Kate McGarrigle, sumptuous (and poetic) songwriter, fragile, emotive singer, member of the heart meltingly harmonic sister duo, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, mother of Rufus & Martha Wainwright, died on Tuesday at the age of 63 at home in Montreal. Cancer.

My college, post-college years (and beyond) are intertwined with memories of their albums (Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Dancer with Bruised Knees, Pronto Monto, The French Album, Love Over and Over, Heartbeats Accelerating, Matapedia, The McGarrigle Hour).

These are the songs from that very first, ever great, self-named album:

Kiss And Say Goodbye

My Town

Blues In D

Heart Like A Wheel

Foolish You

Talk To Me Of Mendocino

Complainte Pour Ste Catherine

Tell My Sister

Swimming Song

Jigsaw Puzzle Of Life

Go Leave

Travelling On For Jesus

Ah. Have a listen.