Martha Wainwright shares her version of "Dinner at Eight"

Here's a live clip of Martha Wainwright's version of her brother's "Dinner at Eight" off Love Will Be Reborn (Deluxe) album. 

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(Toronto, ON) - Last month, singer/songwriter Martha Wainwright released her highly anticipated memoir Stories I Might Regret Telling You and within a week of release, it was included on The National Best Sellers list. To accompany the release of her memoir, Martha released the digital deluxe edition of her latest album Love Will be Reborn earlier this month. A companion to the memoir, the five new tracks are talked about in the memoir, including 4 covers of her family’s songs and a reimagined version of the title track. 

The deluxe edition includes moving renditions of “Thanksgiving” originally by Loudon Wainwright III, Martha’s father, “Dinner at Eight” (watch the performance video below) by her brother Rufus Wainwright, “Go Leave” by her mother Kate McGarrigle and more.  Diving into recording these tracks Martha explains:

“Recorded at URSA in front of a small audience of friends these are songs that I talk about in my memoir Stories I Might Regret Telling You. They relate to family and its complexity, as well as pain, feelings of loss, and ultimately forgiveness and acceptance. I have heard them my whole life and now I have the chance to sing them. Recorded in a live setting and in a very striped down and exposed way, with my good friend and wonderful piano player Edwin de Goeij, we had only just learned to sing and play them and are exploring with the listener in the moment. A sometimes bumpy and emotional ride, these recordings are about the words and the meaning. The songs speak for themselves and they are songs of our time about modern family and some of the trials of life.”

Born into music royalty, Martha is the daughter of folk legends Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III and sister to the acclaimed singer Rufus Wainwright. This powerful and beautiful memoir is brutally honest, raw and brave. Martha does not hold back, openly sharing her personal struggles. It’s deeply moving, personal and revealing.

You can order a copy of Martha's memoir Stories I Might Regret Telling You and/or Love Will Be Reborn (Deluxe) right here. 

Martha has several special book events upcoming alongside several upcoming tour dates. See below after Martha's recent performance of "Dinner at Eight" followed by a 2021 version by her brother Rufus.

BOOK EVENTS

05.05 - Montréal, QC - Atwater Public Library Lunch series

05.13 - Ottawa, ON - Ottawa Writers Festival

05.15 - Hamilton, ON - Virtual luncheon event with Na’amat Hamilton

05.29 - Hudson, QC - StoryFest

08.19 & 20 - Woody Point, NL - Woody Point Writers Festival

TOUR DATES

05.05 – Victoriaville, QC – Cabaret Guy-Aubert

05.14 – Prince Edward County, ON – The Eddie

05.20 - Ste-Thérèse, QC - Eglise Ste-Thérèse d'Avila

06.11 – Ste-Marcelline, QC - Vielle Chapelle de Ste-Marcelline

06.18 - Tadoussac, QC - Festival de la Chanson de Tadoussac

07.24 - Baie-saint-paul, QC - Le Festif! 

07.27 - London, UK - Cadogen Hall

07.28 - Bristol, UK - Bristol Beacon

07.29 -  Folkestone, UK - Quarterhouse

08.02 - Snape, UK - Snape Maltings Concert Hall

08.03 - Chester, UK - Storyhouse

08.05 - Wickham, UK - Wickham Festival

08.06 - Milton Keynes, UK - The Stables

08.07 - Newcastle UK - Wylam Brewery

08.10 - Dún Laoghaire, IE - Pavilion Theatre

08.11 - Bangor, IE - Open House Festival @ The Walled Garden

08.21 – Halifax, NS – The Stage At St. Andrews

Martha Wainwright shares "Middle of the Lake" video

"Middle of the Lake" is off Martha's latest album, Love Will Be Reborn which she'll be presenting in Toronto November 30.  

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Last week saw the long-awaited release of Martha Wainwright’s stunning 5th studio album Love Will Be Reborn. Today she shares the video for the moody opening track “Middle of the Lake” (watch it below).

 

The video for “Middle of the Lake” was filmed just outside of Montreal in Esterel, Quebec. The opening track sets the stage for a record full of revelations – both light and dark - and chronicles Wainwright’s personal journey over the last few years as she finds a way to move forward after a painful divorce. About the track, Martha explains, “Inspired by a strange covid summer morning at a surreal lake house in the Laurentians when I was stuck in a canoe in the reeds alone and happy. I knew that I would be back on stage again singing at some point and that that was the thing that would save my life. On this song me and the band are dancing, moving and flying through the uncertainty, but then landing together safe and sound.”

 

Like most records this year, Love Will Be Reborn was made during the pandemic and recorded in Wainwright’s hometown of Montreal, in the basement of her brand-new cafe, Ursa, which also served as a studio. Enlisting the help of Toronto musicians Thom Gill, Phil Melanson, Morgan Moore and Josh Cole and producer Pierre Marchand, best-known for his collaborations with Sarah McLachlan producing some of her iconic 90s songs. 

Marchand also has a familial connection to Wainwright, having produced her brother Rufus’s second album Poses as well as Wainwright’s mother and aunt’s record, Heartbeats Accelerating. It was a record made after some time, much like Wainwright’s gap since 2016’s Goodnight City, and McGarrigle was the same age that Wainwright is now. It seems like a musical synergy only the late McGarrigle and Wainwright could have.

Watch the video for "Middle of the Lake" followed by a list of Martha's upcoming tour dates. 

 

Martha Wainwright on tour:

09/03 - Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC - Festival Artefact 2021

09/04 -  Lévis, QC - Catholic Church of Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-Lévy,

09/19 – Nashville, TN – Nashville International Songwriter Festival

09/20 – London, UK - Union Chapel

09/23 – Frome, UK- Cheese and Grain

09/24- Sheffield, UK - Leadmill

09/25 - Bridport, UK - The Electric Palace

09/26 - Cardiff - Tramshed Cardiff

09/28 – Cambridge, UK - Cambridge Junction

09/29 - Birmingham, UK - Birmingham Town Hall’

09/30 - Bexhill On Sea UK - De La Warr Pavilion,

10/01 - Liverpool, UK - Liverpool Philharmonic Hall,

10/09 - Knowlton, QC - Theatre Lac-Brome (Gala Fundraiser)

10/10 - Tadoussac, QC - Festival de la chanson de Tadoussac 2021,

10/21 - Ste. Therese, QC - Cabaret BMO

10/24 - Trois-Rivieres, QC - Theatre du Cegep

10/30 - Quebec City, QC - Palais Montcalm

11/04 - Montreal, QC - Theatre Outermont

11/05 - Joliette, QC Carrefour Culturel Notre-Dame Des Prairies

11/06 - Shawinigan, QC - Maison De la Culture Francis-Brisson

11/10 - San Juan Capistrano, CA - Coach House Concert Hall,

11/15 - Sidney, BC - Mary Winspear Centre

11/16 - New Westminster, BC - Massey Theatre

11.18 – Calgary, AB – Calgary Folk Music Festival

11/19 - Sherwood Park, AB - Festival Place

11/20 - Saskatoon, SK - Broadway Theatre

11/21 - Regina, SK - Artesian

11/23 - Winnipeg, MB - Park Theatre

11/27 - Ottawa, ON - NAC Babs Asper Theatre

11/30 - Toronto, ON - The Great Hall

12/01 – London, ON – Aeolian Hall