McGarrigles as backup singers and performers (selected examples):

 

·                    with Loudon Wainwright (Kate’s former husband)

·                    with Rufus Wainwright (Kate’s son)

·                    with Martha Wainwright (Kate’s daughter)  “To celebrate her return, Shock Records recently released a new version of her internationally acclaimed self-titled debut, MARTHA WAINWRIGHT, with three bonus tracks (also available on an EP called WHEN THE DAY IS SHORT). The bonus songs include Bring Back My Heart, a duet with her brother Rufus Wainwright, Baby, and the show-stopping French song, Dis Quand Reviendras-Tu, which features Martha’s mum, the legendary Kate McGarrigle on piano.” http://www.sablues.org/index.htm?touring1.htm~main

·                    with the Albion Band, on RISE UP LIKE THE SUN (1978), Kate only. She sings on  “Poor Old Horse,” “Ampleforth/Lay Me Low,” “House In The Country,” and “Lay Me Low” (a CD bonus track).

·                    with Terry & Gay Woods on TENDERHOOKS (Rockburgh 1978)

·                    with Richard and Linda Thompson, on SUNNYVISTA (1979 Sep., CHR 1247), “Sisters,” "You're Going To Need Somebody," and the gorgeous "Traces Of My Love."

·                    with Roger Glover on MASK (Polydor 1984).

·                    with Orealis on OREALIS (Green Linnet 1990).

·                    with Canadian artist Gilles Vigneault on C’EST AINSI QUE J’ARRIVE A TOI (1996), “Charlie-Jos.”

·                    with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris on WESTERN WALL: THE TUCSON SESSIONS (1999) -- “1917” and Leonard Cohen’s “Sisters of Mercy.”

·                    with Nick Cave on NO MORE SHALL WE PART (Reprise 2000) “Hallelujah” (Cave, Ellis) and “Love Letter” (Cave). Thom Jurek, from All Music: “Also in the band's musical treasure trove is the addition of the McGarrigle sisters on backing vocals - nowhere is their contribution more poignant than on the tenderly daunting, haunted house that is "Love Letter."” From http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A570052 : “The newest album No More Shall We Part begins in much the same vein - with the simple guitar and piano of the first single 'As I Sat Sadly By Her Side' - but soon becomes more musically complex. It uses folk singer sisters Kate and Anna McGarrigle to great effect, especially during the beautiful end section of 'Hallelujia'.” Graham Wiveney: http://www.musicfolio.com/modernrock/nickcave.html : “Hallelujah starts with a soaring musical motif that gives over into a cautionary tale par excellence, and ends on some unearthly unaccompanied vocals from the McGarrigle sisters.”

·                    with Geoff Muldaur on PASSWORD (2000, Hightone 8125), "Wait 'til I Put On My Robe," (written by “Clay, Scott”) and “K.C. Moan,” (written by “Blackman”).  From an interview with Geoff, at http://www.hightone.com/index.php?manufacturers_id=53. “I'm in love with the McGarrigle sisters; always have been. So, when we got together for a show at Royal Festival Hall in London last year, I began my plot to lure them onto my next album. Gladly for me, we were able to get together in Woodstock last May to sing a wonderful old hymn, "Wait 'til I Put On My Robe," originally done by a couple of blind street musicians named the New Gospel Keys.” Also performing on the track are Dave Alvin, Greg Leisz, and Van Dyke Parks!  On “K.C. Moan,” Kate and Ann were joined by John Sebastian.

·                    with Emmylou Harris on RED DIRT GIRL (2000), Kate only: “J'Ai Fait Tout” and “Boy From Tupelo.”

·                    with Lou Reed on RAVEN (2003), "Balloon."