Jane McGarrigle

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Canadian musician (1941–2025)

Born(1941-04-26)April 26, 1941

DiedJanuary 24, 2025(2025-01-24) (aged 83)

OccupationsMusician, music publisher

Jane McGarrigle
Born	(1941-04-26)April 26, 1941 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died	January 24, 2025(2025-01-24) (aged 83)
Occupations	Musician, music publisher

Laury Jane McGarrigle (April 26, 1941 – January 24, 2025) was a Canadian musician and music publisher, known mainly for her work with her younger sisters, singers Kate & Anna McGarrigle. She was the co-author of a book about the three sisters' childhood and musical experiences.

McGarrigle was born and grew up in Montreal, Quebec, with her sisters Kate and Anna.^[1]^[2]

After an early marriage to David Dow, with whom she had two children, in the 1960s, she returned to Montreal after the couple's divorce.^[3] She was later in a common law relationship with Peter Weldon, who had been a bandmate of her sisters in Mountain City Four.^[3]

She died on January 24, 2025, aged 83, of ovarian cancer.^[3]

Career

When McGarrigle's younger sisters formed a singer-songwriter duo, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Jane wrote and performed several songs with them,^[4] including the organ parts on their debut album.^[5]

She produced their album Love Over and Over.^[6]^[1]

The song "Love Is", which she co-wrote, has been recorded by Nana Mouskouri, Emmylou Harris, and Renato Russo (who also recorded the co-written "Man Is an Island").^[7] She served as her sisters' music manager for a time,^[8] and also managed producers Pierre Marchand (Sarah McLachlan) and Robbi Finkel (Cirque du Soleil) and the group Three O'Clock Train,^[9]^[10] as well as singer-songwriters Perry Blake and Carole Pope.^[5]

McGarrigle co-composed, with her sisters, the scores to the Canadian film Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller^[11] and its sequel The Return of Tommy Tricker.

She appeared in the 1999 film The McGarrigle Hour, a collection of concert footage.^[12]

McGarrigle was a member of the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) and served on its board of directors from 1990 to 2000.^[13] She was also on the board of the Songwriters Association of Canada. In 2013, she was part of a SOCAN representative group for a streamed panel, "Can the Music Industry be Saved?"^[14]

With her sister Anna, she co-authored Mountain City Girls, a family memoir published in 2015 by Random House Canada.^[15]^[16] The book contains stories about the childhood and musical careers of the three sisters.^[8]

References

1 2 Christopher Loudon, "Anna and Jane McGarrigle’s memoir overflows with wit" Archived March 30, 2019, at the Wayback Machine. Maclean's, November 7, 2015.
↑ Griffin, John (December 6, 1986). "The McGarrigles: Montreal's singing sisters are on the road again, and while music is their message, their family is still their life", The Gazette, p. G1.
1 2 3 Brendan Kelly, "Obituary: Jane McGarrigle was never far from her sisters". Montreal Gazette, February 1, 2025.
↑ "The McGarrigles' laid-back act goes south", The Globe and Mail, August 24, 1985. p. 11.
1 2 Brad Wheeler, "Savvy manager Jane McGarrigle oversaw careers of her folk-playing sisters, Kate and Anna McGarrigle: The eldest of the three, she was also musically talented, singing backup and playing keyboards on the road and in the studio, as well as handling the business side of things for her quirky, mischievous siblings". The Globe and Mail, February 7, 2025.
↑ Pareles, Jon (February 6, 1983). "In Pop, the McGarrigle Sisters Know No Bounds", The New York Times, p. A21.
↑ (July 1994). "SOCAN's new Board of Directors", Words & Music 1 (7): 6.
1 2 "McGarrigle sisters tell family and folk music history with 'Mountain City Girls'". CTV News, Victoria Ahearn, November 16, 2015
↑ Lepage, Mark (November 4, 1989). "Derailed Three O'Clock Train tries to get back on a good sound track", The Gazette, p. H1.
↑ Metella, Helen (January 19, 1992). "Mack MacKenzie and Three O'Clock Train", Edmonton Journal, p. C5.
↑ Schnurmacher, Thomas (November 22, 1988). "Demers children's film is a family affair for all... the McGarrigles", The Gazette, p. F7.
↑ https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2000-01-27-0001271012-story.html Archived March 30, 2019, at the Wayback Machine " ALL IN THE MCGARRIGLE FAMILY HOUR"]. Roger Catlin, THE HARTFORD COURANT, January 27, 2000.
↑ (July–August 1998) "Members gather in Toronto for 1998 AGM", Words & Music 5 (7): 3
↑ "SOCAN representatives weigh in at S.A.C. "Can the music business be saved?" panel". January 30, 2013. Archived from the original on January 10, 2017. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
↑ Brownstein, Bill (November 6, 2015). "Anna and Jane McGarrigle nurture their roots in Mountain City Girls". Montreal Gazette. Archived from the original on July 18, 2018. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
↑ "Review: The McGarrigle sisters look back on their careers in Mountain City Girls" Archived June 8, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. The Globe and Mail, Brad Wheeler, December 11, 2015

External links

Jane McGarrigle discography at Discogs
Jane McGarrigle at IMDb

Authority control databases
International	VIAF WorldCat
National	United States
Artists	MusicBrainz

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