Singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright has shared a mesmerising live video of her version of Rufus Wainwright’s “Dinner at 8”. You can view the video at the link below, and you can stream Love Will Be Reborn Deluxe here.
Last month, Wainwright released her highly anticipated memoir Stories I Might Regret Telling You, which found its way to The National Best Sellers list in just one week. In addition to the memoir, Martha released the digital deluxe edition of her latest album Love Will be Reborn on April 8th of this year. The five additional tracks featured on the deluxe edition are discussed in the memoir; these include four covers of songs written by members of her family, and a re-imagined version of the title track.
Speaking of the new tracks on the deluxe edition, Wainwright said, according to a recent press release: “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 stripped 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.”
Martha Wainwright is the daughter of renowned folk musicians Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III, and is the sister of acclaimed singer and pianist Rufus Wainwright.
Wainwright’s most recent studio album Love Will Be Reborn was made during the pandemic, and was recorded in Montreal, Wainwright’s hometown. Wainwright will be returning to the UK this summer to play a run of eight shows across the country, including a stop at London’s Cadogan Hall on July 27th. You can purchase tickets for her UK tour here, and the dates are listed down below.
27/07/2022- Cadogan Hall- London
28/07- Bristol Beacon- Bristol
29/07- Quarterhouse- Folkestone
02/08- Snape Maltings Concert Hall
03/08- Storyhouse- Chester
05/08- Wickham Festival- Wickham
06/08- The Stables- Milton Keynes
07/08- Wylam Brewery- Newcastle
