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Kate and Anna McGarrigle are a folk music duo from Quebec.
Kate and Anna are sisters who write and perform together. They were born of Quebecois and Irish parents in Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts, northwest of Montreal. Their songs have also been covered by a variety of other artists, including Maria Muldaur, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, Billy Bragg, ChloƩ Sainte-Marie and Anne Sofie von Otter.
As members of Quebec's anglophone community, the McGarrigles have also recorded and performed many songs in French. Two of their albums, Entre Lajeunesse et la sagesse (also known as The French Record) and La vache qui pleure, are entirely in French, but many of their other records include one or two French songs as well. Most of their French songs have been co-written by Philippe Tatartcheff.