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It should come as no surprise that Van Morrison has made an album inspired by skiffle. Van Morrison’s love of skiffle dates back to his childhood. He would hang out at the famed Belfast record store Atlantic Records, where he’d hear early 20th century folk, blues and jazz from the likes of Lead Belly and Jelly Roll Morton. So when he heard Lonnie Donegan’s take on ‘Rock Island Line’ he intuitively understood the music he was creating. Before long, Van Morrison was playing with a skiffle band in school. Several decades on, Van Morrison now revisits his love of the genre with his new album ‘Moving On Skiffle’, which will be released on 10th March 2023. He introduces the album by sharing its lead single. ‘Moving On Skiffle’ finds him taking a homemade style that exploded across Britain in the mid-1950s and infusing it with a level of sophistication and soulfulness that it didn’t always possess the first time around. The 23-track album goes to the heart of the music Van Morrison has inhabited ever since he was six years old, hanging out in the smoky confines of Belfast’s Atlantic Records. It also contains songs that underline, in their messages on the importance of freedom and living on your own terms, his lifetime philosophy. Van Morrison says, “I was still in school when I performed with a skiffle band – a couple of guitars, washboard, tea-chest bass. I was already familiar with Lead Belly’s recordings so when I heard Lonnie Donegan’s version of ‘Rock Island Line’ I intuitively understood what he was creating, I knew that it was what I wanted to do. It was like an explosion. This record retranslates songs from that era. Chas McDevitt’s book is where to start when it comes to the history of skiffle. From the very beginning with Lead Belly and the jug bands laying the foundations through to Lonnie Donegan’s influence, and Chas McDevitt’s skiffle group, it’s all in there.” For the most part, Van Morrison plays these timeless songs straight. Several of them feature his own arrangements, while select others feature his own characteristic lyrical twists. The ever-rebellious Morrison has changed the title of ‘Mama Don’t Allow’, recorded by both the Memphis Jug Band and the Chicago blues man Tampa Red in the late 1920s, to ‘Gov Don’t Allow’, a nod to his fight against the rise of government interference in our daily lives. And the gospel standard ‘This Little Light of Mine’, a key anthem of the Civil Rights movement in ‘60s America, is transformed into the rollicking, upbeat ‘This Loving Light of Mine’. Opening track ‘Freight Train’ is an immediate highlight, a song which was originally written by Elizabeth Cotten and then recorded by both Peggy Seeger and Chas McDevitt. Van Morrison has given it as a sophisticated jazz arrangement complete with rollicking organ, close harmony vocals and some new words. Elsewhere, ‘Wish I Was An Apple On A True’ is given wonderful warmth, completed by jaunty washboard and treacle-rich vocal harmonies. ‘Gypsy Davey’ remains timeless, while Van Morrison’s powerful vocal and impassioned sax complement the bluesy guitar on ‘Greenback Dollar’. The album closes with ‘Green Rocky Road’, a plaintive folk gem and an ode to the troubadour life that was made famous by Fred Neil and Dave Van Ronk, and featured in the film ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’. Key contributors on the album include Dave Keary (guitars), Pete Hurley (bass), Colin Griffin (drums) and Sticky Wicket (washboard). Current Brit folk favourite Seth Lakeman also contributes fiddle to five songs. Tracklist: Side A 1. Freight Train 2. Careless Love 3. Sail Away Ladies 4. Streamline Train 5. Take This Hammer Side B 1. No Other Baby 2. Gypsy Davy 3. This Loving Light Of Mine 4. In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down 5. Yonder Comes A Sucker 6. Travelin’ Blues Side C 1. Gov Don’t Allow 2. Come On In 3. Streamlined Cannonball 4. Greenback Dollar 5. Oh Lonesome Me 6. I Wish I Was An Apple On A Tree 7. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry Side D 1. I’m Movin’ On 2. Cold Cold Heart 3. Worried Man Blues Cotton Fields 4. Green Rocky Road

