The first single, “Song of the Old Lovers,” is out now!Available on all streaming platforms. Sample Here. It will be followed by two additional singles leading up to the full release of Though We Have Only Love on January 9, 2026.
Though We Have Only Love
The Songs of Jacques Brel
A tribute to the legendary Belgian singer and actor Jacques Brel, Larry’s 5th album will be out January 9, 2026 via The Orchard/Sony.
Premier music and entertainment magazine highlights Larry’s Jacques Brel translations
“In the album, and the book of his chansons, the world is excoriated for war, hypocrisy, lust, betrayal, always returning to the hope of redemption through love: love lost, ongoing, fugitive, lifelong. For me, and for anyone, after the last song, it’s love that resonates: Though We Have Only Love.”
Beckett translated all the lyrics from French to English, capturing the original meaning and essence while bringing a fresh perspective. In this conversation, he reflects on what drew him to Brel, the challenges of faithful translation, and the enduring interplay of poetry and song in his work.
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.
Updates
Song to the Siren. 5 decades of lyrics, including for the first time in print the lyrics to Song to the Siren, are being published by Halbaffe Press on July 21st, 2024. Launch event will happen on July 26th, 2024 at Beyond Baroque in Venice, California where the title song was written.