Kate & Anna McGarrigle
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Kate and Anna McGarrigle are a Canadian folk music duo from Quebec.
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Kate McGarrigle and Anna McGarrigle are sisters who write and perform together. They were born of Canadian and Irish parents in Saint-Sauveur, northwest of Montreal, Quebec, and educated at a Roman Catholic convent school. Their careers in music began with the 1960s folk combo Mountain City Four, in conjunction with Jack Nissenson and Peter Weldon.
Their songs have also been covered by a variety of other artists, including Maria Muldaur, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, Billy Bragg, Chloé Sainte-Marie and Anne Sofie von Otter. Although associated with Quebec's anglophone community, the McGarrigles have also recorded and performed many songs in French. Two of their albums, Entre Lajeunesse et la sagesse (also known as French Record) and La vache qui pleure, are entirely in French, but many of their other records include one or two French songs as well. Most of their French songs have been co-written by Philippe Tatartcheff, with occasional input from Kate McGarrigle's son, Canadian-American solo artist Rufus Wainwright. Rufus and his sister Martha Wainwright, also a singer, are the children of Kate and her former husband, singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III.
Their version of Wade Hemsworth's song, "The Log Driver's Waltz" grew famous as the soundtrack for a 1979 animated film by the National Film Board.
They provided backing vocals on Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds's 2001 album No More Shall We Part.
Another sister, Jane McGarrigle, is a film and television composer who has written and performed several songs with the duo.
They appeared on the famous children's TV show, Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show in Season 4, Episode #50 titled "Sibling Rivalry".
They were appointed Members of the Order of Canada in 1993 and received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award in 2004.
They appear in the 2006 Leonard Cohen tribute film Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man. Cohen, like the McGarrigles, originates from Montreal.
Discography
Albums
- 1975 - Kate and Anna McGarrigle
- 1976 - Dancer with Bruised Knees
- 1978 - Pronto Monto
- 1981 - Entre Lajeunesse et la sagesse (French Record)
- 1982 - Love Over and Over
- 1990 - Heartbeats Accelerating
- 1996 - Matapédia (winner of 1997 Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year - Group)
- 1998 - The McGarrigle Hour (winner of 1999 Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year - Group)
- 2003 - La vache qui pleure
- 2005 - The McGarrigle Christmas Hour
Other contributions
- 1991 - Songs of the Civil War - "Was My Brother in the Battle?", "Better Times Are Coming", "Hard Times Come Again No More"
- 1999 - Live at the World Café - Volume 9 - "DJ Serenade"
- 2006 - Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man Soundtrack - "Winter Lady" (with Martha Wainwright)
- 2008 - Northern Songs: Canada's Best and Brightest - "Entre Lajeunesse et la Sagesse"
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