Anna McGarrigle

Anna McGarrigle
Born (1944-12-04) December 4, 1944
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genres Folk
Occupation(s) Musician, singer-songwriter
Instruments
Years active 1970–present
Associated acts
Website mcgarrigles.com

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.[1][2]

Early life

Anna McGarrigle studied at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal (1964-1968).[3]:212,229–230

Music career

In the 1960s, Montreal natives Kate and Anna McGarrigle established themselves in Montreal's burgeoning folk scene while they attended school.[4]:7–8 From 1963 to 1967, they teamed up with Jack Nissenson and Peter Weldon to form the folk group Mountain City Four.[4]:9–10 The sisters wrote, recorded and performed music into the twenty-first century with assorted accompanying musicians, including Chaim Tannenbaum and Joel Zifkin.[4]:11,83

Personal life

McGarrigle married journalist Dane Lanken on August 25, 1977 in Hawkesbury, Ontario.[4]:44 She and Lanken have two children, Sylvan (b. 1977) and Lily (b. 1979).[4]:44

Awards

Kate and Anna's 1976 debut album Kate & Anna McGarrigle was chosen by Melody Maker as Best Record of the Year.[5] Their albums Matapedia (1996) and The McGarrigle Hour (1998) won Juno Awards. In 1999 Kate and Anna received Women of Originality awards and in 2006 SOCAN Lifetime Achievement awards.[6] In 1993 she was made a Member of the Order of Canada.[7]

Discography

References

  1. ↑ Betty Nygaard King. "McGarrigle, Kate and Anna". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Thecanadianencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
  2. ↑ Clarkson, Adrienne (November 5, 2004). "Speech on the Occasion of the Presentation of the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards". Archive.gg.ca. Retrieved January 24, 2010.
  3. ↑ McGarrigle, Anna & Jane (2015). Mountain City Girls. Canada: Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-0-345-81402-9.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Lanken, Dane (2007). Kate and Anna McGarrigle Songs and Stories. Canada: Penumbra Press. ISBN 18-9732-304-2.
  5. ↑ Kate and Anna McGarrigle Biography on www.MusicianGuide.com
  6. ↑ Betty Nygaard King. "McGarrigle, Kate and Anna". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Thecanadianencyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
  7. ↑ "Order of Canada award". Archive.gg.ca. 2009-04-30. Retrieved 2010-01-24.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.