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19 Jan 10 - 07:44 AM (#2815741) Subject: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: bobad It has been announced on the radio this morning that Kate McGarrigle has died. She had been suffering from cancer for quite some time. RIP Kate and thank you for the beautiful music. |
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19 Jan 10 - 07:47 AM (#2815744) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: GUEST,baz parkes Echo that last sentiment |
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19 Jan 10 - 07:54 AM (#2815746) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: Smedley Echoed again. |
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19 Jan 10 - 07:55 AM (#2815747) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: Bonnie Shaljean Very very sorry to hear this. Rest in peace, Kate - and sing up a storm in Heaven. And say hi to everybody for us... |
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19 Jan 10 - 07:57 AM (#2815750) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: john f weldon One of my oldest and dearest friends. Outspoken, opinionated, with a rich sense of humour. I'll add more later, but right now, it's just too overwhelming. |
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19 Jan 10 - 08:04 AM (#2815759) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: Bonnie Shaljean http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/neilmccormick/100006239/kate-mcgarrigle-dea |
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19 Jan 10 - 08:08 AM (#2815763) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: GUEST,Sue Jones A sad loss..thanks for sharing your wonderful voice.. |
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19 Jan 10 - 08:11 AM (#2815765) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: Janie So sorry to hear this. My condolences to family and friends. Janie |
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19 Jan 10 - 08:15 AM (#2815766) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: Rasener Oh Blimey, so sad to hear that. Was a big fan of Kate and Anne and have a couple of Cd's of them, which get played often. RIP Kate |
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19 Jan 10 - 08:21 AM (#2815771) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: Backwoodsman That's a bummer. RIP Kate - blow 'em away up there. |
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19 Jan 10 - 08:53 AM (#2815796) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: Derby Ram This is a bit of a shock and very sad - I was only watching Kate & Anna's Christmas show video a couple of days ago - and drooling over that lovely song and solo performance by Kate. Kate and Anna McGarrigle have been my personal favourite recording artistes for 30-odd years, their's is the music I play most consistently and can't see that ever changing while I breathe. Heavenly and totally unique. I never met them or saw them 'live' to my dismay and regret and now I never will. RIP Kate and sincere condolenses to Anna and all family. |
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19 Jan 10 - 08:53 AM (#2815797) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: Beer Sad indeed. Adrien |
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19 Jan 10 - 08:59 AM (#2815806) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: Lizzie Cornish 1 Oh, heavens. With much love to her family. |
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19 Jan 10 - 09:08 AM (#2815810) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: GUEST,Gadaffi My condolences too. I saw Kate and Anne perform at Sidmouth years ago, but my fondest memory is the beer tent at the Berkshire Midsummer Festival in around 1979 with the late Johnny Collins and Jim Mageean (with Mick Tems and Pat Smythe and many more) bellowing out the choruses to Heart Like a Wheel and the Work Song. I still perform 'Fishing' when in the mood. |
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19 Jan 10 - 09:41 AM (#2815836) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: GUEST,Mike Rogers This looks like being a bad year. McCormick's article pretty much captures my thoughts. I was playing the debut album only a week ago. |
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19 Jan 10 - 09:43 AM (#2815838) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: GUEST,JohnB That heavenly choir is getting to be a bit too big for my liking. See CBC link for further details. Best Wishes to all of her family and many friends. JohnB |
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19 Jan 10 - 09:44 AM (#2815839) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: C. Ham I first saw the McGarrigles as one of 90 or 100 people jammed into the Golem Coffee House in Montreal in the mid 1970s. They were wonderful. I've loved them and their music ever since. So sad. |
