The descriptors "Canadian icon" and "national treasure" are often used as lazy shorthand to refer to those artists who've made some sort of impact on our country's music scene. But Kate McGarrigle was one of the awe-inspiring few who truly deserved those epithets -- and then some. McGarrigle, who passed away Monday after a drawn-out battle with clear cell sarcoma (she was diagnosed with the rare form of cancer in 2006), was one of Canada's legendary voices, a woman who celebrated and elevated the rich history of our country's musical traditions throughout a career that spanned more than three decades.
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