Paul Kelly
Aacta awards 2025: Robbie Williams’ Better Man and Boy Swallows Universe dominate Australian film and TV prizes
Biopic of British singer wins best film and best actor for motion capture star Johnno Davies, while Trent Dalton adaptation takes home 12 of 22 nominations
Kelly Burke
07, Feb, 2025 @11:30 AM
Dirty Three, Amyl and the Sniffers and Emily Wurramara: the best Australian albums of 2024
Revelatory comebacks, career highlights, old-school riffs and a brave and radical debut. Your guide to Australia’s best music
Andrew Stafford, Laura Snapes, Shaad D'Souza , Michael Sun, Janine Israel, Sian Cain, Joseph Earp, Nick Buckley and Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
23, Dec, 2024 @2:00 PM
Prison, longing, and some cooking tips: Australia’s unconventional Christmas anthem
How to Make Gravy by Paul Kelly was released in 1996 but has grown in popularity over the past 10 years and has now been turned into a film
Helen Sullivan
21, Dec, 2024 @12:10 AM
In silence, Paul Kelly finds the beauty in the joy and heartache of our everyday lives | Joseph Earp
The Australian songwriter always wants to say less. One might imagine that the ultimate Paul Kelly song says nothing at all, and therefore says everything
Joseph Earp
07, Dec, 2024 @7:00 PM
‘Inside the Kellyverse’: how Paul Kelly’s How to Make Gravy became a Christmas film
Megan Washington and Hugo Weaving share how Kelly’s anthem inspired a ‘beautiful opportunity for redemption’, while Kelly reveals he’s ‘playing around with a sequel’ to his song
Jenny Valentish
29, Nov, 2024 @2:00 PM
Paul Kelly: ‘Most of the time when I’m writing songs, I’m boring myself’
The singer-songwriter on the mystery of writing songs, Shakespeare and why he isn’t a natural musician
Tim Byrne
01, Nov, 2024 @2:00 PM
Paul Kelly: Fever Longing Still – an old-school variety show with old-school oomph
With his 29th album, the Melbourne songwriter goes back to basics – assembling a classic rock band who tumble through tracks of desire and devotion
Bernard Zuel
31, Oct, 2024 @2:00 PM
How to Make Gravy: first trailer for film based on Paul Kelly song released
The movie, adapted by musician Meg Washington and director Nick Waterman, involves expanded stories of all the Christmas anthem’s characters
Sian Cain
09, Oct, 2024 @5:10 AM
A poem by Paul Kelly: ‘My lyrics are often stolen from songs, poems, novels, conversations’
Each week during Australian Poetry Month, a poet walks us through one of their works. Here, singer-songwriter Kelly explains his collaboration with poet Dana Gioia
Paul Kelly
04, Aug, 2024 @3:00 PM
Paul Kelly: ‘I never heard back from Shane Warne – maybe he didn’t like the reference to his mother’
The prolific songwriter and huge sports fan has a new compilation packed with songs about famous figures – including Warne, Adam Goodes and Eddie Betts
Andrew Stafford
23, Feb, 2023 @2:00 PM
Renée Geyer: Australia’s finest white soul singer was ambitious, unapologetic and too often overlooked
The first woman to co-write and co-produce an album in Australia never found a firm footing on the charts, but has left a catalogue ripe for reappraisal
Andrew Stafford
17, Jan, 2023 @2:00 PM
Your ultimate Sydney events guide: the best things to do this weekend, and what’s on through December
Summer in the City is Guardian Australia’s guide to the best arts, gigs and festivals around the country. Here are some highlights for Sydney in December
Steph Harmon, Michael Sun, Janine Israel, Elissa Blake and Sian Cain
08, Dec, 2022 @1:53 AM
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