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19 Jan 10 - 09:52 AM (#2815850) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: Genie I agree, JohnB. That heavenly choir gets more awesome all the time, but it really does seem to be growing too fast for us on this side of Jordan. Kate is the McGarrigle who, with Loudon Wainwright II, spawned the wonderful Loudon Wainwright III, too. The McGarrigles & Wainwrights have given us a lot of great music. My condolences to all Kate's family and friends. |
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19 Jan 10 - 10:04 AM (#2815865) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: C. Ham Montreal Gazette |
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19 Jan 10 - 10:05 AM (#2815866) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: AllisonA(Animaterra) Oh, so sad. I was just listening to their version of "Hard Times Come Again No More" - inspiring. |
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19 Jan 10 - 10:15 AM (#2815874) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: olddude I didn't know Kate but I knew of her and I know this is a terrible loss to everyone. My deepest and sincere condolences to everyone God Bless you Dan |
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19 Jan 10 - 10:18 AM (#2815876) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: Steve Gardham Wonderful music! Another great loss. It has been a bad year. |
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19 Jan 10 - 10:25 AM (#2815881) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: John MacKenzie So sad, I loved their voices together. RIP Kate John |
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19 Jan 10 - 10:26 AM (#2815882) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: meself Always loved her voice, and the way the sisters' voices blended. RIP. |
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19 Jan 10 - 10:31 AM (#2815887) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: GUEST,HiLo Very sorry to hear this. The first album is a true treasure and I play it often. |
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19 Jan 10 - 10:36 AM (#2815894) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: john f weldon A few hastily assembled memories. http://www.weldonalley.ca/photos/kate.html |
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19 Jan 10 - 10:43 AM (#2815896) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: Smedley The wonderful Kate in full flow, with her sister & children: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB6-sH5jozA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YrfLnlrquo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7igxrDC2Mg&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKqsQIIAr68 |
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19 Jan 10 - 10:44 AM (#2815897) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: gnu RIP |
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19 Jan 10 - 10:47 AM (#2815901) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: theleveller That is very sad, Talk to me of Mendocino is one of my all-time favourites. |
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19 Jan 10 - 10:59 AM (#2815914) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: Brian Peters Many happy memories of the McGarrigles' music, especially the first album. |
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19 Jan 10 - 10:59 AM (#2815916) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: the lemonade lady Says it all for me sal |
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19 Jan 10 - 11:03 AM (#2815920) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: michaelr Kate is the McGarrigle who, with Loudon Wainwright II, spawned the wonderful Loudon Wainwright III ??? |
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19 Jan 10 - 11:09 AM (#2815925) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: Les from Hull Condolences to Kate's family and friends who will miss her ever more than we will miss her wonderful voice and songwriting ability. |
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19 Jan 10 - 11:10 AM (#2815928) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: topical tom I didn't know much of Kate and Anna's music but they are Canadian folk icons. Sad news, indeed. Thoughts and prayers to Anna and all family and friends. |
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19 Jan 10 - 11:20 AM (#2815933) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died From: CET It was also in the mid 70's that I saw them first, at the Stratford Festival. Sad news indeed. |
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19 Jan 10 - 11:35 AM (#2815942) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: katlaughing How sad. I didn't know much about their music, but my friend who passed on last year was a friend of her son, Loudon, and raised the roof in praise of him and his music, as well as his family. Now, I am listening to the youtube links and wish I'd known more, before. Thanks for the links and John, thanks for those pictures. Beautiful. My condolences to her family and friends. kat |
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19 Jan 10 - 11:43 AM (#2815955) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: GUEST,WYS-out Oh dear. May she birl on forever. ~Susan |
