Paul Kelly
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1. Paul Kelly is an Australian singer-songwriter, based in Melbourne, and widely considered as an icon of Australian music. He has released music under his own name and as Paul Kelly and The Messengers, Paul Kelly and The Coloured Girls, and Paul Kelly and The Stormwater Boys. His output has ranged from bluegrass to studio-oriented dub reggae, but his core output comfortably straddles folk, rock, and even some country. His lyrics, simply and laconically voiced, have managed to speak to Australian experiences and history perhaps more broadly and directly than any other artist.
2. Paul Kelly (born Paul Laurence Dunbar Kelly in Overtown, Miami, Florida, USA on 19 June 1940) is an American soul singer, musician and producer. He is best known for the song “Stealing in the Name of the Lord”, which was a hit in 1970. And in 1974 another hit with “Hooked, Hogtied & Collared” from the album with the same title. He also wrote “Personally”, which has been widely-covered, and was a hit for soul singer Jackie Moore, as well as country singers Karla Bonoff and Ronnie McDowell. Other songs have been covered by gospel artists, including The Mighty Clouds Of Joy and The Staple Singers.
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Soundings In Film
7,318 listeners19 tracks
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Songs From the South: Paul Kelly's Greatest Hits
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Spring and Fall
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Songs From The South
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Paul KellySaturday 25 May 2013
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blackhaws
Just to confuse the name thing even more, there's a third Paul Kelly who is also good. This one does music for films, which ordinarily isn't all that interesting away from the films, but in this case the instrumentals stand up well on their own. It's moody guitar rock that's not hard rock, but it's not wimpy either. Here's a link to the AMG review of one of his albums. http://www.allmusic.com/album/soundings-in-film-mw0000322694
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awesomosaurus
How to make gravy.
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xiao_mei
Man this is one talented singer songwriter! I discovered him thanks to a Tribute where Dan Kelly and Missy Higgins sang :)
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QldMusicFest
In a rare collaboration, iconic Australian singer/songwriter, Paul Kelly, teams up with internationally renowned jazz musician Paul Grabowsky, to create Meet Me In The Middle of the Air as part of Queensland Music Festival 2011! See http://www.qmf.org.au
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sdfgftutyu
guys, where can I download "I Close My Eyes And Think Of You"?
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VlCTORlOUSmarch
peace. enough said.
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Milky-Sheep
Wipqozn - you should have opened with Cloud Control and the Middle East, most people would have stopped listening after you listed the first 5 acts. Sure they may be solid bands, but in the grand scheme of things they are going to do nothing for the Aussie music scene.
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Krankd
such an amazing artist. His songs and lyrics are timeless and in many songs haunting. I gre up to paul kelly and recently got back into it
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Wipqozn
Birds of Tokyo, Trial Kennedy, Karnivool, Dead Letter Circus, Gyroscope, The Temper Trap, Whitley, Children Collide, Angus and Julia Stone, Paul Dempsey, Sparkadia, The Middle East, Cog, Cloud Control. They're my favorites right now, so many more I like and so many more I am keen to listen to. I know this is completely subjective and you probably don't like most of them but you can't say there isn't any good Australian music, must not be look hard enough...or at all
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Achmed_Tarquin
I'm with Wipozn. Down here in Melbourne there are tonnes of good bands trying to get noticed. You just gotta get out there and wade through the crap, but the good is there
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Wipqozn
perkins, what the hell are you on about? There are so many awesome Australia acts going around right now! Must not be looking in the right places...Paul Kelly is a legend though. Looking forward to seeing him for the first time
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SoulVoice
When it comes to artists with a similar name, last.fm sucks!
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samgil
Not even half a million plays wow. He's sooo good. I love pretty much every track on songs from the south.
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Musicboehmy
Hello... - Please visit my new Group „Singer-Songwriter of the week“ Link is http://www.lastfm.de/group/Singer-Songwriter+of+the+Week Here can you vote for songwriter each week and so we created a Hall Of Fame. The Idea for the Group came from here: http://www.lastfm.de/group/Country+Artist+of+the+Week
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JaneVisions
Paul Kelly FTW
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GuitarBassDrums
Great show last night in Brisbane, PK. Cheers GBD
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harajukudude
a group for people who love to discover great bands that none of your friends know about ! http://www.last.fm/group/Esoteric+Freaks
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nigels
Sounds Australian to me.
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lovemedestroyer
please release another Professor Ratbaggy album mr kelly
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MartinEnglish
"he doesn't sound Australian, does he." Depends on what songs you listen to. Did he try to get a more 'universal' sound when he was trying to break the US market ?. On the other hand, listen to the album 'Songs of the South" - the only voice / words more australian was slim dusty :)
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