Kate could write heartbreak better than practically anyone (listen to her last song, Proserpina, and get out the Kleenex…unfortunately, you’ll have to watch audience-recorded YouTubes as she never put the song to tape in the studio).
There was a concert in June 2010 called “A Celebration Of Kate McGarrigle” in London that gathered quite a few of her admirers to perform her songs, ranging from Nick Cave (see my comment for “The Work Song” above-the McGarrigles’ music did, in fact, cross age boundaries) to Richard and Linda Thompson with (as far as I know) their first musical reunion, singing “Go Leave”. I can’t possibly *imagine* how they managed to do it, given their history…although there’s been quite a lot of history since they broke up. It was beautiful, though.
Kate could write heartbreak better than practically anyone (listen to her last song, Proserpina, and get out the Kleenex…unfortunately, you’ll have to watch audience-recorded YouTubes as she never put the song to tape in the studio).
There was a concert in June 2010 called “A Celebration Of Kate McGarrigle” in London that gathered quite a few of her admirers to perform her songs, ranging from Nick Cave (see my comment for “The Work Song” above-the McGarrigles’ music did, in fact, cross age boundaries) to Richard and Linda Thompson with (as far as I know) their first musical reunion, singing “Go Leave”. I can’t possibly *imagine* how they managed to do it, given their history…although there’s been quite a lot of history since they broke up. It was beautiful, though.