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The McGarrigle Hour

The McGarrigle Hour
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Studio album by Kate & Anna McGarrigle
Released October 13, 1998
Recorded 1998
Genre Folk
Length 68:54
Label Hannibal Records HNCD 1417
Producer Joe Boyd
Kate & Anna McGarrigle chronology
Matapédia
(1996)
The McGarrigle Hour
(1998)
La vache qui pleure
(2003)
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The McGarrigle Hour is the eighth album by Kate & Anna McGarrigle, released in 1998.

The album was recorded at a family gathering, including Kate's former husband Loudon Wainwright III, their son and daughter Rufus Wainwright and Martha Wainwright, Anna's husband Dane Lanken, their son and daughter Sylvan Lanken and Lily Lanken, and Kate and Anna's sister Jane McGarrigle.

Several of the McGarrigle sisters' friends and collaborators, including Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Chaim Tannenbaum, Joel Zifkin and Philippe Tatartcheff, also appear on the album.

The combo perform a mix of traditional folk tunes, pop standards and original material by the participants.

The album won the Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year - Group at the Juno Awards of 1999.


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