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Equal parts blue-eyed soul shouter and wild-eyed poet-sorcerer, Van Morrison is among popular music's true innovators, a restless seeker whose incantatory vocals and alchemical fusion of R&B, jazz, blues, and Celtic folk produced what is regarded as perhaps the most spiritually transcendent body of work in the rock & roll canon. Having penned iconic songs such as "Gloria," "Brown-Eyed Girl," and "Moondance," Morrison has, from the very beginning -- as frontman for Irish blues rockers <a href="spotify:artist:5BaHqGtf6UAZnHfqdPaTDA">Them</a> during the early 1960s to a solo career that has lasted more than 50 years -- been subject only to the whims of his own muse. His solo recordings, beginning with the mystical, jazzy folk of Astral Weeks in 1968, cover extraordinary stylistic ground, yet retain a consistency of vision and purity of execution unmatched among his contemporaries. His swinging meld of jazz, pop, folk, blues, and Celtic soul fueled the albums of his <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Warner+Bros%22">Warner Bros</a>. period from the late '60s (Moondance) to the early '80s (Common One). From the late '80s through the end of the century with <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Mercury%22">Mercury</a>, he connected the spiritual power of his musical vision to a re-engagement with his Belfast roots on Irish Heartbeat (accompanied by <a href="spotify:artist:6AnrSlk5Gp1YMXgaI3mWCL">the Chieftains</a>) and to the blues wails and gospel whispers of his youth on Too Long in Exile, Healing Game, and Back on Top. During the 21st century, his recordings underscored his indelible singing style that bypasses the confines of language to articulate emotional truths far beyond the scope of literal meaning, whether recording pop (Magic Time), country (Pay the Devil), Celtic R&B (Keep Me Singing), folk (Moving on Skiffle), rock & roll (Accentuate the Positive), or fingerpopping jazz (You're Driving Me Crazy, with <a href="spotify:artist:2hpwTpq2QENZv7EAvniKDR">Joey DeFrancesco</a>). Morrison also cultivated a reputation as an outspoken contrarian in his later years, a side that was showcased on such modern-day protest albums as 2021's Latest Record Project, Vol. 1 and the following year's What's It Gonna Take? 

George Ivan Morrison was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on August 31, 1945; his mother was a singer, while his father ardently collected classic American jazz and blues recordings. At 15, he quit school to join the local R&B band the Monarchs, touring military bases throughout Europe before returning home to form his own group, <a href="spotify:artist:5BaHqGtf6UAZnHfqdPaTDA">Them</a>. Boasting a fiery, gritty sound heavily influenced by Morrison heroes like <a href="spotify:artist:0Wxy5Qka8BN9crcFkiAxSR">Howlin' Wolf</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3qXzj7WzBV3kwy1yEV1RcC">Brownie McGhee</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:69VgCcXFV59QuQWEXSTxfK">Sonny Boy Williamson</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:22JuR9OeENcP54XN5TlNWS">Little Walter</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5BaHqGtf6UAZnHfqdPaTDA">Them</a> quickly earned a devout local following, and in late 1964 recorded their debut single, "Don't Start Crying Now." The follow-up, an electrifying reading of <a href="spotify:artist:07NzVZ0BHZ0QOOw7nGvCgo">Big Joe Williams</a>' "Baby Please Don't Go," cracked the U.K. Top Ten in early 1965. Though not a major hit upon its original release, <a href="spotify:artist:5BaHqGtf6UAZnHfqdPaTDA">Them</a>'s Morrison-penned "Gloria" endures among the true classics of the rock pantheon, covered by everyone from <a href="spotify:artist:22WZ7M8sxp5THdruNY3gXt">the Doors</a> to <a href="spotify:artist:0vYkHhJ48Bs3jWcvZXvOrP">Patti Smith</a>. Lineup changes plagued the band throughout its lifespan, however, and at the insistence of producer <a href="spotify:artist:6OlM1c9K0fDPA0CfZ122eF">Bert Berns</a>, session musicians increasingly assumed the lion's share of recording duties. A frustrated Morrison finally left <a href="spotify:artist:5BaHqGtf6UAZnHfqdPaTDA">Them</a> following a 1966 tour of the U.S., quitting the music business and returning to Belfast. 

