Montreal's Myriam Gendron works poetry in to her latest album

By Mike McGonigal

Jan 7, 2015 at 1:00 am

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Montreal-based singer/songwriter Myriam Gendron made the loveliest record in 2014, by taking poems written by Dorothy Parker and making them into these killer, sweet songs.

I only knew of Parker as the Algonquin Table satirist famous for her quick wit and had no idea she wrote poems at all. The arrangements are stripped down, subtle, and smart. We mention it here even though it's not a new release, because it was initially issued in a run of just 300 copies, and the Northampton-based Feeding Tube label thankfully repressed another 400.

This is endearing and unassuming stuff, perfect for fans of Karen Dalton, Broadcast, and Michael Hurley. <a href="http://tunes.mamabirdrecordingco.com/album/not-so-deep-as-a-well" target="_blank">Not So Deep as a Well by MYRIAM GENDRON</a>

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Metro Times music editor Mike McGonigal has written about music since 1984, when he started the fanzine Chemical Imbalance at age sixteen with money saved from mowing lawns in Florida. He's since written for Spin, Pitchfork, the Village VOICE and Artforum. He's been a museum guard, a financial reporter, a bicycle...