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19 Jan 10 - 12:01 PM (#2815970) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: NormanD "Kate is the McGarrigle who, with Loudon Wainwright II, spawned the wonderful Loudon Wainwright III, too." Just to correct the above - Kate was in fact married to Loudon Wainwright III, and she and Loudon were the parents of Rufus Wainwright and MArtha Wainwright, both fine performers. Such a sad loss. |
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19 Jan 10 - 12:10 PM (#2815979) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: GUEST,BanjoRay What a dreadful piece of news. I've loved them for years and got to see them at last in Sheffield a few years back. Poor Anna.... |
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19 Jan 10 - 12:15 PM (#2815985) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: John on the Sunset Coast So very sorry to hear this. It was only a few years ago that I became aware of her and her sister. RIP. |
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19 Jan 10 - 12:23 PM (#2815990) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: Crowhugger OMG a huge loss to music. |
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19 Jan 10 - 12:25 PM (#2815994) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: Mark Ross A sweet lady, and a great voice. I knew her in the '70's when I was back in the Mysterious East. She will be missed. Mark Ross |
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19 Jan 10 - 01:07 PM (#2816025) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: Dave Roberts I'm very sorry to hear of Kate's death. Another sad loss. |
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19 Jan 10 - 01:11 PM (#2816029) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: akenaton Terrible news. Kate and Anna....The McGarrigles...will never be replaced, their harmonies were so beautiful that they were almost beyond music, they had a magical quality, breathtakingly beautiful. The whole family seems to live and breath music, to such an extent that watching them "perform" could be a roller coaster experience....manic joy to the deepest of despair and back again, all in the space of an hour! Their 1975 LP, "Kate and Anna McGarrigle", I rate in the top 5 all time great folk albums. |
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19 Jan 10 - 01:13 PM (#2816030) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: GUEST,moira(flying cat) I wasn't aware she had been ill and I'm so sorry to hear she's died. I havelove listening to kate and Anna for many years and count myself lucky to see them live at Sidmouth some years ago. They were wonderful. RIP. Moira |
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19 Jan 10 - 01:14 PM (#2816032) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: Little Hawk I celebrate her life and the music she gave us. The music lives on. As for Kate, I figure she lives on too...just not here anymore. I bet she's flying free. |
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19 Jan 10 - 01:53 PM (#2816066) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: GUEST,jsokolow Such sad news. We have loved the McGarrigle sisters' music for decades. Our hearts go out to the family. |
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19 Jan 10 - 02:04 PM (#2816078) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: flattop Sad news in a time of too much sad news. I loved Kate and Anna’s music since first hearing Anna’s ‘Kitty Come Home.’ It seems to be a-musical-in-a-song where the kitty purrs and birds tweet and somebody's missing somebody. Kitty Come Home Both sisters wrote honest, touching, beautiful, intelligent songs. Has anyone written a finer song about feeling old and alone in our world then Kate’s ‘I Eat Dinner’? I Eat Dinner Lyrics And who would have thought that leaving NY state could be such a sad experience? Mendocino Who but Kate and Anna would ask us about the Bronte Sisters, ‘What did they know - what could they know about love - or anyone know about love?’ Love Over and Over Today I discover another Kate and Anna treasure that I never knew existed. Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Deaf to Your Call (If anyone has the lyrics, please PM me.) Thank you for the beautiful words and music over many years, Kate. So sad. I miss you though we’ve never met. Thank you and Anna and all your musical friends and family. |
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19 Jan 10 - 02:05 PM (#2816081) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: GUEST How very sad. Lovely music, especially the swimming song (can't think of its title!). |
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19 Jan 10 - 02:13 PM (#2816097) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: EnglishFolkfan Gone from us far, far too young but leaving a legacy of recordings and the dynasty to continue what she started. Condolences to the McGarrigle Family and Kate's friends everywhere. |
