Mirabeau Bridge by Stuart Anthony and Larry Beckett

Mirabeau Bridge
“The bridge: between banks of the Seine, between Apollinaire and his lovers, between the Belle Epoque and now, between languages, between music and lyrics, between Anthony and Beckett.”

The Players
Guillaume Apollinaire: The early 20th century, remarkable modernist poet, writer, critic, he who coined the term surrealism and was a friend of Picasso, Cocteau, Chagall and many other artists.
Larry Beckett: The lauded modern American poet, first noted for providing lyrics to many of Tim Buckley’s songs, including the modern standard ‘Song to the Siren’ and who is a continually published poetic voice of his times.
Stuart Anthony – maverick British singer songwriter, formerly of The Long Lost Band, pursuing his own adventurous musical course, and a regular collaborator with Larry Beckett since 2014.

The Plot
A songwriter and a poet bring the great Guillaume Apollinaire’s visionary modernist French poetry, into English and contemporary song, and include readings accompanied by new music.
Add a poem by Larry Beckett set in Paris, and a playful cover of he & Tim Buckley’s ‘Moulin Rouge’ and you have an album shimmering in French vibes, and rich in a love of the romantic qualities of the great city.

Guitars and accordions, drones and spirits, troupes and chanteurs, zithers and drums ring out songs of love and longing. Poems read from Paris streets and bridges, in full romantic vision and surrealism.
Sirens sing and knowing glances are exchanged. Street performers entice in a kaleidoscope of sound. You’ll stray through lovely Paris with Apollinaire, ‘without the heart to die’.

Stuart Anthony is a singer/songwriter working with Tim Buckley lyricist & American poet Larry Beckett.

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