Anna McGarrigle

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.<ref name=CanEnc>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Early life

Anna McGarrigle studied at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal (1964–1968).<ref name="MCG">Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Rp

Music career

In the 1960s, Montreal natives Kate and Anna McGarrigle established themselves in Montreal's burgeoning folk scene while they attended school.<ref name="Lanken">Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Rp From 1963 to 1967, they teamed up with Jack Nissenson and Peter Weldon to form the folk group Mountain City Four.<ref name="Lanken"/>Template:Rp The sisters wrote, recorded and performed music into the twenty-first century with assorted accompanying musicians, including Chaim Tannenbaum and Joel Zifkin.<ref name="Lanken"/>Template:Rp

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.<ref>"Heart Like A Wheel". Rolling Stoone, January 16, 1975, By Stephen Holden</ref>

In 2016, Anna and her older sister Jane (1941–2025) wrote a book together, Mountain City Girls.<ref>"Jane and Anna McGarrigle talk sisterhood". Homerun, CBC Radio, Mar 16, 2016</ref>

Personal life

McGarrigle married journalist Dane Lanken on August 25, 1977, in Hawkesbury, Ontario.<ref name="Lanken"/>Template:Rp She and Lanken have two children, Sylvan (b. 1977) and Lily (b. 1979).<ref name="Lanken"/>Template:Rp

Awards

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.<ref name=oc>Template:Cite web</ref>

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.<ref name=CanEnc/>

In 2017, she was presented with a Quebec Arts and Letters Award.<ref>"Anna McGarricle gets her due". Montreal Gazette, May 30, 2017</ref>

Discography

• Kate & Anna McGarrigle (1976)
• Dancer with Bruised Knees (1977)
• Pronto Monto (1978)
• Entre Lajeunesse et la sagesse (1980)
• Love Over and Over (1982)
• Heartbeats Accelerating (1990)
• Matapédia (1996)
• The McGarrigle Hour (1998)
• La vache qui pleure (2003)
• The McGarrigle Christmas Hour (2005)
• ODDiTTiES (2010)
• Tell My Sister (2011)
• Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle (2013)
• Tant Le Monde: Live in Bremen, Germany, 2005 (2022)