MUSIC NEWS - After several successful LA and NYC concerts last winter and earlier this year to perform his "Astral Weeks" album in full, VAN MORRISON has announced his return with new USA shows this summer. He's booked four gigs on the East Coast, starting in Boston on August 4 at the Wang Theatre, continuing on August 6 & 7 in Washington , DC at DAR Constitution Hall and then a f
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I've now launched my third radio station as part of the LifeJive Radio Network completely dedicated to the legendary Van Morrison!It's still in the early development states so feel free to leave feedback and your comments here! The station plays everything from Van's original classics to brilliant covers and more!Click here to listen to Van Morrison Radio with iTuneswww.VanMorrisonRadio.com
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I bought this on vinyl 40 years on. It is amazing to hear it again now. I have been listening this all week ....can't believe how great his voice still sounds.
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MUSIC NEWS - In case you missed Van Morrison’s two "Astral Weeks" concerts last November at the Hollywood Bowl, when he performed the entire 1968 album for the first (& second) time ever, he's added three more gigs to again perform his one-of-a-kind work (now that the NYC shows are over), and at a better location. The gigs will happend on May 7 thru 9 at the Orpheum Theatre
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In a recent interview, legendary rock singer Van Morrison objected to the use of the phrase "pre-Beatles rock and roll" and even took a small jab at Rolling Stone Magazine for being the peddler of such inaccurate mythologizing of rock...
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The critics have all come to a unanimous and bipartisan agreement on Van's latest, the envelope please, and the verdict is "BRILLIANT", simply f'in' brilliant. Thanks Van, for the many years of soothingly reflective rock n' roll at it's finest.The vid is "Sweet Thing" from the soon to be released dvd.yeah Mog, I'm still lurking, mostly in rss stealth mode,.. how's that blender thingy working ou...
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OK, so I've heard from a few parties about my perhaps overly intellectualized analysis of Van Morrison's song, That's Entrainment, from his new album Keep It Simple. But that was just one way of writing about the record, and as I indicated in my post there is more to be said... This time, though, I'll try to heed Van's own advice and keep it simple.Van Morrison's output over 4 decades is so mas...
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For years I listened to at least one Van Morrison track every day, often playing one of his songs to energize myself before going in to teach a class or give a lecture. We're talking major obsession, here... so bear with me and this long post.These days my Van-time comes in waves, on and off. Lately it's been on to an unusual extent, due not only to the release of his latest album Keep It Simpl...
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It's four full decades since Van Morrison released his first post-Them set of songs, during which time he has rarely had as long as two years between solo album releases. That's a prolific output by anyone's standards, but it inevitably means there have been periods when his material has been more impressive because of its volume, as opposed to its execution. Over the next 12 months or so, Van'...
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I just came across this old WFMU blog post about Van Morrison's Bang Records Contractual Obligation Session.In order to fulfill his obligation to his early solo label Bang Records,Van Morrison sat down in 1967 or so and cranked out 31 songs on the spot, on topics ranging from ringworm to wanting a danish, to hating his record label and a guy named George. Make sure you get past the first few tu...
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Van Morrison is a man with one foot in the mystic. His relationship to the music he creates stands quite apart from most rockers. On a good night, or on a good cd, the music he makes transports him , and us, to a place where whats vocalized is secondary to the act of vocalizing. This is not the same as Scat Singing in Jazz.... ..No, this is something different. Van's inarticulate languag...
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Holy Crap! Van Morrison actually sat down with media and gave an interview today, March 10th. He never does this! My life long dream of possibly interviewing the Irish man behind one of my most favorite albums of all times (Astral Weeks) is one step closer.Van the Man gave a little chat with The Today Programme about his 35th album Keep It Simple on BBC Radio 4. (Damn! Along with the whole Hell...
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Van Morrison will be performing his 1968 album Astral Weeks in its entirty during a two night run at the famed Hollywood Bowl in California. The November 7th and 8th shows will also feature some original players from the classic album and will be taped for a future DVD dubbed Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl. Tickets hit the streets on October 5th.
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in my current re-obsession with van morrison's achingly beautiful "astral weeks", due to it's vinyl re-release, i stumbled upon this beautifully written piece by THE lester bangs, rock critique, life liver, extraordinaire....http://personal.cis.strath.ac.uk/~murray/astral.htmli must go to madison square garden in feb where van the man will play the album live.
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