Anna McGarrigle

Anna McGarrigle
Born	December 4, 1944 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genres	Folk
Occupation(s)	Musician, singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals button accordion banjo guitar piano
Years active	1970–present
Associated acts	Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Philippe Tatartcheff, Lily Lanken, Mountain City Four
Website	mcgarrigles.com

Anna McGarrigle, CM (born December 4, 1944) is a Canadian folk music singer and songwriter who wrote and performed as a duo with her sister, Kate McGarrigle, until Kate's death in 2010.^[1][2]

Musical career

Born in Montreal, in the 1960s Kate and Anna McGarrigle established themselves in Montreal's burgeoning folk scene while they attended school. From 1963 to 1967, they teamed up with Jack Nissenson and Peter Weldon to form the folk group Mountain City Four.

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

Kate and Anna McGarrigle wrote, recorded and performed music into the twenty-first century with assorted accompanying musicians, including Chaim Tannenbaum and Joel Zifkin.

Family

McGarrigle is married to journalist Dane Lanken. She and Lanken have two children, Lily and Sylvan Lanken.

Awards

Kate and Anna's 1976 eponymous debut album was chosen by Melody Maker as Best Record of the Year.^[4] 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.^[5] In 1993 she was made a Member of the Order of Canada.^[6]

Discography

1. Kate & Anna McGarrigle (1976)
2. Dancer with Bruised Knees (1977)
3. Pronto Monto (1978)
4. Entre Lajeunesse et la sagesse (1980)
5. Love Over and Over (1982)
6. Heartbeats Accelerating (1990)
7. Matapédia (1996)
8. The McGarrigle Hour (1998)
9. La vache qui pleure (2003)
10. The McGarrigle Christmas Hour (2005)
11. ODDiTTiES (2010)
12. Tell My Sister (2011)
13. Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle (2013)

References

1. Betty Nygaard King. "McGarrigle, Kate and Anna". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Thecanadianencyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2010. 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. Kate and Anna McGarrigle Biography on www.MusicianGuide.com
5. Betty Nygaard King. "McGarrigle, Kate and Anna". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Thecanadianencyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
6. "Order of Canada award". Archive.gg.ca. 2009-04-30. Retrieved 2010-01-24.