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3 unusual facts about Kate McGarrigle


Jack Nissenson

In addition to Nissenson, the group consisted of Peter Weldon, Kate McGarrigle and Anna McGarrigle.

Julian Kabza

In the late 60's and early 70's he performed on the folk music circuits in Ann Arbor, Boston, Boulder, and San Francisco, working and traveling with U Utah Phillips, Andy Cohen, George Pedersen, George Koppel (a.k.a Van Rozay), Kate McGarrigle and guitarist John Bian.

Kate McGarrigle

Among the participating artists honoring her at these concerts were Martha Wainwright, Rufus Wainwright, Anna McGarrigle, Emmylou Harris, Norah Jones, Antony Hegarty, Jimmy Fallon, Krystle Warren, Justin Vivian Bond, Teddy Thompson, Jenni Muldaur writer Michael Ondaatje and longtime friends and McGarrigle sidemen Chaim Tannenbaum and Joel Zifkin.


Lucy Wainwright Roche

Lucy is also the half-sister of singer-songwriters Rufus Wainwright and Martha Wainwright (whose late mother Kate was half of the Canadian folk duo Kate and Anna McGarrigle).

Rufus Wainwright: Live from the Artists Den

Also featured are songs written by Wainwright's parents: "One Man Guy" (Loudon Wainwright III) originally appeared on I'm Alright (1985) and was recorded for Wainwright's second studio album, Poses (2001); "On My Way to Town" (Kate McGarrigle) is from Kate and Anna McGarrigle's album Love Over and Over (1982).


see also

Heartbeats Accelerating

#"Love Is" – 4:40 - Kate McGarrigle/Anna McGarrigle/Jane McGarrigle

Martha Wainwright

In May 2007 Martha Wainwright, her mother, Kate McGarrigle, and cousin Lily Lanken performed "Golden Hair" and "See Emily Play" at the Syd Barrett memorial concert at the Barbican Centre in London.

Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle

Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle is a 2012 documentary film directed by Lian Lunson.