Seven Sonnets and a Song
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| Studio album by Paul Kelly | ||||
| Released | 22 April 2016 | |||
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| Length | 19:22 | |||
| Label | Gawdaggie/Universal | |||
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Seven Sonnets & a Song is the twenty-first studio album by Australian musician, Paul Kelly, which was issued on 22 April 2016 on his own label, Gawdaggie Records, and distributed by Universal Music Australia. Kelly composed music for seven sonnets by William Shakespeare and a poem, "My True Love Hath My Heart", by Philip Sidney. The album debuted at No. 9 on the ARIA Albums Chart, becoming Kelly's fourth top 10. It was nominated for Best Adult Contemporary Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2016.
Seven Sonnets & a Song is the twenty-first studio album by Australian musician, Paul Kelly, which was issued on 18 April 2016 on his own label, Gawdaggie Records, and distributed by Universal Music Australia. Kelly had developed the concept of putting Shakespeare's sonnets to music to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the bard's death. Kelly sings lead vocals on six of the album's seven tracks, while Vika Bull (of Vika and Linda) provides lead vocal on "My True Love Hath My Heart", which is based on a poem by Philip Sidney.
Kelly owns a three-volume edition of Complete Works of Shakespeare and explained "Just about anything you want to say, Shakespeare's said it already." Michael Dwyer of The Sydney Morning Herald quoted Kelly "No-one ever did themselves any favours putting their lyrics next to Shakespeare's." United States-Canadian singer-songwriter, Rufus Wainwright, independently undertook a similar project for his album, Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets (April 2016). Kelly explained "[previously] my own songs came about through music first or making sounds with chords and melodies and trying to get words to fit those sounds. But a few years ago I was involved in a project with a classical composer where I was asked to put poems to music. That was Yeats, Les Murray, Emily Dickinson and a few others, and that turned this key for me."
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