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Last update March 2020

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1985.01.27&28
City Hall Concert Hall
Hong Kong
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Hong Kong Arts Festival line pic Band: Kate and Anna, Pat Donaldson (bass), Gordon Adamson (drums), Andrew Cowan (guitar), Chaim Tannenbaum, Joel Zifkin (violin)

1985.03.23
A Mixed Bag - WIAN-FM
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No details known.
1985.05.19
Canfield Casino
Congress Park, Saratoga Springs, NY
Caffe Lena Benefit line pic
Band: Pat Donaldson (bass), Dane Lanken (guitar). With Rufus, Martha, Lily, Sylvan who sang A Place In Your Heart .line pic
Also appearing were Pete Seeger, Scott McKenzie, Nanci Griffith, Papa John Phillips, Papa Denny Doherty.

1985.06.26
Station Soleil - Radio-Québec TV
Montréal, QC
tape
broadcast date
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Interview, including unknown (French song) / Complainte pour Ste-Catherine / Entre lajeuness et la sagesse / Parlez-nous a boire. Also appearing were Edith Butler, Maljean Willen, Raymond Bernatchez and Fernand Rheault.

1985.06.27
newspaper article

1985.06.27
Victoria Island
Ottawa, ON
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7th annual Canada Canoe Festivalline pic Band: includes Joel Zifkin. Also appearing was Willie Dunn.

1985.07.28
Molson Park
Barrie, ON
tape
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Mariposa Folk Festival
line pic Set: Love Over and Over / Excursion à Venise / On My Way to Town / Love Is / Going Out Looking / As Fast As My Feet Can Carry Me / A Tequila Sunrise / Leave Me Be / Tu vas m'accompagner / (Talk to Me of) Mendocino / The Rainbow Ride / Complainte pour Ste-Catherineline pic
Band: Jane, Jorn Reissner (guitar), Pat Donaldson (bass), Gerry Conway (drums), Joel Zifkin (violin).line pic
Performance and workshop. Also appearing were Murray McLauchlan, Garnet Rogers, Sneezy Waters, Marie-Lynn Hammond, Peter Bellamy, Georgia Sea and Island Singers and the John Davis Trio. Broadcast by CBC radio.
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1985.08.09
Caffe Lena
Saratoga Springs, NY
two shows
Band: includes Joel Zifkin and Gerry Conway.
1985.08.10&11
Bottom Line
New York City, NY
tape
two shows each night
Set 10.1: Swimming Song / Tu vas m'accompagner / On My Way to Town / Love Is / Move Over Moon / (Talk to Me of) Mendocino / Naufragée du tendre (Shipwrecked) / You Tell Me That I'm Falling Down / Going Out Looking / As Fast As My Little Feet Can Carry Me / Love Over and Over / Parlez-nous a boire / Willy Moore / A Tequila Sunrise / Leave Me Be / Mother, Mother / Heart Like a Wheel
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Set 10.2:Swimming Song / Tu vas m'accompagner /On My Way to Town / Love Is / First Born / (Talk to Me of) Mendocino / Prends ton manteau / You Tell Me That I'm Falling Down / Going Out Looking / As Fast As My Little Feet Can Carry Me / Heart Like a Wheel / Rainbow Ride / Complainte pour Ste-Catherine / Kiss and Say Goodbye / A la claire fontaine
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Set 11.1 included: A Tequila Sunrise / Leave Me Be / Mother, Mother / Rainbow Ride / Heart Like a Wheel / Complainte pour Ste-Catherine / Kiss and Say Goodbye
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Set 11.2 included:Parlez-nous a boire / Love Over and Over / Willy Moore / A Tequila Sunrise / Leave Me Be / Heart Like a Wheel / Rainbow Ride / Complainte pour Ste-Catherine
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Band: Jane, Pat Donaldson (bass), Gerry Conway (drums), Joel Zifkin (violin), Jorn Reissner (guitar).
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1985.08.12
Towne Crier Cafe
Pawling, NY
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Band: includes Joel Zifkin.
1985.08.15
Fresh Air - WHYY
Philadelphia, PA
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1985.08.15
Chestnut Cabaret
Philadelphia, PA
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Band: includes Joel Zifkin.
1985.08.16
Roxanne's
Washington DC
two shows
rescheduled from the Saba Club on the 14thline pic Band: includes Joel Zifkin.

1985.08.16
newspaper article
1985.08.18
Kew Gardens
Toronto, ON
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Part of the performance was broadcast by CBC Channel 5 (30 minutes on Channel 5 in the US) on September 7, 1986 and repeated on December 18, 1986. Perform in pyjamas. line pic Band: Jane McGarrigle, Pat Donaldson, Gerry Conway, Joel Zifkin, Dane Lanken.
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1985.08.25
Les beaux dimanches - Radio-Canada
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Broadcast of the performance at The Spectrum in 1984 - presumably August 28.
1985.10.04
Aberdeen, Scotland
unknown venue
Aberdeen Alternative Festival line pic Band: includes Joel Zifkin.
1985.10.06
The Edinburgh Playhouse
Edinburgh, Scotland
Band: includes Joel Zifkin.
1985.10.08
Dominion Theatre
London, England
tape
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Set: Swimming Song / Tu vas m'accompagner / On My Way to Town / Love Is / Move Over Moon / (Talk to Me of) Mendocino / Naufragée du tendre (Shipwrecked) / You Tell Me That I'm Falling Down / Going Out Looking / As Fast As My Little Feet Can Carry Me / Parlez-nous a boire / Love Over and Over / Prends ton manteau / Willy Moore / Leave Me Be / A Tequila Sunrise / Heart Like a Wheel / Rainbow Ride / Complainte pour Ste-Catherine / Kiss and Say Goodbye / A la claire fontaine line pic
Band: Jane, Pat Donaldson (bass), Gerry Conway (drums), Joel Zifkin (violin), Jorn Reissner (guitar).
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1985.10.21
Half Moon
Putney, London, England
Cancelled
cancelled together with dates at the Mean Fiddler [23] and Albany Empire [22], and shows in Dublin [12], Belfast [13], Manchester [16], Leeds [17], Southport [18], Brighton [19]

