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Martha Wainwright Performs Edith Piaf Covers at Vanity Fair Event

Around 80 lucky guests gathered at La Grenouille, a cozy French restaurant on New York's Upper East Side, to partake in an evening hosted by Vanity Fair, jewelry designer Solange Azagury–Partridge and Martha Wainwright. ... Read More »

Loudon Wainwright III Opens Up About Kate McGarrigle, His Famous Children and Being a Grandparent With Leonard Cohen

Cramming a four-decade career into one package is no easy task. For Loudon Wainwright III, curating '40 Odd Years' was such a painstaking experience that he compared it to "drowning kittens." ... Read More »

Rufus Wainwright Performs New Song at Hope North Benefit in New York

Amidst the neon lights, ping-pong tables and celebrities at SPiN New York stood Rufus Wainwright and sister Martha, the words from ‘In My Arms,’ from Rufus’ first album, echoing throughout the room as the audience soaked up every word. ... Read More »

The Secret Sisters Stay Humble After 'Crazy' Success -- Exclusive Video

It's been a wild year for the Secret Sisters, aka Laura and Lydia Rogers, two sweet girls from Muscle Shoals, Ala., who quite suddenly found themselves under the wing of T-Bone Burnett and onstage next to Elvis Costello and Jakob Dylan. ... Read More »

Martha Wainwright Has 'No Regrets' Despite Tragic Loss

When choosing the final tracks for 'Sans Fusils, Ni Souliers, À Paris,' Martha Wainwright's ... Read More »

Martha Wainwright Reimagines Edith Piaf for New Album, Tour

It's been a disorienting year for Martha Wainwright -- the Montreal-born singer/songwriter lost her ... Read More »

Rufus Wainwright Discusses New Album, Kate McGarrigle and Sinking Into Sadness

Rufus Wainwright has had an eventful and painful past year. Last spring in Berlin, he debuted ... Read More »

Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band Offers Public 'Dress Rehearsal'

If you want to watch the big return of Yoko Ono's Plastic Ono Band to New York City on February 16, ... Read More »

What's That Song From the 'Dear John' Trailer?

'Set the Fire to the Third Bar,' by Snow Patrol feat. Martha Wainwright If you've turned on a ... Read More »

Memories of Kate McGarrigle

Susan Parkou Weinstein is a Boston-based journalist. Originally from Montreal, she became friends ... Read More »

Folk Singer Kate McGarrigle Dead at 63

Canadian folk singer Kate McGarrigle, best known as the matriarch of the Montreal musical clan that ... Read More »

Plastic Ono Band Confirm First Gig in 40 Years

It's been a long time coming but it's been confirmed that Yoko Ono will play the first Plastic Ono ... Read More »

Angus and Julia Stone, 'And the Boys' -- Video Premiere

After spending most of the year writing and recording new material, Australian brother-and-sister ... Read More »

Rufus Wainwright and Family Ready for London Holiday Concert

Rufus Wainwright and other members of his clan will celebrate Christmas in London this year when the ... Read More »

Comedian James Corden Duets with Snow Patrol

'Gavin and Stacey' writer and actor James Corden has followed in the footsteps of Martha Wainwright ... Read More »

Martha Wainwright Prepares Third Album

Singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright has begun making tentative steps to writing and recording her ... Read More »