The 1968 Van Morrison masterpiece “Astral Weeks” has been voted greatest Irish album ever by a group of top Irish musicians. U2’s The Edge, Shane MacGowan, Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol, Glen Hansard, ...

Although he could from the start deliver fierce blue-eyed rhythm and blues with a visceral force that put Mick Jagger and Eric Burdon to shame, he was always as much at ease in cooler and more ...

Few long-term recording artists remain as enigmatic as Van Morrison. The Belfast, Northern Ireland-born creator of countless classic albums and songs is notoriously media-wary and prefers to focus his ...

Van Morrison listens back through headphones as he talks with musical director Garry Sherman at a Bang Records recording session in the studio for Van Morrison’s 1st album “Blowing Your Mind!” on ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. When The Beatles moved to psychedelic rock and Dylan went electric, Van Morrison ...

RECORDING WEEK 2025: Every good function band knows one thing: play ABBA’s Dancing Queen, Come On Eileen by Dexys Midnight Runners or Van Morrison’s 1967 smash hit Brown Eyed Girl and the dancefloor ...

As the bold George Ivan Morrison prepares to take to the stage of the Whitla Hall in Belfast tonight for the first in a trio of much anticipated gigs on his beloved home turf, it’s worth remembering ...

Somehow it’s become an inevitability, this business of reperforming your famous album. Lou Reed did it with Berlin, Brian Wilson did it with Pet Sounds, Roger Waters did it with Dark Side of the Moon, ...

Van Morrison will release a new live set from the concerts that spawned his classic 1974 concert album It's Too Late to Stop Now. The new set, titled ... It's Too Late to Stop Now ... Volumes II, III, ...