1985.11.09
Words & Music - CJFM
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No details known.
1986.01.18
Iron Horse Music Hall
Northampton, PA
tape
two shows
Set 18.2: Love Over and Over / Sun, Son (Shining On The Water) / Mother Mother / Once Too Often / Maybe I'll Change My Mind / Parlez-nous a boire / Lullaby for a Doll / A Tequila Sunrise / Leave Me Be / Move Over Moon / NaCl / Love Is / Heart Like a Wheel / As Fast My Little Feet Can Carry Me / Complainte Pour Ste-Catherine / (Talk To Me Of) Mendicino / Say Goodnight
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Band: Jane, Pat Donaldson (bass).
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1986.01.19
unknown radio station
New York City, NY
Possibly WBAI as the following shows were benefits for that station.
1986.01.19&20
Lone Star Café
New York City, NY
tape
two shows each night
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Set 19.1: Love Over and Over / Sun, Son (Shining On The Water) / Mother Mother / Once Too Often / Maybe I'll Change My Mind / Parlez-nous a boire / Lullaby For A Doll / A Tequila Sunrise / Leave Me Be / Love Is / Heart Like a Wheel / As Fast As My Little Feet Can Carry Me / Kiss and Say Goodbye line pic
Set 19.2: Move Over Moon / Entre lajeuness et la sagesse / Maybe I'll Change My Mind / Mother Mother / Hang Out Your Heart #1 / Rainbow Ride / Love Is / (Talk to Me of) Mendocino / Complainte pour Ste-Catherine line pic
Set 20.1: Complainte pour Ste-Catherine / Sun, Son (Shining On the Water) / Mother Mother / Once Too Often / Maybe I'll Change My Mind / Parlez-nous a boire / Love Over and Over / A Tequila Sunrise / Lullaby For a Doll / Kiss and Say Goodbye / Love Is / As Fast As My Little Feet Can Carry Me / Heart Like a Wheel / (Talk to Me of) Mendocinoline pic
Set 20.2: Move Over Moon / Entre lajeuness et la sagesse / Hang Out Your Heart #1 / Swimming Song / Tu vas m'accompagner / Rainbow Ride / Leave Me Be / On My Way to Town / Excursion a Venise / The Work Song / A la claire fontaine
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Band:
Jane, Pat Donaldson (bass).line pic
Also on the 19th (but not the 20th as they were in Dallas, TX) Rick Danko and Richard Manuel.

1986.01.23
Bluebird Cafe
Nashville, TN
three shows
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It is worth noting that in 2001 a CD featuring live recordings at the Bluebird Cafe by Don Henry was released. He does a version of Son, Sun (Shining on the Water). Although the official CD personnel details do not list any McGarrigle participation iTunes maintains that Anna sings backing vocal, and the wonder (?) of Spotify reveals that there are female backing vocals, but there is no evidence that Don Henry was at the Bluebird Cafe in January.

1986.02.22
Late Night with Jono and Dano - Channel 7
Sydney, Australia
broadcast date
probably recorded 21 February.
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1986.02.24
Children Today - 2CY radio interview
Canberra, ACT, Australia
broadcast date
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Probably recorded 21 February.
1986.02.25
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Black-tie function to celebrate the founding of the National Mutual Royal Bank. Students from the National Institute of Dramatic Art also perform.
1986.02.28
Perth National Theatre
Perth, WA, Australia
tape
Set: Swimming Song / Tu vas m'accompagner / First Born / NaCl / Prends ton manteau / You Tell Me That I'm Falling Down / A Tequila Sunrise / Move Over Moon / Going Out Looking / Rainbow Ride / Lullaby For a Doll / Maybe I'll Change My Mind / Love Is / Heart Like a Wheel
possibly incomplete set
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Band: Pat Donaldson (bass), Gerry Conway (drums), Joel Zifkin (violin), Jorn Reissner (guitar).
1986.03.01
Fezbah, Adelaide Festival Centre
Adelaide, SA, Australia
20 minute acoustic set.

1986.03.02
Newspaper article
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1986.03.02
Adelaide Festival Theatre
Adelaide, SA, Australia
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Appearance during Adelaide Festival of the Arts.
1986.03.04&05
Sydney Town Hall
Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Band: Jane, Pat Donaldson (bass), Jorn Reissner (guitar), Joel Zifkin (violin) Gerry Conway (drums)
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1986.03.06
Canberra Theatre Centre
Canberra, ACT, Australia
possibly cancelled
1986.03.07
Dallas Brookes Hall
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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1986.03.10
Michael Fowler Centre
Wellington, New Zealand


1986.03.29
Stockton State College
Performing Arts Center
Pomona, NJ
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1986.04.05&06
Four Seasons Hotel
Montréal, QC
Kate is a panellist for a two day conference hosted by CAPAC entitled "How to Build a Recording Career."

