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When Martha Wainwright steps up to any stage to sing, she brings legacy, pathos and a surplus of unyielding truth with her. While many of her songs are known to be about the people she loves, they often explore the issues she has with loved ones. To some this may sound exploitive but any hardcore […]

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The 6th annual Luminato festival kicked off with major buzz on Friday night, as word spread through the opening night party that Nelly Furtado had joined K’Naan at his free concert at David Pecaut Square.

The swishy event at 25 York St. had its own surprises. Martha Wainwright jumped onstage for a sultry take on “Stormy Weather,” and spin duties were handled by Koala Kid (who must have ended the evening a few pounds lighter after sweltering in his faux fur koala costume). Yves Saint Laurent hosted the party, offering makeup touch-ups, samples of Opium and the new L’Homme Libre fragrances and the opportunity to write messages on an iPad that were then projected on a wall.

I Think We’re Gonna Need A Bigger Boat (Southern Fried Records, southernfriedrecords.com) is leaking like the Titanic, and no wonder. It’s the hotly anticipated new project from Norman Cook (if you say “Who?” we say “Fatboy Slim”) with guest stars David Byrne, Iggy Pop, Martha Wainwright, Jamie T, Emmy the Great and more, all under the name of The Brighton Port Authority (thebrightonportauthority.com).

Martha Wainwright: I Know You’re Married But I’ve Got Feelings Too (MapleMusic)

Yes, yes, she’s Rufus’s little sister, and while this gives a girl a lot to live up to at family sing-a-longs, when your parents are Loudon Wainwright III and Kat McGarrigle, music is simply in your genes (or in Martha’s case, the tiny dress she wears while lounging on a groovy couch on the cover of her second solo album).