""Proserpina" is the last song Wainwright's mother Kate McGarrigle wrote before dying of cancer, and it was first heard a performance at the Royal Albert Hall by McGarrigle in December of 2009, just weeks before her death." (Katherine St. Asaph, http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17181-come-home-to-mama (album review)).
During this time, Martha Wainwright was pregnant of her first child while her mother was dying of cancer.
""Proserpina" is the last song Wainwright's mother Kate McGarrigle wrote before dying of cancer, and it was first heard a performance at the Royal Albert Hall by McGarrigle in December of 2009, just weeks before her death." (Katherine St. Asaph, http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17181-come-home-to-mama (album review)).
During this time, Martha Wainwright was pregnant of her first child while her mother was dying of cancer.