Kate McGarrigle

...Wainwright a "one-man Greek chorus." The hyperliterate singer-songwriter is the son of folk singers Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle, a devoted fan of Judy Garland and recently an opera composer. (His first, the French-language...

In this article: Rufus Wainwright, Judy Garland, DVD, Prima Donna, Milwaukee, Release the Stars, and Los Angeles Times

...is famously musical: Rufus Wainwright and Martha Wainwright, both singer-songwriters, are Wainwright's children with ex-wife Kate McGarrigle, herself a noted folk singer. Please note that all comments must adhere to the NPR.org discussion...

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...Poole recordings. In Portobello Road in London on Saturdays, mostly for the hell of it, I used to go busking with my (then) wife Kate McGarrigle and our friend Chaim Tannenbaum. The show stopper was If I Lose. At this time I had such a strong...

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...his own company in 2007. Wainwright, 33, is part of the musical family that includes her parents, Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle, and her older brother, Rufus. Wheeldon was browsing iTunes for Rufus' music when he heard...

In this article: Christopher Wheeldon, Perseid, City Parks Foundation, Itunes, and Loudon Wainwright III

The musician also objected to the long wait he would face to stage it in New York at a time when his mother, Canadian singer Kate McGarrigle, was suffering from cancer. "I wanted her to see it and I'm sure she will be around for the...

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"The best songwriter in the world", according to Sir Elton John, Wainwright was born in New York to Loudon Wainwright and Kate McGarrigle, the singers, and performed on stage from the age of 6. A self-confessed egomaniac, he once...

In this article: Rufus Wainwright, New York, Prima Donna, Loudon Wainwright, Elton John, Judy Garland, and Chelsea Hotel

...in French . . . if you're Rufus Wainwright. "The best songwriter in the world", according to Sir Elton John, Wainwright was born in New York to Loudon Wainwright and Kate McGarrigle, the singers, and performed on stage from the age of 6.

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...the family home when he was 3. He had a strong memory of the dining table being hauled into the removal van as he, his mother, Kate McGarrigle, and his sister Martha relocated from New York to Montreal. All parties, he reckoned, had been...

In this article: Rufus Wainwright, Loudon Wainwright III, Prima Donna, Jonathan Stack, and Father's Day

Kate McGarrigle, CM (born February 6 1946, 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. She is also the mother of indie singers...

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...different side to the man. Wainright comes from a family of musical luminaries. His parents are the singers Loudon Wainwright and Kate McGarrigle, and his sister is Martha Wainwright. From an early age he has always been strongly influenced by...

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