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Kate & Anna McGarrigle

March 17, 2023

Kate McGarrigle (February 6, 1946 – January 18, 2010) and Anna McGarrigle (born December 4, 1944) were a duo of Canadian singer-songwriters (and sisters) from Quebec, who performed until Kate McGarrigle's death on January 18, 2010.

Kate & Anna McGarrigle
Kate (left) and Anna McGarrigle, 1981
Background information
OriginMontreal, Quebec, Canada
GenresFolk rock, country folk
Occupation(s)Musicians, singer-songwriters
Instrument(s)
Years active1975–2010
Labels
Websitemcgarrigles.com

Music career

In the 1960s, in Montreal, while Kate was studying engineering at McGill University and Anna art at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal, they began performing in public and writing their own songs. From 1963 to 1967 they teamed up with Jack Nissenson and Peter Weldon to form the folk group Mountain City Four.

Their songs have been covered by a variety of artists including Linda Ronstadt,[1] Emmylou Harris,[1] Judy Collins,[1] and others. These covers led to the McGarrigles getting their first recording contract in 1974. They released their eponymous debut album in 1976,[note 1] and created nine more albums through 2008.[1]

Although associated with Quebec's anglophone community, they also recorded and performed many songs in French. Two of their albums, Entre la jeunesse et la sagesse and La vache qui pleure, are entirely in French.

Their version of Wade Hemsworth's song, "The Log Driver's Waltz" grew famous as the soundtrack for a 1979 animated film directed by John Weldon at Canada's National Film Board. They provided backing vocals on Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds's 2001 album No More Shall We Part.

They continued to write, record and perform music into the 21st century, with assorted accompanying artists including Gerry Conway, Pat Donaldson, Ken Pearson, Michel Pépin, Chaim Tannenbaum and Joel Zifkin.[3]

Personal lives

Anna and Kate McGarrigle were born in Montreal of mixed Irish- and French-Canadian background. They grew up in Saint-Sauveur, where they learned piano from nuns.

Kate McGarrigle was married in 1971 to singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III. Their children, Rufus and Martha, are both singers too. The two divorced in 1976. Kate McGarrigle died in 2010, aged 63, of sarcoma, a rare form of cancer.[8][9]

Anna McGarrigle is married to Canadian journalist and author Dane Lanken. The couple have two children, Lily Lanken and Sylvan Lanken, and live in North Glengarry, Ontario, just west of the Quebec border. Dane appeared as a vocalist on several of the sisters' albums and in 2007 wrote their career biography.

Another sister, Jane McGarrigle (born April 26, 1941), is a film and television composer who acted as business manager for Kate and Anna, and also wrote and performed several songs with the duo.[3]: 114 

Honours and awards

They were appointed Members of the Order of Canada in 1993 and received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award in 2004.[10]

On November 22, 2006, they received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2006 SOCAN Awards in Toronto.[11]

On November 18, 2010, they were recipients of the Mojo Roots Award, presented by Emmylou Harris. The award was accepted by Anna McGarrigle and Kate's two children Rufus and Martha Wainwright, as Kate had died early in the year on January 18.[12]

Discography

Albums

With other artists

Filmography

DVDs

  • The McGarrigle Hour (1999) – with Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Loudon Wainwright, Chaim Tannenbaum, Jane McGarrigle, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt and Lily Lanken).
  • 2009 – A Not So Silent Night (2009) – with Rufus and Martha Wainwright.

Film work

Bibliography

Lanken, Dane (2007). Kate and Anna McGarrigle Songs and Stories. Canada: Penumbra Press. ISBN 978-1-897323-04-5.

Lanken, Dane (2007). Thirty-three Kate and Anna McGarrigle Songs. Canada: Penumbra Press. ISBN 978-1-897323-05-2.

