The songwriter on the before-and-after of Covid, family break-up and finding love again

Rufus and sister Martha discuss grieving for their mother, performing Christmas songs with family

The singer also told the Roisin Meets podcast about the curse-laden song she performed the night Donald Trump was elected

Martha Wainwright and her half-sister Lucy have a dark, strange new album that they reckon is for all the family

The singer-songwriter has a galaxy of high-profile fans and a dizzying range of achievements under his belt – but has never troubled the top of the charts. Does that matter to him – and, if not, what does he focus on instead?

As the concert for her mother that turned into a wake that turned into a film gets its Irish premiere, Canadian folk-rock marvel Martha Wainwright tells Tara Brady about her mum Kate McGarrigle, her brother Rufus – and performing through a veil of tears