Kate & Anna McGarrigle
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Kate McGarrigle and Anna McGarrigle were a duo of folk rock and country folk Canadian singer-songwriters from Quebec, who performed together until Kate's death in 2010.
Kate (left) and Anna McGarrigle, 1981
Rufus Wainwright
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Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright is a Canadian and American singer, songwriter, and composer. He has recorded eleven studio albums and numerous tracks on compilations and film soundtracks. He has also writ
Kate & Anna McGarrigle
…They grew up in Saint-Sauveur, where they learned piano from nuns. In 1971, Kate married the singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III. Their children, Rufus and Martha, are also both singers. The two divorced in 1976. Kate McGarrigle died in 2010, aged 63, of sarcoma, a rare form of cancer. Anna McGarrigle…
Portrait of Wainwright by Oliver Mark, Berlin 2010
Wainwright in concert in Chicago
Wainwright in 2008
Wainwright and his husband, German arts administrator Jörn Weisbrodt, in 2010