Emmylou, in honor of Kate McGarrigle Town Hall NYC May 12/13

[Mike Rogers]

Arlene, I have to say that is an exceptionally fine and well written review and worth a thousand of those cut'n'pasted from elsewhere.
I really wish I could have been there.

[Arlene]

Arlene, I have to say that is an exceptionally fine and well written review and worth a thousand of those cut'n'pasted from elsewhere. I really wish I could have been there.

Thanks, Mike. I don't know how much of the concert will make it into the documentary but I almost wish they'd release the full concert as a separate DVD to raise funds for The Kate McGarrigle Fund-- http://www.muhcfoundation.com/en/make_a_pledge In any case, eventually you'll be able to see some of the performances.

[Rita]

That must have been an unforgettable evening. Thanks, Arlene, for sharing with us!
I wish I could have been there, too.

Rita

[Anne S.]

Thank you, thank you, Arlene. A moving tribute to a moving tribute.

[Arlene]

here's the NY Times article which has a nice photo of Emmylou with others:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/16/arts/ ... .html?_r=1

[Arlene]

Hey Mike- Inspired by your compliment, and the comments of some others, I submitted my review, in edited form, to the No Depression web site and it was used as a featured blog post with links to it on their Facebook and Twitter accounts. If inspired, I may start to blog there on occasion. Anyway:

http://www.nodepression.com/profiles/bl ... le-tribute

[russ]

Thanks very much Arlene... that was wonderful to read and it sounds like it
must have been an incredible evening.

[Arlene]

The movie has been completed. From DirectCurrentMusic.com:

A year ago, Martha and Rufus Wainwright played tearful on-stage hosts to friends and family gathered at NY's Town Hall paying tribute to their mother Kate McGarrigle, the beloved Canadian singer and songwriter who died of cancer in 2010. At the reguest of Rufus, the moving and emotional celebration was captured on film with Sing Me The Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert For Kate McGarrigle a new documentary by Lian Lunson (Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man) recently screened at the Sundance London film festival. Info on DVD or soundtrack release is nil but with the talent involved -- Martha, Rufus, Norah Jones, Emmylou Harris, Antony Hegarty and Teddy Thompson among others -- and the wonderful McGarrigle songbook, this is one to keep on the radar. Trailer, poster and Lunson interview below. "Graceful and engrossing" opined The Hollywood Reporter, "an uplifting and absorbing film about the healing power of music as a cathartic, communal, celebratory life force."

http://www.directcurrentmusic.com/music ... e-mcg.html