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.
Early life
Anna McGarrigle studied at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal (1964–1968).
Music career
In the 1960s, Montreal natives 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.
In 2016, Anna and her older sister Jane (1941–2025) wrote a book together, Mountain City Girls.
Personal life
McGarrigle married journalist Dane Lanken on August 25, 1977, in Hawkesbury, Ontario.
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.
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)