Album: Heartbeats Accelerating by Kate & Anna McGarrigle (1990)
Style: Folk
Format: Album

Description: "Heartbeats Accelerating" is the sixth album by Kate and Anna McGarrigle, released in 1990 on the Private Music label. It was their first album in seven years, after Love Over and Over in 1983, 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 and became a worldwide hit. Issued as a single, Ronstadt's version of the song reached the Top 30 at Adult Contemporary radio as well as #112 Bubbling Under in the United States, and peaked at #17 in Canada. 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 Rufus Wainwright along with Dido for the film Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason and it appears on the soundtrack album.

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

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"Heartbeats Accelerating" is the sixth album by Kate and Anna McGarrigle, released in 1990 on the Private Music label. It was their first album in seven years, after Love Over and Over in 1983, 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 and became a worldwide hit. Issued as a single, Ronstadt's version of the song reached the Top 30 at Adult Contemporary radio as well as #112 Bubbling Under in the United States, and peaked at #17 in Canada. 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 Rufus Wainwright along with Dido for the film Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason and it appears on the soundtrack album.

Heartbeats Accelerating

Kate & Anna McGarrigle

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