Martha Wainwright
Martha Wainwright | |
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 Wainwright performing at the Cambridge Folk Festival, 2008 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | May 8, 1976 |
| Origin | Montreal, Quebec |
| Genres | Folk, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Labels | MapleMusic |
| Associated acts | Rufus Wainwright, The Wainwright Sisters, Snow Patrol |
| Website | marthawainwright |
Martha Wainwright (born May 8, 1976) is a Canadian-American folk-rock singer-songwriter.
She is signed with the independent record labels Rounder Records in the United States, DiS in the United Kingdom, MapleMusic Recordings in Canada, V2 Records in Europe and Shock Records in Australia.[1] She has received positive reviews for her performances.[2] In 2013, she recorded the soundtrack album for the fourth season of the television drama series Trauma.[3]
She participated in the 2015 edition of Canada Reads, advocating for Jocelyne Saucier's novel And the Birds Rained Down.[4]
She is the daughter of American folk singer and actor Loudon Wainwright III and Canadian folk singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle. She was raised in a musical family along with her older brother, Rufus Wainwright, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
She married her producer Brad Albetta in September 2007; as of 2018 they are divorced.[5] They have two sons, Arcangelo and Francis.[6]
In 2020, Martha hosted the television series Mix sonore, a bilingual production featuring Canadian musicians. The show was broadcast on the network Unis TV.[7]
Discography[]
Studio albums[]
- Ground Floor (1997)
- Martha Wainwright (2005)
- I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too (2008)
- Come Home to Mama (2012)
- Trauma (2013)
- Goodnight City (2016)
- Love Will Be Reborn (2021)
References[]
- ^ "Spotlight: Martha Wainwright".
- ^ Jude Rogers (23 June 2007). "Guardian Review, June 23. 2007 for example". London: Music.guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
- ^ "Au tour de Martha Wainwright". canoe.ca, February 26, 2013.
- ^ "CBC announces Canada Reads finalists". Toronto Star, January 20, 2015.
- ^ Dunlevy, T'cha (17 December 2018). "Rufus and Martha Wainwright's Noël Nights continues family tradition". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- ^ Dunlevy, T'cha (17 December 2018). "Rufus and Martha Wainwright's Noël Nights continues family tradition". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- ^ "Martha Wainwright hosts live music tv show". Retrieved 12 April 2021.
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Martha Wainwright. |
- Official website
- Martha Wainwright discography at Discogs
- Martha Wainwright at IMDb
- Interview with Martha Wainwright by The Poetry Extension
- Interview with Martha Wainwright on CBC Radio Q
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- 1976 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American women singers
- 21st-century American women singers
- 20th-century Canadian women singers
- 20th-century Canadian singers
- 21st-century Canadian women singers
- 21st-century Canadian singers
- American female singer-songwriters
- American female pop singers
- American people of Dutch descent
- Anglophone Quebec people
- Bayard family
- Canadian female pop singers
- Canadian female singer-songwriters
- Canadian singer-songwriters
- Canadian people of Dutch descent
- French-language singers of Canada
- McGarrigle-Wainwright-Roche family
- Rufus Wainwright
- Singers from Montreal
- Stuyvesant family
- The Wainwright Sisters members
- Zoë Records artists
- 20th-century American singers
- 21st-century American singers
- American singer-songwriters