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Anna McGarrigle
CM
Born (1944-12-04) December 4, 1944 (age 79)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
GenresFolk
Occupation(s)Musician, singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)
Years active1970–present
Websitemcgarrigles.com

Anna McGarrigle, CM (born December 4, 1944) is a Canadian folk music singer and songwriter who recorded and performed with her late sister Kate McGarrigle.[1][2]

Early life[edit]

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

Music career[edit]

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 

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.[5]

In 2016 Anna and her older sister Jane wrote a book together, Mountain City Girls.[6]

Personal life[edit]

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[edit]

Kate and Anna's 1976 debut album Kate & Anna McGarrigle was chosen by Melody Maker as Best Record of the Year. In 1993 she was made a Member of the Order of Canada.[7]

The duo's 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.[1]

In 2017 she was presented with a Quebec Arts and Letters Award.[8]

Discography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Betty Nygaard King (December 16, 2013). "McGarrigle, Kate and Anna". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  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. ^ a b c d e Lanken, Dane (2007). Kate and Anna McGarrigle Songs and Stories. Canada: Penumbra Press. ISBN 978-18-9732-304-5.
  5. ^ "Heart Like A Wheel". Rolling Stoone, January 16, 1975, By Stephen Holden
  6. ^ "Jane and Anna McGarrigle talk sisterhood". Homerun, CBC Radio, Mar 16, 2016
  7. ^ "Order of Canada award". Archive.gg.ca. 2009-04-30. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
  8. ^ "Anna McGarricle gets her due". Montreal Gazette, May 30, 2017
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_McGarrigle

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