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19 Jan 10 - 02:19 PM (#2816102) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: MoorleyMan So so sad. I posted earlier today at around the same time as DerbyRam, and using an uncanny number of the same words. Well I'm sure I did, but the post got lost somewhere. Perhaps it was the shock that did it. That enchanting, eponymous LP the sisters made in the mid-70s (their first) was one of THOSE records - and one that restored my faith in music at a stroke at a serious low point. I'm so glad I saw Kate & Anna live shortly after, at a gig where the heaviest of metal men were seen weeping into their beers. And that little ol' LP will always remain a desert-island disc for me. RIP Kate, and say hi to Theresa - you'll get along just fine!... And condolences to all the clan. |
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19 Jan 10 - 02:28 PM (#2816110) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: GUEST,Guest David Jones Sorry to hear this news. I remember Kate and Anne from many years ago and they were so wonderful together. Farewell Kate. David |
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19 Jan 10 - 02:30 PM (#2816113) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: Tim Leaning Very sad,condolences to family and friends. |
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19 Jan 10 - 02:42 PM (#2816127) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: Weasel Very sorry to hear this. Weasel. |
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19 Jan 10 - 02:56 PM (#2816139) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: Anglo This is very sad news. I remember a weekend, many years ago, when I had a surprise solo appearance at Caffe Lena as my singing partner was having his appendix out. Lena enrolled Kate and Anna, who were living in Saratoga at the time, as an opening act for me. Very memorable, for me at least. I had no idea she was fighting cancer. I am stunned. |
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19 Jan 10 - 03:03 PM (#2816147) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: MikeT She was the best. When Utah Phillips first saw her at the Caffe performing with the Penny Lang band he told Lena that she was the golden bracelet the other jewels hung from.... She was wonderful with Anna, but I'll never forget her duets with Roma Baran on guitar playing the blues. She was so precise and professional on stage. One of the best ever. I'm just stunned. Mike |
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19 Jan 10 - 03:08 PM (#2816152) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: VirginiaTam There is too much sadness... it makes me weary. My sympathy to the family. |
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19 Jan 10 - 03:19 PM (#2816158) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: EnglishFolkfan Rec'd by me @EnglishFolkfan via @FiddlersMrs from the twittersphere: RT @rufuswainwright: Note from Rufus, regarding Kate McGarrigle: http://www.rufuswainwright.com/news/default.aspx?nid=24300 |
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19 Jan 10 - 03:28 PM (#2816167) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: Genie Norman D, thanks for correcting my wee-hours-of-the-morning mis-post. Yes, it's Rufus (Wainwright) who is Kate's (and Loudon III's) son. I couldn't think of his first name at the moment, so I googled "Kate McGarrigle" and "Loudon Wainwright" and found a blurb that gave me this: "Kate is the McGarrigle who, with Loudon Wainwright II, spawned the wonderful Loudon Wainwright III, too." This morning I realized my mistake and was about to post the correction. You beat me to it. Thanks. Genie |
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19 Jan 10 - 03:32 PM (#2816170) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: Stilly River Sage Margaret Atwood just sent this link via Twitter. (Globe and Mail) SRS |
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19 Jan 10 - 03:55 PM (#2816189) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: Lizzie Cornish 1 Thank you for posting that link from Rufus, EFF...They are very beautiful words about his Mum. |
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19 Jan 10 - 04:32 PM (#2816218) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: Anne Lister Writing this with tears in my eyes - I was never closer to Kate than being a member of an audience, but I feel bereft now that she's gone. I've loved her music so much it feels as if I've lost one of the family. |
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19 Jan 10 - 09:06 PM (#2816407) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: open mike she comes from a very musical family...glad to hear she went out surrounded by song...another family member, Loudon III sister, http://www.sloanwainwright.com/familytree.html posts a family tree on her page. |
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19 Jan 10 - 09:42 PM (#2816429) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: mike gouthro I had the opportunity to introduce the Mountain City Four a few times at the Montreal Folk Workshop from 1966 to 1968. I've been a fan of Kate and Anna ever since. Their albums are still among my most frequently played. I'm glad I got to see them at Hugh's Room in early 2008. For me, this feels like a golden era is ending. |