1986.06.06
National Arts Centre Opera
Ottawa, QC
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Fête Of The Earth
Multicultural Songfest / Benefit for the Fate of the Earth Conference
line pic Band: includes Joel Zifkin.line pic Also appearing were Marie-Claire Séguin, Tinku, Angèle Arseneault, Shirley Eikhard, 4 The Moment, Louise Lambert, Brent Titcomb and Alanis Obomsawin.

1986.06.07
En scene - Canadian radio
broadcast date
Details unknown. Also broadcast the next day.
1986.06.25
Molson Brewery
Montréal, QC
Band: includes Joel Zifkin.

1986.07.01
South Street Seaport
New York City, NY
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Canada Salutes Lady Liberty. Although advertised as appearing it is likely that there was no McGarrigle participation as they were flying to Europe on this day. Also in attendance were actors Margot Kidder, Genevieve Bujold, Kate Reid and Kate Nelligan, comedian John Candy, singer Maureen Forrester, impressionist Rich Little and dancer Margie Gillis.

1986.07.03
Fabrik
Hamburg, West Germany

1986.07.04
Dyrskuepladsen
Ringe, Denmark
Midtfyns Festival. Others appearing included Jethro Tull and Pentangle.
1986.07.06
Blue Stage
Roskilde, Denmark
tape
Roskilde Festival line pic
End of set: Complainte pour Ste-Catherine / Kiss and Say Goodbye / Heart Like a Wheel
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Recorded by Danish radio but due to a technical error only the above three songs exist. Interviewed on Danish radio before or after performance. Perform first verse of En filant ma quenouille.
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Others appearing during the three days were Metallica, Eric Clapton, Madness, The Cult, Billy Bragg, The Waterboys, Big Country, Giant Sand, Feargal Sharkey, Mezzoforte, The Nomads, The Men They Couldn't Hang, Tnt, Red Guitars, Dave Swarbrick, Imperiet, Bap, Anne Linnet, Gangway, Watermelon Men, Attractions, Sanne Salomonsen, Claw Boys Claw, Phranc, Danseorkestret, Paul Banks, Bjorn Afzelius, Eppu Normaali, Marquis De Sade, Skagarack, Mari Boine Persen, Mikael Wiehe, Disneyland After Dark, Lars Lilholt Band, Naive, Bisserov Sisters, Lloyd Cole the Commotions, Thomas Helmig Brothers, Baby Hotel Hunger, Marie Bergman, Rasmus Lyberth, Lasse Englund, Bleizi Ruz, Inti Punchal, Totalpetroelum, A Colony, Blue in Heaven, Kalaka, Trille, Sharing Patrol, Devenish, Peter Abrahamsen, Billy Cross Band, Die Kapelle, Clinic Q, La Bastringue.
1986.07.07
Rockefeller
Oslo, Norway

1986.07.08
Antwerp or Brussels, Belgium
no details known

1986.07.24
Fairfield Halls
Croydon, England
tape
Set: Swimming Song / Tu vas m'accompagner / Leave Me Be / Naufragée du tendre (Shipwrecked) / You Tell Me That I'm Falling Down / Mother, Mother / Maybe I'll Change My Mind / (Talk to Me of) Mendocino / Going Out Looking / As Fast As My Little Feet Can Carry Me / Man Is An Island / A la claire fontaine / Willy Moore / Sun, Son (Shining On the Water) / A Tequila Sunrise / Love Is / Rainbow Ride / First Born / Parlez-nous a boire / Complainte pour Ste-Catherine / Kiss and Say Goodbye / Heart Like a Wheelline pic
Band: Jane, Gerry Conway(drums), Pat Donaldson (bass), Joel Zifkin (violin), Jorn Reissner (guitar).
1986.07.25
The Hexagon
Reading, England
tape
Set: Swimming Song / Tu vas m'accompagner / Leave Me Be / Naufragée du tendre (Shipwrecked) / You Tell Me That I'm Falling Down / Maybe I'll Change My Mind / Mother, Mother / (Talk to Me of) Mendocino / Going Out Looking / As Fast As My Little Feet Can Carry Me / Man Is An Island / A la claire fontaine / Willy Moore / Sun, Son (Shining On The Water) / A Tequila Sunrise / Love Is / First Born / Parlez-nous a boire / Complainte pour Ste-Catherine / Heart Like a Wheel / Love Over and Over
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Band: Jane, Gerry Conway(drums), Pat Donaldson (bass), Joel Zifkin (violin), Jorn Reissner (guitar).
1986.07.27
Páirc Ui Caoimh
Cork, Eire
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Siamsa Cois Laoiline pic Highlights were broadcast by Irish TV Channel 4 on September 6. Other performers included Maura O'Connell, the Wolfe Tones, Stocktons Wing and John Denver.
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1986.07.28
The Bridge Hotel
Waterford, Eire

