Chaim Tannenbaum | |
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Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Genres | Folk |
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Years active | 1960s–present |
Labels | StorySound Records |
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Discipline | Philosophy |
Institutions | Dawson College |
Chaim Tannenbaum is a Canadian folk musician and academic. [1] A longtime collaborator of Kate and Anna McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III, [2] he released his own self-titled solo debut album in 2016, [3] and won the Canadian Folk Music Award for Traditional Singer of the Year at the 12th Canadian Folk Music Awards. [4]
Born and raised in Montreal,Quebec,where he was a friend of Kate McGarrigle since high school,Tannenbaum studied philosophy and logic at McGill University and the University of London,and taught philosophy at Dawson College throughout his career. [3] Despite his talent in music and his regular work with Wainwright and the McGarrigles,he made no attempt to record his own music until age 68,after retiring from teaching and moving to New York City. [3] Released by StorySound Records,the album included a few original songs but consisted primarily of his renditions of traditional folk numbers,as well as a cover of the McGarrigles' "(Talk to Me of) Mendocino" recorded as a duet with Wainwright. [5]
In 2017,he followed up with a non-album recording of "America the Beautiful". [6]
Loudon Snowden Wainwright III is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actor. He has released twenty-six studio albums,four live albums,and six compilations. Some of his best-known songs include "The Swimming Song","Motel Blues","The Man Who Couldn't Cry","Dead Skunk",and "Lullaby". In 2007,he collaborated with musician Joe Henry to create the soundtrack for Judd Apatow's film Knocked Up. In addition to music,he has acted in small roles in at least eighteen television programs and feature films,including three episodes in the third season of the series M*A*S*H.
Kate McGarrigle was a Canadian folk music singer-songwriter,who wrote and performed as a duo with her sister Anna McGarrigle.
Anna McGarrigle,CM is a Canadian folk music singer and songwriter who recorded and performed with her late sister Kate McGarrigle.
Kate McGarrigle and Anna McGarrigle were a duo of Canadian singer-songwriters from Quebec,who performed until Kate McGarrigle's death on January 18,2010.
Martha Wainwright is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician. She has released seven critically-acclaimed studio albums.
Kate &Anna McGarrigle is the debut album by Kate &Anna McGarrigle,released in January 1976. Guest musicians on the album include Lowell George,Bobby Keys,Jay Ungar,and Tony Levin as well as family and friends such as eldest sister Jane McGarrigle,Anna McGarrigle's husband Dane Lanken,and the siblings' old friend Chaim Tannenbaum.
Dancer with Bruised Knees is the second album by Kate &Anna McGarrigle,released in 1977. It was produced by Joe Boyd. The album employed several notable folk musicians to contribute a bluegrass feel to many of the tracks. The album also includes three French songs,one by the McGarrigles with Philippe Tatartcheff,and two traditional numbers. The guest musicians included John Cale,Dane Lanken,Bill Monroe,Dave Mattacks and Pat Donaldson. Dancer with Bruised Knees peaked a No. 35 on the UK Albums Chart.
Matapédia is an album by the Canadian duo Kate &Anna McGarrigle,released in 1996.
The McGarrigle Hour is the eighth studio album by Kate &Anna McGarrigle,released on October 13,1998.
Joel Zifkin is a Canadian musician and songwriter. His primary instrument is the electric violin and he is best known as a session musician and live performer.
The McGarrigle Christmas Hour is the tenth album by Kate &Anna McGarrigle,released in 2005. A sequel to their 1998 album The McGarrigle Hour,the album features a program of Christmas music recorded by the McGarrigles,their family,and several friends and collaborators. It was also the last album to be released by the duo before Kate died in 2010.
Attempted Mustache is the fourth album from Loudon Wainwright III. It was recorded in Nashville,Tennessee with producer Bob Johnston and was released in 1973 on Columbia Records.
History is an album by the American musician Loudon Wainwright III,released in 1992 on Charisma Records. Wainwright supported the album with North American and European tours.
Lucy Wainwright Roche is an American singer-songwriter. Preceded by two EPs,8 Songs and 8 More,Roche released her debut album,Lucy in October 2010. In 2013,she starred as Jeri in the Stuff You Should Know television show.
High Wide &Handsome:The Charlie Poole Project is the 20th studio album by American singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III. The album,a double-CD released on August 18,2009,on 2nd Story Sound,pays tribute to singer and banjo picker Charlie Poole (1892–1931). It features 30 tracks,including new versions of songs made popular by Poole from 1925 through 1930,as well as original songs on Poole's turbulent life by Wainwright and producer Dick Connette.
Older Than My Old Man Now is the twenty-second studio album by American singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III,released on April 17,2012,on 2nd Story Sound Records. Described as "a gleefully morbid summing up of [Wainwright's] life in which he ponders childhood,family history,aging and death," the album is produced by High Wide &Handsome:The Charlie Poole Project (2009) collaborator Dick Connette,and features contributions from each of Wainwright's children.
Sing Me the Songs:Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle is a two-disc compilation tribute album to Canadian singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle,released by Nonesuch Records in June 2013.
Songs in the Dark is the debut album by the Wainwright Sisters,a singer-songwriter duo featuring the Canadian-American Martha Wainwright and her American half-sister Lucy Wainwright Roche. The album,released on November 13,2015,includes lullabies that their mothers Kate McGarrigle and Suzzy Roche sang to them as children,plus songs by Woody Guthrie,Jimmie Rogers,and their father Loudon Wainwright III.
Tell My Sister is a three-disc compilation album consisting of songs recorded by Kate &Anna McGarrigle. It was released by Nonesuch Records as a box set on May 3,2011. The first two discs contain Kate &Anna McGarrigle's first two albums,Kate &Anna McGarrigle and Dancer with Bruised Knees. The third disc comprises demos,including acoustic versions and other previously unreleased tracks.
Odditties is a compilation album released by Querbeservice in late 2010. It features unreleased versions of songs that Kate &Anna McGarrigle had recorded on analogue tapes for various projects between 1973 and 1990.