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19 Jan 10 - 09:55 PM (#2816434) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: Desert Dancer National Public Radio rememberance My favorite, from long ago: Log Driver's Waltz Gone too soon. ~ Becky in Tucson |
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19 Jan 10 - 09:59 PM (#2816438) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: Sandy Mc Lean She was truly a Canadian folk icon! RIP! |
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19 Jan 10 - 10:05 PM (#2816443) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: HuwG Sad. I'll miss her music. |
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19 Jan 10 - 11:39 PM (#2816480) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: Mike Regenstreif Kate was an old friend and colleague and I was asked to write about her musical legacy for the package of articles being published in tomorrow's Montreal Gazette. I see that my article is already up on the Gazette web site. I'll write more personally about Kate in the next day or two on the Folk Roots/Folk Branches blog. |
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19 Jan 10 - 11:39 PM (#2816481) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: KenM Like many other fans of the folk music scene in Montreal in the 60s, I was first introduced to Kate and Anna McGarrigle as part of the Mountain City Four. By the time they hit the "big stage" in the mid-70s, I had left Montreal but I was fortunate over the intervening years to catch them a number of times both north and south of the border. Liam Clancy, Mary Travers, and now Kate McGarrigle. Yes, the heavenly coffee house has been enriched threefold but we are poorer here. I'm going to go pour myself a single malt scotch now and listen to "Talk to Me of Mendocino" a couple of hundred times. Rest in Peace, Kate, and thank you. |
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19 Jan 10 - 11:51 PM (#2816489) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: Beer Another memory to add to a list. Ad. |
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20 Jan 10 - 12:17 AM (#2816497) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: BK Lick Another CBC link (differeent than the one JohnB posted) |
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20 Jan 10 - 10:19 AM (#2816685) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: Desert Dancer Kate McGarrigle, Canadian Singer and Songwriter, Dies at 63 By BEN SISARIO New York Times, January 20, 2010 Kate McGarrigle, a Canadian singer who, with her sister Anna, captivated critics and fellow musicians with warm harmonies and a style that drew on both folk traditions and the personalized approach of 1970s singer-songwriters, died on Monday at her home in Montreal. She was 63. The cause was clear-cell sarcoma, a form of cancer, said Barry Taylor, the manager for Ms. McGarrigle's son, the singer Rufus Wainwright. Born in Montreal and raised in St.-Sauveur-des-Monts, a small town about 50 miles north, Ms. McGarrigle absorbed a range of musical traditions around a musical hearth. Her father, Frank, was of Irish-Canadian stock and steeped in Stephen Foster and turn-of-the-century parlor songs; from her mother, Gaby, she and her two elder sisters — the oldest McGarrigle sister, Jane, was a church organist — learned old songs in French. "Music was always there at home," Kate McGarrigle said in a 1997 interview in Sing Out! magazine. "At parties, somebody would get up and sing, and my father would accompany them and sing the harmony. There were lots of friends and uncles and each would get up and give their big song." In the 1960s Kate, Anna and two boyfriends formed the Mountain City Four, which became one of Montreal's leading folk groups. Kate — 14 months younger than Anna — also studied engineering and science at McGill University, and in 1970 she moved to New York City for a career as a musician. In 1974 Warner Brothers signed Kate and Anna to a recording contract. Their first album, "Kate and Anna McGarrigle," was released in 1976. Critics were immediately smitten. "Their voices have a plaintive allure full of light vibrato and husky emotionalism, and they blend together exquisitely in harmonies," John Rockwell wrote in The New York Times. Rolling Stone's review declared, "Not since Carole King's 'Tapestry' has the female voice been recorded with such unblemished intimacy." But with Kate pregnant, the McGarrigles did not tour for more than a year after the album was released, and however many accolades they received from critics, their songs did not fit radio playlists. They released 10 albums, most recently "The McGarrigle Christmas Hour" (Nonesuch) in 2005, but their biggest commercial success came when other singers recorded their songs, most notably Linda Ronstadt (Anna's "Heart Like a Wheel") and Maria Muldaur (Kate's "Work Song"). Love and family life were central themes in both women's