Kate & Anna McGarrigle

Curtain Call by Roma Baran

Anna — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:40:06 +0000

Today Jan 18 2012 marks the 2nd year of Kate’s passing. Roma Baran sent this* today.

*Thinking about things McGarrigle.
Just put an older piece to an iphone video of the bedroom in long island.

much love,
r

2 years

Anna — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:40:16 +0000

Sincere Condolences

Anna — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:41:30 +0000

Sincere condolences to Madonna Badger and family on the tragic loss of her three young daughters and her parents in a house fire early Christmas day in Stamford Conn.

Madonna Badger is a generous contributor to the Kate McGarrigle Fund for Sarcoma Research and was present at the 2011 Wainwright/McGarrigle Xmas concert in aid of the fund Dec 15 at Town Hall.

Our hearts are with her and with the father of the little girls.

Happy Holidays from Santa Banana

Anna — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 04:24:19 +0000

teddybear stand-in for turkey

Anna — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:00:09 +0000

The other day Kathleen Weldon, who’s illustrating a 6-page cookbook of Kate’s Xmas dinner recipes written by Martha for the charity loot bags, needed someone to pose trussing a turkey. We looked around the apt. and all we could find was Arcangelo’s teddybear. Don’t cry Arc, we didn’t poke any holes in him. Reminds me of this line from Kate’s Barbie Doll song ..’every doll was working, some with dustpans and some with brooms.’

‘Je suis venu te dire que je m’en vais.’ Rufus sings Serge Gainsbourg.

Anna — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:08:40 +0000

Rufus Wainwright sings ‘Je suis venu te dire que je m’en vais.’ My magnificent obsession.

Dr. Philip Wong

Anna — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:25:19 +0000

During the MUHC’s annual awards dinner held this past week at Montreal’s Sofitel, Dr. Philip Wong was awarded a fellowship from the Kate McGarrigle Fund / Cedars Foundation of the MUHC. Dr. Wong is in his 2nd year of a sabbatical during which he is doing research into sarcoma at Toronto’s Princess Margaret Hospital. Congratulations Philip..

Christmas concert to aid the Kate McGarrigle Fund for Sarcoma Research, Town Hall, NYC, December 15 2011

Anna — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 01:30:33 +0000

For information re concert and Kate McGarrigle Fund of the SFA.

Christmas Show in aid of the Kate McGarrigle Fund of the MUHC, Théâtre St-Denis, Montréal, December 11, 2011.

Anna — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 01:07:44 +0000

We’re doing it again. I can’t believe it’s only …days til Xmas. Here’s the lovely poster Lily and Kathleen designed for the shows. Hope to see you all there. À bientôt! The Kate McGarrigle Fund MUHC

Complainte pour Ste Catherine

Anna — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:24:13 +0000

Two months after the release of our first Warner recording in early 1976 we were asked to send a visual of a song that was getting some attention in Holland. Kate was 8 months pregnant (doesn’t look it) with Martha and because she had some edema the big East coast tour that had been planned got cancelled and we were at home twiddling our thumbs convinced our short-lived music careers were over. Now it turns out somebody somewhere liked something. Timing was everything. I remember it was a weekend and the Quebec WEA company rep arranged for us to lyp-synch before a camera at a TV station in Sherbrooke, QC, 1.5 hrs drive E. of Montreal, the only place that could make the video on short notice. In spite of the sorry-looking tulips, the song became a hit in Holland and Northern Europe. This is the first time I’ve ever seen this clip. It was uploaded to youtube and last.fm by fans. The irony here is that in the Spring of 2009 Kate and I were to fly to Holland to do this same song on a TV show with the Dutch group Alderliefste but because of post-surgery complications Kate had to spend a month in hospital and we never made it over. Complainte pour Ste Catherine indeed. Be careful how you title your songs. Stick to Love Me Do. The song appears on our first Warner record and on French Record (where I’ve written it phonetically – Kumpleint por St Kathryn)