Wind-Up Canary is the first album by American

United States

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 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

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 Casey Dienel

Casey Dienel

Casey Dienel is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She released her debut album, Wind-Up Canary, in 2006 on Hush Records...

. She is accompanied on the album by Peter Bitenc, Ben MacDonald, Christopher MacDonald, Juliet Nelson, Mike Olson, Rachael Price

Rachael Price

Rachael Price is a jazz vocalist from Hendersonville, Tennessee. She is a graduate in Jazz Studies at the New England Conservatory in Massachusetts...

, Djim Reynolds, and Michael Winograd. According to the liner notes

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, it is "dedicated to the eccentrics, the non-believers, the hope-seekers, the meek-and-the-mild, the downtrodden, and the relentless dreamers everywhere. You're not the only canaries out amongst the world, so please keep singing."

Track listing

All songs written by Casey Dienel.

1. "Doctor Monroe" – 4:34
2. "Everything" – 3:04
3. "Baby James" – 3:27
4. "Cabin Fever" – 5:23
5. "Frankie and Annette" – 3:13
6. "The Coffee Beanery" – 4:54
7. "Embroidery" – 3:23
8. "Fat Old Man" – 3:34
9. "Stationary" – 4:02
10. "Tundra" – 5:19
11. "All or Nothing" – 3:58
12. "The La La Song" – 4:06