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Martha Wainwright

Martha Wainwright has certainly inherited her family’s penchant for candid songwriting. Sister to Rufus and daughter of Kate Mc­Garrigle and Loudon Wainwright III, the youngest clan member spent much of the ’90s performing in Montreal and New York as a solo artist and on her relatives’ recordings before finally getting down to making her own albums. And what albums they are: the tracks on Wainwright’s 2005 self-titled debut and this year’s I Know You’re Married But I Have Feelings Too are alternately witty, exuberant, melancholy and combative, especially when she settles a score with an ex-lover on “Comin’ Tonight.” Reflecting such an array of feelings, her voice can be anything from a childlike warble to an angry howl.—Jason Anderson
When:
Dec. 6/08
How Much:
$27.50
Location
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    The Music Hall
    147 Danforth Ave.

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