1986.07.30&31
The Mean Fiddler
London, England
tape
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Set 30: Swimming Song / Tu vas m'accompagner / Leave Me Be / Prends ton manteau / You Tell Me That I'm Falling Down / Mother, Mother / Maybe I'll Change My Mind / (Talk to Me of) Mendocino / Going Out Looking / As Fast As My Little Feet Can Carry Me / Man Is An Island / A la claire fontaine / Willy Moore / Sun, Son (Shining On the Water) / A Tequila Sunrise / Love Is / First Born / Rainbow Ride / Parlez-nous a boire / Complainte pour Ste-Catherine / Heart Like a Wheel / Kiss and Say Goodbye / Love Over and Overline pic
Set 31: Swimming Song / Tu vas m'accompagner / Leave Me Be / Naufragée du tendre (Shipwrecked) / You Tell Me That I'm Falling Down / Mother, Mother / Maybe I'll Change My Mind / (Talk to Me of) Mendocino / Going Out Looking / As Fast As My Little Feet Can Carry Me / Man Is An Island / A la claire fontaine / Willy Moore / Sun, Son (Shining On the Water) / A Tequila Sunrise / Love Is / Entre lajeuness et la sagesse / Rainbow Ride / Parlez-nous a boire / Complainte pour Ste-Catherine / Kiss and Say Goodbye / Love Over and Over / Heart Like a Wheel
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Band: Jane, Gerry Conway(drums), Pat Donaldson (bass), Joel Zifkin (violin), Jorn Reissner (guitar).
1986.08.01&02
Main Stage One, Cherry Hinton Hall Grounds
Cherry Hinton, England
tape
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Cambridge Folk Festivalline pic
Set 01: Swimming Song / Tu vas m'accompagner / Leave Me Be / Prends ton manteau / Mother, Mother / Maybe I'll Change My Mind / (Talk to Me of) Mendocino / Going Out Looking / As Fast As My Little Feet Can Carry Me / Complainte pour Ste-Catherine
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Set 02: A la claire fontaine / Move Over Moon / First Born / Excursion a Venise / Love Over and Over / Heart Like a Wheel / Man Is An Island / Love Is / Kiss and Say Goodbye / Parlez-nous a boire / Complainte pour Ste-Catherine
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Band: Jane, Gerry Conway(drums), Pat Donaldson (bass), Joel Zifkin (violin), Jorn Reissner (guitar).
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Other performers advertised during August 1-3 were Lindisfarne,Home Service, Martin Carthy, Neil Innes, De Danann, Flaco Jiminez, Redgum, The Men They Couldn't Hang, Whippersnapper, The Balham Alligators, Capercaille, Musselwhite Peabody and Hall, Hans Theessink, Issac Guillory, Mike Silver, Jim Page, Mike Whelans, Eavesdropper, Grant Baynham and Bo Diddley. Selections from Kate & Anna's sets were broadcast by BBC Radio 2 on Folk On 2 on 21 January 1987. A slightly different selection was broadcast by Danish radio. Anglia TV broadcast four half hour programmes in November and December but exact details of content remains unknown.First Born was released officially on the BBC CD The Best of The Cambridge Folk Festival.
1986.08.03
Terrein Koudekotstraat
Dranouter, Belgium
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Dranouter Folk Festivalline pic Also appearing were Berlin, Crary & Hickman; Caminando; Cormoran ; De Jeneversuite; Fanfare Dranouter; Fawzi al Aiydi; Flaco Jimenez; From Us to You; Mustaphas 3; Oravan; Perlinpinpin Folc; Butcher van Kampen; Tango al Sur; The Acoustic Groove Band; The Battlefield Band; The Klezmorim; The Lowland Pipers; The Oyster Band; Theater 't Plan and Ti Jazz.

1986.08.09
Fort Adams State Park
Newport, RI
Newport Folk Festivalline pic Band: Jane McGarrigle, Pat Donaldson, Dane Lanken, Jorn Reissner, Joel Zifkin. Rufus, Martha, Sylvan and Lily also sing.line pic
Also appearing were Tom Rush, David Bromberg, Bill Staines, Richie Havens, Hot Rize, Corky Siegel, Claudia Schmidt, Patty Larkin, The Chicken Chokers. "Most satisfying of all were the McGarrigles, best known as a duo of sisters from Montréal, but joined yesterday by a third [Jane McGarrigle] sister, a McGarrigle husband and, in a homespun concluding medley of Stephen Foster songs, four sweet-toned McGarrigle children. Montréalers Kate and Anna McGarrigle, who perform rarely and reluctantly outside their home turf, brought a hush with their exquisite "Talk to Me of Mendocino."
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1986.08.29
Concerts In The Park - Canadian TV
broadcast date
No details known. Also broacast by TV Channel 5 [WRTZ Pittsburgh] on September 7.

1986.10.24
Palais de Congres
Montréal, QC
Montréal Citizens' Movement rally with Claude Dubois, Louise Forestier, Dominique Michel and Charlie Biddle. Possibly no performance.
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1986.11.01
Station Soleil - Radio Québec TV
Montréal, QC
tape
interview and performance of A Place In Your Heart; backing vocals on Je Reviens Chez Nous (Jean-Pierre Ferland)
1986.11.21
Symphony Space
New York City, NY

1986.12.04
Los Angeles Forum
Inglewood, CA
Kate, Anna & Jane sing the Canadian and US National anthems prior to an ice hockey match between the Los Angeles Kings (4) and the.Toronto Maple Leafs (3).