After <a href="spotify:artist:6OlM1c9K0fDPA0CfZ122eF">Berns</a> relocated to New York City to form <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Bang+Records%22">Bang Records</a>, he convinced Morrison to travel stateside and record as a solo artist; the sessions produced arguably his most familiar hit, the jubilant "Brown-Eyed Girl" (originally titled "Brown-Skinned Girl"), a Top Ten smash in the summer of 1967. By contrast, however, the resulting album, Blowin' Your Mind, was a bleak, bluesy effort highlighted by the harrowing "T.B. Sheets." The sessions were originally intended to produce only material for singles, so when <a href="spotify:artist:6OlM1c9K0fDPA0CfZ122eF">Berns</a> released the LP against Morrison's wishes, he again retreated home to Ireland while the album tanked on the charts. <a href="spotify:artist:6OlM1c9K0fDPA0CfZ122eF">Berns</a> suffered a fatal heart attack in late 1967, which freed Morrison of his contractual obligations and energized him to start working on new material.

His first album for new label <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Warner+Bros.%22">Warner Bros.</a>, 1968's Astral Weeks, remains not only Morrison's masterpiece, but one of the greatest records ever made. A haunting, deeply personal collection of impressionistic folk-styled epics recorded by an all-star jazz backing unit including bassist <a href="spotify:artist:6Xktfsmu8Tlg3071prbJej">Richard Davis</a> and drummer <a href="spotify:artist:7txdgV9R0IGjkZ8R6rPake">Connie Kay</a>, its poetic complexity earned critical raves but made only a minimal commercial impact. The follow-up, 1970's Moondance, was every bit as brilliant; buoyant and optimistic where Astral Weeks had been dark and anguished, it cracked the Top 40, generating the perennials "Caravan" and "Into the Mystic."

The first half of the '70s was the most fertile creative period of Morrison's career. From Moondance onward, his records reflected an increasingly celebratory and profoundly mystical outlook spurred on in large part by his marriage to wife <a href="spotify:artist:4ZQ4X7ONS7tE4PTvfI5RNQ">Janet Planet</a> and the couple's relocation to California. After His Band and the Street Choir yielded his biggest chart hit, "Domino," Morrison released 1971's Tupelo Honey, a lovely, pastoral meditation on wedded bliss highlighted by the single "Wild Night." In the wake of the following year's stirring Saint Dominic's Preview, he formed the Caledonia Soul Orchestra, featured both on the studio effort Hard Nose the Highway and on the excellent live set It's Too Late to Stop Now. However, in 1973, he not only dissolved the group but also divorced <a href="spotify:artist:4ZQ4X7ONS7tE4PTvfI5RNQ">Planet</a> and moved back to Belfast. The stunning 1974 LP Veedon Fleece chronicled Morrison's emotional turmoil; he then remained silent for three years, reportedly working on a number of aborted projects but releasing nothing until 1977's aptly titled A Period of Transition. 

Plagued for some time by chronic stage fright, Morrison mounted his first tour in close to five years in support of 1978's Wavelength; his performances became more and more erratic, however, and during a 1979 date at New York's Palladium, he even stalked off-stage in mid-set and did not return. Into the Music, released later that year, evoked a more conventionally spiritual perspective than before, a pattern continued on successive outings for years to come. Albums like 1983's Inarticulate Speech of the Heart, 1985's A Sense of Wonder, and 1986's No Guru, No Method, No Teacher are all largely cut from the same cloth, employing serenely beautiful musical backdrops to explore themes of faith and healing. For 1988's Irish Heartbeat, however, Morrison teamed with another of his homeland's musical institutions, the famed <a href="spotify:artist:6AnrSlk5Gp1YMXgaI3mWCL">Chieftains</a>, for a collection of traditional folk songs. 

