The story
Paul Kelly has spent fifty years writing the Australian songbook — country, folk, soul, rock — without ever losing the plot. 'How to Make Gravy' is a national text. The catalogue around it is staggering.
Influences
- Bob Dylan
- The Beatles
- Hank Williams
Associated acts
- Kasey Chambers
- Courtney Barnett
- Tim Rogers
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Paul Kelly on tape
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Pull the thread
USA · 1944 — 1997
Townes Van Zandt
The patron saint of the kitchen-table songwriters.
USA · 1953 — present
Lucinda Williams
Louisiana made audible.
USA · 1978 — present
Sturgill Simpson
Walked into Nashville with a haircut and an attitude.
USA · 1991 — present
Tyler Childers
Appalachia, unfiltered and unembarrassed.
USA · 1988 — present
Sierra Ferrell
Sings like she found the songs in a creek bed.
USA · 1984 — present
Charley Crockett
Keeps the bones, throws out the gristle.
USA · 1979 — present
Jason Isbell
Wrote 'Southeastern' and meant it.
USA · 1983 — present
Margo Price
Outlaw country with a working-class spine.