Album: Dancer With Bruised Knees by Kate & Anna McGarrigle (1977)
Style: Folk
Format: Album

Description: "Dancer with Bruised Knees" is the second album by Kate and Anna McGarrigle, released on the Warner Bros Records label 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.

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, 1970s, Album

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"Dancer with Bruised Knees" is the second album by Kate and Anna McGarrigle, released on the Warner Bros Records label 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.

Dancer With Bruised Knees

Kate & Anna McGarrigle

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