Meanwhile, Avalon Sunset heralded a commercial rebirth of sorts in 1989. While "Whenever God Shines His Light," a duet with <a href="spotify:artist:2nvKpWcP8etYTq4JrRiUiy">Cliff Richard</a>, became Morrison's first U.K. Top 20 hit in over two decades, the gorgeous "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You" emerged as something of a contemporary standard, with a <a href="spotify:artist:2y8Jo9CKhJvtfeKOsYzRdT">Rod Stewart</a> cover cracking the U.S. Top Five in 1993. Further proof of Morrison's renewed popularity arrived with the 1990 release of <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Mercury%22">Mercury</a>'s best-of package; far and away the best-selling album of his career, it introduced the singer to a new generation of fans. A new studio record, Enlightenment, appeared that same year, followed in 1991 by the ambitious double set Hymns to the Silence, widely hailed as his most impressive outing in years. 

Following the uniformity of his '80s work, the remainder of the decade proved impressively eclectic: 1993's Too Long in Exile returned Morrison to his musical roots with covers of blues and R&B classics, while on 1995's Days Like This he teamed with daughter <a href="spotify:artist:3kZ87yoF7d0FcRKAqQw6M0">Shana</a> for a duet on "You Don't Know Me." For the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Verve%22">Verve</a> label, he cut 1996's How Long Has This Been Going On, a traditional jazz record co-credited to longtime pianist <a href="spotify:artist:5rWKAmlxinr3muqedXVIHa">Georgie Fame</a>, and for the follow-up, Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison, he worked with guest of honor <a href="spotify:artist:0sN4enVJwylJKEXZlSbgsm">Allison</a> himself. Morrison continued balancing the past and the future in the years to come, alternating between new studio albums (1997's The Healing Game, 1999's Back on Top) and collections of rare and live material (1998's The Philosopher's Stone and 2000's The Skiffle Sessions and You Win Again).

