It is being reported by CBC.ca that there is sadness in the world of music this day because, at the relatively young age of 63, Kate McGarrigle, one half of the McGarrigle Sisters, Anna being the other, has passed away from a rare, undisclosed, form of cancer. She was Loudon Wainwright III's ex wife and the mother of both Martha and Rufus Wainwright.
Not super prolific, the Montreal based sisters put out ten albums. They debuted with the album Kate & Anna McGarrigle in 1976. It was named album of the year by the British music trade Melody Maker and was the No. 2 record of the year by the New York Times.
She garnered beaucoup awards including an Order of Canada and an ASCAP song writing award back in '05. She was quoted at the time by the Canadian Press as saying that her dad would not have been thrilled with her lifetime achievement award in music because "He would have hated the idea of us becoming professional musicians because he thought professional musicians were bums, people that wandered from town to town."
She was anything but.
And will be missed.
WFDS
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