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The multitalented, multitasking John Mighton—writer, philosopher, brainiac By Alec Scott
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
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