I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

Just because I had an overwhelming urge to hear this song today, I concluded that everybody else should too. The incomparable Richard and Linda Thompson.

Essential McGarrigle

Kate and Anna McGarrigle provide the soundtrack to the NFB's classic animated short, The Log Driver's Waltz.




I expect the entire nation is looking this one up on the Youtubes tonight.

Canadian Folksinger Kate McGarrigle Dies

"Canadian folk and roots music singer Kate McGarrigle, best known for her work with her sister, Anna, as the McGarrigle Sisters, has died at age 63," reports the CBC.

I remember being a kid in Montreal riding in the back seat of my parents' car and hearing Complainte pour Ste.Catherine for the first time. I'd never heard anything like the eerie and beautiful sound of those weird sisters.

The CBC article links to archives, vids and articles. Leaving you with the amusing homage to the McCarrigle Sisters Kate's children, Rufus and Martha Wainright made and posted on youtube. [CBC]