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Anna McGarrigle
Anna McGarrigle, CM (born December 4, 1944) is a Canadian folk music singer and songwriter who recorded and performed with her sister, Kate McGarrigle, who died in 2010. Early life Anna McGarrigle studied at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal (1964-1968). Music career In the 1960s, Montreal natives Kate and Anna McGarrigle established themselves in Montreal's burgeoning folk scene while they attended school. From 1963 to 1967, they teamed up with Jack Nissenson and Peter Weldon to form the folk group Mountain City Four. The sisters wrote, recorded and performed music into the twenty-first century with assorted accompanying musicians, including Chaim Tannenbaum and Joel Zifkin. McGarrigle was also a songwriter; her song "Heart Like a Wheel" was the title track of Linda Ronstadt's 1974 album, and her song "Cool River" was recorded by Maria Muldaur. In 2016 Anna and her older sister Jane wrote a book together, ''Mountain City Girls''. Personal life McGarrigle married journ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill around which the early city of Ville-Marie is built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal, which obtained its name from the same origin as the city, and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. As of 2021, the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the second-largest city, and second-largest metropolitan area in Canada. French is the city's official language. In 2021, it was spoken at home by 59.1% of the population and 69.2% in the Montreal Census Metropolitan Area. Overall, 85.7% of the population of the city of Montre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Ronstadt
Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is a retired American singer who performed and recorded in diverse genres including rock, country, light opera, the Great American Songbook, and Latin. She has earned 11 Grammy Awards, three American Music Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, and an ALMA Award. Many of her albums have been certified gold, platinum or multiplatinum in the United States and internationally. She has also earned nominations for a Tony Award and a Golden Globe award. She was awarded the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award by the Latin Recording Academy in 2011 and also awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award by the Recording Academy in 2016. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2014. On July 28, 2014, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts and Humanities. In 2019, she received a star jointly with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for their work as the group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matapédia (album)
''Matapédia'' is an album by the Canadian duo Kate & Anna McGarrigle, released in 1996. Kate's daughter Martha Wainwright appears on the album as a backing vocalist; she is also directly mentioned in the lyrics of the title track. The title " Matapédia" refers to the river in eastern Quebec that runs down to the town of Matapédia, Quebec, and then out into baie des Chaleurs. The rhythm of the river is supposed to be the inspiration for the loping beat of the album's title track. The album won the Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year - Group at the Juno Awards of 1997. Critical reception The ''Chicago Tribune'' wrote that the songs "reflect on time's passage with a mixture of haunting ambiguity and bittersweet longing—qualities that have defined the duo's songbook from the beginning." The ''Los Angeles Times'' noted that "the old-time folksiness of the McGarrigles' sound is in the foreground once more, carried by fiddles and accordions." AllMusic wrote tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heartbeats Accelerating
''Heartbeats Accelerating'' is the sixth album by Kate & Anna McGarrigle, released in 1990. It was their first album in eight years, after '' Love Over and Over'' in 1982, and received favourable reviews from many music critics. Bill Dillon, Pierre Marchand, Joel Zifkin and Kate's son Rufus Wainwright appear as guest musicians. The title track was covered by Linda Ronstadt on her 1993 album ''Winter Light''. It was given a New Age treatment in the vein of Enya and became a worldwide hit. Issued as a single, Ronstadt's version of the song reached the Top 30 at the Adult Contemporary format in America, number 12 on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart in the United States, and peaked at number 17 on Canada's RPM 100 Hit Tracks (the Canadian equivalent of the Billboard Hot 100). Aided by a romantic music video, it was also successful in several other countries, including Australia. The song "I Eat Dinner (When the Hunger's Gone)" was covered in 2004 by Kate's son Rufu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Over And Over
''Love Over and Over'' is the fifth album by Kate & Anna McGarrigle, released in 1982. Following this album, the McGarrigles did not release an album of new material until '' Heartbeats Accelerating'' in 1990. The album contains a French-Canadian version of Bob Seger's " You'll Accomp'ny Me". Track listing Side One #"Move Over Moon" (Kate McGarrigle) – 3:11 #"Sun, Son (Shining on the Water)" (Anna McGarrigle) – 4:03 #"I Cried for Us" (Kate McGarrigle) – 3:23 #"Love Over and Over" (Kate & Anna McGarrigle) – 4:07 #"Star Cab Company" (Anna McGarrigle) – 3:30 #"Tu vas m'accompagner" ( Bob Seger; translated. by Anna McGarrigle) – 3:56 Side Two #"On My Way to Town" (Kate McGarrigle) – 2:17 #"Jesus Lifeline" (, Arranged by Anna McGarrigle) – 3:01 #"Work Song" (Kate McGarrigle) – 3:49 #"St. Valentines Day, 1978 (Black Heart)" (Anna McGarrigle) – 3:17 #"Midnight Flight" (Kate McGarrigle) – 5:42 Bonus tracks The 1997 Hannibal CD reissue contains two bonus tracks not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entre Lajeunesse Et La Sagesse
''Entre la jeunesse et la sagesse'' is the fourth album by Kate & Anna McGarrigle, released in 1980. Consisting entirely of songs in French, the album was initially available only in Canada.''Kate & Anna McGarrigle – Entre la jeunesse et la sagesse'' LP, Kébec-Disc KD-990, 1980. The subsequent international release was simply called ''French Record''.''Kate & Anna McGarrigle – French Record'' LP, Hannibal Records HNBL 1302, 1980. The title of the first track is a pun: ''Lajeunesse'' is a street name in Montreal, Quebec but, since ''la jeunesse'' means ''youth'' and ''la sagesse'' means ''wisdom'', the title of the album means "between youth and wisdom". Critical reception In his review in '' Melody Maker'', Colin Irwin wrote: "I love ''French Record''. I'm intoxicated by its shambling nonchalance; I'm seduced by its gentle, subtle nuances; and I'm in gleeful awe of its absolute, uncalculating disregard for the dictates of current style and influence. ..It exudes such an en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pronto Monto
