Martha Wainwright
Let’s get the obvious out of the way.
Martha is the sister of Rufus Wainwright and the daughter of Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle.
But her powerful, emotionally hair-raising voice has been showcased at the biggest American festivals like Bonaroo, on her brother’s CDs, in films like the Leonard Cohen tribute “I’m Your Man” international charity efforts and more.
Her second release, titled “I Know You’re Married, But I’ve Got Feelings, Too” was released in March 2008.
Singer-songwriters are meant to trade in whimsical pleasures, in the soft strums of a guitar, in worlds so delicate and small they could shatter at a single touch. Martha Wainwright doesn’t trade alongside them. Back with a second record that’s both tender and tough, beautiful and brutal, and simmering with invention and confidence, Martha forgot to read the rulebook. Either that, or she set all its pages aflame, strutted through the smoke, and emerged burnt and brave. And this time around, she’s happy about it.
“I’m as happy as hell. Because I’ve learned what I’m good at; I’ve learned what I’m not good at. I’ve learned to look back at the people I’ve loved and I’ve lost, but also to look at the world outside myself. And I’ve got the confidence to stand up there and do that at last.”
