Kate McGarrigle

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See also: Kate and Anna McGarrigle
Kate McGarrigle
Kate McGarrigle

Kate McGarrigle (born February 6, 1946, Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian folk music singer-songwriter, who writes and performs as a duo with her sister Anna McGarrigle.

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She is also the mother of pop singers Rufus Wainwright and Martha Wainwright through her marriage to American singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III, from whom she is now divorced.

[edit] Award

In 1993, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada.

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