Sad news to report; Kate McGarrigle, mother of Rufus and Martha Wainwright, has died aged 63 after a long battle with cancer.
Along with sister Anna, the Quebec-born folk musician enjoyed a career spanning three decades.
She was most recently seen on these shores performing in London at the Royal Albert Hall for the McGarrigle/Wainwright family's Not So Silent Night concert just before Christmas 2009. She'd just become grandmother to Martha's newborn baby Arcangelo.
The McGarrigle sisters' official site includes this video out-take from the Not So Silent Night performance.