music, and their songs often addressed romance's place in the quotidian details of life. Kate McGarrigle's 1990 song "I Eat Dinner" contemplates love lost among the leftovers, and both sisters' "Matapedia," from 1996, is based on a real event in Kate's life, when an old flame saw her 17-year-old daughter, Martha, and mistook her for her mother. Martha, like Rufus, has become a noted singer and songwriter. Their father is the singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III, who was married to Ms. McGarrigle in the 1970s. That marriage ended in divorce. Both children survive her, as do her two sisters and a grandson. The McGarrigle sisters rarely toured, but when they performed it often became a family affair, with musical friends and relatives sitting in. Their 1998 album "The McGarrigle Hour" (Hannibal) was based around this model, with Ms. Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris and Martha, Rufus and Loudon Wainwright. For a number of years the McGarrigle sisters performed a Christmastime show at Carnegie Hall, and Kate's final concert was another family Christmas show, at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Dec. 9. "They were brought up in a very close-knit and somewhat old-fashioned way," Rufus Wainwright said of his mother and aunt in a telephone interview on Tuesday, "a nice 'Waltons' way, and so they could never be too far away from each other." |
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20 Jan 10 - 10:27 AM (#2816689) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: evansakes RIP Kate. Kate singing 'Mendocino' with Anna and Karen Matheson on Transatlantic Sessions |
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20 Jan 10 - 04:39 PM (#2817008) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: GUEST,Joan Churchill ODE TO earlier days in Montreal ~ ripe today with memories of earlier times drenched in music making such as Kate and Anna MeGarrigle playing at Ben Applebaum's Tatoo Bar and Grill singing the soundtrack to John Weldon's animated film ~ LOG DRIVERS WALTZ ~ singing LIVE....no easy task... crazy times, fun~filled, wildly imaginative and creative their uniqueness the haunting beauy of their voices harmonizing, melding with lovely sometimes lonely lyrics the likes of which singsong memorable stories able to inflate hearts, able to break hearts, able to bring hearts together, able to REACH heights of soaring joy, or break down into childish fits of whimsy ~ sheer delight, able to riddle brainwaves into dark and rich corners of provocative contemplation, able to infuse bones and bloodstreams with their sound waves causing gyrations of movement, swirled now into the depths of grief, my face, my cheeks stretched to the limit from EAR to EAR by these musical songstress's lyrical abilities able to ENRICH in ways the musical likes of which have yet to be equaled....makes me shake my head makes me stomp my feet and wiggle my hips and wig to the upbeat tempo of Kate and Anna MeGarrigle's music, makes me rail at death, makes me say over and over again, no way, Kate can't be gone....her music, their music, lives on..... |
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20 Jan 10 - 07:47 PM (#2817171) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: Fred Maslan I have been singing "heart like a wheel" to myself all day. A weird song but so beautiful. Kate will be sorely missed. |
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21 Jan 10 - 05:33 AM (#2817393) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: evansakes I know in the context of the sadness of losing Kate it's a small detail but 'Heart Like A Wheel' was actually written by Anna McGarrigle (not Kate.) |
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21 Jan 10 - 06:59 AM (#2817427) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: Micca Uncharacteristically,(they usually only do this for heroes of Yoof culture) The BBC did an item on the Breakfast programme this morning including tributes and some video of concerts and her singing with family,very tasteful, It may be on IPlay (for those in the UK only,sorry) todays Breakfast show at between 8.30-9.00 |
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21 Jan 10 - 09:44 AM (#2817514) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: bankley RIP...KM last time I saw her was a few years ago at the Ottawa Folk Fest. I had a laminate name tag around my neck with Wille Dunn printed on it.. she read it and said, 'You're not Willie'.. I replied, 'Yeah, I kind figured that out" We had a laugh... They always worked with good musicians and had their own sound.. |
