Paul Kelly - Paul Kelly’s Christmas Train 2LP 2021

As he gathered the material for his first Christmas album, Paul Kelly soon realized that a collection of 10 seasonal standards could never cover the richness he wanted to convey. He knew he wanted to make a record that drew out all the emotions and layers of the Christmas story, and in a way that reflected the holiday experience in the southern hemisphere, far removed from the snowy imagery of so many Christmas songs. The result is an extraordinary 22-song double album that travels across the centuries, from a Latin hymn to well-known carols, from a traditional Irish folk ballad to songs with an unmistakable local flavor, and a sparkling new version of one of the greatest Australian Christmas songs of them all, Kelly's own "How to Make Gravy."

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

Release Date: 3 Dec 2021