Recorded with an unstarry cast of rock’n’roll session men at Morrison’s Wool Hall studio, near Bath. WALTER SAMUEL (ENGINEER): Some of Van’s later albums are patchy, but Back On Top he ...

It's such a different album and advancement from their earlier songs that perhaps people sadly still find that hard to adapt ...

The Irish singer’s latest album New Arrangements and Duets – his 46th studio LP, out this week – is a reminder of what ...

‘Astral Weeks’’s place at the de facto pinnacle of the Van Morrison discography simply isn’t rational (Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images) When a celebrated band is on a golden tear, nobody ...

Lili Zanuck worked decades to produce her biopic of blues singer Bessie Smith, and to make sure Queen Latifah got the lead role; Sony bought the rights to 33 Van Morrison albums and will make many ...

CD 1: Rough God Goes Riding; Fire in the Belly; This Weight; Waiting Game; Piper at the Gates of Dawn; Burning Ground; It Once Was My Life; Sometimes We Cry; If You Love Me; The Healing Game; Look ...

The vibe of Leon Briges stunning new album, 'Leon,' is like a perfect '70s day. It is warm, organic, welcoming. Bridges has captured a mood. He spoke to us about how.

Van Morrison the healing ... Although he’s released countless classic albums, Morrison has scaled his greatest heights on stage, as he riffs, repeats and nags at words, trying to find a meaning ...

It’s incredibly special,” said the Luther Burbank Center’s vice president of programs, noting Morrison hasn’t played there since 2005. “We’re honored to bring him back. He’s a legend.” ...

The singer is known for songs like Brown Eyed Girl and Gloria, and classic albums including Astral Weeks Sir Van Morrison has accused the government of "taking our freedom" in three new songs that ...

- Jez Cook also on guitar has played with, among others, Jacqui Dankworth, Alan Barnes, John Etheridge, Chris Garrick, Gary ...

Having relocated to the San Francisco area, Morrison began recording ... local gigs while he was making the album. DOUG MESSENGER (GUITAR): By January 1972 Van and I were living together at ...