The Story
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Paul Kelly’s first Christmas album is an extraordinary 22-song double collection that travels across the centuries, from a Latin hymn to well-known carols, from a traditional Irish folk ballad to new Kelly music written for Christmas poems.The album is delivered by Kelly 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 that tell the story of Mary and Jesus.Kelly 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.”
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A1 Nativity
A2 Silent Night
A3 Swing Around The Sun
A4 Christmas
A5 Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)
A6 Little Drummer Boy
B1 Arthur Mcbride
B2 The Virgin Mary Had One Son
B3 Tapu Te Po (O Holy Night)
B4 Shalom Aleichem
B5 The Oxen
C1 The Friendly Beasts
C2 Three Drovers
C3 Christmas Must Be Tonight
C4 Surah Maryam
C5 Coventry Carol
C6 In The Hot Sun Of A Christmas Day
D1 How To Make Gravy
D2 Christmas Train
D3 Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing
D4 Intonent Hodie
D5 What Are You Doing New Year'S Eve?
Description
- Description
- Release details
- Tracklist
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Paul Kelly’s first Christmas album is an extraordinary 22-song double collection that travels across the centuries, from a Latin hymn to well-known carols, from a traditional Irish folk ballad to new Kelly music written for Christmas poems.The album is delivered by Kelly 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 that tell the story of Mary and Jesus.Kelly 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.”
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A1 Nativity
A2 Silent Night
A3 Swing Around The Sun
A4 Christmas
A5 Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)
A6 Little Drummer Boy
B1 Arthur Mcbride
B2 The Virgin Mary Had One Son
B3 Tapu Te Po (O Holy Night)
B4 Shalom Aleichem
B5 The Oxen
C1 The Friendly Beasts
C2 Three Drovers
C3 Christmas Must Be Tonight
C4 Surah Maryam
C5 Coventry Carol
C6 In The Hot Sun Of A Christmas Day
D1 How To Make Gravy
D2 Christmas Train
D3 Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing
D4 Intonent Hodie
D5 What Are You Doing New Year'S Eve?
