Paul Kelly’s ‘Meet Me InThe Middle of the Air’ tour

Wed 13th Apr, 2011 in Local News

Paul Kelly has teamed up with internationally renowned jazz musician Paul Grabowsky for “Meet Me In The Middle of the Air”, a series of special concerts that focus on Kelly’s spiritually themed songs.

Paul Kelly explains that for the concerts “I started a list and roped in a few secular hymns under the Mavis Staples, Prince principle – God and Sex are all mixed up. Stacked together they stand as Songs of Praise with God Told Me Too the snake in the pile.”

The setlist features biblically themed songs including Be Careful What You Pray For, God’s Hotel, Meet Me In The Middle of the Air and more, reworking Kelly’s songs into “sweeping rhapsodies, soaring ragtime jazz and even sassy Cuban salsa. God Told Me To is shaped as a spaghetti western, 48 Angel hovers in a golden glow while Gathering Storm suggests a New Orleans funeral”.

Kelly and Grabowsky will be joined on stage by members of the Australian Art Orchestra, Vika and Linda Bull and the Choir With No Name for these unique performances.

Paul Kelly’s ‘Meet Me In The Middle of the Air’ tour:

Friday 8th July – State Theatre, Melbourne
Saturday 9th July – State Theatre, Melbourne
Saturday 23rd July – River Stage, Brisbane
Sunday 24th July – The Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House
Friday 29th July – Canberra Theatre, Canberra
Saturday 30th July – Festival Theatre, Adelaide

Tickets on sale Monday 2nd May, except Queensland where tickets are on sale on Tuesday 3rd May