Martha Wainwright To Perform On The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon November 9

Martha Wainwright will bring her most “sonically daring” (NPR Music) work yet to The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon November 9th.  She will be performing “Around The Bend” from her new album ‘Goodnight City,’ which is out November 11 on PIAS.  Today ‘Goodnight City’ is also streaming exclusively via NPR’s First Listen: http://n.pr/2fHGk4t

NPR says Wainwright's "first-person stories are not standard singer-songwriter confessions: they are deep dramas, imbued with whimsy and dreamlike elements that are heightened by ingeniously varied arrangements."

‘Goodnight City’ features 12 tracks that twist and turn with intensity, showcasing Martha’s distinguished songwriting craft and commanding voice.  It includes several original works as well as songs written for this album by Beth Orton, Rufus Wainwright, Glen Hansard and Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs.  The album was produced by Thomas Bartlett (Sufjan Stevens, Glen Hansard) and Brad Albetta (Angus and Julia Stone, Teddy Thompson).   

Martha will perform a full band album release show on November 18th at Le Poisson Rouge in NYC. Tour dates will be announced in the coming weeks.

Martha was born in New York City to folk legends Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III. She is Rufus Wainwright’s sister and they often collaborate in shows and on records. Martha is also half sister to Lucy Wainwright Roche and they recently made a record together, “Songs In The Dark,” to much acclaim including a JUNO nomination. She has spent time on the silver screen playing characters in Martin Scorsese’s “Aviator” and more recently in the HBO special “Olive Kitteridge” alongside Frances McDormand. Currently Martha is finishing up a book titled “Stories I Might Regret Telling You.”

1. Around The Bend

2. Franci

3. Traveller

4. Look Into My Eyes (Written by Anna McGarrigle, Lily Lanken and Martha Wainwright)

5. Before the Children Came Along

6. Window

7. Piano Music (Words by Micheal Ondaatje, music by Thomas Bartlett)

8. Alexandria (Written by Beth Orton)

9. So Down

10. One Of Us (Written by Glenn Hansard and Martha Wainwright)

11. Take The Reins (Written by Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs)

12. Francis (Written by Rufus Wainwright)