
Winnipeg
Country
Canada