Paul Kelly Box Set and North American Tour

01/31/2012
. Paul Kelly has announced the North American release of a live box set as well as U.S. tour dates.

Kelly's eight-disc live box set The A to Z Recordings will be officially released in North America exclusively via Amazon on February 28. It will also be offered as a deluxe version that includes the singer-songwriter's critically acclaimed "mongrel memoir" How To Make Gravy. How To Make Gravy (Penguin Int'l) is also available by itself and as a nine-disc audio edition (the ninth disc features guest readers Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett and Hugh Jackman). iPhone and iPad apps are available for the book.

This career-spanning eight-CD set features 105 songs drawn from Kelly's esteemed album catalog, combining fan favorites, rare gems and numerous notable songs previously unreleased in North America.

On March 10 at 10:30 am ET, Dave Marsh interviews Kelly live on XM/Sirius' Kick Out the Jams.

Additionally, Kelly will make rare U.S. tour date appearances starting on February 28, performing his "A to Z" repertoire in a handful of major cities: Austin (Feb. 28-29), Pittsburgh (March 3), Charleston (March 4), New York (March 5-9), Vienna (March 11-12), Philadelphia (March 14-15), Cambridge (March 16-17) Los Angeles (March 20), San Francisco (March 22-23) and Seattle (March 25-26).