''Pronto Monto'' is the third album by Kate & Anna McGarrigle, released in 1978. The title is an approximate pronunciation of the French phrase "prends ton manteau", which means "take your coat". ''Pronto Monto'' was produced with a pop polish in order to give it more radio airplay. However, the album did not meet sales expectations, and the sisters were dropped from Warner Bros. Records soon afterward. For a long time, this was the only McGarrigle sisters album that had never been released on CD, although "NaCl (Sodium Chloride)" would reappear on the ''Oddities'' album and "Pronto Monto" on their second French record ''Prends ton Manteau''. In 2016 the album was finally released on CD by Omnivore Recordings. Track listing #"Oh My Heart" (Anna McGarrigle, Dane Lanken) – 3:07 #"Side of Fries" (Kate McGarrigle, Philippe Tatartcheff) – 3:22 #"Just Another Broken Heart" (David Nichtern) – 3:33 #"NaCl (Sodium Chloride)" (Kate McGarrigle) – 2:28 #"Pronto Monto (Prends ton man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dancer With Bruised Knees
''Dancer with Bruised Knees'' is the second album by Kate & Anna McGarrigle, released in 1977. It employed several notable folk musicians to contribute a bluegrass feel to many of the tracks. The album also includes three French songs, one by the McGarrigles with Philippe Tatartcheff, and two traditional numbers. Guest musicians included John Cale, Dane Lanken, Bill Monroe, Dave Mattacks and Pat Donaldson. Reception Robert Christgau said the album is "Not as tuneful as some might wish" but is nonetheless "Even better than the debut". He particularly complimented the studio techniques. Track listing #"Dancer with Bruised Knees" (Anna McGarrigle) – 3:46 #"Southern Boys" (Kate McGarrigle) – 3:20 #"No Biscuit Blues" (William Dumaresq, Galt MacDermot) – 1:43 #"First Born" (Kate McGarrigle) – 3:55 #"Blanche comme la neige" (Traditional; arranged by Kate & Anna McGarrigle) – 3:44 #"Perrine était servante" (Traditional; arranged by Kate & Anna McGarrigle) – 3:14 #"Be My ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SOCAN
The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) is a Canadian performance rights organization that represents the performing rights of more than 135,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers. The organization collects license fees through a music licensing program approved by the Copyright Board of Canada. History SOCAN is a result of a merger that took place in 1990 between the Composers, Authors and Publishers Association of Canada (CAPAC) and the Performing Rights Organization of Canada (PROCAN). In 2013, Front Row Insurance Brokers Inc. initiated an online musical instrument insurance program for members of various Canadian music associations, including SOCAN. In May 2016, SOCAN acquired the Seattle-based company Medianet Digital for an undisclosed amount; the organization planned to leverage the company's software and database of rights metadata to assist in the calculation and distribution of royalties for works on digital music streaming servi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juno Award
The Juno Awards, more popularly known as the JUNOS, are awards presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. New members of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame are also inducted as part of the awards ceremonies. The Juno Awards are often referred to as the Canadian equivalent of the Brit Awards in the United Kingdom or the Grammy Awards given in the United States. Members of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS), or a panel of experts, depending on the award, choose the award winners. However, sales figures are the sole basis for determining the winners of nine of the forty-two categories like Album of the Year or Artist of the Year. CARAS members determine the nominees for Single of the Year, Artist and Group of the Year. A judge vote by experts in the relevant genre, determines the nominees for the remaining categories. The names of the judges remain confidential. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melody Maker
''Melody Maker'' was a British weekly music magazine, one of the world's earliest music weeklies; according to its publisher, IPC Media, the earliest. It was founded in 1926, largely as a magazine for dance band musicians, by Leicester-born composer, publisher Lawrence Wright; the first editor was Edgar Jackson. In January 2001, it was merged into "long-standing rival" (and IPC Media sister publication) '' New Musical Express''. 1950s–1960s Originally the ''Melody Maker'' (''MM'') concentrated on jazz, and had Max Jones, one of the leading British proselytizers for that music, on its staff for many years. It was slow to cover rock and roll and lost ground to the ''New Musical Express'' (''NME''), which had begun in 1952. ''MM'' launched its own weekly singles chart (a top 20) on 7 April 1956, and an LPs charts in November 1958, two years after the ''Record Mirror'' had published the first UK Albums Chart. From 1964, the paper led its rival publications in terms of appro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate & Anna McGarrigle (album)
''Kate & Anna McGarrigle'' is the debut album by Kate & Anna McGarrigle, released in January 1976.Sleeve notes from ''Kate & Anna McGarrigle'', Warner Bros. Records distributed by WEA Records Ltd. P & C 1976 K56218 (BS 2862). Guest musicians on the album include Lowell George, Bobby Keys, and Tony Levin as well as family and friends such as eldest sister Jane McGarrigle, Anna McGarrigle's husband Dane Lanken, and the siblings' old friend Chaim Tannenbaum. "Swimming Song" was written and originally performed by Kate's husband at the time, singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III, who is also referenced (without being explicitly named) in the song "Go Leave". Reception In 2011, the British composer and television presenter Howard Goodall chose it as one of his "six best albums", stating "For me the two outstanding cuts are the utterly beautiful 'Heart Like a Wheel' and the French-Canadian pseudo-folk song 'Complainte pour Ste-Catherine'... the pair's gentle harmonies are unmistakabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
