Guardian Music — Folk singer and songwriter at the heart of an innovative music-making familyKate McGarrigle, who has died aged 63, was a luminous singer and songwriter whose partnership with her sister Anna produced some of the most attractive and memorable music to... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — With sister Anna, she began performing in Montreal coffeehouses in the 1960s. The McGarrigle Sisters' songs were covered by numerous artists. She's the mother of Rufus Wainwright. ... more info

Guardian Music — The Canadian musician and Wainwright family matriarch has died after losing her battle with cancer, aged 63Canadian folk singer Kate McGarrigle has died, aged 63, after losing her battle with cancer.It was reported last week that McGarrigle was "crit... more info

Rufus Wainwright has had to cancel his Australian tour because his mother his critically ill. At this stage it is unknown what Kate, also mother to Martha Wainwright, is suffering from... more info

Undercover, Australia — Rufus Wainwright, son of Kate McGarrigle, has had to cancel his Australian tour because his mother his critically ill. more info

Undercover, Australia — Rufus Wainwright has had to cancel his Australian tour due to an illness in his family. more info

8/1 — Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup,They slither while they pass they slip away across the universe.Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my open mind,Possessing and caressing meMP3: Rufus Wainwright - Across The Uni... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — In his Saturday night show at the stately Long Beach Terrace Theater, Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle's son mixed elf-deprecation with the personality of a buddy who d watch Gossip Girl with you. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Some musicians aren’t natural performers -- the aspect of standing on a stage could even be antithetical to their music -- but Rufus Wainwright, to his core, is a darling of the spotlight. In his Saturday night show at the... more info

Quick Before It Melts — This past November, I traveled to New York City to attend a recital being given by Aprile Millo, the internationally renowned operatic soprano, as she celebrated the 25th anniversary of her debut with the Opera Orchestra of New York with her first pu... more info