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Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Montréal, Piano, Pop, Québec, Songwriter, Voice May 13, 1998

Rufus Wainwright – Flamboyant Performer Keeps Up the Family Tradition

Versions of this article ran in Southam newspapers after May 13, including the Hamilton Spectator Nick Krewen If your parents were a pair of famous folk icons, you might just be a little intimidated about embarking on your own recording career. Not Rufus Wainwright. Already hailed by hip lifestyle magazine Details as “one to watch in ’98,” the Montreal-born piano-playing son of Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III (remember “Dead…

Alberta, Canada, CCMA, CMA, Country, Guitar, JUNO, Montréal, Nashville, Songwriter, United States, Voice February 10, 1997

Terri Clark – Gifted and Talented

Published in the edition of Canadian Musician   TERRI CLARK By Nick Krewen   Sometimes talent is only one aspect of the equation. There’s no question that Terri Clark is a gifted country singer and songwriter: one who made enormous impact in Nashville with her self-titled debut album and a hatful of hits that began with the sassy, assertive post-break-up anthem of independence, “Better Things To Do;” and continued the…

Americana, Canada, Folk, Grammy, Guitar, JUNO, Montréal, Piano, Producer, Québec, Songwriter, Voice November 28, 1996

The McGarrigles’ Matapedia

  Nick Krewen Toronto Star Thursday, November 28, 1996   “We had no intention of turning professional. We didn’t even think of this as a career.” Anna McGarrigle is sitting at a table in one of the Lakeshore Boulevard offices of MCA Concerts Canada next to her older sister Kate, attempting to explain the anomaly that has resulted in seven highly respected albums and 20 years of wonderful folk music,…