McGARRIGLE, Kate & Anna

McGARRIGLE, Kate & Anna Montreal’s Irish/French-Canadian rooted Kate and Anna McGarrigle grew up in Québec’s Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts village, where they took piano lessons courtesy of the village nuns. By their teens their musical upbringing influenced their sound - from Victorian ballads to blues to Appalachian and French-Canadian folk songs. Through the 1960s, Kate went to McGill University to study engineering while Anna studied painting at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Montreal. As the ‘60’s…