1986.12.05
KCRW Studios
Santa Monica, CA
Morning Becomes Eclectic. Perform

1986.12.05
The Palms
Davis, CA
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 Band: includes Joel Zifkin.
1986.12.06
Great American Music Hall
San Francisco, CA
tape
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two shows
Set 1: Swimming Song / Tu vas m'accompagner / Move Over Moon / (Talk to Me of) Mendocino / Excursion a Venise / Sun, Son (Shining On the Water) / Mother, Mother / Maybe I'll Change My Mind / Going Out Looking / As Fast As My Little Feet Can Carry Me / Man Is An Island / Willy Moore / Parlez-nous a boire / Love Is / Leave Me Be / A Tequila Sunrise / Love Over and Over / Complainte pour Ste-Catherine / Kiss and Say Goodbyeline pic
Set 2: As Fast As My Little Feet Can Carry Me / Going Out Looking / Star Cab Company / Prends ton manteau / Mother, Mother / Maybe I'll Change My Mind / (Talk to Me of) Mendocino / Willy Moore / Swimming Song / Tu vas m'accompagner / Leave Me Be / Love Is&/ Love Over and Over / Talk About It / Kiss and Say Goodbye / Heart Like a Wheel / A la claire fontaineline pic
Band: Jane, Gerry Conway (drums), Pat Donaldson (bass), Joel Zifkin (violin), Jorn Reissner (guitar).
1986.12.07
Beverly Theatre
Beverly Hills, CA
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Review
 Band: includes Joel Zifkin.line pic Supported by David Bromberg.
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1986.12.10
Eighty Six St Music Hall
Vancouver, BC
Cancelled.pic pic
Band: Jane, Gerry Conway (drums), Pat Donaldson (bass), Joel Zifkin (violin), Jorn Reissner (guitar).
1986.12.11
The Backstage
Seattle, WA
Band: includes Joel Zifkin.
1986.12.05
La Presse article (in French)
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1986.12.13
Newspaper article (in French)

1986.12.13
Le Spectrum
Montréal, QC
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Band: Gerry Conway; drums, Joel Zifkin (violin), Pat Donaldson (bass), Jorn Reissner (guitar) and Jane. First Montréal concert since 1984.
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1986.12.14
Salle Albert Rousseau
Québec City, QC
cancelled
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1986.12.16&17
The Birchmere
Alexandria, VA
 Band: includes Joel Zifkin.
1986.12.19&20
Bottom Line
New York City, NY
tape
two shows each night
Incomplete set 19: Swimming Song / Tu vas m'accompagner / Talk About It / Sun, Son (Shining On the Water) / Funky Francophone / NaCl / (Talk to Me of) Mendocino / Mother, Mother / Maybe I'll Change My Mind / Going Out Looking / As Fast As My Little Feet Can Carry Me / Man Is An Island / Willy Moore / Parlez-nous a boire / Love Is / A Tequila Sunrise / Leave Me Be / Rainbow Ride / Love Over and Overline pic Set 20: (not in order) Swimming Song / Tu vas m'accompagner / Complainte pour Ste-Catherine / You Tell Me That I'm Falling Down / (Talk to Me of) Mendocino / Heart Like a Wheel / Love Over and Over / Tequila Sunrise / Going Out Looking / Rainbow Ride / As Fast as My Little Feet Can Carry Me / Move Over Moon / Mother, Mother / Man Is an Island / Love Is / Willie Moore / Parlez-nous a boire / Maybe I'll Change My Mind line pic
Band: Jane, Gerry Conway (drums), Pat Donaldson (bass), Joel Zifkin (violin), Jorn Reissner (guitar).
1986.12.31
Portland City Hall Auditorium
Portland, ME
 Band: includes Joel Zifkin, Pat Donaldson. Rufus, Martha, Syl#van and Lily sing two Stephen Foster songs.

1987.01.29
unknown programme - TVA
Montréal, QC
tape
Interview and performance of Ce Matin.

1987.04.12
Gallery Nenuphar
Québec, QC
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Record launch for the Dunham Flats Band EP "Polar Bear Express" which was produced by Phillipe Tatartcheff. Kate & Anna participation unconfirmed, but given two of the songs on the EP were "DJ Serenade" and "Forever And The Same" and they appear on the record it is possible that they sang on those songs if they were performed at the launch.

