"STORIES IN SONG" SERIES 2019 -  "SAM, THE MAN" – By Des Kelly  George Jones, alias "no-show Jones", or "the Possum",...

Secret Of Love – By Des Kelly Another interesting story from Charmaine Gunatillake, especially featured on eLanka, to show us,...

"THINGS" – By Des Kelly There are so many "THINGS" one can say about a great song written & recorded...

    "90 SECONDS OF YOUR TIME" - By Des Kelly Written, in the first place by Cardiologist Andrew, and...

"G.G.,THE COVER KING" - BY Des Kelly It is with a lot of pleasure that I introduce Gehan Gunasekera as...

"THE HAWKE HAS FLOWN" - By Des Kelly    Photo source: ABC news        THE HAWKE HAS FLOWN,...

"THE GOLDEN YEARS" - By Des Kelly Something quite different, interesting, and, in fact, a refreshing change from all the...

 "VARIOUS VAGARIES" - By Des Kelly I have indeed seen the name Charmaine Gunatillake come up from time to time...

     "STORIES IN SONG" SERIES 2019 -  "A DAY OF SONG" – By Des Kelly It is with much sadness that...

"RIOTS, AGAIN" - By Des Kelly  What is happening in Sri Lanka ?. WHAT IS HAPPENING, AND WHY IS IT...

   "OPTIMISM PERSONIFIED" - By Des Kelly  I cannot say I know the Lady, do not even know whether she is...

"STORIES IN SONG - SERIES 2019."ELVIS IS ALIVE" – BY Des Kelly HE DIED SO VERY YOUNG, SO MANY YEARS AGO,...

"NATIONAL ANTHEMS"(AS THEY SHOULD BE SUNG) - By Des Kelly It was the "Australia Day" The Cricketing Test Match between...

"THE PARABLE OF THE BIRD-FEEDER" – By Des Kelly A most interesting "parable", it could not have been said better. This...

STORIES IN SONG" SERIES 2019. "San Antonio Baby" - By Des Kelly  I always "connected" Vocalist Raul Malo with a...

"JUST FOR A CHANGE" – By Des Kelly  They do not make em like they used to, natural, born comedians,...

"UNITED, WE STAND, DIVIDED, WE FALL" – By Des Kelly  It is the first day of May, "MAYDAY", as it is...

"ONE LADY'S STORY" – By Des Kelly Once again, sent to me by my good friend and eLanka cartoonist Max Gerreyn,...

  "STORIES IN SONG" SERIES 2019 - "ARE THE GOOD TIMES REALLY OVER"? – BY Des Kelly With everything that has happened in...

"THE SRI LANKAN WOUNDED" - By Des Kelly      It was heartbreaking enough to hear of all these people,...

The New Year Bird! – By Des Kelly So now, folks, we have "The New Year Bird!"  This wonderful  little...

PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE - By Des Kelly Much has been written, spoken & watched, about the tragic burning...

WITHIN REACH OF THE BEACH – BY Des Kelly From my very early days in Ceylon, as it was then...

"ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSINGS" - By Des Kelly Isn't it strange, folks? , This writer migrated to Australia from Ceylon very...

"A PICTURE SPEAKS A 1000 WORDS" - By Des Kelly   Sent to me, by a good friend, Errol Lynch,...

"OUR ALMA MATER" - BY Des Kelly          As we quickly approach yet another Mothers' day, here...

"CATTLE CRUELTY" (AGAIN) - By Des Kelly  Cows, held sacred, in India, beautiful animals who provide milk for the World,...

Unofficial 'caretaker' of Sinharaja - (Introduction by Des Kelly) With deforestation going on, around the World, here is something much...

"WHO I CAME HERE TO FORGET" – By Des Kelly She was cold in California, she was cruel in Tennessee,...

"GUITARISTS EXTRAORDINAIRE" – By Des Kelly An extraordinary instrument, the guitar, sounds extraordinary, when in the hands of an extraordinarily...

"Slaves built Galle Fort" – By Des Kelly Something,  that I am afraid,  not too many of us would have...

"ST.ANTHONY'S CHURCH  KOCHCHIKADE' – By Des Kelly  Another extremely interesting "article" by "Journo" DISHAN JOSEPH, about a Church that I know very well....

Stories in Song" Series 2019 -  "I CAN HELP" – By Des Kelly Born on the 5th day of September,1962,  in Svenstavic,...

Stories in Song Series. 2019 - "ON THE OTHER HAND" - By Des Kelly Randy Travis, born Randy Bruce Traywick...

"STORIES IN SONG" 2019 Series. - "COUNTRY OLDIES" - By Des Kelly  Country oldies, but "goodies" I should add, because, here...

"I WISH YOU WELL" - By Des Kelly Anyone who has heard about Raul Malo & his backing group "Mavericks"...

The Birth of the Sri Lanka Navy Band (Source: Island Newspaper) Once again, personal memories with regard to the above.This writer...

"PELL"S APPEAL" – By Des Kelly So, after quite a "spell", a final appeal from the lawyers of Cardinal George...

"CRIME & PUNISHMENT" – By Des Kelly A book written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, a Russian Author in 1866 was a novel...

"ANOTHER YEAR AGO, TODAY." – By Des Kelly This was one of my first original compositions.(both lyrics & music), could...