Martha Wainwright

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Rufus and Martha Wainwright Perform Live

Monday, May 02, 2011

Rufus Wainwright and Martha Wainwright perform songs by Kate McGarrigle live in our studio. A two-night tribute to Kate McGarrigle will be held at Town Hall, May 12-13. It features performances by Martha and Rufus Wainwright, and her sister Anna, as well as Emmylou Harris, Antony Hegarty, Norah Jones, and Teddy Thompson, among others. Profits from the concert will go toward creating the Kate McGarrigle Sarcoma Research Fund.

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In Studio: Martha Wainwright

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Best known for her provocative songwriting, sharp humor and musical family, Martha Wainwright has just wrapped up an international tour in support of her live recording of Edith Piaf songs. The past year has been filled with ups and downs for Wainwright, including the loss of her mother, renowned singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle, and the birth of her son. She joins us to look back at the year -- and to perform live in the studio.

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Martha Wainwright

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Martha Wainwright was famously reluctant to follow her brother Rufus, mother Kate McGarrigle and father Loudon Wainwright III into a musical career. But it’s a good thing she didn’t act on that reticence as demonstrated by "I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too," her new album of lush ...

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City Opera Slims Down for Big Plans

Thursday, June 12, 2008

A radical makeover is planned for New York City Opera. Goodbye Puccini and Verdi, hello "Brokeback Mountain," the opera. Washington Post classical music critic Anne Midgette asks whether it will succeed. And: a conversation with Brazilian pianist and bandleader Sergio Mendes, the man who introduced bossa nova to American audiences ...