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Arts & Letters
Gumbo: Allen Toussaint and New Orleans
Paul Kelly
My job as a singer–songwriter often involves being interviewed. One of the questions I’m asked most frequently, up there with “What comes...
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Paul Kelly
Ever since the world began, I suspect, men have been showing off to women and to other men by singing high. Sure, the manly stuff – hunting...
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The Nation Reviewed
Strutting & Fretting
Paul Kelly
In show business, you’re generally either the main act or the warm-up. Over 35 years, I’ve been both. A good show needs different and...
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The Pretendies: The art of the spoken interlude
Paul Kelly
The spoken interlude has a long history in popular song. And takes a fair bit of nerve to pull off. The singer must step out from behind...
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The Nation Reviewed, Music
C90
Paul Kelly
In my last year of high school the two coolest records were Hot Rats, by Frank Zappa, and Gasoline Alley, by Rod Stewart. (Yes, there once...
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