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P A R FA IT, from page 10
Parfait can also be found performing
shows at local wine bars and coffee shops
from time to time, purely as an entertainer.
He performed regularly at the Tea Zone’s
Camellia Lounge in the Pearl before it
closed in 2016.
Dominic remembers seeing him perform
there about a year ago.
Halfway through I realized that I was in
his living room. His personality just filled
the space. The person singing up there
was exactly the guy I know from lessons,
exactly the guy I know from helping to
create the album. It was wonderful to see
that kind of authenticity in a musician,”
Dominic said. “Typically, to varying
degrees, musicians have to wear some kind
of mask when they get up on stage. Either
because they think the audience needs it
or they need it. That’s not the case with
Parfait.”
In many instances, Parfait sings the
same songs during his workshops that he
performs professionally, and he switches
between English and French, rap and
soulful pop.
Today, many of his tracks also feature
the instrumental and vocal talents of other
Portland-area musicians.
His most recent French language single,
“Cette Femme,” was released earlier this
year and is making the rounds at radio
stations in West Africa. He said it’s a song
about feminism - and he imagines it must
have sparked a few conversations in cars
and around dinner tables in Dakar.
It will be on his next album, which he
said will have a theme based on reflection.
It’s loosely due for release this winter and
will contain a mix of French and English
language songs. Sometimes he weaves the
languages together in the same track.
His first overseas hit was the title track
of his 2015 album, “Finally.” It’s somewhat
of a personal anthem that he bellows
beautifully in English.
In March, Parfait was named a finalist in
the Bridging the Music Presents: Oregon
Solo Artist Awards at the Hawthorne
Theater.
In Loving Memory
by Aileen McPherson
How do I express these feelings you leave with me,
Like the memory of hand-sized fluffy drops of heaven,
Pull them apart a pat of butter a golden pool forms,
A drop of jam spreads warm and grand,
So delicious they melt in your hand.
Until that day after many years being away,
Singing the praise of the biscuits I was raised,
And you made them dear,
But what is this, it’s rock hard I hear,
They look like hockey pucks sitting there,
And just as hard, so a laugh we had at the biscuits so bad.
You bore me up into this life,
Held me close when scared at night,
Fed my body and nourished my soul,
Helped me stand when I did fall,
Held my hand when I felt lost,
Taught lessons of life so dear,
For the journey ahead of me I should not fear.
So many things I have learned from you,
How to clean and cook, appreciate a book,
Mending jeans, crocheting soft things,
Sing out loud and be proud, dancing feet are happy feet,
Music is Magic, Happiness is Heartfelt, and Love is Unconditional,
People can be demanding, and smile even when you do not feel it,
If nothing else it confuses people.
All of this is merely a beginning to an end, a journey we all take for better or worse full of
family and friends who will make it interesting until then.
These words and deeds of wisdom have helped me through the years,
And so I’ve passed them on to friends and others through my life,
But nevertheless I love you the best.
To Mothers everywhere, male or female matters not, thankfyou for always being there.
emily@streetroots. org
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