Ne Plus Ultra - Live video from The Cellar Bar Cardigan

Live performance of Ne Plus Ultra, 26th January 2012, at The Cellar Bar, Cardigan.

I played three songs at The Cellar Bar, Cardigan last night

Another fine night of song at The Cellar Bar, Cardigan.
I weighed in with three songs:
Here Today, Dangerous Times (only finished writing it yesterday morning) and Long Way From Home.
I also accompanied Bob Bawden from Whisky Business on a nice slow blues. Thanks Bob !

Live at The Red Lion, Cardigan

I played four songs at the Red Lion, Cardigan last night:
Here Today
The Seeds Of Wrath,
Life Goes On
Sights & Sounds.

Listen to my live session on Radio Tircoed 21st January 2012

Steve Kelly Live session on The Acoustic Program, Radio Tircoed 20/1/201 by Andy Boyt on Mixcloud

Here's a complete podcast of the Acoustic Programme featuring my four song live session + my interview with Andy Boyt.

She Is Rain

A simple love song - elemental affirmations - a soul mate - an anchor.
When joy can become tears - tears can become joy.
At the point of bursting when you can't quite believe your luck.
So you whisper it quietly when you really want to shout it out loud, for fear of someone tapping you on the shoulder and saying 'nah, it ain't for you mate'.

Live In Session on Radio Tircoed

I will be playinjg live in session on Radio Tircoed's the Acoustic Programme this Friday evening - 20th January 2012.
The show is presented by Stu Loosemoore and Andy Boyt and will be on 8pm-10pm UK time.
You can listen on-line:
Radio Tircoed
Just go to the site and click the 'Listen Live' tab.

Beautiful comment from Cheryl Beer

This is what the most wonderful Cheryl Beer had to say about my performance at the Cellar Bar open mic night on Thursday.
I am conpletely humbled.
"Saw Steve playing live with just his acoustic guitar at an Open Mic night at the Cellar Bar in Cardigan last thursday night and the hairs stood up on the back of my neck ... so moving to watch such a beautifully quiet and unassuming man fill the room with his innermost soul :)"

Here is Cheryl's webpage:
Cheryl Beer

And her page on Facebook:
Cheryl Beer on Facebook

Live at The Cellar Bar, Cardigan

Shock, horror !
I played five songs at the Cellar Bar, Cardigan last night:
Sights & Sounds, Four Horsemen, On Your Own, Suburban Villa and Ne Plus Ultra.
Listen to On Your Own below - although it is not 'live' as advertised. Hmmmm

A Walk Through The Paris Metro

From my friend, the wonderful French singer Emma Mory - the video features Emma with her daughter Camille-Molly on a journey through the Paris Metro. The accordion music is by Patrick Houdusse.

Listen to the songs of Emma Mory:
Emma's songs on YouTube

Enjoy !!!

Life Songs - poking you with a pointy stick

Sure, it's rude to point but it needs to be pointed out, in a pointed way, that Steve Kelly & Andy Towell's album 'Life Songs' is available.
Just pointing you in the right direction......
Buy it here from Endless Records

Life Songs - now available on eBay

The album that I have just released with Andy Towell - 'Life Songs' - is now available via eBay:
Click here to buy Life Songs on eBay

Life Songs - Launch day +6

Steve is trying to play it all cool - what with Andy clearing off to the Cayman Islands with the proceeds from their new album 'Life Songs' - the irony being, of course, that 'Life Songs' lays bare much of the human experience by exploring our fears and our foibles.
At the moment Steve is colourfully exploring one of the seven deadly sins - can you guess which one ?

Support wit, intelligence, classic song writing and Steve and Andy's 'joie de vivre'.
Get the album here:
Endless Records

Life Songs - Launch day +5

‎'Life Songs' is an album about life's experiences and lessons.
One might say that it is all a question of trust.
I trust Andy - his friends and family might think that he is camping in Cornwall - but we know better don't we .....
Buy the album now:
Endless Records

Life Songs - Launch day +4

Andy Towell sends his love from the Cayman Islands.
He doesn't wish that you were there, that would spoil it, now wouldn't it.
Be happy that he is leading the lifestyle of the internationally revered rock god on your behalf.
That is why you bought the album, so that he can do all of the things that you can only dream of doing.
It's one of life's little lessons that .
'Life Songs' is the new album by Steve Kelly & Andy Towell.
Buy it so that Andy Towell can continue to live his life of luxury.
Available now from:
Endless Records

Life Songs - Launch day +3

And then he grabbed her ....
And then he tied her to the tracks .....
And then a train started coming ....
And then, and then
You bought the album, the girl was freed and everyone lived happily ever after.
(With apologies to Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller)

Steve Kelly & Andy Towell's new album 'Life Songs' is out now - and is only available from the Endless Records:
Endless Records

Life Songs - Launch day +2

Ear, ear, what's all this then ?

Steve Kelly & Andy Towell's new album 'Life Songs' is out now - and is only available from Endless Records:
Endless Records

Life Songs - Launch day +1

There's no point in beating about the bush now is there ?
Just you give it some serious thought before it's too late.
Life Songs is out now !
Only availablefrom:
Endless Records

Life Songs - Launch day

Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
Never mind going down to the woods today just make sure that there are no big surprises by buying this album.
Or you'll be needing a disguise and that poor pussy cat .......
You choose ....

Steve Kelly & Andy Towell's new album 'Life Songs' is released today - and is only available from the Endless Records web site:
Endless Records

Life Songs - album of the year ?

'Life Songs' - album of the year ?
Well I would conceed that our album isn't as brilliantly challenging as PJ Harvey's 'Let England Shake', which is in a league all of its own.
I would also conceed that Fleet Foxes redrawing of the territory once inhabited by Simon & Garfunkel and C,S,N&Y takes some beating especially as their sublime 'Helplessness Blues' also employs the orchestral sensibilities of Pet Sounds.
I am also somewhat envious of the artistic achievements of Anna Calvi with her explosive eponymous debut album, of Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks and their exquisite 'Mirror Traffic' record, of Elbow and their stunning 'Build A Rocket Boys' and last, but by no means least, by Paul Simon's 'So Beautiful Or So What' an album so good, so consistantly inventive and creative that it has me pounding my fists in frustration every time that I hear it - why can't I produce something as compelling as this.
I also have a sneaking feeling that Noel Gallagher's first solo album - also released on Monday - will trump everything that he did with Oasis.
Oh, and then there's Tom Waits forthcoming album, his first for seven years, that I fancy will be something of a dark horse in the best album stakes.
But beyond those notable exceptions and caveats - yes 'Life Songs' IS the best album that you will hear this year - and if you will allow me a smidgen of hyperbole - AND BY A COUNTRY MILE TOO !!!!
Yours in song
Steve Kelly

Only available from:
Endless Records
Released 12th September 2011

Pavlov's Sundae

Pavlov's Sundae partly came to me in a dream last night.

Here is the honed version.

As always click on photo for bigger view.