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Kate & Anna McGarrigle with three of their four children, Martha & Rufus Wainwright and Sylvan Lanken in Venise-en-Quebec, 1980.

Photo by Randi Saharuni

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Kate and Anna McGarrigle with their four children, 1985.

L to R, front to back: Lily Lanken, Martha Wainwright, Sylvan Lanken, Rufus Wainwright, Kate McGarrigle and Anna McGarrigle.

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Hard Times, Come Again No More

#Quarantunes: Hard Times

Hello and welcome to Day 60 of #Quarantunes, our #MusicalEverydays #RobeRecitals series. Today is the day everyone, we have come to the gran

The whole McGarrigle fanily comes toghther for the end of Rufus Wainwright's 60 day long daily music stream, Quarantunes.

They come toghther singing a song which has long been a McGarrigle classic. They have sung it on TV, Live and made a music video of it. It brings hope and love and it shows a family coming toghther even in these times of seperation.

Could you wish for anything more?

People featured in the video: Rufus & Martha Wainwright, Sylvan & Lily Lanken (and Sylvan's child), Anna & Jane McGarrigle, Gabrielle "Gigi" & Islay McMillan, Ian Vicent "Vinnie" Dow & Kathleen Weldon (and their child), Peter Weldon, Patrick Perry and family friend Joel Zifkin.

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The "Sing me the songs" Ensamble in New York, 2012. A wide array of artists gathered to sing praise to Canadian Singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle through performing her material.

Picture 1, L to R: Teddy Thompson, Martha Wainwright, Greg Prestopino, Joel Zifkin, Ian Vincent "Vinnie" Dow, Norah Jones and Dane Lanken.

Picture 2, L to R: Kathleen Weldon, Sylvan Lanken, Rufus Wainwright, Chaim Tannenbaum and Krystal Warren.

Picture 3, L to R: Justin Bond, Jenni Muldaur, Emmylou Harris, Lily Lanken, Michel Pépin, Sloan Wainwright, Jörn Wiesbrodt (?), Anna McGarrigle, ?

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Kate & Anna McGarrigle with children Rufus & Martha Wainwright and Sylvan & Lily Lanken, ca 1983.

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OMG

OH MY FUCKING GOD

THE CORNMAN

THE FUCKING CORNMAN

A Black and white folklore horror story by Vinnie (Ian Vincent) Dowe and Kathleen Weldon !!!

Music by Jane McGarrigle & Peter Weldon (!!! These fucking stars toghther to score their kids film?! YAS)

Starring DANE LANKEN as the cornman who comes to EAT the boy who refuse to eat his corn (ARCANGELO WAINWRIGHT ALBETTA)!!!

Features Sylvan & Lily Lanken (don't see Lily in the trailer though, only hear her voice?) and someone named Nessie (??? My collected McGarrigle/Wainwright/Lanken/Dowe knowledge do not know who she is) and Leida the dog!

Gabrielle and Islay McMillan (Jane McGarrigle's grandbabies via daughter Anna Catherine) do paralell recitation!!!

Costumes & Make up by the one and only Lily Lanken ❤

Filmed on ANNA & DANE'S FARM in Alexandria, Ontario way back in 2015!!!

GUYS can you tell how fucking excited i am over this shortfilm?! THIS EXCITED THATS HOW EXCITED I AM !!! My ONLY other wish would be for this to have Jane or Anna do a part!

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'Cornman' trailer© A short film by Vinnie Dow and Kathleen Weldon. Narration by Vinnie. The Boek of Corne graphics by Kathleen. Music by Pet

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Promotional poster for Complaint Pour Catherine, a set of two Kate McGarrigle tribute shows in Montreal & Toronto on February 5th and 8th 2020.

The shows celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the death of Kate McGarrigle on Janury 18th 2010, as well as her Birthday - February 6th 1946.

Poster ny Judy Garfin

People featured on the poster, L - R:

Ian Vincenzo Dow, Lily Lanken, Martha Wainwright, Jane McGarrigle, Rufus Wainwright, Anna McGarrigle, Kathleen Weldon and Sylvan Lanken.

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More beautiful photos, this time from the rehersals in London, by Lucy Wainwright Roche.