McGarrigle, Anna; McGarrigle, Jane (2015). Mountain City Girls. Canada: Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-0-345-81402-9.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Various sources use the album's recording date of '1975'[2]: 315  also as the release date, but several reliable sources in books[3]: 30–31 [4]: 316 [5]: 162  and newspaper articles, both in the US[6][7] and the UK,[8] indicate or cite '1976' and 'January 1976' as the release date.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "McGarrigle sisters writing a memoir". Toronto Daily Star, April 14, 2014, E2.
  2. ^ McGarrigle, Anna & Jane (2015). Mountain City Girls. Canada: Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-0-345-81402-9. We began recording in New York City in late 1974 and finished nine months later in LA, with Joe [Boyd] and Greg [Prestopino] co-producing.
  3. ^ a b c Lanken, Dane (2007). Kate and Anna McGarrigle Songs and Stories. Canada: Penumbra Press. ISBN 978-1-897323-04-5. Kate & Anna McGarrigle January 1976
  4. ^ McGarrigle, Anna & Jane (2015). Mountain City Girls. Canada: Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-0-345-81402-9. In preparation for the tour to support our new record, which was due out in January 1976, Kate and I began rehearsals with a band in NYC.
  5. ^ Brend, Mark (2002). Rock and Roll Doctor. San Francisco: Backbeat Books. p. 162. ISBN 978-1-4768-5201-0 – via Internet Archive. Kate & Anna McGarrigle 1976 (US Warner Bros BS2862, UK 56218)
  6. ^ Women Who Are Making Music, by John Rockwell in The New York Times, January 15, 1976. (See Lanken, Dane (2007), page 30)
  7. ^ Kate & Anna McGarrigle, in Billboard, January 17, 1976. (See Lanken, Dane (2007), page 31)
  8. ^ a b Russell, Tony (January 19, 2010). "Kate McGarrigle obituary". theguardian.com. Retrieved February 22, 2016. Their first album, [...] simply titled Kate & Anna McGarrigle (1976), ...
  9. ^ Reuters Staff (January 19, 2010). "Kate McGarrigle, Rufus Wainwright's mother, dies". Reuters. Retrieved January 1, 2021. {{cite web}}: |author1= has generic name (help)
  10. ^ Betty Nygaard King. "Kate and Anna McGarrigle". Encyclopedia of Music in Canada. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  11. ^ . Archived from the original on August 10, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  12. ^ "The MOJO Roots Award presented to Kate and Anna McGarrigle by Emmylou Harris". YouTube. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  13. ^ "Kate & Anna McGarrigle – Toronto, May '82". Discogs. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  14. ^ a b c d e f Recording Credits
  15. ^ "Kate & Anna McGarrigle – Discography – Sunnyvista". Mcgarrigles.info. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  16. ^ "Emmylou Harris – Bluebird". Discogs. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  17. ^ "Kate and Anna McGarrigle". Documentary film. National Film Board of Canada. 1981. Retrieved June 29, 2014.

External links

  • Kate and Anna McGarrigle official web site
  • Kate and Anna McGarrigle at Encyclopedia of Music in Canada
  • Long, Pete. "Kate & Anna McGarrigle: A Concert Chronology and A Discography".
  • Watanabe, Hideki. "Songs of Kate & Anna Recorded by Theirself & Other Artists". Retrieved November 19, 2013.
  • Hochman, Steve (February 24, 1997). "McGarrigles' Insight Improves With Age". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
  • Documentary film
  • Lanken, Dane (2007). Kate and Anna McGarrigle: Songs and Stories. Manotick, Ontario: Penumbra Press.