It wasn't until 2002 that an album of new material surfaced, but in May, his long-anticipated Down the Road was released. Three years later, Morrison issued Magic Time. Pay the Devil, a country-tinged set, appeared in 2006 on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Lost+Highway+Records%22">Lost Highway Records</a>. That same year, Morrison released his first commercial DVD, Live at Montreux 1980 and 1974, drawn from two separate appearances at the Montreux Jazz Festival. In 2008, Morrison released Keep It Simple, his first album of all-original material since 1999's Back on Top. In November of that same year, Morrison performed the entire Astral Weeks album live at two shows at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, which resulted in 2009's Astral Weeks: Live at the Hollywood Bowl album and Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl: The Concert Film. His 34th studio album, Born to Sing: No Plan B, recorded in Belfast, appeared in the fall of 2012. In 2015, Morrison made his debut for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22RCA+Records%22">RCA Records</a> with Duets: Re-Working the Catalogue, which found him sharing the mike on 16 songs with artists such as <a href="spotify:artist:1GxkXlMwML1oSg5eLPiAz3">Michael Bublé</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5gxynDEKwNDgxGJmJjZyte">Steve Winwood</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1zxmHkQCUfZYDjwV6MYjZN">Mick Hucknall</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:7bvcQXJHkFiN1ppIN3q4fi">Joss Stone</a>. After signing a deal with <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Sony+Legacy%22">Sony Legacy</a> to reissue much of his back catalog, the label issued It's Too Late to Stop Now...Vols. II, III, IV and DVD in June 2016. It consisted of unreleased music from the tour that produced the classic 1973 live album. Later that month, Morrison announced the release of an album of new studio set material. Released in September, Keep Me Singing offered 12 originals as well a cover version of Don Robey's "Share Your Love with Me." A year later, in September 2017, Morrison returned with his 37th album, Roll with the Punches, which saw him mixing new originals with renditions of blues and soul classics that inspired him, from <a href="spotify:artist:6hnWRPzGGKiapVX1UCdEAC">Sam Cooke</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:2bmixwMZXlkl2sbIbOfviq">Bo Diddley</a> to <a href="spotify:artist:22JuR9OeENcP54XN5TlNWS">Little Walter</a> and more. Guitarist <a href="spotify:artist:0AD4odMWVQ2wUSlgxOB5Rl">Jeff Beck</a> was a prominent guest. It peaked at number five on the Top 200 and number four in the U.K. He followed it less than three months later in December with Versatile, which was recorded in a handful of hotels in County Down. It featured Morrison delivering his own homage to jazz and iconic pop standards including <a href="spotify:artist:1YuknfkSYTTbolRpwZBOv4">George</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:6Yd6jR0AcWlI8JjJ954IDV">Ira Gershwin</a>'s "A Foggy Day" and "They Can't Take That Away from Me," <a href="spotify:artist:6rrwIOOzyvn76SDbkxjIjS">Cole Porter</a>'s "I Get a Kick Out of You" (one of two advance singles along with "Makin' Whoopee"), "Let's Get Lost," "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," and "Unchained Melody," popularized by the <a href="spotify:artist:4b0WsB47XCa9F83BmwQ7WX">Righteous Brothers</a>. The covers are interspersed with six originals, and it topped the jazz album charts and the album remained in the Top Ten for five months. Morrison hit the road with a vengeance. He performed completely sold-out tours across Europe and North America. In April 2018, Morrison issued his 39th album (and fourth in a year-and-a-half) in collaboration with Hammond B-3 and trumpet ace <a href="spotify:artist:2hpwTpq2QENZv7EAvniKDR">Joey De Francesco</a> and his quartet (drummer Michael Ode, guitarist <a href="spotify:artist:1HJipEfSoTMkMV0pFggoJZ">Dan Wilson</a>, and tenor sax man <a href="spotify:artist:7J9YpX3eZIWlcRbDnbny88">Troy Roberts</a>). Recorded over just a few days in San Francisco, the set includes jazz and blues standards and reworked jazz versions of a number of songs from Morrison's catalog including "Travellin' Light," "Every Day I Have the Blues," "Miss Otis Regrets," and "The Things I Used to Do." These are juxtaposed with completely revisioned tracks from Morrison's catalog including "All Saints Day," "The Way Young Lovers Do," "Have I Told You Lately," and "Celtic Swing." A week after its release, the album entered the jazz charts in the top spot and remained in the Top Ten for nearly 22 weeks while the group toured the globe. In December, Morrison released his 40th album, The Prophet Speaks. Comprised of six new originals and covers of blues and soul classics from <a href="spotify:artist:1yNOfXGQNGjAynk77wv85x">John Lee Hooker</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0R3bGv703d8JFKdZxsHr58">Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6hnWRPzGGKiapVX1UCdEAC">Sam Cooke</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4nts0oxMT67lVUoi5Kjxrb">Solomon Burke</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:5v8WPpMk60cqZbuZLdXjKY">Willie Dixon</a>, the set was once again recorded with <a href="spotify:artist:2hpwTpq2QENZv7EAvniKDR">De Francesco</a>'s quartet. The following year, Morrison's reissue campaign continued with a triple-disc deluxe version of 1997's The Healing Game. That fall, Morrison released Three Chords and the Truth, a self-produced 14-track offering that included a duet with <a href="spotify:artist:1XE70WwxhnrXNAJYQQ9ygx">Bill Medley</a>, the surviving half of '60s white-soul legends the <a href="spotify:artist:4b0WsB47XCa9F83BmwQ7WX">Righteous Brothers</a>, and included jazz guitarist <a href="spotify:artist:0lVSkUuqtXLeEQLs8wXwx2">Jay Berliner</a> (the soloist on Astral Weeks). The set also included the song "If We Wait for Mountains," a collaboration with legendary Irish lyricist (and fellow OBE honoree) Don Black. 

