Paul Kelly is one of the great voices of Australia. Not in a way where he preaches or speaks for others, it is in the way that he tells stories of its inhabitants, never hiding the scary or the ugly yet always with a tenderness and a beauty and honesty that is so hard to encapsulate as a songwriter. His song ‘How To Make Gravy’ has become a Christmas staple and Paul has extended that by releasing his new album ‘Paul Kelly’s Christmas Train’ featuring guest such as Marlon Williams, Vika & Linda, Lior, Kasey Chambers and a bunch of other friends and collaborators. We had a chat over zoom to talk about the new record, what he got up to during lockdown, the difficulty of breaking old patterns as a songwriter and plenty more.
All music on the podcast by Joshua Moriarty.
‘Christmas’ by Paul Kelly- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7vOxbN4C-Y&ab_channel=PaulKelly
‘How To Make Gravy’ by Paul Kelly- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYqIF2XkqKU&ab_channel=PaulKelly
‘Shane Warne’ by Paul Kelly (I love cricket and Warney so had to post this one!)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpAaHsvTInY&ab_channel=PaulKelly