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Follow on Google News | Paul Kelly Sets U.S. Tour, April 20 - June 6, On The Heels Of His Latest Release, Spring And FallLegendary Australian singer-songwriter kicks off North American tour on April 20th in Santa Barbara, CA, following first new album in five years.
By: 1888 Media This spring, Kelly will make rare U.S. appearances in major cities: San Diego (Apr. 20), Los Angeles (Apr. 23), Salt Lake City (Apr. 26), Denver (Apr. 25), San Francisco (Apr. 28), Portland (Apr. 20), Cleveland (May 15), and more (full tour dates listed below). In a career that’s spanned more than 30 years, Kelly has released a steady stream of albums showcasing his emotionally vivid, musically expansive songwriting and his uncanny ability to distill a novel’s worth of narrative and character detail into an effortlessly melodic pop tune. Neil Finn of Crowded House asserts, “There is something unique and powerful about the way Kelly mixes up everyday detail with the big issues of life, death, love and struggle — not a trace of pretense or fakery in there.” Australian alt-country artist Kasey Chambers says, “If I was only allowed to listen to one artist for the rest of my life, I would choose Paul Kelly.” The qualities that have made Paul Kelly an inspiration to his fans and peers are prominent throughout Spring And Fall, which ranks with the artist’s finest work in terms of melodic craft, verbal eloquence and emotional insight, with evocatively spare arrangements that set the ideal tone for such thematically related new Kelly compositions as “When a Woman Loves a Man,” “New Found Year,” “Someone New” and “Time and Tide.” “Spring And Fall is a song cycle,” Kelly explains. “It’s been five years since I made a record, and perhaps the experience of writing a book during that time made me attuned to the idea of developing a close-knit structure for the next album I did. I knew I didn’t just want to put out a collection of songs that were loosely related to each other. “I know that people are listening to music more and more now in a grazing kind of way, picking a song here and a song there, and that spurred me on to try and make a record that would take a stand on behalf of the album,” he continues. “I’m a music grazer myself, but there is still a deep satisfaction in encountering a set of songs that unfolds from start to finish and demands to be heard in its entirety. So Spring And Fall has an arc suggested by its title. There are multiple viewpoints, with links from song to song, and each song contains the seed of the song that follows. They are all love songs and the album is a love story.” Kelly, accompanied by noted Australian producer/multi- While he’s best known in America for such acclaimed albums as Gossip, Under the Sun, So Much Water So Close to Home, Comedy, Wanted Man and Deeper Water, Kelly has made a wide array of departures, collaborations and side projects. He’s recorded as a member of the studio supergroup Stardust Five, branched out stylistically to record an album with the Australian bluegrass combo Uncle Bill and created experimental dub-reggae as part of the techno-groove ensemble Professor Ratbaggy. His interest in aboriginal issues has led him to collaborate with aboriginal songwriter Archie Roach and the multicultural group Yothu Yindi. Beyond the copious tributes and accolades, it’s Paul Kelly’s songs, and his knack for performing them with maximum conviction, that makes him a world-class creative force, and Spring And Fall ranks with his most powerful work. After more than three decades, Kelly’s music remains every bit as adventurous and inspired as ever. http://youtu.be/ PAUL KELLY ON TOUR: 04/20 Santa Barbara, CA @ Lobero Theater/Sings Like Hell! 04/21 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues/5th Ave. Stage 04/23 Los Angeles, CA @ Largo at the Coronet 04/25 Denver, CO @ The Walnut Room 04/26 Salt Lake City, UT @ The State Room 04/28 San Francisco, CA @ Brick & Mortar 04/30 Portland, OR @ Alberta Rose Theatre 05/01 Vancouver, BC @ The Rio Theatre 05/03 Calgary, AB @ Palomino 05/04 Edmonton, AB @ Brixx Bar & Grill 05/06 Winnipeg, MB @ Windsor Hotel 05/08 Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon 05/10 Indianapolis, IN @ Radio Radio 05/11 Louisville, KY @ Zanzabar 05/15 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom 05/16 Ferndale, MI @ The Magic Bag 05/17 Toronto, ON @ The Drake Hotel 05/18 Toronto, ON @ The Drake Hotel 05/21 Cambridge, MA @ Club Passim 05/22 Philadelphia, PA @ The Tin Angel 05/24 Northampton, MA @ Iron Horse Music Hall 05/25 New York, NY @ Highline Ballroom 05/26 Woodstock, NY @ Colony Cafe 05/27 Annapolis, MD @ Rams Head On Stage 05/29 Albany, NY @ The Linda 05/30 Washington DC @ The Hamilton 05/31 Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe 06/02 Nashville, TN @ 3rd & Lindsley 06/03 Birmingham, AL @ WorkPlay Theatre 06/04 Atlanta, GA @ Eddie's Attic 06/06 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada “Kelly is one of the world's most expressive and economical songwriters, one of the world’s best, period.” Associated Press “This Australian tunesmith creates music that relates the joy and despair most of us can’t begin to articulate.” “Kelly shows in no uncertain terms that he’s a master.” Hittin’ the Note “When a Woman Loves a Man”: Probably one of the best love songs Boomerocity has heard in a very, very long time.” Randy Patterson http://www.PaulKelly.com.au http://www.facebook.com/ End
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