Album: The McGarrigle Hour by Kate & Anna McGarrigle (1998)
Style: Folk
Format: Album

Description: "The McGarrigle Hour" is the eighth album by Kate and Anna McGarrigle, released on the Hannibal Records label in 1998. 
The album was recorded at a family gathering, including Kate's former husband Loudon Wainwright III, their son and daughter Rufus Wainwright and Martha Wainwright, Anna's husband Dane Lanken, their son and daughter Sylvan Lanken and Lily Lanken, and Kate and Anna's sister Jane McGarrigle.
Several of the McGarrigle sisters' friends and collaborators, including Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Chaim Tannenbaum, Joel Zifkin and Philippe Tatartcheff, also appear on the album.
The combo perform a mix of traditional folk tunes, pop standards and original material by the participants.
The album won the Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year - Group  at the Juno Awards of 1999.

Artist Background: Kate and Anna McGarrigle were a duo of Canadian singer-songwriters from Quebec. Anna McGarrigle and Kate McGarrigle were born in Montreal of mixed Irish- and French-Canadian background, but lived their childhood in the Laurentian Mountains village of Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts, northwest of Montreal, where they learned piano from village nuns. In the 1960s, in Montreal, while Kate was studying engineering at McGill University and Anna art at the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, they began per... Part of the Montreal,Canada music scene. Emerged in the 1960s era. Known for Folk style.

Music Scene: Part of the Montreal,Canada music scene. Emerged in the 1960s era. Known for Folk style.

Tags: Folk, 1990s, Album


"The McGarrigle Hour" is the eighth album by Kate and Anna McGarrigle, released on the Hannibal Records label in 1998. 
The album was recorded at a family gathering, including Kate's former husband Loudon Wainwright III, their son and daughter Rufus Wainwright and Martha Wainwright, Anna's husband Dane Lanken, their son and daughter Sylvan Lanken and Lily Lanken, and Kate and Anna's sister Jane McGarrigle.
Several of the McGarrigle sisters' friends and collaborators, including Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Chaim Tannenbaum, Joel Zifkin and Philippe Tatartcheff, also appear on the album.
The combo perform a mix of traditional folk tunes, pop standards and original material by the participants.
The album won the Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year - Group  at the Juno Awards of 1999.

The McGarrigle Hour

Kate & Anna McGarrigle

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