Paul Kelly Releases Collab Track With Clairy Browne

Legendary Australian performer Paul Kelly has unveiled the first in his series of Merri Soul Sessions trickle releases, dropping a re-imagined take on his early single Keep On Coming Back For More featuring renowned singer-songwriter Clairy Browne.

As announced recently, Kelly will be releasing the series of four 7” double-A-side vinyl singles over the next six months. Recorded live in the studio with the likes of Browne, Vika and Linda Bull, Dan Sultan and Kira Puru, will culminate with an album release early next year, which will contain all the existing singles as well as three additional tracks.

Simultaneously, Kelly is unveiling the first of his collaborative works with Vika Bull, What You Want — a fitting complementary opener given Bull's critical role in laying the seed of the idea in Kelly's head to orchestrate these releases.

“In recent years doing band shows with Vika and Linda, Vika had been singing Sweet Guy, an old song of mine, and bringing the house down each time," Kelly explained in a statement. "I was keen to record her version and thought, naturally, that if we were going into the studio we should try and get some other songs on tape as well.

“I had a song in mind for Linda. I wrote a couple of songs with Dan Sultan that had a soul kind of feeling. And a couple of recent songs of mine, as yet unrecorded, came back into view. They seemed to fit well with the others. Having half-a-dozen songs now that were talking to each other helped me write a couple more. This is how it goes. One thing leads to another. You never quite know what’s happening ‘til you’re in the middle of it.”

Check out Kelly's reimagined Keep On Coming Back For More, featuring Clairy Browne, below.

The Paul Kelly Presents: The Merri Soul Sessions LP will be released via physical and digital outlets in February next year. Preorder and collectors’ edition details are available at PledgeMusic.

Schedule of releases:

September 26

I Don’t Know What I’d Do - feat. Kira Piru

Thank You - Paul Kelly

November 28

Smells Like Rain - feat Linda Bull

Don’t Let A Good Thing Go - feat Dan Sultan

January 30

Sweet Guy - feat Vika Bull

Down On The Jetty - feat Vika And Linda Bull