March 17, 2023
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Kate McGarrigle February 6 1946 January 18 2010 and Anna McGarrigle born December 4 1944 were a duo of Canadian singer songwriters and sisters from Quebec who performed until Kate McGarrigle s death on January 18 2010 Kate amp Anna McGarrigleKate left and Anna McGarrigle 1981Background informationOriginMontreal Quebec CanadaGenresFolk rock country folkOccupation s Musicians singer songwritersInstrument s Vocals button accordion banjo fiddle guitar piano flute harmonica keyboardYears active1975 2010LabelsWarner Bros Records Kebec Disc Polydor Records Private Music Hannibal Records La Tribu Nonesuch Records Omnivore RecordingsWebsitemcgarrigles wbr com Contents 1 Music career 2 Personal lives 3 Honours and awards 4 Discography 4 1 Albums 4 2 With other artists 5 Filmography 5 1 DVDs 5 2 Film work 6 Bibliography 7 See also 8 Notes 9 References 10 External linksMusic career EditIn the 1960s in Montreal while Kate was studying engineering at McGill University and Anna art at the Ecole des beaux arts de Montreal they began performing in public and writing their own songs From 1963 to 1967 they teamed up with Jack Nissenson and Peter Weldon to form the folk group Mountain City Four Their songs have been covered by a variety of artists including Linda Ronstadt 1 Emmylou Harris 1 Judy Collins 1 and others These covers led to the McGarrigles getting their first recording contract in 1974 They released their eponymous debut album in 1976 note 1 and created nine more albums through 2008 1 Although associated with Quebec s anglophone community they also recorded and performed many songs in French Two of their albums Entre la jeunesse et la sagesse and La vache qui pleure are entirely in French Their version of Wade Hemsworth s song The Log Driver s Waltz grew famous as the soundtrack for a 1979 animated film directed by John Weldon at Canada s National Film Board They provided backing vocals on Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds s 2001 album No More Shall We Part They continued to write record and perform music into the 21st century with assorted accompanying artists including Gerry Conway Pat Donaldson Ken Pearson Michel Pepin Chaim Tannenbaum and Joel Zifkin 3 Personal lives EditAnna and Kate McGarrigle were born in Montreal of mixed Irish and French Canadian background They grew up in Saint Sauveur where they learned piano from nuns Kate McGarrigle was married in 1971 to singer songwriter Loudon Wainwright III Their children Rufus and Martha are both singers too The two divorced in 1976 Kate McGarrigle died in 2010 aged 63 of sarcoma a rare form of cancer 8 9 Anna McGarrigle is married to Canadian journalist and author Dane Lanken The couple have two children Lily Lanken and Sylvan Lanken and live in North Glengarry Ontario just west of the Quebec border Dane appeared as a vocalist on several of the sisters albums and in 2007 wrote their career biography Another sister Jane McGarrigle born April 26 1941 is a film and television composer who acted as business manager for Kate and Anna and also wrote and performed several songs with the duo 3 114 Honours and awards EditThey were appointed Members of the Order of Canada in 1993 and received the Governor General s Performing Arts Award in 2004 10 On November 22 2006 they received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2006 SOCAN Awards in Toronto 11 On November 18 2010 they were recipients of the Mojo Roots Award presented by Emmylou Harris The award was accepted by Anna McGarrigle and Kate s two children Rufus and Martha Wainwright as Kate had died early in the year on January 18 12 Discography EditAlbums Edit Kate amp Anna McGarrigle 1976 note 1 Sweden 27 Dancer with Bruised Knees 1977 U K 35 Canada 43 Pronto Monto 1978 Entre la jeunesse et la sagesse 1980 also known by the title French Record Love Over and Over 1982 Heartbeats Accelerating 1990 Canada 61 Matapedia 1996 winner of 1997 Juno Award for Roots amp Traditional Album of the Year Group The McGarrigle Hour 1998 winner of 1999 Juno Award for Roots amp Traditional Album of the Year Group La vache qui pleure 2003 The McGarrigle Christmas Hour 2005 ODDiTTiES 2010 Tell My Sister 2011 Sing Me the Songs Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle 2013 Toronto May 82 unofficial 2016 13 With other artists Edit Album II BY Loudon Wainwright 1971 Kate McGarrigle vocals on Old Paint Attempted Mustache by Loudon Wainwright Kate McGarrigle banjo and vocals Waitress in a Donut Shop by Maria Muldaur 1974 Cool River Travelin Shoes Kate only 14 Prisoner in Disguise by Linda Ronstadt 1975 You Tell Me That I m Falling Down 14 Unrequited by Loudon Wainwright Kate amp Anna McGarrigle vocals Sunnyvista by Richard and Linda Thompson 1979 You re Gonna Need Somebody Sisters Traces of My Love 15 Bluebird by Emmylou Harris 1989 Love Is 16 Songs of the Civil War 1991 Was My Brother in the Battle Better Times Are Coming Hard Times Come Again No More The Bells of Dublin 1991 Il Est Ne Ca Berger with The Chieftains Til