Van Morrison lost himself in the recording of 'Astral Weeks' to the point where his fellow musicians wondered if he liked ...
It’s strange to imagine a Van Morrison concert without “Brown Eyed Girl,” but that was exactly what happened last November, when the Irish-born singer-songwriter played two concerts dedicated to the ...
Van Morrison celebrates his eightieth birthday with Belfast shows and renewed U.K. chart success, as Remembering Now and Astral Weeks both reenter the downloads list. Singer/ Songwriter Van Morrison ...
One of the conundrums facing anyone who makes music for a living is that live music frequently isn’t. Truly alive, that is. The brutal reality of mounting a major concert tour is that it requires ...
"He didn't use the phrase for a song title until a year later, but 'Astral Weeks' was the album on which Van Morrison fully descended 'into the mystic.' Morrison's first full-fledged solo album ...
My close high school friend and musical guru, Josh, is responsible for introducing me to this incendiary album. Van Morison’s Moondance (the slow burn of ‘Into the Mystic’), Tupelo Honey and Greatest ...
LOS ANGELES - Van Morrison's "Astral Weeks" rests high on critics' lists of all-time best albums. Yet Morrison felt he never quite had the chance to get it right the first time. So he has taken a ...