Song to the Siren

The best of Larry Beckett's lyrics of the past fifty years, conceived as poems that can be sung.

Lyrics in many forms: ode, cycle, carol, hymn, ballad, serenade, erotica, blason, aria, blues, lullaby, elegy.

And what do This Mortal Coil, Tim Buckley, Peter Buck, Robert Plant, Bryan Ferry, George Michael, Sinead O'Connor, Kitty Macfarlane, Eyelids, Stuart Anthony (and many more) all have in common? They’ve all performed songs from this book. An appendix with music sources and recording history for each lyric is included.

And you can now hear Larry’s own performance of a number of these lyrics, recorded in the studio and with the same piano and equipment where Elvis recorded his second album. Available on all streaming services.

Last Session at Studio B

Order The Book of Merlin today!

The lost poetry of the real Merlin. Merlin was a 6th-century poet in northwest Britain known as Myrddin Wyllt, or Merlin of the Wilds. This translation is the first time that his surviving words have been gathered in one manuscript since The Book of Merlin was lost in the 12th century.

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