LOS
ANGELES (ASCAP) - The ASCAP Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award
in the field of Folk
Music will be presented to Canada's Kate &
Anna McGarrigle at Strictly Mundial, the 17th Annual International Folk
Alliance Conference at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Montreal on Thursday,
February 24. On hand to pay musical tribute and present the award to
the singing and songwriting sisters will be their longtime friend and
admirer, Emmylou Harris. The performance will be a co-presentation of
ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) and SOCAN
(Society of Composers, Authors and
Music Publishers of Canada).
Previous recipients of The ASCAP Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award
in Folk
Music have been Dave Van Ronk, Eric von
Schmidt and Tom Paxton.
For
thirty years, the songs and recordings of Kate and Anna McGarrigle, in
both English and French, have been enjoyed by devoted fans around the
world. Among the artists who have recorded their songs are Linda
Ronstadt, Judy Collins, Emmylou Harris,
Maria Muldaur and Nana
Mouskouri. Some of their best-known titles are: "Heart Like a Wheel,"
"Goin' Back to Harlan," "Complainte pour Ste. Catherine," "Love Over
and Over," "Heartbeats Accelerating," "Talk to Me of Mendocino" and "On
My Way to Town."
Kate and Anna were born in Montreal and brought
up in Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts, Qu�bec in the Laurentian Mountains. They
emerged as popular folk performers in Montreal in the 1970s and, after
Maria Muldaur and
Linda Ronstadt began recording their songs, Kate and
Anna issued their own landmark debut in 1976, Kate & Anna
McGarrigle. There have been numerous critically acclaimed albums since
then, including Matapedia (1996), The McGarrigle Hour (1998) and Vache
Qui Pleure (2003). In recent years, the children of Kate (Rufus
Wainwright and Martha Wainwright) and Anna (Lily Lanken) have become
celebrated singer-songwriters in their own right.
The McGarrigle
tribute at the Folk Alliance Conference will be followed by a special
performance showcase called ASCAP Presents... Quiet on the Set. The
showcase will feature up-and-coming and veteran performers. This year's
lineup is:
Peter Mulvey,
Anais Mitchell, Sid Selvidge, Clare Burson,
Lori McKenna, and Bianca DeLeon.