Martha Wainwright Interview

The annual music issue of The Believer recently hit store shelves. It includes an interview Davia did with Martha Wainwright:

THE BELIEVER: What got you started writing?

MARTHA WAINWRIGHT: I had started watching Rufus write songs, and he was playing a weekly show at this small venue and had asked me to sing some backup, so I had been onstage with him. I enjoyed that so much that I then pushed myself to write my own songs, to see if I could, being surrounded by songwriters and knowing a few chords on the guitar. At first I didn’t plan on being a musician, but then through those first couple of songs I realized it was the easiest thing for me to do. And it’s good to do the thing that’s easiest and most natural, rather than fight it.

You can read the entire interview by purchasing a copy at the McSweeney’s Store.

And here is Martha performing a song written by her mother, Kate McGarrigle:

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