Their Eyes Shine The Lullaby Album 1992 Lullaby For A Doll History III Album by Loudon Wainwright Kate amp Anna McGarrigle vocals Wrecking Ball by Emmylou Harris 1995 Going Back To Harlan Waltz Across Texas Tonight 14 Live at the World Cafe Volume 9 1999 DJ Serenade Western Wall The Tucson Sessions by Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt 1999 All I left behind you 1917 Sisters of mercy Red Dirt Girl by Emmylou Harris 2000 J Ai Fait Tout Kate only instrumentals Boy From Tupelo Kate only vocals 14 No More Shall We Part by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 2001 Stumble into Grace by Emmylou Harris 2003 I Will Dream Little Bird O Evangeline Cup of kindness Kate only 14 Martha Wainwright by the latter Kate McGarrigle banjo track 3 piano track 6 Leonard Cohen I m Your Man Soundtrack 2006 Winter Lady with Martha Wainwright All I Intended to Be by Emmylou Harris 2008 Moon Song Sailing Round The Room How She Could Sing the Wildwood Flower 14 I Know You re Married But I ve Got Feelings Too by Martha Wainwright Anna McGarrigle keyboard synths and background vocals 12 Kate McGarrigle hand claps 2 Wurlitzer 12 backing vocals 12 Northern Songs Canada s Best and Brightest 2008 Entre Lajeunesse et la Sagesse Easy Come Easy Go by Marianne Faithfull 2008 Kate amp Anna McGarrigle vocals on Flandyke Shore Filmography EditDVDs Edit The McGarrigle Hour 1999 with Rufus Wainwright Martha Wainwright Loudon Wainwright Chaim Tannenbaum Jane McGarrigle Emmylou Harris Linda Ronstadt and Lily Lanken 2009 A Not So Silent Night 2009 with Rufus and Martha Wainwright Film work Edit The Log Driver s Waltz 1979 an NFB animated short of the Wade Hemsworth song directed by John Weldon The sisters were the subject of an eponymous documentary film directed by Caroline Leaf 1981 17 Blackfly 1991 back up vocals on a Wade Hemsworth performance of the song featured in the animated film by Christopher Hinton Before Tomorrow Le Jour avant le lendemain 2008 a Canadian drama film adapted from the novel For morgendagen by Danish writer Jorn Riel Bibliography EditLanken Dane 2007 Kate and Anna McGarrigle Songs and Stories Canada Penumbra Press ISBN 978 1 897323 04 5 Lanken Dane 2007 Thirty three Kate and Anna McGarrigle Songs Canada Penumbra Press ISBN 978 1 897323 05 2 McGarrigle Anna McGarrigle Jane 2015 Mountain City Girls Canada Penguin Random House ISBN 978 0 345 81402 9 See also EditList of Quebec musicians Music of Quebec Culture of QuebecNotes Edit a b Various sources use the album s recording date of 1975 2 315 also as the release date but several reliable sources in books 3 30 31 4 316 5 162 and newspaper articles both in the US 6 7 and the UK 8 indicate or cite 1976 and January 1976 as the release date References Edit a b c d McGarrigle sisters writing a memoir Toronto Daily Star April 14 2014 E2 McGarrigle Anna amp Jane 2015 Mountain City Girls Canada Penguin Random House ISBN 978 0 345 81402 9 We began recording in New York City in late 1974 and finished nine months later in LA with Joe Boyd and Greg Prestopino co producing a b c Lanken Dane 2007 Kate and Anna McGarrigle Songs and Stories Canada Penumbra Press ISBN 978 1 897323 04 5 Kate amp Anna McGarrigle January 1976 McGarrigle Anna amp Jane 2015 Mountain City Girls Canada Penguin Random House ISBN 978 0 345 81402 9 In preparation for the tour to support our new record which was due out in January 1976 Kate and I began rehearsals with a band in NYC Brend Mark 2002 Rock and Roll Doctor San Francisco Backbeat Books p 162 ISBN 978 1 4768 5201 0 via Internet Archive Kate amp Anna McGarrigle 1976 US Warner Bros BS2862 UK 56218 Women Who Are Making Music by John Rockwell in The New York Times January 15 1976 See Lanken Dane 2007 page 30 Kate amp Anna McGarrigle in Billboard January 17 1976 See Lanken Dane 2007 page 31 a b Russell Tony January 19 2010 Kate McGarrigle obituary theguardian com Retrieved February 22 2016 Their first album simply titled Kate amp Anna McGarrigle 1976 Reuters Staff January 19 2010 Kate McGarrigle Rufus Wainwright s mother dies Reuters Retrieved January 1 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a author1 has generic name help Betty Nygaard King Kate and Anna McGarrigle Encyclopedia of Music in Canada Retrieved August 17 2019 2006 Socan Awards Socan Archived from the original on August 10 2016 Retrieved June 10 2016 The MOJO Roots Award presented to Kate and Anna McGarrigle by Emmylou Harris YouTube Retrieved October 4 2019 Kate amp Anna McGarrigle Toronto May 82 Discogs Retrieved May 29 2019 a b c d e f Recording Credits Kate amp Anna McGarrigle Discography Sunnyvista Mcgarrigles info Retrieved February 22 2016 Emmylou Harris Bluebird Discogs Retrieved May 29 2019 Kate and Anna McGarrigle Documentary film National Film Board of Canada 1981 Retrieved June 29 2014 External links EditKate and Anna McGarrigle official web site Kate and Anna McGarrigle at Encyclopedia of Music in Canada Long Pete Kate amp Anna McGarrigle A Concert Chronology and A Discography 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