1987.04.19
Usher Hall
Edinburgh, Scotland
tape
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"Feed The Folk" concert during the Edinburgh Folk Festivalline pic Set included: Complainte pour Ste-Catherine / Hang Out Your Heart #2 / (Talk to Me of) Mendocino / Jesus Lifeline (Chaim Tannenbaum) / Dig My Grave (Chaim Tannenbaum) / A Place In Your Heart. Accompanied by a children's choir (?) for last song.
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Also appearing were Loudon Wainwright III, Paul Brady, Martin Carthy, Duncan MacGillivray and Maddy Prior with Rick Kemp. All proceeds were donated to The Save The Children Fund.
1987.04.22-25
Shaw Theatre
London, England
tape
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Set 22: En filant ma quenouille / Love Is / Sun, Son (Shining On the Water) / Travelling On for Jesus / Southern Boys / Leave Me Be / Hang Out Your Heart #2 / Rainbow Ride / I Am a Diamond / Blind Trust / Jesus Lifeline (Chaim Tannenbaum) / Dig My Grave (Chaim Tannenbaum) / As Fast As My Little Feet Can Carry Me / (Talk to Me of) Mendocino / Complainte pour Ste-Catherine / A la claire fontaine
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Set 23: En filant ma quenouille / Sun, Son (Shining On the Water) / Love Is / Travelling On for Jesus / Southern Boys / Leave Me Be / Hang Out Your Heart #2 / Rainbow Ride / I Am a Diamond / Blind Trust / Jesus Lifeline (Chaim Tannenbaum) / Dig My Grave (Chaim Tannenbaum) / As Fast As My Little Feet Can Carry Me / Young Love / Heart Like a Wheel / Johnny's Gone to Hilo
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Set 24: En filant ma quenouille / Love Is / Sun, Son (Shining On the Water) / Travelling On for Jesus / Southern Boys / Leave Me Be / Hang Out Your Heart #2 / Rainbow Ride / I Am a Diamond / Blind Trust / Jesus Lifeline (Chaim Tannenbaum) / Dig My Grave (Chaim Tannenbaum) / As Fast As My Little Feet Can Carry Me / Heart Like a Wheel / Complainte pour Ste-Catherine / A la claire fontaine / Ah! Si mon moine voulait danser
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Set 25: En filant ma quenouille / Love Is / Sun, Son (Shining On the Water) / Travelling On for Jesus / Southern Boys / Leave Me Be / Hang Out Your Heart #2 / Rainbow Ride / I Am a Diamond / Blind Trust / Jesus Lifeline (Chaim Tannenbaum) / Dig My Grave (Chaim Tannenbaum) / As Fast As My Little Feet Can Carry Me / (Talk to Me of) Mendocino / A la claire fontaine / Complainte pour Ste-Catherine / Heart Like a Wheel
line pic Band: Jane, Pat Donaldson (bass), Chaim Tannebaum
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It should be noted that the original tapes for the first two shows were dated 21 and 22. It is therefore possible that the set lists have been juxtaposed.

1987.04.22
BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour
tape
Interview with Sue MacGregor.

1987.05.10
Christ Church Cathedral
Montréal, QC
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Marathon of Music for the benefit of Kenny Hertz
line pic Band: Pat Donaldson, Chaim Tannenbaum, Dane Lanken. Among songs performed was Farther Along. line pic
Others confirmed were Dave Gossage and Friends, Susan Palmer, The Vivian Dean Trio, Louis-Noel Fontaine, Sam Boskey, The Michael Laucke Trio, Sonny Greenwich, The Charles Ellison Trio, and Yaya Diallo. Ken Hertz was a Montréal author, poet and publisher who died in 1996.

1987.07.03
The International Main Stage
Lafayette, LA
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Festival International de Louisianeline pic Band: Jane McGarrigle, Joel Zifkin (violin), Pat Donaldson (bass), Jorn Reissner (guitar), Gordon Adamson (drums). line pic
Expresso S.V.P. and Marc Perron preceded Kate & Anna. Also appearing were Chanteurs d'Acadie of New Brunswick, Hart-Rouge, and others.

1987.07.31
Music From Québec - CBL-FM
Three part CBC Arts National series where Kate & Anna talked about the music of Québec. Further parts broadcast August 7 & 14.
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1987.08.10
unidentified TV broadcast
No details known. One hour TV show on Channel 32 in US.
1987.08.14
Music From Quebec - CBL-FM
No details known. Conclusion of programme [presumably part 2].
1987.08.19
Iron Horse Music Hall
Northampton, MA
 Band: includes Joel Zifkin. Presumably as per Nightstage.
1987.08.20
Allyn's Restaurant (Town Crier Cafe)
Lithgow, NY
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 Band: includes Joel Zifkin. Presumably as per Nightstage.
1987.08.21
Nightstage
Cambridge, MA
tape
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Set 1:Swimming Song / Parlez-nous a boire / You Tell Me That I'm Falling Down / Hang Out Your Heart #2 / D.J. Serenade / Mother, Mother / Sun, Son (Shining On the Water) / A Tequila Sunrise / NaCl / As Fast as My Little Feet / (Talk to Me of) Mendocino / Kiss and Say Goodbye / Complainte pour Ste-Catherine / Heart Like a Wheel
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incomplete Set 2:Move Over Moon / Entre lajeunesse et la sagesse / Love Is / Naufragée a tendre (Shipwrecked) / Star Cab Company / A la claire fontaine / Man Is an Island / Love Over and Over.
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1987.08.23
River Valley Playhouse, Landmark College
Putney, VT
A benefit for a Women's Crisis Center.
Band: Presumably as per Nightstage.

1987.11.24
Radio-Canada Studio 14
Montréal, QC
no details known

1987.12.21
Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show
CBC TV
Toronto, ON
broadcast date
Perform Hey Little Elephant. The arrival of Aunt Elephant and her new baby brings mixed feelings for Elephant. When Elephant becomes upset, Kate & Anna McGarrigle show Elephant that new additions to a family can be a trying but wonderful experience for other siblings.