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21 Jan 10 - 01:44 PM (#2817745) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: Mzee Simba I happen to be in Tanzania at the moment, where Kate's passing, naturally. has not made the news. The Internet is sooooo slow here, that I discourage emails from home...but, about Kate, I've received quite a few. I realized that I all of her early recorded work on vinyl and all of her recent work on CD...but nothing in the middle. So I sat down and picked up everything on ITunes that I didn't have. I've been listening to nothing else since then, with frequent tears in my eyes. I've seen the McGarrigles many, many times...and their concerts certainly rate among the most memorable in my lifetime. I know a lot of people who knew Kate directly, though I never actually met her face to face. Even so, being one step removed, and having seen her from the first row at so many concerts, my sense of loss is quite profound. I'm gonna learn one of her songs and give it a permanent place in my repertoire for sure. |
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22 Jan 10 - 07:15 AM (#2818352) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: Mike Regenstreif I've added some of my personal memories about Kate to the Folk Roots/Folk Branches blog. a href="http://frfb.blogspot.com/">Rembering Kate McGarrigle |
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22 Jan 10 - 07:16 AM (#2818354) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: Mike Regenstreif I've added some of my personal memories about Kate to the Folk Roots/Folk Branches blog. Rembering Kate McGarrigle |
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22 Jan 10 - 07:35 AM (#2818364) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: GUEST,Lucy Ward Sings My Dad picked me up with those harmonies blasting out of the car. When I got in he told me about Kate. We put on heart like a wheel and cried all the way to work. |
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22 Jan 10 - 09:19 AM (#2818449) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: C. Ham Thanks Mike for those memories. I first heard Kate and Anna as one of the lucky few crammed into the Golem in 1974. |
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22 Jan 10 - 10:31 AM (#2818526) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: Desert Dancer Terry Gross will air a past interview on Fresh Air today. ~ Becky in Tucson |
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22 Jan 10 - 11:22 AM (#2818583) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: GUEST,Chris B (Born Again Scouser) There's just been an item on Kate McGarrigle on the 'Last Word' programme on BBC Radio 4, including an interview with Martha Wainwright. Wonderful stuff. You can probably hear it again on the BBC iPlayer for the next week or so. |
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22 Jan 10 - 01:03 PM (#2818651) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: Mzee Simba Thanks Mike for your blog, and articles...and especially for organizing those great, great concerts. Marc Nerenberg |
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22 Jan 10 - 07:04 PM (#2818970) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: Desert Dancer Here's the link direct to the interview on NPR Fresh Air. |
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23 Jan 10 - 09:02 AM (#2819344) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: GUEST,Bob Coltman One half of the most beautiful and uncannily clever duet ever—as the saying goes, they could sing the telephone book. And "French Record" is so good it is difficult to believe it ever could have been made. Kate, I last heard you and Anna sing one night outdoors in Lowell MA a few years back. "Alice Blue Gown," and more ... I think the magical beauty of the music still clings to the trees there. I will miss you, everyone will. Amba Lee and I send our condolences to Anna and to your families. Bob |
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23 Jan 10 - 09:14 AM (#2819350) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: Mick Tems Heart Like A Wheel was always one of my favourite songs; I first heard Linda Ronstadt's interpretation on the album of the same name, and I had to find out about Kate and Anna - where they came from, how many albums they had recorded, every little detail. Heart Like A Wheel was Anna's song, but Kate contributed to the performance perfectly. I still perform that delicate, bleakly beautiful piece - Roy Harris does too. Thank you, Kate and Anna, for giving your unique music to me. |
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23 Jan 10 - 10:15 AM (#2819421) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: Zany Mouse A sad loss of an amazing talent. I hope Anna will keep singing. Blessings Rhiannon and Mick |
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26 Jan 10 - 12:01 PM (#2821760) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: GUEST,ZZ Here is Kate doing Proserpina, a stunning piece of art. Proserpina Kate McGarrigle Royal Albert Hall NSSN from the Royal Albert Hall December 9 2010 A Not So Silent Night |
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01 Feb 10 - 11:11 AM (#2827283) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: gnu Funeral today in Montreal. |
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02 Feb 10 - 09:36 AM (#2828114) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: john f weldon Many poetic tributes, beautifully spoken, and lovely songs in angelic voices. Hugs & tears, but good jokes as well. Still, when all is said & done, death sucks. |
