Song based on the following poem by Dorothy Parker: Lilacs blossom just as sweet Now my heart is shattered. If I bowled it down the street, Who's to say it mattered? If there's one that rode away What would I be missing? Lips that taste of tears, they say, Are the best for kissing. Eyes that watch the morning star Seem a little brighter; Arms held out to darkness are Usually whiter. Shall I bar the strolling guest, Bind my brow with willow, When, they say, the empty breast Is the softer pillow? That a heart falls tinkling down, Never think it ceases. Every likely lad in to… read more
Song based on the following poem by Dorothy Parker: Lilacs blossom just as sweet Now my heart is shattered. If I bowled it down the street, Who'… read more
Song based on the following poem by Dorothy Parker: Lilacs blossom just as sweet Now my heart is shattered. If I bowled it down the street, Who's to say it mattered? If there's… read more
Myriam Gendron is a Montreal-based folk singer/songwriter. Ottawa-born, Myriam Gendron spent much of her youth in transition, her father being a foreign correspondent. She spent spells in Gatineau (Quebec), D.C., Paris, and Montreal, where she finally settled at age sixteen. Still in Montreal, she makes her living now as a copy-editor and book dealer, leading to her discovery of a second-hand 1936 edition of Dorothy Parker's poetry, titled Not So Deep as a Well. Parker’s poems hit just the right note and inspired by Leonard Cohen and John Fahey, Myriam began putting them to m… read more
Myriam Gendron is a Montreal-based folk singer/songwriter. Ottawa-born, Myriam Gendron spent much of her youth in transition, her father being a foreign correspondent. She spent spells in … read more
Myriam Gendron is a Montreal-based folk singer/songwriter. Ottawa-born, Myriam Gendron spent much of her youth in transition, her father being a foreign correspondent. She spent spells in Gatineau (Quebec), D.C., Paris, and Montreal, … read more