1988.02.27
newspaper article
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1988.02.28
Premiere Dance Theatre, Harbourfront
Toronto, ON
tape
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Set: A la claire fontaine / Move Over Moon / Hang Out Your Heart #2 / NaCl / Leave Me Be / As Fast as My Little Feet / Man Is An Island / Parlez-nous a boire / Love Over and Over / Complainte pour Ste-Catherine / (Talk to Me of) Mendocino
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Band: Jane, Pat Donaldson (bass), Joel Zifkin (violin), Andrew Cowan (guitar). line pic
A 50 minute concert performance recorded for the Canadian radio series The Entertainers. The show was broadcast April 17 on the Stereo Network and Sunday on CBC Radio. Chris Rawlings was support.

1988.03.04
The Grand Theatre
Kingston, ON
 Band: includes Joel Zifkin.

1988.04.01
unidentified TV broadcast
No details known.
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1988.06.18
Hyland Park Reserve
St Paul, MN
Minnesota Festival of Music - NPR Swedish Festival. Broadcast live on KSJN-FM.
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1988.06.22
Nightstage
Cambridge, MA
tape
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Set 1: Love Over and Over / You Tell Me That I'm Falling Down / NaCl / Move Over Moon / Hang Out Your Heart #2 / Sun, Son (Shining on the Water) / A Tequila Sunrise / Love Is / Man Is An Island / Tu vas m'accompagner / I Am a Diamond / As Fast As My Little Feet line pic Set 2: Swimming Song / Naufragée a tendre (Shipwrecked) / Mother, Mother / Hit and Run Love / Hang Out Your Heart #2 / D.J. Serenade / Going Out Looking / Parlez-nous a boire / First Born / Heart Like a Wheel / Kiss and Say Goodbye / Complainte pour Ste-Catherine / (Talk to Me of) Mendocinoline pic Band: Jane, Pat Donaldson (bass), Joel Zifkin (violin), Danny Greenspoon (guitar), John McColgan (drums).
1988.06.23-25
Bottom Line
New York City, NY
tape
two shows each night
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Set 23.1: Swimming Song / Tu vas m'accompagner / Sun, Son (Shining On the Water) / Mother, Mother / Hit and Run Love /Hang Out Your Heart #2 / D.J. Serenade / Going Out Looking / Man Is an Island / I Am a Diamond / Move Over Moon / As Fast As My Little Feet Can Carry Me / Kiss and Say Goodbye / Complainte pour Ste-Catherine
line pic Set 23.2: Swimming Song / Tu vas m'accompagner / First Born / NaCl / Hang Out Your Heart #2 / D.J. Serenade / A Tequila Sunrise / Man Is An Island / You Tell Me That I'm Falling Down / Parlez-nous a boire / I Am a Diamond / Complainte pour Ste-Catherine / Heart Like a Wheel line pic
Set 24.1: Love Over and Over / Naufragée du tendre (Shipwrecked) / Sun, Son (Shining On the Water) / Leave Me Be / A Tequila Sunrise / NaCl / Hang Out Your Heart #2 / D.J. Serenade / I Am a Diamond / Man Is an Island / Tu vas m'accompagner / Going Out Looking / As Fast As My Little Feet Can Carry Me / A la claire fontaine line pic
Set 24.2: Swimming Song / Going Out Looking / Hang Out Your Heart #2 / D.J. Serenade / Love Is / Mother, Mother / Parlez-nous a boire / You Tell Me That I'm Falling Down / I Am a Diamond / As Fast As My Little Feet Can Carry Me / Kiss and Say Goodbye / (Talk to Me of) Mendocino line pic
Set 25.1: Move Over Moon / Hang Out Your Heart #2 / D.J. Serenade / Sun, Son (Shining On The Water) / Naufragée du tendre (Shipwrecked) / Going Out Looking / Hit and Run Love / Man Is an Island / I Am a Diamond / Kiss and Say Goodbye / As Fast As My Little Feet Can Carry Me / (Talk to Me of) Mendocino / Love Over and Over line pic
Set 25.2: Going Out Looking / Hang Out Your Heart #2 / First Born / NaCl / Leave Me Be / Love Is / A Tequila Sunrise / Parlez-nous a boire / You Tell Me That I'm Falling Down / Love Over and Over / Kiss and Say Goodbye / (Talk to Me of) Mendocinoline pic Band: Jane, Pat Donaldson (bass), Joel Zifkin (violin), Danny Greenspoon (guitar), John McColgan (drums).line pic Supported by George Gerdes.
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1988.07.03
Centre d'Arts Orford
Mont-Orford, QC
afternoon show
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 Band: Jane McGarrigle, Danny Greenspoon guitar), Pat Donaldson (bass), Joel Zifkin (violin), John McColgan (drums).

1988.12.03
Good Evening - WHYY-FM radio
World Theater
St Paul, MN
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Set: Swimming Song / First Born / (Talk to Me Of) Mendocino / Love Over and Over. Broadcast by WKSU as Good Evening with Noah Adams. Also featured was Michael Smith.
1988.12.04
The Ark
Ann Arbor, MI
1988.12.06
Club Soda
Montréal, QC
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1988.12.08&09
Lone Star Café
New York City, NY
tape
two shows each night
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Set 08.1: First Born / Move Over Moon / Love Is / A Tequila Sunrise / Hang Out Your Heart / D.J. Serenade / (Talk to Me of) Mendocino / Swimming Song / Prends ton manteau / Man Is An Island / Going Out Looking / I Am a Diamond / As Fast As My Little Feet Can Carry Meline pic Set 08.2: Kiss and Say Goodbye / Mount Royal Blues / Sun, Son (Shining On the Water) / You Tell Me That I'm Falling Down / NaCl / Entre lajeuness et la sagesse / The Bike Song / Parlez-nous a boire / Complainte pour Ste-Catherineline pic Band: Jane, Pat Donaldson (bass), Joel Zifkin (violin), Danny Greenspoon (guitar), Gordon Adamson (drums).


