Mcgarrigle sisters biography

Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1944)

Musical artist

Anna McGarrigle, CM (born December 4, 1944) is a Canadianfolk music singer and songwriter who recorded and performed with her late sister Kate McGarrigle.^[1][2]

Early life

Anna McGarrigle studied at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal (1964-1968).^{[3]: 212, 229–230}

Music career

In the 1960s, Montreal natives Kate and Anna McGarrigle established themselves in Montreal's burgeoning folk scene while they attended school.^[4]: 7–8 From 1963 to 1967, they teamed up with Jack Nissenson and Peter Weldon to form the folk group Mountain City Four.^{[4]: 9–10} The sisters wrote, recorded and performed music into the twenty-first century with assorted accompanying musicians, including Chaim Tannenbaum and Joel Zifkin.^{[4]: 11, 83}

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