Van Morrison responded to the COVID-19 quarantines with a series of anti-lockdown protest singles in 2020. These digital tracks set the stage for 2021's Latest Record Project, Vol. 1, a double album filled with politically charged social commentary. Morrison continued down this path on 2022's What's It Gonna Take? He largely retreated from controversy with 2023's double album Moving On Skiffle, a collection of covers and interpretations of classic American folk, country, and blues songs. In August, he released Beyond Words: Instrumental to his fan club, then in November he released his second double-album of 2023: Accentuate the Positive, a collection of rock & roll oldies. ~ Jason Ankeny & Steve Leggett, Rovi

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Van Morrison now revisits rock ’n’ roll by reimagining some of his personal favourites for ‘Accentuate The Positive’, and infusing those timeless songs with an energy that constantly challenges and expands upon its traditions. Van’s inimitable voice combined with superb arrangements and highly accomplished brings a fresh zeal to such great songs as The Johnny Burnette Trio’s, ‘Lonesome Train’, Johnny Kidd & The Pirates’, ‘Shakin’ All Over’ and Big Joe Turner’s pioneering rock ‘n’ roll hit, ‘Flip, Flop and Fly’. 

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Van Morrison takes you to a higher plane with his singing no matter where you are. No one comes close. Feel lucky to be able to appreciate him and music.

What a &quot;Masterpiece!&quot; This artist never ceases to awe and amaze those of us who appreciate his gifts.

What a "Masterpiece!" This artist never ceases to awe and amaze those of us who appreciate his gifts.

That entire band is as tight as you can get…..wonderful song . Amazing backup singers, smoothest lead that I have ever heard, great band, and a man singing with soul written all over it….thank you Van Morrison for a great song…..

The brilliance of this Man comes from his ability to be absolutely present within his music as he performs it. In this clip, he&#39;s up there having a great time relating to the same lyrics he must have sung a thousand times. No two versions would sound exactly the same because, in the space he&#39;s created within his music, he responds in the moment to the energy he feels within himself, from the audience and from musicians around him. Truly gifted.

The brilliance of this Man comes from his ability to be absolutely present within his music as he performs it. In this clip, he's up there having a great time relating to the same lyrics he must have sung a thousand times. No two versions would sound exactly the same because, in the space he's created within his music, he responds in the moment to the energy he feels within himself, from the audience and from musicians around him. Truly gifted.

Thank you Van Morrison for sharing your amazing talent with us.  I&#39;m 77 next month and he excites me so!!!!  Love everything about him!!!  Here comes the Man!!!!  ❤

Thank you Van Morrison for sharing your amazing talent with us.  I'm 77 next month and he excites me so!!!!  Love everything about him!!!  Here comes the Man!!!!  ❤

once again...an honor to live in the same time period as this genius

This guy doesn&#39;t play music he feels it !! Love it ! Good for the soul !!!

This guy doesn't play music he feels it !! Love it ! Good for the soul !!!

Van&#39;s voice cuts me and heals me at the same time

Van's voice cuts me and heals me at the same time

Vocal phrasing is so unique...<br>Van proves that the human voice is truly the greatest instrument of all

Vocal phrasing is so unique...
Van proves that the human voice is truly the greatest instrument of all

Hmm Van was on the music scene when I was in my mid teens I ‘m 70 now and I’m always searching for him surely I’m not the only one,  he deserves more recognition

You just cannot get more feeling from music than this version of GLORIA, Van the Man on top of his game with the help of a great band!

His interaction with the female singer in the back, outstanding!  This is one of his best.

Trust Van the Man to come around a half-century later with the same song &amp; blow the roof off..

Trust Van the Man to come around a half-century later with the same song & blow the roof off..

He Ain&#39;t Gettin Old...He&#39;s A Gettin Pure GOLD!!!!

He Ain't Gettin Old...He's A Gettin Pure GOLD!!!!

If this isn’t wonderful, I don’t know what is. Love you Van. Thank you for this classic. ❤️🎶

So cool to see VM rockin out and enjoying it!!

G L O R I A.....Glorious!....👏👏👏👏👏👏 for the band...Van is glorious too.

