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Martha Wainwright

Canadian musician

Martha Wainwright is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician. She has released seven critically acclaimed studio albums.

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Martha Wainwright

what: one person
from: Montréal
born: 1976
on the air here: 1 song

File card: Martha Wainwright

real name: Martha McGarrigle Wainwright

labels: MapleMusic Recordings

genres: folk music

influenced by: Leonard Cohen

plays: guitar, voice

member of: The Wainwright Sisters

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contemporary folkfolk poprock and indiesinger-songwriter

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Early life

Martha was born in New York City on May 8, 1976, to folk musicians Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III. She moved to Montreal with her mother and brother when she was one year old, and was raised in Montreal in a musical family. She is Rufus Wainwright's sister and they frequently perform together and collaborate on each other's albums. Martha is also half-sister to Lucy Wainwright Roche, with whom she collaborated on the album Songs In The Dark, which was nominated for a Juno Award.

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Born May 8th, 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Daughter of [A=Loudon Wainwright III] and [A=Kate McGarrigle], and the sister of [A=Rufus Wainwright] and half-sister of . She has frequently appeared on recordings by family members and has released several independent EPs. Her full length, self-titled album was released in 2005, and debuted at number eighteen on the Canadian album sales charts. She married producer and bassist Brad Albetta in September, 2007 and they divorced in 2018. Granddaughter of , and niece of , and . Also known as: M. Wainwright, Martha, Martha Wainright, Wainwright From Discogs (free to use). Their entry