Martha Wainwright, sister to Rufus and daughter to Loudon, will release her sophomore album I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too on June 10th, 2008.
The racy titled album and follow-up to her 2005 self-titled effort also sports some heavy names. Pete Townshend, the Band's Garth Hudson, and Steely Dan's Donald Fagen, along with her family Rufus, mother Kate McGarrigle, aunt Anna McGarrigle, and first cousin Lily Lanken all contribute to the new 14-track effort. (I wonder if some uncles are pissed they didn't make the cut).
Wainwright, wrote twelve original songs for I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too. For the other two tracks she went presumably back to her high school CD collection, covering Pink Floyd's "See Emily Play" and the Eurythmics' "Love is A Stranger."
I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too track list: 1. Bleeding All Over You 2. You Cheated Me 3. Jesus & Mary 4. Comin' Tonight 5. Tower Song 6. Hearts Club Band 7. So Many Friends 8. In The Middle Of the Night 9. The George Song 10. Niger River 11. Jimi 12. See Emily Play 13. I Wish I Were 14. Love Is A StrangerWainwright heads to SXSW this next week for a handful of shows, before taking of to play Royal Albert Hall in London on May 19th.
March.12, Club De Ville- Brooklynvegan showcase, Austin, TX March.13, Maggie Mae's- M for Montreal showcase, Austin, TX May.19, Royal Albert Hall -London, UK
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Martha is sort of chameleonic..I can't get a grip on who she really is musically.
But, after seeing her on Letterman I started getting interested in her. If Donald Fagn thinks she is alright then she is probably alright.
Her kinship to the Wainwright family is an interesting sidelight...I am not sure if it works for her or against her.
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She had a rough time of it opening for the Swell Season in SF.in January. She did it as a solo act, audience was interested in seeing Glen and Marketa and talked during her set. She has an unusual voice, strong material and some real issues, familial and gender based. I got her EP and given the quality of the guest musicians will take a flier on her new effort. BerkBob