Wow! Van The Man just keeps getting better with age! I&#39;ve always loved his music. And I still have several of his vintage albums. But as I grew and we had six kids I forgot about him. That was my big loss! I&#39;m so glad to know he&#39;s still performing, and - He sounds even better than he used to! God Bless Van Morrison!

Wow! Van The Man just keeps getting better with age! I've always loved his music. And I still have several of his vintage albums. But as I grew and we had six kids I forgot about him. That was my big loss! I'm so glad to know he's still performing, and - He sounds even better than he used to! God Bless Van Morrison!

In 1985 hurricane Gloria hit the northeast. The local college station played any version of Gloria they had by different bands. We drove around listening and loving it. Of course we turned it way up for the one and only Van the Man, the original. He is still the best. Love it.

Hurts my heart toward the end. I have loved this song so much for so long and have listened to this rendition many, many times before, but here in February of 2023 it still blows me away.

I know I posted this before but we playing this song when my son (24) was dying from cancer. The words of thirst and growing old hit us hard but the song somehow makes me think of Heaven.  For me Sweet Thing is my boy who will never grow old like me and you.

The line.( I will never  grow so old again ) really  hits home as a 15 year sober alcoholic!!! Thank you precious  lord

somewhere between the time I first heard those opening chords and now I became an old man. When I enter into the pearly gates it will not surprise me to hear the words &quot;and I shall never grow so old again, and I will walk in sweet gardens all wet with rain.

somewhere between the time I first heard those opening chords and now I became an old man. When I enter into the pearly gates it will not surprise me to hear the words "and I shall never grow so old again, and I will walk in sweet gardens all wet with rain.

Magical - it doesn&#39;t get any better than this; who cares if it is unintelligible - the mood and the tune carry it all...

Magical - it doesn't get any better than this; who cares if it is unintelligible - the mood and the tune carry it all...

i&#39;m 25 years old wishing i was 25 in the 60s/70s. Truly one off the, if not the greatest song ever written on an album meant for the heavens

i'm 25 years old wishing i was 25 in the 60s/70s. Truly one off the, if not the greatest song ever written on an album meant for the heavens

Very few can perform at this level after so many years. Van ... a legend.

Van is a genius the way he puts all that beautiful music and musicians together is unmatched by any other

One of the best songs ever in the history of music!

Never missed a chance to see Van the Man back in San Fran in the sixties and Seventies. Man created a sound no one could compare. Thanks Van, you moved my soul.

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New Van Morrison Album / Listen To A Brand New Track Now.

Van Morrison to release ‘Roll With The Punches’ on 22nd September. Listen to 'Bring It On Home To Me' here: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/BringItOnHomeToMeFP

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Van Morrison releases his 37th studio album ‘Roll With The Punches’ this September. The 15 track album features raw, intimate interpretations of rhythm and blues classics by the likes of Bo Diddley, Mose Allison, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and Lightnin’ Hopkins, plus five new self-written numbers. The album was produced by Van Morrison and recorded with an incredible team of collaborators including Chris Farlowe, Georgie Fame, Jeff Beck, Paul Jones and Jason Rebello.

Roll With The Punches Playlist

Keep Me Singing

Cyprus Avenue Playlist Winner

Duets: Re-working The Catalogue

Lit Up Inside

Astral Weeks Live (2008)

Born To Sing

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Filmed live at the Hollywood Bowl, LA, November 2008.
©2012 Exile Productions.
A CD of this concert can be bought from Amazon.com (for US sales) and Amazon.co.uk (for UK & EUR sales)

Van Morrison - Ballerina / Move On Up (live at the Hollywood Bowl, 2008)

Van Morrison - Gloria (live at the Hollywood Bowl, 2008)

Van Morrison - Sweet Thing  (live at the Hollywood Bowl, 2008)

Van Morrison - Madame George  (live at the Hollywood Bowl, 2008)

Van Morrison - Common One (live at the Hollywood Bowl, 2008)

Van Morrison - Astral Weeks / I Believe I've Transcended (live at the Hollywood Bowl, 2008)

