Assiniboine & The Red references the junction of two rivers, the Assiniboine (pronounced ‘uh-sin-uh-boin’) and the Red, in the duo’s hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and celebrates the happenstance meeting of members Cara Luft, an original member of the Wailin’ Jennys, and multi-instrumentalist JD Edwards. The duo’s onstage chemistry and humor complements their energetic live performances and buoyant, Americana-inflected folk songs. Luft and Edwards’ exuberant harmonies bring to mind such duos as the Civil Wars and Shovels & Rope, but with a Northern spin. The album’s songs are all inspired by places, from“Alberta,” the opener, to Winnipeg,” a spirited celebration of their hometown.

• 1. Alberta
• 2. Long Long Moon
• 3. Oh My Love
• 4. Johnson Slide
• 5. Sing
• 6. Don't Back Down
• 7. Secondhand
• 8. Pieces of Me
• 9. You Can't Be High
• 10. Winnipeg