Wainwright sisters are doing it for themselves at Ballincollig Winter Music Festival
MARTHA Wainwright belongs to one of folk music’s great dynasties. Her father, Loudon Wainwright III, is a celebrated troubadour while her late mother, Anna McGarrigle, was one half of respected sibling duo the McGarrigle sisters. Her older brother Rufus is, for his part, a cult crooner whose fans include Elton John and Robbie Williams. All her life, family and music have been intimately intertwined.
She proudly builds on this tradition with her latest project, a collaboration with half sister Lucy Wainwright Roche. Styling themselves the Wainwright Sisters, the duo have just put out a dark and delicious covers record, Songs In The Dark, wherein they revisit life-changing tunes from their past.