1989.02.24
Centaur Theatre
Montréal, QC
The Centaur Galaline pic
Perform Complainte pour Ste-Catherine / I Am a Diamondline pic
TV special and benefit for the Centaur Theatre. Taped live before an audience of 350 who paid $125 a ticket for dinner, champagne and the show. Also appearing were Irvin Layton, Peter Pringle, Gratien Gelinas, Margie Gillis, Ted Dykstra, Oliver Jones, Dave Broadfoot, Ranee Lee, the 22-piece Denny Christianson Big Band and host Don McGowan. A 48-minute edited version (no McGarrigles), Centaur Gala, was telecast on March 15 by CFCF-12.
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1989.04.17
Towne Crier
Pawling, NY
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1989.04.18
Total Electric Company Theatre
Philadelphia, PA
Can find no ad. Show in Philadelphia on 20th as well?
1989.04.19
Grosvenor Auditorium, National Geographic Society
Washington DC
tape
two shows
Songs of Canada.
1989.04.20
Theatre of the Living Arts
Philadelphia, PA
tape
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1989.06.09
Towne Crier
Pawling, NY
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Kate and Rufus attend a Loudon Wainwright show. Anecdotal evidence suggests they joined him onstage for a few songs.

1989.06.23&24
Molson Concert Bowl, Molson Park
Barrie, ON
tape
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While York University has archives for the 60s and 70s the remaining years are detailed by the Mariposa organisation itself. A pdf of the 1989 festival programme may be downloaded here
29th Mariposa Folk Festivalline pic On the 23rd Kate & Anna headline the evening Main Stage concert. On the 24th they perform an hour long set on the Pond Stage, with children, of Stephen Foster songs in a show entitled You Couldn't Call It Soul; You Had To Call It Heart.
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Band: Jane McGarrigle, Chaim Tannenbaum, Danny Greenspoon (guitar), Joel Zifkin (violin).line pic
Among others also appearing were Eric Andersen, Jackson Browne, David Lindley, Guy Clark, Melissa Etheridge, Stephen Fearing, John Hiatt, Bobby King & Terry Evans, Ellen McIlwhane, Loreena McKennitt, The Men They Couldn't Hang, Odetta, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Jane Siberry, Darden Smith, Rosalie Sorrels, Spirit of the West, June Tabor, Loudon Wainwright III, Garnet Rogers, Amos Garrett & Eh Team, Attila The Stockbroker, Cromdale and O.J.Anderson.
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1989.07.08
Birds Hill Park
Winnipeg, MB
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Performed during the afternoon, The evening show featured the Crash Test Dummies. Also perforimng that day were Marti Jones & Don Dixon; Guy Clark; Lorraine Segato & Big Jump; Clarence Fountain & the Five Blind Boys; Weddings, Parties, Anything; Les Miserables Brass Band and The Beat Farmers. CBC radio broadcast five nights of highlights July 17 - 21.
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1989.08.06
Culture Center Theater
Charleston, WV
tape
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Mountain Stage - West Virginia Public Radio for NPRline pic
Set: Love Is / Camptown Races (family) Hard Times Come Again No More (family) / (Talk to Me of) Mendocino / My Old Kentucky Home (Rufus with Kate & Anna) Complainte pour Ste Catherineline pic
Also Tony Rice Unit, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, John Hartford. Possibly broadcast August 13. Audio for five songs is currently online here. Audio for Hard Times Come Again No More and (Talk to Me of) Mendocino is currently online here.

1989.09.23
McGill University lower campus Tent
Montréal, QC
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Free concert. Filmed by an NBC camera crew (for a Today Show programme about "yuppie music") and scheduled for broadcast October 1.
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1989.11.26
Caffe Lena
Saratoga Springs, NY
tape
Appearance during a five hour memorial service (at Bethesda Episcopal Church) and a concert for Lena Spencer. Also appearing were Jack Landron, Loudon Wainwright III, Christine Lavin, David Bromberg, Spalding Gray, Rosalie Sorrels, Rory Block, Utah Phillips and Dave Van Ronk. Filmed for BBC and PBS
A documentary programme Caffe Lena,hosted by Kate, was broadcast on PBS TV on January 28, 1991 and broadcast on BBC2 in the UK on February 9, 1991 during their Rhythms Of The World series. Included were performances and interviews with Arlo Guthrie, Utah Phillips, David Amram, Rory Block and actor Spaulding Gray. Possibly rebroadcast February 3, 1991. The film includes performances of Heart Like a Wheel [alt] and (Talk to Me of) Mendocino.
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1989.12.14
Towne Crier
Pawling, NY
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Christmas show with the children.
1989.12.16
Town Hall
New York City, NY
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Christmas show with the children. An excerpt from the audio of the performance appears on the DVD A Not So Silent Night. Also appearing were Leon Redbone and the Hampton String Quartet.