I was saddened to hear that Kate McGarrigle had passed away. I knew she had been diagnosed with cancer a few years ago, but honestly, hadn’t been paying attention and didn’t know she was so ill. I’ve seen her a few times, in combination with her son, Rufus Wainwright, and she’s always been a great performer, and a very funny woman. I took this video last summer, at the 2008 Ottawa Folk Festival, when she performed with Rufus. She comes in at the second song, at about the 4:30 mark (if you want to skip over Rufus’ version of Hallelujah.) They sang Somewhere Over the Rainbow together.
RIP Kate McGarrigle
I was saddened to hear that Kate McGarrigle had passed away. I knew she had been diagnosed with cancer a few years ago, but honestly, hadn’t been paying attention and didn’t know she was so ill. I’ve seen her a few times, in combination with her son, Rufus Wainwright, and she’s always been a great performer, and a very funny woman. I took this video last summer, at the 2008 Ottawa Folk Festival, when she performed with Rufus. She comes in at the second song, at about the 4:30 mark (if you want to skip over Rufus’ version of Hallelujah.) They sang Somewhere Over the Rainbow together.