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02 Feb 10 - 02:29 PM (#2828336) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: C. Ham I attended the funeral and the music, from the Quebec song sung by a couple whose names I didn't catch at the beginning, to the rousing version of Travelling On For Jesus by Chaim Tannenbaum and ensemble at the end was truly amazing. The songs of Kate's, Talk To Me Of Mendocino, sung by Emmylou Harris and Prosperina, sung by Martha Wainwright, were sad and beautiful; enough to break anyone's heart. John, or anyone, do you know the name of the song sung by a woman near the beginning? Someone said she was a sister of Loudon Wainwright III. Another sister of Loudon's spoke just before this song was sung. And do you know the name of the song sung by Rufus Wainwright? |
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03 Feb 10 - 10:11 AM (#2828786) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: john f weldon CHam, sorry don't know the titles. |
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03 Feb 10 - 11:42 AM (#2828883) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: C. Ham Thanks John. |
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03 Feb 10 - 01:05 PM (#2828966) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: john f weldon Still thinking about Kate; the outrageous sarcasm, the wild non-sequiturs, the outspoken wit and the uninhibited behaviour. She would have had hundreds of friends and admirers even if she had never sung a note. And now worrying about those closest to her, trying to extrapolate from my own grief to theirs, and falling short. |
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03 Feb 10 - 06:36 PM (#2829315) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: Mike Regenstreif The name of the song sung by Sloan Wainwright -- Loudon' sister, Rufus and Martha's aunt -- is "Today." It was co-written last June by Sloan and Kate. Mike Regenstreif |
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04 Feb 10 - 09:53 AM (#2829846) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: C. Ham Thanks Mike. What a great song and what a great tribute to Kate! I just checked Sloan Wainwright's website and the song is not on any of her CDs so I hope she records it on her next one. |
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05 Feb 10 - 05:09 PM (#2830983) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: GUEST She was a poet of the first order. "Hearts have a way of calling, when they've been true" |
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05 Feb 10 - 05:59 PM (#2831022) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: gnu Indeed. Her works and her spiritous nature will live on. |
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21 Mar 11 - 11:21 AM (#3118284) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: Desert Dancer Emmlylou Harris, "Darling Kate" informal performance for NPR at SXSW, March 2011. ~ Becky in Morro Bay |
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21 Mar 11 - 12:41 PM (#3118347) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: BanjoRay Thanks for that, Becky - it's beautiful. Ray |
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17 May 11 - 01:11 PM (#3155795) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: katlaughing I am just about to listen to an interview of Anna on life without her sister which ran on Fresh Air on NPR the other day. It looks interesting: CLICK HERE. |
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17 May 11 - 05:46 PM (#3155950) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: Desert Dancer A link to that NPR interview and a number of other links for reissue cds, tribute performances, interviews, etc. can be found in this thread, begun December 2010: New Kate & Anna McGarrigle CD - Oddities. ~ Becky in Tucson |
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18 May 11 - 08:52 AM (#3156271) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: JJ Review of the tribute concert at New York's Town Hall on 14 May. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/16/arts/music/a-celebration-of-kate-mcgarrigle-at-town-hall-review.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=wainwright& |
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04 Jun 13 - 09:23 PM (#3522840) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: Songwronger Second half of this review column is about a film called Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle. I'm sure there are more positive reviews, but this is the first one I've seen. |
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05 Jun 13 - 01:10 PM (#3523099) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: GUEST Sadly, I can confirm the critc's contention that the movie is not very good. |
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05 Jun 13 - 08:54 PM (#3523262) Subject: RE: Obit: Kate McGarrigle has died 19 Jan. 2010 From: Thomas Stern Is there a dvd or cd available or planned? Criticism seems to be about the cinematography, not about the music or performance. |