“Mayday” can signify a pagan celebration of spring, a holiday recognizing workers’ solidarity, and a signal of urgent distress. Myriam Gendron’s third album of melancholy ruminations and stubborn ...

Montreal singer, songwriter and guitarist Myriam Gendron has announced a new album, Mayday, which will be out May 10 via Thrill Jockey & Feeding Tube. The album features contributions from guitarists ...

To hear the fully produced piece, including samples of Myriam Gendron's music referred to in the text below, hit the play button above. Gendron’s appearance at the Clark Art Institute comes two weeks ...

The Quebecois singer-songwriter on her stunning new album Mayday, her mother's final days, and how so many brilliant musicians end up on her records With her deep knowledge of history and literature, ...

Montréal folk singer-songwriter Myriam Gendron has a way of attracting some of the biggest names in experimental indie music. Her 2021 album Ma d é lire – Songs of love, lost & found was promoted by ...

Coley found out about Canada's Gendron when she played a concert dedicated to the songs of Michael Hurley, the Greenwich Village-associated singer-songwriter whose first album had been issued in 1963.

When watching Myriam Gendron at her first-ever Portland performance at Holocene last Monday, I couldn’t take my eyes off of her hands. The French Canadian folk singer-songwriter’s fingerstyle guitar ...

This song represented one of the biggest writing challenges I’ve ever faced. Initially, I had a melody in my head. I came up with a chord progression that I played for days and days, humming my melody ...

In 2014, the great Montréal psych-folk solo act Myriam Gendron released Not So Deep As A Well, an album that translated Dorothy Parker's poetry into mystical acoustic ballads. An expanded version of ...