Van Morrison - Slim Slow Slider / I Start Breaking Down (live at the Hollywood Bowl, 2008)

First live performance of this song taken from his brand new studio album out now!
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BORN TO SING: NO PLAN B
★★★★ One of music's great voices returns in top form - Rolling Stone
Belfasts finest is back on form - Irish Sunday Times ★★★
★★★★ Updates the sound of Astral Weeks & Moondance incredibly well - Mojo
The music is fabulous, a sumblime pulse of Hammond organ, trombone & piano.
You'll want to play it over & over - Billboard ★★★★
"Born To Sing: No Plan B' remains a vibrant and timely reaffirmation of Morrison's talents." Uncut
★★★★ "Morrison's lyrical passion is more than matched by the music... plan A is holding up nicely for Morrison." Q Magazine

Van Morrison - Open The Door (To Your Heart), live in Belfast 2012

The official visualiser video for 'Worried Man Blues'' by Van Morrison, taken from the upcoming album 'Moving On Skiffle', out 10th March 2023.

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Van Morrison - Worried Man Blues

The Official Visualiser Video for Freight Train' by Van Morrison, taken from his latest album 'Moving On Skiffle'.

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Van Morrison - 'Freight Train'

Van Morrison - Listen To The Lion / The Lion Speaks (live at the Hollywood Bowl, 2008)

Soundboard recording from a concert at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival, May 2013.
Tupelo Honey written by Van Morrison, taken from currently deleted album - 
Tupelo Honey (1971).

BORN TO SING: NO PLAN B
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Van Morrison with Gregory Porter - Tupelo Honey, live in concert

In this open and direct interview, Leo Green talks to Van Morrison about how the recording process for this album differed from others. They discuss featured musicians and collaborations, as well as the inspiration behind some of the tracks. 

The interview sheds new light on the writing and recording of an album, and the forces behind it. 

“What’s important is basically, it’s the songs, the lyrics, 
and keeping it as simple as possible”

Three Chords and the Truth includes fourteen original compositions effortlessly encapsulating the Van Morrison sound and is available now.

"Three Chords And The Truth" is out now. Order here: https://VanMorrison.lnk.to/ThreeChordsAndTheTruthID

Van Morrison sheds light on Three Chords And The Truth

The Official Visualiser Video for 'Shakin' All Over' by Van Morrison, taken from his upcoming album 'Accentuate The Positive'.

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Van Morrison - Shakin' All Over

The Official Visualiser Video for Problems by Van Morrison, taken from his upcoming album 'Accentuate The Positive'.

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Van Morrison - Problems

The Official Visualiser Video for I Want A Roof Over My Head by Van Morrison, taken from his upcoming album 'Accentuate The Positive' out now.

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Van Morrison - I Want A Roof Over My Head

The music video for "I Want A Roof Over My Head" is out now!

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"Lucille, baby, satisfy my heart" 🎶

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Van Morrison's brand new album 'Accentuate The Positive' is now available to order and stream.

Download the album here: https://vanmorrison.lnk.to/ATPSR/itunes

Not long left to get your copy of Accentuate The Positive for only £4.99 on iTunes.

Who's listened to Van's new single Shake Rattle and Roll, taken from album Accentuate The Positive?

Accentuate The Positive, the brand new album from Van Morrison is OUT NOW.

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You can now listen to Lucille from the upcoming album Accentuate The Positive, out on Friday!

The new album, 'Accentuate The Positive' from Van Morrison is out in 1 WEEK!

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Van Morrison

Accentuate The Positive

Moving On Skiffle

What’s It Gonna Take?

Latest Record Project Volume I

Three Chords And The Truth (Expanded Edition) [Deluxe]

Three Chords And The Truth

The Prophet Speaks

You're Driving Me Crazy

Versatile

Roll With The Punches

Lucille

Problems

Shakin' All Over

Freight Train

This Loving Light Of Mine

Worried Man Blues

I’m Movin’ On

Streamline Train

Dangerous

Nervous Breakdown