Paul Kelly’s first Christmas album is an extraordinary 22-song collection that travels across the centuries, from a Latin hymn to wellknown carols, from a traditional Irish folk ballad to new Kelly music written for Christmas poems. There are songs with an unmistakable Australian sound like Three Drovers and Swing Around the Sun, and a sparkling new version of one of the greatest Australian Christmas songs of them all, Kelly’s own How to Make Gravy. The album is delivered by Paul and his band with a big cast of Christmas helpers including vocalists Vika and Linda Bull, Marlon Williams, Kasey Chambers, Alice Keath, Emily Lubitz, Lior and Emma Donovan, with contributions from the Kelly clan. The writer, radio and TV presenter Waleed Aly also makes an appearance, reading verses from The Qur’an. Paul says: “I’ve chosen songs I love, which led me often to wander off the well-worn path, then chosen singers I thought best suited to them.” The albums finds new ways to explore Christmas favorites too, with a Hawaiian flavour for Silent Night and a performance by Marlon Williams singing Tapu Te Pō (O Holy Night) in the Māori language. Folk, classical, soul, carols and hymns, rock and roll. Get ready for an album that’s going to become a part of celebrating an Australian Christmas for many years to come.

Tracklisting

Nativity - Paul Kelly
Silent Night - Paul Kelly, Alice Keath & Sime Nugent
Swing Around The Sun - Paul Kelly
Christmas - Paul Kelly
Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) - Linda Bull & Paul Kelly
Little Drummer Boy - Paul Kelly
Arthur McBride - Paul Kelly
The Virgin Mary Had One Son - Emma Donovan & Paul Kelly
Tapu te Pō (O Holy Night) - Marlon Williams, The Dhungala Children's Choir & Paul Kelly
Shalom Aleichem - Lior, Alice Keath, Emily Lubitz & Paul Kelly
The Oxen - Paul Kelly
The Friendly Beasts - Paul Kelly, Kasey Chambers & Dan Kelly
Three Drovers - Paul Kelly, Alice Keath & Sime Nugent
Christmas Must Be Tonight - Paul Kelly
Surah Maryam - Waleed Aly & Paul Kelly
Coventry Carol - Kate Miller-Heidke, Jess Hitchcock, Alice Keath, Marlon Williams & Paul Kelly
In The Hot Sun Of A Christmas Day - Paul Kelly
How To Make Gravy - Paul Kelly 19. Christmas Train - Vika Bull & Paul Kellyme Thou Fount Of Every Blessing - Paul Kelly
Intonent Hodie - Alice Keath & Paul Kelly
What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? - Alma Zygier & Paul Kelly

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