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

Kate & Anna McGarrigle
Kate (left) and Anna McGarrigle, 1981
Kate (left) and Anna McGarrigle, 1981
Background information
OriginMontreal,Quebec, Canada
GenresFolk rock,country folk
Instruments
Years active1975–2010
Labels
Past members
Websitemcgarrigles.com

Music career

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In the 1960s, in Montreal, while Kate was studying chemical engineering atMcGill Universityand Anna art at theÉcole des beaux-arts de Montréal,they began performing in public and writing their own songs. From 1963 to 1967 they teamed up withJack Nissensonand Peter Weldon to form the folk groupMountain City Four.

Their songs have been covered by a variety of artists includingLinda 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'sanglophonecommunity, they also recorded and performed many songs in French. Two of their albums,Entre la jeunesse et la sagesseandLa vache qui pleure,are entirely in French.

Their version ofWade Hemsworth's song, "The Log Driver's Waltz"grew famous as the soundtrack for a 1979 animated film directed byJohn Weldonat Canada'sNational Film Board.They provided backing vocals onNick Cave and the Bad Seeds's 2001 albumNo More Shall We Part.

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

Personal lives

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AnnaandKate McGarriglewere born inMontrealof mixed Irish- and French-Canadian background. They grew up inSaint-Sauveur,where they learned piano from nuns. In 1971 Kate married the singer-songwriterLoudon Wainwright III.Their children,RufusandMartha,are also both singers. The two divorced in 1976. Kate McGarrigle died in 2010, aged 63, ofsarcoma,a rare form of cancer.[8][9]

Anna McGarrigle was married to Canadian journalist and authorDane Lankenuntil his death on March 3, 2023. The couple had two children, Lily Lanken and Sylvan Lanken, and lived inNorth 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

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They were appointed Members of theOrder of Canadain 1993 and received theGovernor General's Performing Arts Awardin 2004.[10]On November 22, 2006, they received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2006SOCANAwards in Toronto.[11]

They received the 2010Mojo Roots Award,which was presented by Emmylou Harris. The award was accepted by Anna together with Kate's children Rufus and Martha Wainwright, as Kate had died early that year on January 18.[12]

Discography

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Albums

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With other artists

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Filmography

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DVDs

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  • 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

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Bibliography

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Lanken, Dane(2007).Kate and Anna McGarrigle Songs and Stories.Canada: Penumbra Press.ISBN978-1-897323-04-5.

Lanken, Dane (2007).Thirty-three Kate and Anna McGarrigle Songs.Canada: Penumbra Press.ISBN978-1-897323-05-2.

McGarrigle, Anna; McGarrigle, Jane (2015).Mountain City Girls.Canada: Penguin Random House.ISBN978-0-345-81402-9.

Notes

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  1. ^abVarious sources use the album'srecording dateof '1975'[2]: 315  also as therelease 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

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  1. ^abcd"McGarrigle sisters writing a memoir".Toronto Daily Star,April 14, 2014, E2.
  2. ^McGarrigle, Anna & Jane (2015).Mountain City Girls.Canada: Penguin Random House.ISBN978-0-345-81402-9.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. ^abcLanken, Dane (2007).Kate and Anna McGarrigle Songs and Stories.Canada: Penumbra Press.ISBN978-1-897323-04-5.Kate & Anna McGarrigleJanuary 1976
  4. ^McGarrigle, Anna & Jane (2015).Mountain City Girls.Canada: Penguin Random House.ISBN978-0-345-81402-9.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.ISBN978-1-4768-5201-0– viaInternet Archive.Kate & Anna McGarrigle1976 (US Warner Bros BS2862, UK 56218)
  6. ^Women Who Are Making Music,by John Rockwell inThe New York Times,January 15, 1976. (See Lanken, Dane (2007), page 30)
  7. ^Kate & Anna McGarrigle,inBillboard,January 17, 1976. (See Lanken, Dane (2007), page 31)
  8. ^abRussell, Tony (January 19, 2010)."Kate McGarrigle obituary".theguardian.com.RetrievedFebruary 22,2016.Their first album, [...] simply titled Kate & Anna McGarrigle (1976),...
  9. ^"Kate McGarrigle, Rufus Wainwright's mother, dies".Reuters. January 19, 2010.RetrievedJanuary 1,2021.
  10. ^Betty Nygaard King."Kate and Anna McGarrigle".Encyclopedia of Music in Canada.RetrievedAugust 17,2019.
  11. ^"2006 Socan Awards | Socan".Archived fromthe originalon August 10, 2016.RetrievedJune 10,2016.
  12. ^"The MOJO Roots Award presented to Kate and Anna McGarrigle by Emmylou Harris".YouTube. November 18, 2010.RetrievedOctober 4,2019.
  13. ^"Kate & Anna McGarrigle – Toronto, May '82".Discogs.RetrievedMay 29,2019.
  14. ^abcdefRecording Credits
  15. ^"Kate & Anna McGarrigle – Discography – Sunnyvista".Mcgarrigles.info.RetrievedFebruary 22,2016.
  16. ^"Emmylou Harris – Bluebird".Discogs.October 17, 1989.RetrievedMay 29,2019.
  17. ^"Kate and Anna McGarrigle".Documentary film.National Film Board of Canada.1981.RetrievedJune 29,2014.
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