# PAUL KELLY Debuts New Video “Maybe This Christmas” - Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/paul-kelly-debuts-new-video-maybe-this-christmas/ - Published: 2022-12-05T15:00:00-06:00 - Author: Eugene Tierney ![](https://i0.wp.com/mcusercontent.com/f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984/images/8b5d012e- b8d7-a252-a491-bd3a06189310.jpg?w=1290&ssl=1) [[ **ACCLAIMED SINGER-SONGWRITERPAUL KELLYSHARES HOLIDAY HOPE AND JOY IN VIDEOFOR HIS NEW SINGLE “MAYBE THIS IS CHRISTMAS” **Special Bonus Track “Maybe This is Christmas”  Added to the Digital Edition of_Paul Kelly’s Christmas Train_ **Out Now Via Cooking Vinyl / Gawd Aggie Records** **DECEMBER 2, 2022 (Los Angeles, CA) **– A cozy living room decorated with holiday trinkets and a friendly game of Scrabble feels like the perfect setting for the celebrated Australian musician **Paul Kelly **to present his warm-hearted rendition of the Ron Sexsmith-penned tune, **“MAYBE THIS CHRISTMAS.”** “The song has long been a favorite of mine,” Kelly shares about his festive cover. “I love the lines about forgiveness in the second verse.”  Both the song and the video are available worldwide today, December 2, 2022 via ** Cooking Vinyl/Gawd Aggie Records.** Paul Kelly (feat. Alice Keath) - Maybe This Christmas (Official Video) [⌊Paul Kelly (feat. Alice Keath) - Maybe This Christmas (Official Video)⌉⌊Paul Kelly( feat. Alice Keath) - Maybe This Christmas (Official Video)⌉ Watch this video on YouTube **Paul Kelly **today releases the 2022 edition of his album**_ Paul Kelly’s Christmas Train_** featuring a new recording of **Ron Sexsmith**’s “Maybe This Christmas” recorded with Kelly’s live band at Soundpark Studios in Melbourne and featuring** Alice Keath** on harmony vocals.   Joining Kelly in the video and the song is the Melbourne musician **Alice Keath**( one-half of well-known Australian duo** Sweet Jean**) “I thought it would be good to do as a duet, so I asked Alice to join the band and me to record the song with me in Soundpark Studios,” Kelly says with a smile. “She always finds interesting harmonies.” Keath’s gorgeous accompaniment serve to augment Kelly’s interpretation which beautifully retains the festiveness of Sexsmith’s original. In the video, they play off each other well with Keath literally getting the “last word” as she places the final letters on the Scrabble board that contains several thoughtful and hopeful words for the year ahead.  “Maybe This Christmas” is the new bonus track to the digital version of the recently released**_ PAUL KELLY’S CHRISTMAS TRAIN_** (Cooking Vinyl/Gawd Aggie). The collection, which also is available on vinyl and CD, pairs ten seasonal standards with an additional dozen tracks, creating 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 Australia’s all-time great Christmas songs, Kelly’s own **“How to Make Gravy.”** Paul Kelly - How To Make Gravy (2021 Version) [⌊Paul Kelly - How To Make Gravy (2021 Version)⌉⌊Paul Kelly - How To Make Gravy ( 2021 Version)⌉ Watch this video on YouTube **PAUL KELLY “How to Make Gravy”** “I’ve always been interested in Christmas songs and the variety of them,” Kelly says. “There is a double-edged sword to Christmas music because every year, it is everywhere, pumped to you in supermarkets and malls. There is a lot of schlock attached but, on the other hand, there are so many great Christmas songs and so much to explore. 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.”   The sacred and the secular, the ancient and modern, are all carefully woven into a collection destined to become a part of Christmases around the globe for many years to come. It is delivered by Kelly and his band with a big cast of Christmas helpers including vocalists **Vika** and **Linda Bull, Marlon Williams, Kasey Chambers and **Emma Donovan, along with contributions from the Kelly clan: nephew and bandmate Dan, siblings** Mary-Jo **and **Tony,** and Paul’s daughters Maddy and **Memphis**. Part of the joy in_ Paul Kelly’s Christmas Train_ comes from discovering fresh ways to treat the best-known songs.** “Silent Night” **features Hawaiian guitar and ukuleles as well as Keath singing a verse in the original German. **Marlon Williams** gives an astonishing performance of **“Tapu Te Pō”(O Holy Night)** in the Māori language. The story of Jesus and Mary has strong associations with Judaism and Islam (the Qu’ran has a chapter devoted to the story). On _Christmas Train,_ the Israeli-born Australian singer-songwriter** Lior **joins Paul, Alice, and Emily Lubitz for an a cappella reading of the Hebrew prayer of peace,** “Shalom Aleichem,”** and **Waleed Aly **recites the vivid poetry of **Surah Maryam.** Kelly and his band bring a ’ 60s-fired energy to** “Christmas,”** an Australian song of longing for home by brothers** Chris** and** Wes Harrington**, and Linda Bull tears up the place on “**Christmas( Baby, Please Come Home)**,” a song made famous by **Darlene Love** on** Phil Spector**’ s _A Christmas Gift for You_. Kelly admits that he hadn’t even thought about putting his universally beloved holiday tune, “How To Make Gravy” on the record. “But when I talked to friends, they all said, ‘Really? You’re not? Just do another version.’ Our live version has evolved from the original recording (initially released in 1994), so we said, ‘Let’s lay it down and see what we think. It has been 25 years since the song first came out so that’s another reason to have it here.”   How To Make Gravy (Paul Kelly) - 2800 singers! [⌊How To Make Gravy (Paul Kelly) - 2800 singers!⌉⌊How To Make Gravy (Paul Kelly)- 2800 singers!⌉ Watch this video on YouTube **PUB CHOIR’s rendition of “How To Make Gravy” feat. 2800 singers** The song is so revered that **Gravy Day **is celebrated on December 21st. The hashatags“ Gravy Day,” “the 21st of December,” and “Paul Kelly” have become trending terms on Twitter around the holidays, with many posts playing off How to Make Gravy’s narrative. The song’s popularity has inspired media outlets to investigate the protagonist’s possible backstory and the key question in the song: “Who’s gonna make the gravy?” Several years ago, Kelly began acknowledging the trend by hosting Gravy Day [concerts](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=7355e37f43&e=615f2b8493). ![](https://i0.wp.com/mcusercontent.com/f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984/images/b7551baf- f87a-0fe0-0bc4-4f99c3271948.jpeg?w=1290&ssl=1) **_PAUL KELLY’S CHRISTMAS TRAIN_** [[**_PAUL KELLY’S CHRISTMAS TRAIN_ Tracklisting 1. Maybe This Chrismas 2. Nativity3. Silent Night4. Swing Around the Sun5. Christmas6. Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) 7. Little Drummer Boy8. Arthur McBride9. The Virgin Mary Had One Son10. Tapu Te Pō (O Holy Night)11. Shalom Aleichem12. The Oxen13. The Friendly Beasts14. Three Drovers15. Christmas Must Be Tonight16. Surah Maryam17. Coventry Carol18. In the Hot Sun of a Christmas Day19. [How to Make Gravy](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=5f2ebd97bd&e=615f2b8493) 20. Christmas Train21. Come Thou Font of Every Blessing22. Intonent Hodie23. 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