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Encyclopedia > Kate McGarrigle

Kate McGarrigle (born on February 6, 1946 in Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian folk music singer-songwriter, who writes and performs as a duo with her sister Anna McGarrigle. is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Motto: Don de Dieu feray valoir (I shall put Gods gift to good use; the Don de Dieu was Champlains ship) Coordinates: , Country Province Agglomeration Quebec City Statute of the city Capitale-Nationale Administrative Region Capitale-Nationale Founded 1608 by Samuel de Champlain Constitution date 1833 Government... This article is about the Canadian province. ... Folk music can have a number of different meanings, including: Traditional music: The original meaning of the term folk music was synonymous with the term Traditional music, also often including World Music and Roots music; the term Traditional music was given its more specific meaning to distinguish it from the... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... Anna McGarrigle (born 1944 in Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts, Quebec) is a Canadian folk music singer/songwriter who writes and performs as a duo with her sister Kate McGarrigle. ...


She is also the mother of pop singers Rufus Wainwright and Martha Wainwright through her marriage to American singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III, from whom she is now divorced. Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born July 22, 1973) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter. ... Martha Wainwright signing a T-shirt for a fan in Quasimodo-Club, Berlin, September 20, 2005 Martha Wainwright (born May 8, 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian-American folk-pop singer. ... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... Loudon Snowden Wainwright III (born September 5, 1946) is an American songwriter, folk singer, humorist, and actor. ...


In 1993, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada. Seal of the Order of Canada The Order of Canada is Canadas highest civilian honour, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the Orders Latin motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam, which means (those) desiring a better country (Hebrews 11. ...


For further information, see Kate and Anna McGarrigle. Kate and Anna McGarrigle are a Canadian folk music duo from Quebec. ...


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Kate & Anna McGarrigle: French-Canadian Folk Traditionalists (2901 words)
Kate and Anna McGarrigle have not achieved the level of popularity and record sales of contemporary performers such as Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, the Roches, Leonard Cohen, or Maria Muldaur, but they comprise one of the most musically and lyrically gifted sister folk duos originating in the early 1970s second- generation folk-pop movement.
Kate continued, in an interview with Richard Silverstein: "We were children of the middle class.
Kate described how she came to be interested in the New England mill towns that she writes about in Jacques et Gilles: "I came to write it because of my interest in Jack Kerouac and On the Road.
Anna and Kate McGarrigle Bring Sisterhood to Toronto : Soul Shine Magazine (295 words)
The names of Kate and Anna McGarrigle may not be household words but they are part of a talented, and some famous membered, family.
Kate is the mother of Rufus Wainwright who has gone far beyond his famous father's – Loudon Wainwright III – "Dead Skink in the Middle of the Road" and little ditties on M*A*S*H. Kate and sister Anna have just released a new album.
Kate says that they would like to return to singing the songs that got them interested in music in the first place; the old folk tunes of the 60s and 70s.
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