Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle
Directed byLian Lunson
Produced byLian Lunson
Teddy Wainwright
Executive producers
Martha Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright
Wim Wenders
Production
company
Horse Pictures
Release date

Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle is a 2012 documentary film directed by Lian Lunson.[1][2] It follows a memorial concert on May 12, 2011 at Town Hall in New York City had been made to pay tribute to musician Kate McGarrigle, who died from sarcoma at the age of 63 in 2010. The concert was headlined by Kate's children Martha and Rufus Wainwright, while also featuring her sisters Jane and Anna McGarrigle, comedian Jimmy Fallon, and musicians Emmylou Harris, Norah Jones, Antony and Teddy Thompson.[3] The compilation album Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle serves as the film's soundtrack.

Reception

The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 43% approval rating with an average rating of 5.5/10/10 based on 7 reviews.[4] Metacritic assigned a score of 61 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[5]

References

  1. ^ Kustanczy, Cate (June 25, 2013). "McGarrigle documentary captures songs of faith, family, and love". Digital Journal. Archived from the original on June 25, 2013. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
  2. ^ Scott, A. O. (June 25, 2013). "A Lifetime of Songwriting, as Sung by Her Children". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 29, 2023. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
  3. ^ ""Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle" Film Now Available on iTunes". Archived from the original on 2016-08-09. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
  4. ^ "Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle (2013)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on May 7, 2019. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  5. ^ "Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle (2013)". Metacritic. Archived from the original on December 1, 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2019.

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Films written and directed by Lian Lunson
Kate & Anna McGarrigle
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